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Karim Leklou

Karim Leklou

Actor · Born June 20, 1982 (44) · Sèvres, France

Karim Leklou (born June 20, 1982) is a French actor who started his career in small role in Jacques Audiard 's film A Prophet (2009) and followed by Suzanne and Grand Central. Leklou undertook a lead role in Hippocrate for both seasons (2018, 2021). He has also starred in Sons of Ramses (2022), For My Country (2022), and Time Out (2023). In 2025, at the 50th César Awards he won for Best Actor for his performance in Jim's Story.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 20, 1982 (44)
From
Sèvres, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 46 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 7% in 30 days

What are Karim Leklou's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 97th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Morality
22%
Bonds
17%
Survival
15%
Power
13%
Society
6%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 6 · Dark 9

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 10 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 11

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 5
Ally
1 of 5
Shapeshifter
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
5
Warm
3
Hopeful
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Karim Leklou's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Karim Leklou's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

46 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Secondes chances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Le Faux Soir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • De Gaulle: Liberté(2026)

    as Blazej

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • De Gaulle: Résistance(2026)

    as Blazej

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Piano Accident(2025)

    as Roméo

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Beating Hearts(2024)

    as Le père de Clotaire

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Tales of Taipei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Adan (segment "The Imaginary Child")

  • Jim's Story(2024)

    as Aymeric

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Vincent Must Die(2023)

    as Vincent

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Time Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Bonnard

  • Loving Memories(2022)

    as L'homme

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Sons of Ramses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Ramsès

  • Pour la France(2022)

    as Ismaël

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Playground(2021)

    as Father

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Third War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Hicham

  • The Stronghold(2020)

    as Yass

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Interns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 22 episodes · as Arben Bascha

  • The World Is Yours(2018)

    as Farés

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Treat Me Like Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Nacim

  • If You Saw His Heart(2017)

    as Michel

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Orphan(2016)

    as Friend of Kiki's Father

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Heal the Living(2016)

    as Virgilio Breva

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Toril (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Bruno

  • The Stopover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Max

  • The Anarchists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Biscuit (Marcel Deloche)

  • Heatwave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Josef Bousou

  • Sous X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Lamo

  • Young Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Frédéric

  • Suzanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Vince

  • Grand Central(2013)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • 11.6(2013)

    as Bruno Morales

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Marseille la nuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Teddy

  • Tata Bakhta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Paul

  • Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Gérard

  • Sans pudeur ni morale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • The Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Angel

  • Changing Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Luc

  • The Source(2011)

    as Karim

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Special Treatment(2010)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Prophet(2009)

    as Muslim in the hallway

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Cramé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Eldorado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 6 episodes · as Léo Sarda

  • Le Grand réveil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Le Monde trop grand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Poil de carotte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Quasimodo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 38 of them dated from 2008 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

Beating Hearts (2024)

$36M worldwide

Highest rated

De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20082026

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2009Screen debut· A Prophet
  • 2018First top-billed film· The World Is Yours
  • 2018Breakout· The World Is Yours
  • 2018Career best· The World Is Yours

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting45 of 45: 45 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s22 · acting2020s14 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 22% of 23 roles
09141924

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Karim Leklou's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 19 titles divides audiences: 7 are Broadly Agreed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed3

Most loved · actor

De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 59. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Karim Leklou's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 52 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles16–52 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Karim Leklou work with?

People who share at least 2 of Karim Leklou's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adèle Exarchopoulos shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles