Moroccan actor Youssef Kerkour will lead the new comedy-drama “Significant Other” alongside Katherine Parkinson who is best-known for portraying Jen Barber in the critically acclaimed sitcom “The IT Crowd.”

Morocco’s Youssef Kerkour To Star in British Comic-Drama ‘Significant Other’

Rabat – Moroccan actor Youssef Kerkour will lead the new comedy-drama “Significant Other” alongside Katherine Parkinson who is best-known for portraying Jen Barber in the critically acclaimed sitcom “The IT Crowd.”

Commenting on the new production, Kerkour said: “I’m overjoyed and very grateful to be teaming up with Nicola Shindler once again and to have the privilege of working with Katherine Parkison whom I’ve been a fan of for so many years.”

He added, “The real value of a career is the outstanding people one gets to work with and the love and joy which that work brings to an audience.”

Describing the plot as “beautiful story with a wickedly funny center,” Kerkour said he was excited to share the show with the public.

The new Quay Street production tells the story of Anna and Sam, two lonely neighbors in their mid-40s who start a challenging and hesitant relationship after going through life-changing experiences.

“‘Significant Other’ is a beautifully unconventional love story [that] deals with loneliness and the messiness of love and I hope the scripts will resonate as much with an audience as they did with me,” said Quay Street Productions’s Katheine Parkinson. “I can’t wait to get started!”

The show was written by Dana Fainaru and Hamish Wright and will be directed by “Home” filmmaker David Sant. Filming is scheduled to start in September in Manchester, UK, while the final production will be streamed on ITVX in 2023.

Born and raised in Rabat, Kerkour discovered his passion for acting during a school trip to William Shakespeare’s hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon, central England.

He launched his acting career in 2001 as he played The Visitor in Stee Martin’s production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, before joining the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for two years and the Royal Shakespeare Company for another five years.

Kerkour achieved international recognition after portraying Sami, a Syrian refugee, in the 2019 comedy-drama sitcom “Home.” In 2020, he was nominated for the British Academy Television Awards.

Last year, Kerkour portrayed Iraqi Turkmen banker and billionaire, Nemir Kirdar, in the American biographical crime film, “House of Gucci,” which starred A-list actors such as Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Salma Hayek, and Jared Leto.