Ralph Amoussou
French actor
Nick Ralph Amoussou (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles such as Séby on the Netflix series Marianne (2019), Samuel Becker on the OCS series Missions (2019–2021), Paul on the Netflix series Transatlantic (2023), and the musketeer Hannibal in the film The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023). For his performance in the 2008 film With a Little Help from Myself, he was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actor.
Early life
Amoussou was born in Paris and raised in Benin and Nigeria until he was twelve years old. His mother named him after American civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy and American writer Ralph Ellison. His maternal grandmother is an Ethiopian Jew, and his maternal grandfather is from the former Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin.
Amoussou started acting as a teenager and landed his first role at fifteen. He trained at the Susan Batson Studio in New York.
Amoussou grew up bilingual, speaking French and English.
Career
His performance in the 2008 film With a Little Help from Myself earned him a nomination for Most Promising Actor at the 34th César Awards.
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