Tewfik Jallab was born of a Moroccan mother and a Tunisian-Algerian father. He took his first steps in cinema very young, at the age of 10, when he starred as a child soldier in the film Killer Kid de Gilles de Maistre (Price Cannes Junior). In 2013, he was directed by Jamel Debbouze in the movies La Marche and Né quelque part.