Aziz Degga

Abdelaziz Degga, born on November 10, 1945 in Algiers, is an Algerian actor, comedian and writer. He is the brother of Nasreddine Degga, also an artist, comedian and impersonator. This son of Climat-de-France, in Algiers, began his career as an artist in the theater. In 1967, he joined the dramatic arts section of the Algiers Conservatory. He then played in dialect and in French alongside Azzedine Medjoubi, Madjid Bey, Abdelah Bouzida, Norredine Lameche, Samir Bencherifa and Rabah Allam in the play L’Exception Et La Règle by Bertold Brecht. Until 1972, he continued to perform classical plays with a dramatic tone. After Les Perses by Aeschylus (1967), he played in the play in dialectal Arabic by Echaab (The People). In 1969 he was in Kateb Yacine's La Poudre D'Intelligence. Then in 1972 in the theater troupe of the same Kateb who will tour France for several months to play "Mohamed Prend Ta Valise". He will play in Djamel Allam's La Voûte, and will then do a one-man show. Degga has played in about ten films and seven TV films. "I have always played roles that exude cheerfulness, I don't like to put myself in the shoes of characters who whine, I play humorous, relaxed, not serious