Just Riadh | ||||||||||
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Born | Riadh Belaïche July 3, 1998 Sidi Bel Abbès wilaya, Algeria | |||||||||
Nationality | French, Algerian | |||||||||
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Years active | 2017–present | |||||||||
Agent(s) | Smile Conseil,[1] Adéquat[2] | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Channels | Just Riadh | |||||||||
Genre | Humor | |||||||||
Subscribers | 1.43 million | |||||||||
Total views | 97 million | |||||||||
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Last updated: 5 Mar 2023 | ||||||||||
TikTok information | ||||||||||
Followers | 6.6 million | |||||||||
Likes | 113.1 million | |||||||||
Last updated: March 05, 2023 | ||||||||||
Instagram information | ||||||||||
Followers | 4.5 million |
Riadh Belaïche[4] (French: [ɾjad belaiʃ]; born 3 July 1998), also known by his pseudonym Just Riadh, is an Algerian-born French Internet celebrity and actor. In 2023, he plays the main character in the movie Sugar and Stars (À la belle étoile in French) and embodies[clarification needed] the French pastry chef Yazid Ichemrahen.
Belaïche was born in Sidi Bel Abbès wilaya[5] in Algeria. When he was eight,[6] he moved to the Paris region with his family, living first in Drancy[7][8] and later in Magny-le-Hongre.[9] As a child, he dreamed of becoming a professional footballer.[8][10]
Under the pseudonym riadhtheone,[4] Belaïche started making humorous videos on social networks when he was a teenager.[11]
He collaborated in 2017 for the first time[12] at age 18 with other social media personalities and appeared in the video Saïd & Paul: Les Gens sur Twitter (transl. People on Twitter) by Paul Darbos and Saïd Bengriche[13] broadcast on YouTube.[11][8] He stopped the videos to focus on his studies. After obtaining his baccalauréat,[14] he went to a BTS but stopped to restart videos on social networks.[11] A friend of him posted one of his videos on Facebook and it got millions of views.[15] In November 2017, French rapper Booba also shares one of his videos on Instagram.[16]
In 2020, Belaïche played the role of Wejdene's boyfriend in her music video clip Coco.[17]
In 2021, he confronted his haters in the documentary J’aime pas Just Riadh (I hate Just Riadh in English) made by the French media Brut on BrutX.[18]
In 2022, he collaborated with several brands like Canal+, Puma, Paco Rabanne and LVMH and is elected influencer of the year 2022 by Stratégies magazine.[19]
Belaïche has acted in several films and television series like 30 jours max (transl. 30 Days Left) (2020), Stalk (2021)[20][11] or LOL, qui rit, sort! on Amazon Prime (2022).[21] In 2022, he participated in the French reality game show Pekin Express: Duos de choc on M6 with his bestfriend.[22][23]
In 2023, Belaïche acted as the main character of the movie À la belle étoile (transl. Sugar and Stars)[24][25] and played the role of Yazid Ichemrahen, world champion of frozen desserts in 2014.[8][26]
Films | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
2017 | Saïd & Paul : People on Twitter | Riadhtheone | Short film by Saïd Bengriche and Paul Darbos |
2020 | 30 Days Left | Sammy | |
2020 | Les sacrifiés | Sabri Djebari | Short film by Jordan Pavlik |
2023 | Sugar and Stars | Yazid Ichemrahen | Main role |
TV | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2020 | All the Way Up (Canal+) | Himself | Season 1; guest role; episode 5 |
2020 | Kiffe aujourd’hui (France.tv Slash) | Riad | Web-serie; season 2; main role |
2020 | Stalk (France.tv Slash) | Justin | Web-serie; season 2; 10 episodes |
2021 | Belle, belle, belle (TF1) | Ryan | TV film; remake of I Feel Pretty |
2021 | Driven Round the Bend (Arte) | Nasser | TV film |
2022 | LOL, qui rit, sort! (Amazon Prime) | Participant | TV series; season 2 |