Jamel Debbouze is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and other notable French humourists such as Florence Foresti, Fred Testot and Gad Elmaleh. He has starred in a number of box-office successes, including Amélie, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Hollywoo and HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami. He is the founder of the Canal+ television show Jamel Comedy Club.
Angel-A is a 2005 French romantic fantasy drama film written and directed by Luc Besson and featuring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen.
Micmacs is a 2009 French comedy film by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Its original French title is MicMacs à tire-larigot. The film is billed as a "satire on the world arms trade". It premiered on 15 September 2009 at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as a gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall.
Arabs in France are those parts of the Arab diaspora who have immigrated to France, as well as their descendants. Subgroups include Algerians in France, Moroccans in France, Mauritanians in France, Tunisians in France and Refugees of the Syrian Civil War. This French subgroup of Arabs in Europe are concentrated in the Maghrebi communities of Paris.
Le Boulet is a French action-comedy film directed by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier, released in 2002.
Ramzy Habib El Haq Bedia is a French actor, screenwriter, and film director of Algerian descent.
Éric Judor, sometimes simply called Éric, is a French actor, director, screenwriter and comedian. He gained notoriety by forming, with Ramzy Bedia, the comedy duo Eric and Ramzy.
Mathieu Madénian is a French comedian, actor and columnist.
Frédéric Giacomo Testo, known as Fred Testot, is a French actor, comedian and filmmaker. Since rising to prominence in the 2000s as he collaborated extensively with Omar Sy on the Service après-vente des émissions series on Canal+, Testot has starred in various film, theatre and television productions. He notably held the lead role in the 2017 thriller miniseries La Mante, which aired on TF1 and later premiered on Netflix.
The Paris metropolitan area has a large Maghrebi population, in part as a result of French colonial ties to that region. As of 2012 the majority of those of African origin living in Paris come from the Maghreb, including Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. There were 30,000 people with Algerian nationality, 21,000 persons with Moroccan nationality, and 15,000 persons with Tunisian nationality in the city of Paris in 2009. In addition, there are thousands of Maghrebi Jews who immigrated from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco during the 1960s.
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema.
Malik Bentalha is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in films.
"Mission Cleopatra" is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg and French comedian Jamel Debbouze. It was released in April 2002 as the single for the soundtrack to the 2002 film Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra with the record labels Doggystyle Records, Priority Records and Capitol Records.
Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape, also titled Evolution Man and Why I Did (Not) Eat My Father, is a 2015 animated adventure comedy film directed by Jamel Debbouze in collaboration with producer Fred Fougea. The film a loose adaptation on the 1960 novel The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis from an original screenplay by Fred Fougea and Jean-Luc Fromental.
Nawell Madani is a Belgian humorist of Algerian descent, presenter and producer. She became famous in 2012 because of the Jamel Comedy Club.
Le Saturday Night Live was a French late-night live television comedy show, an adaptation of the American show Saturday Night Live. It is produced by the channel M6 and first broadcast on 5 January 2017.
Amelle Chahbi is a French comedian, writer and director.
Stéphane Bak is a French actor and comedian of Congolese origin. He initially pursued a career in comedy and was showcased as the "youngest comedian in France". He further transitioned to cinema. He notably played the lead role in Twist in Bamako (2021) and achieved critical acclaim in Mother and Son (2023). He appeared in two of Wes Anderson's films, The French Dispatch (2021) and Asteroid City (2023).
Marc Miance is a film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Alkymia since 2010. He produced animated feature films such as Renaissance (2006) and Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape (2015).
Roman Frayssinet in Chevilly-Larue, is a French actor and comedian.
