Moroccan French actor.

Hassam Ghancy is an actor, known for "Traitor" (2008), "Ennemis intérieurs" (2016) and "Rendition" (2007).

Hassam GHANCY plays THE HIGHWAYMAN who initially intimidates but ultimately bonds with Battuta and helps him along his way to Mecca. Chancy most recently completed the drama "Traitor", starring Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels and Don Cheadle, about a special operative working with a terrorist group targeted by the CIA, directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff; he plays a member of a criminal organization in the thriller "Secret Défense", directed by Phillippe Haim. He was also seen in the political thriller "Rendition" with Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllanhaal, directed by Gavin Hood; he appeared in "BMK (Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der)", based on the Stefan Aust's best-selling non-fiction book about Germany's terrorist group, "The Red Army Faction", directed by Eli Edel; and in "Zaïna: Rider of the Atlas", an 11-year-old girl accompanies her father on a 20-day voyage to Marrakech where he disguises her as a boy to compete in the most prestigious horse race in North Africa, directed by Bourlem Guerdjou.

On stage Ghancy has performed in the works of Shakespeare, Arthur Shnitzler, Chekov and Bernard-Marie Koltès, among others. He has been seen in "Medea," "The Wedding," "Midsummer Night's Dream", "La Ronde," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Council of Love," "La Nef des Fous," and "Richard III," to name but a few. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Ghancy moved with his family to Paris at age three in the early ?70's. During his school years, he was influenced by American and old French movies to become an actor, but it wasn't until he was 20 years old that he began performing on stage in Paris. After being critically acclaimed in two plays, he decided to pursue acting as a career and attended Cité Théâtre in Paris for two years. He returned to the stage for the next three years and, determined to further hone his craft, continued his studies at Théâtre Ecole du Passage under Neils Arestrup and Alexandre del Perugia for an additional three years. In 2005, he began training with American Jack Waltzer in Paris.

Ghancy, who works in French, English and Arabic, lives in Paris, France.