Booder

Booder was born in Bouarfa, Morocco. He moved to France in 1979 and grew up in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. He discovered comedy at the theatre club of his high school. After the obtention of a baccalauréat specialized in accounting he decides to change path to go on stage and become a comedian. His stage name is a reference to his favorite footballer, the Moroccan Aziz Bouderbala.^[2][3] He acquired the French nationality by naturalization on 24 June 1999.^[4]

At the start of his career, he is part of a trio with two other comedians, without success, he then continues alone. From 2004 he performed in one-man shows in Parisian theatres. He's spotted by producer Rachid Ould-Ali, he was entrusted with the first part of Mouss Diouf's show at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, in Paris.^[2]

His first appearance in the cinema was in 2003 in a film of François Hanss [fr], named Corps à corps.^[5]

In 2011, he played his first major role in Beur sur la ville, written, directed and produced by Djamel Bensalah [fr].^[6]

During the On Fridays, Anything Goes [fr] of the 8 January 2021, TV show of Arthur in which he is frequently invited, he announces that he published an autobiography called Un bout d'air in 2020 and that he had already sold 10 000 books.^{[citation needed]}

Booder is easily recognizable with his small size, his atypical physique and his hat. Even thought the press sometimes attributed to him the Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome, he states that he doesn't suffer from any genetical disease.^[7]

On 1 September 2022, he made his debut as a new member of the radio show Les Grosses Têtes, animated by Laurent Ruquier.^[8]

In 2022, with Gaëlle Falzerana he realized his first film, Le Grand Cirque in which he played the first role. The film is released in February 2023 in cinemas.^[9]

In 2023, he starred in the play Pour le meilleur et pour le pire, alongside Rebecca Hampton.^[10]

• 2017 : La grande évasion^[11]
• 2019 - 2021 : Booder is back