- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1976
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
Jalil Lespert
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 …
Filmography
movieDakar: Race Against the Desert
2025 · Director, Writer
movieDakar Chronicles
2025 · Director, Screenplay
tvI, Jack Wright
2025 · Arnaud Tissier
movieGTMAX
2024 · Elyas
movieNiki
2024 · Producer
movieInfinity Pool
2023 · Alban Bauer
movieFalcon Lake
2022 · Producer
movieWith or Without You
2021 · Mathieu
movieBeasts
2021 · Sylvain
movieTralala
2021 · Benjamin
tvRoom 2806: The Accusation
2020 · Creator, Director
movieDreamchild
2020 · François
movieThe Fool
2019 · Director, Screenplay
movieBrother
2019 · Igor
movieMagical Nights
2018 · Jean-Claude Bernard
movieThe Escape
2018 · Philippe
movieOrphan
2017 · Darius
movieIn the Shadow of Iris
2016 · Antoine Doriot, Director, Adaptation, Dialogue
tvVersailles
2015 · Director
movieAlgeria from Above
2015 · Self (Narrator)
movieFirst Growth
2015 · Charlie Maréchal
movieDe guerre lasse
2014 · Alex
movieYves Saint Laurent
2014 · Director, Writer
movieLandes
2013 · Iban
moviePost Partum
2013 · Ulysse
movieHeadwinds
2011 · Director, Screenplay
movieLove and Bruises
2011 · Giovanni
movieA Butterfly Kiss
2011 · Paul
movieChez Gino
2011 · Oncle Giovanni, jeune
movieBlackout
2010 · Antoine
tvPigalle, la nuit
2009 · Thomas
moviePa-ra-da
2008 · Miloud
movie24 Bars
2007 · Director, Writer
movieTell No One
2006 · Gonzales
movieVirgil
2005 · Virgil
movieThe Young Lieutenant
2005 · Antoine Derouère
movieThe Last Mitterrand
2005 · Antoine Moreau
De retour
movieDe retour
2005 · Director, Writer
movieNatural Enemy
2004 · Lieutenant Luhel
movieLes Amateurs
2004 · Jamel Mezaoui 'J.P.'
movieNot on the Lips
2003 · Charley
movieCourts mais Gay : Tome 6
2003 · Thomas Steiner
movieOedipus N+1
2003 · Thomas Steiner
movieThe Idol
2002 · Philippe
movieLife Kills Me
2002 · Daniel Smaïl
movieInch'Allah dimanche
2001 · Bus driver
movieBella ciao
2000 · Oreste
movieA Considerable Disturbance
2000 · Laurent
movieHuman Resources
1999 · Franck
movieOur Happy Lives
1999 · Étienne
movieHigh Pain Management
1999 · Laurent
movieThe Sanguinaires
1999 · Stéphane
movieSummer Games
1995 · Éric
Chaos
movieChaos
— · , Director
Les jours d'après
movieLes jours d'après
—
Les Couloirs aériens
movieLes Couloirs aériens
— · Director, Screenplay
Phénix
moviePhénix
— · Director, Writer