French-Tunisian actor, born on December 5, 1965 in Tunisia, to a father from the Berber Tuareg tribe, and an Italian mother. He went to France when he was a child, and began his career through the theater. He got married to Katia Jafri in 1986. He's known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Other Half (2007) and Timbuktu (2014).