Jalil Lespert | |
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Born |
Paris, France | 11 May 1976
Occupation(s) | Film director, actor, screenwriter |
Years active | 1995–present |
Jalil Lespert (born 11 May 1976) is a French actor, screenwriter and director. He has been described as "one of the best actors of his generation." [1]
Lespert was born in Paris to a pied-noir father, actor Jean Lespert, and a Kabyle Algerian mother, [2] who is an attorney and a jurist, Lespert initially studied law to please his mother.
Lespert made his film debut in 1995, in Laurent Cantet's film Jeux de plage, alongside his father. [3] His first major role came in 1999, in Jacques Maillot's film Our Happy Lives. The following year, he appeared in another Cantet film, Human Resources, which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2001. [4]
Lespert's career took off and he appeared in several films, playing a wide range of characters, such as a sensual gardener in Sade, [5] a body builder addict in Vivre me tue, [1] a boxer in Virgil, [6] an pretentious artist in Alain Resnais's Not on the Lips, [7] and a journalist in Robert Guédiguian's The Last Mitterrand.
Lespert directed his first film in 2007, 24 mesures, featuring Benoît Magimel and Sami Bouajila. [8] His second feature as director, Headwinds (2011), featured Magimel alongside Audrey Tautou and Isabelle Carré. [9]
In 2010, he appeared in French television series Pigalle, la nuit. [10]
In 2009, Lespert married Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France. The couple had one child named Kahina (born 2010), and separated in 2018. [11] He also has two other children, Jena and Aliosha, from a previous relationship. [12]
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Jalil Lespert | |
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Born |
Paris, France | 11 May 1976
Occupation(s) | Film director, actor, screenwriter |
Years active | 1995–present |
Jalil Lespert (born 11 May 1976) is a French actor, screenwriter and director. He has been described as "one of the best actors of his generation." [1]
Lespert was born in Paris to a pied-noir father, actor Jean Lespert, and a Kabyle Algerian mother, [2] who is an attorney and a jurist, Lespert initially studied law to please his mother.
Lespert made his film debut in 1995, in Laurent Cantet's film Jeux de plage, alongside his father. [3] His first major role came in 1999, in Jacques Maillot's film Our Happy Lives. The following year, he appeared in another Cantet film, Human Resources, which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2001. [4]
Lespert's career took off and he appeared in several films, playing a wide range of characters, such as a sensual gardener in Sade, [5] a body builder addict in Vivre me tue, [1] a boxer in Virgil, [6] an pretentious artist in Alain Resnais's Not on the Lips, [7] and a journalist in Robert Guédiguian's The Last Mitterrand.
Lespert directed his first film in 2007, 24 mesures, featuring Benoît Magimel and Sami Bouajila. [8] His second feature as director, Headwinds (2011), featured Magimel alongside Audrey Tautou and Isabelle Carré. [9]
In 2010, he appeared in French television series Pigalle, la nuit. [10]
In 2009, Lespert married Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France. The couple had one child named Kahina (born 2010), and separated in 2018. [11] He also has two other children, Jena and Aliosha, from a previous relationship. [12]
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