Reda Elazouar

Elazouar was born in London to a Moroccan family, and grew up on the Doddington and Rollo Estate in Battersea, South London. He attended a Catholic primary school, though he comes from a Muslim background. He spent three years in Muscat, Oman, where he went to an international school. Upon returning to London at age 10, Elazouar took Saturday acting classes with RaAw London in Camden and Battersea Arts Centre.^[3] He deferred his acceptance to study Biomedicine at University College London (UCL) in order to pursue acting^[4] at the Identity School of Acting.^[5]

Elazouar made his television debut in an episode of the 2018 BBC One miniseries The Little Drummer Girl.^[4] This was followed by a two-episode arc as Imran Qureshi in the soap opera EastEnders, also on BBC One.^[6] He appeared in the 2020 Channel 4 crime thriller Baghdad Central as Ali Jabani.^[7]

In 2021, Elazouar starred in Reggie Yates's debut feature Pirates.^[1][8] He also appeared in the science fiction films Outside the Wire, on Netflix, and Voyagers.^[9]

Elazouar joined the cast of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education for its fourth and final series as Beau in 2023.^[10] In 2024, he voiced Yaseen in Mohamed-Zain Dada's play Dizzy at the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse in Sheffield^[11] and the Half Moon Theatre in London^[12] and appeared on stage in Talking People at the Bush Theatre.^[13] Elazouar had a main role as Detective Karim Lapointe in the 2025 PBS Masterpiece series Maigret.^[14] Elazouar has a role in The Family Plan 2.^[15]