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| name = Sami Frey

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| birth_name = Samuel Frei

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|10|13}}

| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]

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| nationality = [[France|French]]

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| occupation = [[Actor]]

| years_active = 1960-2012

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[[File:Brigitte Bardot - Sami Frey - Saint-Tropez - 1963.jpg|thumb|Sami Frey and [[Brigitte Bardot]] in [[Saint-Tropez]] harbour in 1963]]

'''Sami Frey''' (born '''Samuel Frei''', on 13 October 1937 in [[Paris]]) is a French actor of Polish Jewish descent.{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/25062/Sami-Frey/biography |title=NY Times.com: Sami Frey |accessdate=2010-01-27 |work=nytimes.com}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/127202/|title=French Actor Sami Frey: or 'Beckett Judaizing Beckett'|date=12 April 2010|author=Benjamin Ivry}} Among the famous films he starred in are ''[[En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud]]'' (1993), in which he portrays French poet and playwright [[Antonin Artaud]], and ''[[Bande part (film)|Bande part]]'' (1964) by [[Jean-Luc Godard]].

==Selected filmography==

{| class="wikitable"

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Director

|-

|1960

|''[[The Truth (1960 film)|The Truth]]''

|Gilbert Tellier

|[[Henri-Georges Clouzot]]

|-

|rowspan=2|1961

|''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (1962 film)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (episode "Pride")

|the lover

|[[Roger Vadim]]

|-

|''[[Clo from 5 to 7]]''

|a comedian

|[[Agns Varda]]

|-

|1962

|''[[Thrse Desqueyroux (1962 film)|Thrse Desqueyroux]]''

|Jean Azevedo

|[[Georges Franju]]

|-

|1963

|''{{ill|fr|L'Appartement des filles}}''

|Tibre

|[[Michel Deville]]

|-

|1964

|''[[Bande part (film)|Band of Outsiders]]''

|Franz

|[[Jean-Luc Godard]]

|-

|1965

|''[[Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?]]''

|Prince Igor

|[[William Klein (photographer)|William Klein]]

|-

|1966

|''[[Angelica and the King]]''

|Bachiatri Bey

|[[Bernard Borderie]]

|-

|1967

|''[[Manon 70]]''

|Des Grieux

|[[Jean Aurel]]

|-

|1968

|''[[Mr. Freedom]]''

|Christ

|William Klein

|-

|1970

|''[[The Married Couple of the Year Two]]''

|the Marquis de Guron

|[[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]

|-

|1972

|''[[Csar and Rosalie]]''

|David

|[[Claude Sautet]]

|-

|1974

|''[[Sweet Movie]]''

|El Macho

|[[Duan Makavejev]]

|-

|1975

|''[[The Garden That Tilts]]''

|Michel

|[[Guy Gilles]]

|-

|rowspan=2|1978

|''[[One Page of Love]]''

| Franois Karwitch

|[[Maurice Rabinowicz]]

|-

|''[[coute voir]]''

|Arnaud de Maule

|[[Hugo Santiago]]

|-

|1982

|''[[Deadly Circuit]]''

|Ralph Forbes

|[[Claude Miller]]

|-

|rowspan=2|1984

|''[[The Little Drummer Girl (film)|The Little Drummer Girl]]''

|Khalil

|[[George Roy Hill]]

|-

|''[[Family Life (1985 film)|Family Life]]''

|Emmanuel

|[[Jacques Doillon]]

|-

|rowspan=2|1986

|''[[Black Widow (1987 film)|Black Widow]]''

|Paul Nuytten

|[[Bob Rafelson]]

|-

|''[[Laputa (film)|Laputa]]''

|Paul

|[[Helma Sanders-Brahms]]

|-

|1987

|''[[Blood and Sand (1987 film)|Blood and Sand]]''

|Manuel Vasquez

|[[Jeanne Labrune]]

|-

|rowspan=2|1988

|''[[The Abyss (1988 film)|The Abyss]]''

|Prieur de Cordeliers

|[[Andr Delvaux]]

|-

|''[[War and Remembrance (TV miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' (TV miniseries)

|Avram Rabinovitz

|[[Dan Curtis]]

|-

|1992

|''[[Hors Saison]]''

|the narrator

|[[Daniel Schmid]]

|-

|rowspan=2|1994

|''[[My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud]]''

|Antonin Artaud

|Grard Mordillat

|-

|''[[Revenge of the Musketeers]]''

|[[Aramis]]

|[[Bertrand Tavernier]]

|-

|1996

|''[[The Liars (film)|The Liars]]''

|Marcus Dourmer

|[[lie Chouraqui]]

|-

|2004

|''[[Anthony Zimmer]]''

|Akerman

|[[Jrme Salle]]

|-

|2007

|''[[The Wedding Director]]''

|Ferdinando Gravina

|[[Marco Bellocchio]]

|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{commons category}}

* {{imdb name|nm0293739}}

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| DATE OF BIRTH = 13 October 1937

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[[Category:1937 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:French male film actors]]

[[Category:Jewish French male actors]]

[[Category:French people of Polish-Jewish descent]]

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