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Hichem Rostom
Rostom in 2015
Born	(1947-05-26)26 May 1947 La Marsa, French Tunisia
Burial place	Gammarth Cemetery
Education	Sadiki College Sorbonne University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–2022 (actor)
Spouses	Martine Gafsi ​ (divorced)​ Sana Ezzine ​ (divorced)​

Hichem Rostom (26 May 1947 – 28 June 2022) was a Tunisian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1987. He starred in Golden Horseshoes, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He also directed the Carthage Theatre Festival for two sessions.

Early life

Hichem Rostom was born in La Marsa, Tunisia, to a family of Circassian descent. In his youth, he studied at Sadiki College, Tunis, where he earned his Baccalaureate degree. He later moved to France to further his studies where he lived for years and graduated from Sorbonne University’s Institute of Theatre Studies and the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). He also worked as an animator at Radio France and then at the National Popular Theater before be returned to Tunisia in 1988 to pursue a professional career as an actor after being offered a role in the Tunisian drama film Golden Horseshoes (Tunisian Arabic: صفايح ذهب, French: Les Sabots en or) in 1989, which he accepted.

Rostom showed a keen interest in acting at a young age because of his maternal grandfather, who used to take him to the Theater frequently. His acting talent was discovered by the Tunisian actor Ali Ben Ayed.

Career

In 2017, Hichem Rostom helped in organizing the Rouhaniyet Festival in Nefta, Tunisia, which is an event where spiritual and Sufi songs were performed.

Death

Rostom died on June 28, 2022, at the age of 75.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Majnoun Layla	Le mari de Layla
1989	Golden Horseshoes	Youssef
1991	Isabelle Eberhardt	Corporal
1991	L'amico arabo
1992	Obiettivo indiscreto	Manuel Le Roux
1993	Le Nombril du Monde	Costa
1994	The Silences of the Palace	Si Bechir / prince
1994	Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem	Ilane
1996	The English Patient	Fouad
1996	Essaïda	Amine
1998	Paparazzi	El Kabouli
1999	Les Siestes Grenadine	Wahid Haydar
2001	In Desert and Wilderness	Mahdi
2002	Le Chant de la Noria
2002	The Magic Box	Mansour
2002	The Assassinated Sun	Bramsi
2003	Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death	Lanista	TV film
2004	Nadia et Sarra	Hedi
2006	Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest		Voice
2007	La Télé Arrive	The Egyptian
2007	Whatever Lola Wants	Nasser
2008	Le Chant des mariées	père de Raoul / Raoul's father
2011	Day of the Falcon	Nesibi Colonel
2011	La 5ème Corde	Amir
2014	Toefl Al-Shams	Kateb
2015	Dicta Shot
2015	Conflict	Mokhtar
2016	The Flower of Aleppo	Hichem Mourad's Father
2016	WOH!	Hmed
2016	ser almarjane (Morocco)	Lahbib
2017	ser almarjane 2(Morocco)	Lahbib
2017	Hams Al-Maâ
2018	Areias sussurrantes

External links

• Hichem Rostom at IMDb
• Media related to Hichem Rostom at Wikimedia Commons