Jalil Lespert

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Jalil Lespert
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Lespert in Nominee Luncheon for the 2015 César Awards
Born (1976-05-11) 11 May 1976 (age 48)[ citation needed ]
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, screenwriter
Years active1995–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]

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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 short 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]

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Jalil Lespert at the 2000 César Awards ceremony

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] a pretentious artist in Alain Resnais's Not on the Lips , [7] and a journalist in Robert Guédiguian's The Last Mitterrand. [8]

Lespert directed his first film in 2007, 24 mesures , featuring Benoît Magimel and Sami Bouajila. [9] His second feature as director, Headwinds in 2011, featured Magimel alongside Audrey Tautou and Isabelle Carré. [10]

In 2010, he appeared in the French television series Pigalle, la nuit . [11]

Personal life

In 2009, Lespert married Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France. The couple had one child (born 2010), and separated in 2018. [12] He also has two other children from a previous relationship. [13]

Filmography

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1995Jeux de plageÉricShort film; directed by Laurent Cantet
Credited as Djellil Lespert
[3]
1997 Les Sanguinaires StéphaneCredited as Djallil Lespert
1999 Our Happy Lives Etienne French: Nos vies heureuses
Human Resources FranckFrench: Ressources humaines
A Major InconvenienceLaurentFrench: Un dérangement considérable
2000 Sade Augustin
[5]
2001 Inch'Allah Dimanche Le chauffeur de bus English: Sunday God Willing
Bella ciaoOreste ManciniDirected by Stéphane Giusti
2002L'idolePhilippeEnglish: The Idol
Vivre me tueDaniel SmaïlEnglish: Life Kills Me
[1]
2003Les AmateursJamel Mezaoui "J.P."Directed by Martin Valente
Not on the Lips CharleyFrench: Pas sur la bouche
2004L'ennemi naturelLieutenant LuhelDirected by Pierre Erwan Guillaume
2005 The Last Mitterrand Antoine MoreauFrench: Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars
[8]
Virgil Virgil
Le Petit Lieutenant Antoine DerouèreEnglish: The Young Lieutenant
2006Le voyage en ArménieSimonDirected by Robert Guédiguian
Tell No One Yaël GonzalesFrench: Ne le dis à personne
2008Pa-ra-daMiloud
2009Ligne de FrontAntoineDirected by Jean-Christophe Klotz
2011Chez GinoOncle Giovanni
A Butterfly KissPaulFrench: Un baiser papillon
Love and Bruises Giovanni
2013LandesTxomin Iban
Post partumUlysse
2014De guerre lasseAlexDirected by Olivier Panchot
2015First GrowthCharlie MaréchalFrench: Premiers crus
2016 Orphan DariusFrench: Orpheline
Iris Antoine Doriot
2017 The Escape Philippe
2018 Magical Nights Jean-Claude Bernard Italian: Notti magiche
2019 Mon frère IgorEnglish: Brother
2020DreamchildFrançoisFrench: L'enfant rêvé
BeastsSylvain RousseauFrench: La terre des hommes
2021TralalaBenjamin Trescazes
With or Without You MathieuItalian: Una relazione
2023 Infinity Pool Alban Bauer
2024GTMaxElyas

As director and writer

Awards and accolades

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