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Kheiron

French actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ3196131
Source-derived summary

Manouchehr Tabib (born November 21, 1982), known professionally as Kheiron, is an Iranian-born French comedian, actor and film director. Internationally, he is best known as the director and star of the 2015 comedy-drama film All Three of Us, which was nominated for the César Award for Best First Feature Film. His subsequent film Bad Seeds (French title: Mauvaises Herbes) was released in English-speaking countries through Netflix.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kheiron” is french actor. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kheiron, French and actor, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-11-21. For this dossier, Kheiron, French and actor is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “french actor” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3196131. VIAF identifies the subject as 482146936768013781870. The Library of Congress control number is no2016124707. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982 and 2015.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kheiron”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kheiron primary sources, Kheiron archive and Kheiron research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kheiron”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Kheiron” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.