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Jalil Lespert

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 18, 1976 (48 years)
Jalil Lespert is the son of actor Jean Lespert, born in 1942 in Rosny-sous-Bois, and Farida Azi, lawyer of Algerian origin born in 1948 in Palestro (today Lakhdaria), in Algeria. He is the older brother of actor Yaniss Lespert.

Pushed by his mother, a lawyer, Jalil Lespert began studying law, but he changed his mind when in 1995, Laurent Cantet noticed him and cast him with his father in the short film Jeux de Plage. Subsequently, the young actor reunited with the director to shoot the TV film Les Sanguinaires in 1997. Two years later, Laurent Cantet offered him a new role, this time in the cinema, in the film Ressources Humaines. Thanks to the role of Franck, he was revealed to the general public and won the César for best male actor in 2001. In 2003, he won the prize for best new actor at the Cabourg Film Festival for his role in Vivre me tue by Jean- Pierre Sinapi. From then on, the actor made a series of films (Pas sur la bouche, Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars, Virgil, Le petit Lieutenant…).

Jalil Lespert also stands out as a director. In 2007, he moved behind the camera and signed the feature film 24 measures. A few years later, he repeated the experience with the adaptation of the novel Contrary Winds, which received a good reception. In 2014, he co-wrote and directed the biopic dedicated to Yves Saint-Laurent, played by Pierre Niney. In 2015, he joined the team of directors of the series Versailles, broadcast on Canal+, which was a great success. He continued the following year with the production of the feature film Iris in which he also starred. Since then, Jalil Lespert has alternated between his career as a director and that of an actor. In 2020, he starred in La terre des hommes by Noël Marandin and L’Enfant rêve by Raphaël Jacoulot.

On the private side, Jalil Lespert has shared the life of Sonia Rolland since 2009. The couple has a daughter, Kahina, born in November 2010. From his union with the actress Bérangère Allaux, the actor has two children, a boy named Aliosha and a daughter, Gena. In October 2018, he announced on social networks that he was separated from Sonia Rolland. On December 15, 2020, he formalized his relationship with the widow of Johnny Hallyday, Laeticia, on Instagram. Jalil Lespert is the ambassador of the NGO Plan International (children's rights in developing countries). In 2016, Jalil Lespert was a member of the jury for the 2016 Dinard British Film Festival.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Versailles (2015)
  • Yves Saint Laurent

Known For

  • Versailles (2015)
  • Infinity Pool
  • Yves Saint Laurent
  • In the Shadow of Iris
  • Human Resources
  • Room 2806: The Accusation
  • Falcon Lake
  • Headwinds
  • The Young Lieutenant
  • GTMax
  • The Last Mitterrand
  • Niki
  • The Escape
  • De guerre lasse
  • L'ennemi naturel
  • Brother
  • Orphan
  • Pa-ra-da
  • Le dindon
  • Not on the Lips
  • 24 Bars
  • Flower
  • Sade
  • Dreamchild

Filmography

2025
I, Jack Wright (TV Series) · as Arnaud Tissier
2024
GTMax · as Elyas
2023
Infinity Pool · as Alban Bauer
2021
Tralala · as Benjamin
2021
2020
Dreamchild · as François
2020
Beasts · as Sylvain
2019
Brother · as Igor
2018
Magical Nights · as Jean-Claude Bernard
2017
The Escape · as Philippe
2016
Orphan · as Darius
2016
In the Shadow of Iris · as Antoine Doriot
2015
First Growth · as Charlie Maréchal
2014
De guerre lasse · as Alex
2013
Landes · as Iban
2013
Post partum · as Ulysse
2012
One Thousand and One Nights (TV Series) · as Omar
2011
Flower · as Giovanni
2011
A Butterfly Kiss · as Paul
2011
Chez Gino · as Oncle Giovanni, Jeune
2009
Black Out · as Antoine
2009
Pigalle, la nuit (TV Series) · as Thomas
2008
Pa-ra-da · as Miloud
2006
Tell No One · as Yaël Gonzales
2006
Armenia · as Simon
2005
The Young Lieutenant · as Antoine Derouère
2005
Virgil · as Virgil
2005
The Last Mitterrand · as Antoine Moreau
2004
L'ennemi naturel · as Lieutenant Luhel
2003
Amateurs · as Jamel Mezaoui 'j.p.'
2003
Not on the Lips · as Charley
2002
L'idole · as Philippe
2002
Life Kills Me · as Daniel Smaïl
2001
Inch'Allah dimanche · as Bus Driver
2001
Bella ciao · as Oreste
2000
Sade · as Augustin
1999
A Major Inconvenience · as Laurent
1999
Human Resources · as Franck
1999
Nos vies heureuses · as Étienne
1997
1995
Jeux de plage · as Éric

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