Hassan Akkouch

Hassan Akkouch (born 1988) is a Lebanese German actor, known for his roles in Tatort (2013), Verbrechen Nach Ferdinand von Schirach (2013), and Der Kriminalist (2006). He also participated in Neukölln Unlimited (2010), a German documentary about immigrant youth living in a neglected urban area in Berlin, Germany.

Akkouch was born in Lebanon. He was two years old when he fled with his family to the Neukölln district of Berlin, Germany. In Germany, the family has been threatened by ongoing deportations. Three years of this event (2006–2009) are described in the documentary Neukölln Unlimited by Agostino Imondi and Dietmar Ratsch.As a teenager, Akkouch became more and more interested in dance and drama, and participated in successful pieces such as Scratch Neukölln of Macras at HAU, There Was A Time by Niels Robitzky and Magnifico by Andre Heller. He completed his education at the Otto Falckenberg school in Munich, and during his studies he worked in various theatre, film, and television productions, and was intensively engaged in dance, acrobatics and theater work. Since 2009, he has been a part of the dance crew of Fanatix, one of the best dance groups in Germany. He represents numerous theater productions in Berlin and Munich on stage, including at HAU, the Ballhaus Naunynstraße, the Maxim Gorki Theater and the Munich Kammerspielen.