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 49)[ citation needed ]
Paris, France
Occupations
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vivre me tue - Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jalil Lespert – "Le réalisateur doit s'effacer derrière l'histoire !"". Le Petit Journal. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 Média, Prisma (24 March 2023). "Jalil Lespert - La biographie de Jalil Lespert avec Gala.fr". Gala (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 "That's a wrap for Jalil Lespert's Iris". Cineuropa. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Film Review; The Marquis de Sade in a More Complex Guise (Published 2002)". 26 April 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "«Virgil», joli coup de fougue". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Russell, Jamie (21 April 2004). "Pas Sur La Bouche! (2004)". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. 1 2 Bradshaw, Peter (21 July 2008). "The Last Mitterrand (Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars)". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. 1 2 Weissberg, Jay (2 September 2007). "24 Bars". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. 1 2 Gray, Victoria (6 November 2012). "Headwinds". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "" Pigalle, la nuit "". LEFIGARO (in French). 2 January 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Média, Prisma (11 February 2023). "Sonia Rolland : pourquoi s'est-elle séparée de Jalil Lespert ? - Gala". Gala (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Jalil Lespert et Sonia Rolland, la rupture". Paris Match (in French). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Les Sanguinaires - Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Human Resources". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  16. ↑ ""Inch Allah dimanche" : La grande douleur de l'arrivée". Le Monde.fr (in French). 4 December 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Bêta «Ciao»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  18. ↑ ""Albert est méchant» «Les Amateurs"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  19. ↑ Kehr, Dave (22 March 2005). "New DVD's (Published 2005)". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "L'Ennemi Naturel - Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  21. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (8 September 2006). "A Cop Confronts Some Hard Cases, Including His Own Boss". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "Guédiguian s'aventure de l'autre côté du mont Ararat - Le Temps" (in French). 28 June 2006. ISSN   1423-3967 . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  23. ↑ Nicoud, Anabelle (2 August 2008). "24 mesures/Jalil Lespert : tout pour le cinéma". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  24. ↑ Povoledo, Elisabetta (8 November 2009). ""Pa-ra-da": A grim but hopeful tale from the streets of Romania". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  25. ↑ "Lignes de front : dans l'enfer du génocide rwandais". Afrik (in French). 31 March 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  26. ↑ "Love and Bruises". The Guardian. 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  27. ↑ "« De guerre lasse » : Jalil Lespert, soldat perdu ***". Le Parisien (in French). 7 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  28. ↑ "Buyers drink-up SND's 'First Growth'". Screen Daily. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  29. ↑ Pianezza, Pamela (11 September 2016). "Toronto Film Review: 'Orphan'". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  30. 1 2 Hoeij, Boyd van (16 November 2016). "'Iris': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  31. ↑ Linden, Sheri (9 May 2018). "'The Escape': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  32. ↑ Young, Deborah (27 October 2018). "'Magic Nights' ('Notti magiche'): Film Review Rome 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  33. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (5 September 2019). "France TV Distribution launches sales on love triangle drama 'Dreamchild', releases first look (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  34. ↑ "Beasts". Arras Film Festival. 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  35. ↑ Romney, Jonathan (14 July 2021). "'Tralala': Cannes Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  36. ↑ Debruge, Peter (22 January 2023). "'Infinity Pool' Review: How Many Alexander Skarsgård Clones Does It Take to Screw Up Your Vacation Plans?". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  37. ↑ "GTMax - A motorized thriller with Ava Baya and Jalil Lespert in November 2024 on Netflix". Sortira Paris. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  38. ↑ "Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion on film". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  39. ↑ Lespert, Jalil (20 November 2024), Dakar Chronicles (Adventure), Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sainz Carlos, Mason Klein, Red Bull Studios, The Red Ceiling, retrieved 25 January 2025
  40. 1 2 "Qui est Jalil Lespert, le nouvel homme de Læticia Hallyday ?". sudinfo.be avec Ciné-Télé-Revue (in French). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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