Then in 2016, he was selected for a minor role in the American biographical action thriller war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi directed by Michael Bay.
The film later received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Mixing at the 89th Academy Awards.
The film was produced as a collaborative work between Spain, Morocco, France and Qatar.
It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival[4][5] and later won the Nespresso Grand Prize.
In 2020, he starred in the French drama film Home Front and played the supportive role 'Idir'.