Kaci Tizi Ouzou

Known for

Acting

Born

January 1, 1931

Birthplace

Beni Ourtilane, Algeria

Died

November 19, 2014 (aged 83)

Biography

Kaci Tizi Ouzou, born Hamid Lourari in 1931 in Beni Ourtilane and died on November 19, 2014 at the age of 83 in Algiers, is an Algerian actor, humorist and singer.

Hamid "Kaci Tizi Ouzou" Lourari joined Bey Rédha's troupe at the age of 14 and began performing on stage in 1948 before going on a national tour between 1950 and 1954. During the Algerian National Liberation War, Hamid Lourari joined the national cause and left for France where he was arrested several times, for possession of weapons or for having hosted meetings of activists, before being released in 1961 and returning to Algeria. The day after independence, he joined Radio Chaîne II where he hosted his first shows, based on ske...