Actors
Adam Bessa
ACTOR
FRENCH TUNISIAN
CAREER HIGHLIGHT(S):
Adam reached international audiences with his roles in a number of Netflix originals, including MOSUL, which premiered at Venice, and the EXTRACTION franchise alongside Chris Hemsworth and Golshifteh Farahani; Amazon Prime’s series HANNA; and THE CHANNEL thriller film. His role in HARKA won him the Best Performance Award at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and a nomination for France’s Lumière Awards.
His 2023 film, Tunisian director Meryam Joobeur’s thriller debut feature WHO DO I BELONG TO, premiered at the 74th Berlinale’s Main Competition.

TWELVE-MONTH HIGHLIGHT(S):
GHOST TRAIL: French director Jonathan Millet’s thriller premiered at Cannes and earned Bessa César and Lumiere nominations in addition to the Best Actor Award at the GFF.
OURIKA: Another Amazon Prime action series set during the Paris riots in 2005, with Bessa playing the youngest son of a cannabis trafficking clan who is forced to take over the family business, despite having planned a career in finance.