Gilbert Melki

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Gilbert Melki
Gilbert Melki in 2012
Born	(1958-11-12) 12 November 1958 (age 66) Paris, France
Years active	1992—present

Gilbert Melki (French pronunciation: [ʒilbɛʁ mɛlˈki]; born 12 November 1958) is a French actor.

Nephew of actor Claude Melki (The Acrobat), Melki grew up in a Jewish family from Algeria. His father, an antiques dealer, came from Khenchela in Algeria and his mother was from France. Both hid during the World War II: his father in Lyon and his mother in Normandy.^[1]

His father sent him to a woodworking school, but Melki only stayed a few months. At 20 he decided to move towards comedy and took multiple drama classes. Fearful of not being up to par he went to live for several years in Italy.

After a first appearance on screen in 1992 in the Claude Chabrol film Betty, Gilbert Melki rose to prominence in 1996 through Would I Lie To You? by Thomas Gilou in which he played Patrick Abitbol, a great businessman and millionaire megalomaniac, a role he revisited in the sequel in 2001.

His later films include the 2005 film Crustacés et Coquillages. In 2012, he moved to television with the Canal+ comedy series Kaboul Kitchen.

• 1992

Betty by Claude Chabrol

• 1997

La Vérité si je mens ! by Thomas Gilou

Un amour de sorcière by René Manzor

Une journée de merde by Miguel Courtois

• 1998

Méditerranées [fr] by Philippe Bérenger [fr]

La Patinoire by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Grève party by Fabien Onteniente

• 1999

Chili con carne by Thomas Gilou

Monsieur Naphtali by Olivier Schatzky

Vénus beauté (institut) by Tonie Marshall

• 2000

On fait comme on a dit by Philippe Berenger

La Taule by Alain Robak

• 2001

A Hell of a Day by Marion Vernoux

Les Morsures de l'aube [fr] by Antoine de Caunes

La Vérité si je mens ! 2 by Thomas Gilou

• 2002

Un couple épatant by Lucas Belvaux

Cavale by Lucas Belvaux

Après la vie by Lucas Belvaux

Au plus près du paradis by Tonie Marshall

• 2003

Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by François Dupeyron

Rencontre avec le dragon by Hélène Angel

• 2004

Les Temps qui changent (Changing Times) by André Téchiné

Prendre femme by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz

Incautos by Miguel Bardem

Confidences trop intimes (Intimate Strangers) by Patrice Leconte

• 2005

Angel-A by Luc Besson

Palais royal! by Valérie Lemercier

• 2006

Crustacés et coquillages (Cockles and Muscles) by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau

Ça brûle by Claire Simon

La Raison du plus faible by Lucas Belvaux

Mr. Average

• 2007

Le Deuxième Souffle by Alain Corneau

Anna M. by Michel Spinosa

Très bien, merci by Emmanuelle Cuau

Cowboy by Benoît Mariage

Le Tueur by Cédric Anger

• 2008

Made in Italy by Stéphane Giusti

Largo Winch by Jérôme Salle

• 2009

Accomplices by Frédéric Mermoud

• 2010

Le Mac by Pascal Bourdiaux

L’Avocat by Cédric Anger

• 2012

  La vérité si je mens ! 3 by Thomas Gilou

• 2016

  Vendeur by Sylvain Desclous

• 2019

  Le Bazar de la Charité by Alexandre Laurent

• 2024

Cat's Eyes by Alexandre Laurent

• Gilbert Melki at IMDb