Jalil Lespert
Jalil Lespert | |
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 Lespert in Nominee Luncheon for the 2015 César Awards | |
| Born | 11 May 1976 Paris, France |
| 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]
Early life and education
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.
Career
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]
Personal life
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]
Selected filmography
As actor
- 1995 - Jeux de plage directed by Laurent Cantet
- 1997 - Les Sanguinaires[13]
- 1999 - Human Resources[14]
- 2000 - Sade[5]
- 2001 - Inch'Allah Dimanche[15]
- 2001 - Bella Ciao, directed by Stéphane Giusti[16]
- 2002 - Vivre me tue[1]
- 2003 - Les Amateurs, directed by Martin Valente[17]
- 2003 - Not on the Lips[18]
- 2004 - L'ennemi naturel, directed by Pierre Erwan Guillaume[19]
- 2005 - The Young Lieutenant[20]
- 2005 - The Last Mitterrand[21]
- 2006 - Le Voyage en Arménie, directed by Robert Guédiguian[22]
- 2008 - Tell No One[23]
- 2008 - Ligne de Front, directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz[24]
- 2014 - De guerre lasse, directed by Olivier Panchot[25]
- 2016 - Iris[26]
- With or Without You (2021)
- 2023 - Infinity Pool[27]
As director and writer
Awards and accolades
- César Award for Most Promising Actor (26th César Awards, for Human Resources)[4]
- Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor (6th Lumières Awards, for Human Resources)[29]
- Étoiles d'or du cinéma français (2001, Best Actor, for Human Resources)[29]
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