Biography

Slim Khezri is an award winning German-American singer, songwriter, author, producer, director, editor, cooking enthusiast, art collector, businessman and actor in television, film, and theatre, including voiceover and motion-capture work in video games, animation, and computer training programs. Khezri first achieved fame in 1991 as a Michael Jackson Impersonator on the fourth season of the highly successful TV program "Die Rudi Carrell Show - Laß Dich überraschen" in Germany.

Born (July 18, 1972) in Lübeck Hansestadt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, as the oldest of three children to a Mediterranean family of Tunisian ancestry. Khezri is based in Los Angeles, California, and married to award winning American pole artist, and stage performer Phoenix Kazree. They have one son together. Through his mother, Khezri is the cousin of award winning Swedish novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri and his younger brother, actor Hamadi Khemiri.

Previous acting work includes major and minor roles in productions such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", "Avengers: Infinity War", "Solo: A Star Wars Story", Ludwig van Beethoven's opera "Fidelio", "Jurassic World", "House of Gucci", "Us", "Angels & Demons", "SEAL Team" (CBS), "American Sniper", Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello", "Star Trek: Picard" (CBS), "Avengers: Endgame", "Quasi", "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", "True Detective" (Season 2), "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", "1000 Ways to Die", Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel", "The Mandalorian" (Disney+), "Jason Bourne", "La Bayadère" by Ludwig Minkus with the prestigious American Ballet Theater, "The 15:17 to Paris", Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida", "Bumblebee", "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (Disney+), "Washington's Armor", "The Kominsky Method" (Netflix), "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle", Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Roberto Devereux", "A Star Is Born", "S.W.A.T.", "Austin Powers in Goldmember", "Roman J. Israel, Esq.", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and Kenneth MacMillan's "Mayerling" with the British Royal Ballet, just to name a few. From Leading actor, Character actor, Comedy actor, Supporting actor to Featured extra or just extra, Khezri had done it all on film, television and theater stage.

As a singer and songwriter, Slim Khezri is a successful independent music artist with multiple licensing deals with several record labels and music distributors; including Sony Music Entertainment, Double Power, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. He is also founder-CEO of the entertainment company Doubajen Group Ltd., and its subsidiary Doubajen Records. He goes by the stage-names Slim K, or Kazree, and sometimes credited under his full name, stylized as a single word Slimkhezri.

"Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar" (Human dignity is inviolable). As a philanthropist and activist, for many years Slim Khezri has been a strong proponent of freedom of opinion and freedom of speech. He is compassionate, very vocal and has been actively engaged in work with various organizations; such as Amnesty International, Save the Children, Feeding America, Thorn (formerly DNA Foundation, with Ashton Kutcher), Dell's recycling program and Mazon: This Is Hunger. Khezri has raised awareness to many pressing issues ranging from injustice, inequality, intolerance, human trafficking, women & child abuse, racism, hunger and environment. In addition, Slim Khezri is a state-licensed caregiver and wedding officiant in California.

Before making his way to the United States, Slim Khezri first gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s in Europe, as a popular Michael Jackson Impersonator, Khezri was the ultimate tribute show, touring for more than 10 years around the globe, dancing, singing live, and speaking the language of "MJ" as authentic as possible, Khezri was one of the few who mastered every original groove and gravity-defying dance moves which brought attention to Michael's father Joe Jackson, and ultimately to Michael Jackson himself. In late 2000, after a decade and near a thousand performances in over 70 countries, Slim Khezri moonwalked for the last time, during the German Bowl XXII Halftime Show, in Braunschweig, Germany. He then moved to the United States, to go on write, direct, produce, edit and appear in numerous films, television shows, theater productions, music videos, and collaborated over the years with a diverse, wide range of countless music producers, DJ's, recording artists and as well as many independent talents from around the world.

Through the years he teamed up with some of the biggest names in the music industry (filming, collaborating, touring with/ or performing on stage) e.g Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake (Nsync), Fall Out Boy, Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears, Lucy Pearl, Gene Simmons (KISS), Franz Ferdinand, Panic! At The Disco, Lutricia McNeal, La Bouche, KRS-One & Marley Marl, Leee John (Imagination), Mr. President, Lifehouse, Sidney Youngblood, Sean Kingston, Lil Dicky, Natalie Merchant, Q-Tip, Chris Brown, Akon, Haddaway, Captain Hollywood Project, AJ McLean (Backstreet Boys), Army of Lovers, Betty Booom, Worlds Apart, DJ Khaled, Mark Owen (Take That), Dr. Alban and many more.

Slim Khezri can be perfectly described as a bon vivant, self-proclaimed gourmet, a cheese, wine & coffee connoisseur, kunstliebhaber, loves classic cartoons and films from the golden age of cinema (mostly between the 1910s and the 1980s), a fashion lover and passionate world traveler. Khezri is fascinated by society and the human experience. Media, technology, politics, religion and history are just some of the areas he studied. Educated in Europe (Germany, 8 years), and North Africa (Tunisia, 6 years). Speaks 5 Languages: English, German, French, Arabic, and conversational Turkish.

As an actor, Slim Khezri has worked alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood; such as Tom Hanks, Al Pacino, Matt Damon, Jared Leto, George Clooney, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Ben Affleck, John Turturro, Adam Driver, Bradley Cooper, Jim Carey, Nicole Kidman, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Irons, Tommy Lee Jones, Johnny Depp, Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, John Lithgow, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, Lady GaGa, Josh Brolin, Bencio Del Toro, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Terrence Stamp, Harvey Keitel, James Franco, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Scarlett Johansson, J.K. Simmons, and was directed by the likes of Ron Howard, Clint Eastwood, Ridley Scott, Danny Boyle, Jodie Foster, Andy Serkis, Roland Emmerich, Colin Trevorrow, Ben Stiller, Gore Verbinski, Jerry Zucker, Ava DuVernay, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Angela Basset, Seth MacFarlane, F. Gary Gray and many more.

In addition to his creative work in film and music, Khezri has also successfully worked on many musical and conceptual arts related side projects, including many fashion shows in Europe, and multiple art gallery events in Los Angeles, for which he produced short-documentary features for various European channels, including Vernissage TV in Switzerland.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: © 2021 Doubajen Group Ltd. [us]