Biography

Youness Ouder is a Los Angeles based actor who has been engaged in several productions including "Set Up Punch" with Elijah Wood, a festival film named "Sentient" directed by Vang Brothers, "Resident Evil" as a Zombie, and has recorded a voice over as a French Cook for a commercial ,as well as played lead roles for several student films and independent productions.

He fell in love with cinema at a very young age since first watching American and international films from various cultures including the French, Italian, German, Persian, Egyptian, Indian cinema. He developed a great interest for acting and had the opportunity to experience in Elementary School Theater at the age of 8 and had early training in Theater since high school Drama classes. He later acquired more professional formation at Aaron Speiser Acting Studio with "Technique and Scene Study" Lessons and Workshops.

His love for creativity has brought him to express it not only through his acting skills, but also by making his own short films ranging from intense dramas to dynamic comedies with new ideas. He is always challenging himself with complex roles and is very eager to progress in Acting, which has always been his passion. Having the ability to transform himself into each character played, he is capable of portraying a large variety of characters ranging from serious touching roles to more playful personalities that entertain, all equally engaging the viewer in the film.

Though he is an actor based in Los Angeles, his multicultural experience began at an early age growing up in Casablanca, Morocco, where he was exposed to a diverse ethnic population that includes native Amaziris, Arabs, Jews, French, and others. He can speak Fluent Arabic, French, Amaziri, and English, all with a variety of accents (i.e. French, Italian, and Middle Eastern accents in English, and other Middle Eastern accents in Arabic). His exposure to all these cultures plus having travelled around the World (Europe, Latin America, and North Africa) make him a multicultural connoisseur who can adapt to situations in his personal life as well as in acting. A big part of his life since early life is sports and fitness, nowadays keeping himself fit on a daily basis by practicing Body Building, Soccer, and Tennis, all of which he has practiced almost at a professional level.

As an aspiring actor, he is driven to work hard and incessantly improve and master his skills in order to become a valuable asset in the film industry and play lead roles in major productions.
- IMDb mini biography by: Youness Ouder