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'''Jalil Lespert''' (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor, screenwriter and director.
'''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."<ref name=":4" />


==Life and career==
==Early life and education==
Lespert was born in Paris to a [[Pied-Noir|''pied-noir'']] father, actor Jean Lespert, and a [[Kabyle people|Kabyle]] Algerian mother,<ref>{{Cite web |title=JALIL LESPERT – "Le réalisateur doit s'effacer derrière l'histoire !" |url=https://lepetitjournal.com/sao-paulo/actualites/jalil-lespert-le-realisateur-doit-seffacer-derriere-lhistoire-41225 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=lepetitjournal.com}}</ref> who is an attorney and a [[jurist]], Lespert initially studied law to please his mother.
Born to a French ([[Pied-Noir]]) father, actor Jean Lespert, and an Algerian mother, he studied law before turning to acting, to please his mother who is a [[jurist]]. Married former Miss France [[Sonia Rolland]], with whom he has one child.


== Career ==
Lespert made his film debut in 1995, in [[Laurent Cantet]]'s film ''[[Jeux de plage]]'', opposite his father. His first major role came in 1999, in [[Jacques Maillot]]'s film ''[[Nos vies heureuses]]''. The following year, he appeared in another Laurent Cantet film ''[[Ressources humaines]]'', which earned him a [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]] in 2001.
Lespert made his film debut in 1995, in [[Laurent Cantet]]'s film ''[[Jeux de plage]]'', alongside his father.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Média |first=Prisma |date=2023-03-24 |title=Jalil Lespert - La biographie de Jalil Lespert avec Gala.fr |url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/jalil_lespert |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Gala.fr |language=fr}}</ref> 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 (film)|Human Resources]]'', which earned him a [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]] in 2001.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-11 |title=That's a wrap for Jalil Lespert's Iris |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/306061/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Jalil Lespert Césars.jpg|thumb|right|Jalil Lespert at the [[César Awards 2000|2000 César Awards ceremony]]]]
[[File:Jalil Lespert Césars.jpg|thumb|right|Jalil Lespert at the [[César Awards 2000|2000 César Awards ceremony]]]]
His career took off and he appeared in several films, playing a wide range of characters, such as a sensual gardener in ''[[Sade (movie)|Sade]]'', a body builder addict in ''[[Vivre me tue]]'', a boxer in ''[[Virgil (film)|Virgil]]'', an avant-garde artist in [[Alain Resnais]]'s ''[[Pas sur la bouche (2003 film)|Pas sur la bouche]]'', a journalist in [[Robert Guédiguian]]'s ''[[Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars]]'', etc.
Lespert's career took off and he appeared in several films, playing a wide range of characters, such as a sensual gardener in ''[[Sade (movie)|Sade]]'',<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2002-04-26 |title=FILM REVIEW; The Marquis de Sade in a More Complex Guise (Published 2002) |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/movies/film-review-the-marquis-de-sade-in-a-more-complex-guise.html |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref> a body builder addict in ''[[Vivre me tue]]'',<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Vivre me tue - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/vivre-me-tue-31175-01-01-2003/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Les Inrocks |language=fr-FR}}</ref> a boxer in ''[[Virgil (film)|Virgil]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=«Virgil», joli coup de fougue |url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2005/09/07/virgil-joli-coup-de-fougue_531482/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> an pretentious artist in [[Alain Resnais]]'s ''[[Not on the Lips]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Jamie |date=April 21, 2004 |title=Pas Sur La Bouche! (2004) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/films/reviews/n_s/pas_sur_la_bouche.shtml |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=BBC}}</ref> and a journalist in [[Robert Guédiguian]]'s ''[[The Last Mitterrand]].''


Lespert directed his first film in 2007, ''[[24 mesures]]'', featuring [[Benoît Magimel]] and [[Sami Bouajila]].<ref name=":1" /> His second feature as director, ''[[Headwinds]]'' (2011), featured Magimel alongside [[Audrey Tautou]] and [[Isabelle Carré]].<ref name=":2" />
He is currently appearing in a series on French television called ''[[Pigalle, la nuit]]''.


In 2010, he appeared in French television series ''[[Pigalle, la nuit]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-01-02 |title=" Pigalle, la nuit " |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine/2010/01/02/01006-20100102ARTFIG00121--pigalle-la-nuit-.php |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref>
He directed his first film in 2007, ''[[24 mesures]]'', featuring [[Benoît Magimel]] and [[Sami Bouajila]]. His second feature as director, ''Des vents contraires'', also featuring Magimel alongside [[Audrey Tautou]] and [[Isabelle Carré]], came out in 2011.

== Personal life ==
In 2009, Lespert married [[Sonia Rolland]], a former Miss France. The couple had one child named Kahina (born 2010), and separated in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Média |first=Prisma |date=2023-02-11 |title=Sonia Rolland : pourquoi s'est-elle séparée de Jalil Lespert ? - Gala |url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/sonia-rolland-pourquoi-sest-elle-separee-de-jalil-lespert_513100 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Gala.fr |language=fr}}</ref> He also has two other children, Jena and Aliosha, from a previous relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-26 |title=Jalil Lespert et Sonia Rolland, la rupture |url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Jalil-Lespert-et-Sonia-Rolland-la-rupture-1583662 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=parismatch.com |language=fr}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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===As actor===
===As actor===
* 1997 - ''Les Sanguinaires'', directed by [[Laurent Cantet]]
* 1995 - ''[[Jeux de plage]]'' directed by Laurent Cantet
* 1997 - ''[[Les Sanguinaires]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Sanguinaires - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/les-sanguinaires-38777-01-01-1997/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Les Inrocks |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* 1999 - ''[[Human Resources (film)|Human Resources]]'', directed by [[Laurent Cantet]]
* 1999 - ''[[Human Resources (film)|Human Resources]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |title=Human Resources |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/09/22/human-resources/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref>
* 2001 - ''[[Inch'Allah Dimanche]]'', directed by [[Yamina Benguigui]]
* 2000 - ''[[Sade (movie)|Sade]]''<ref name=":3" />
* 2001 - ''Bella Ciao'', directed by Stéphane Giusti
* 2001 - ''[[Inch'Allah Dimanche]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-12-04 |title="Inch Allah dimanche" : La grande douleur de l'arrivée |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/12/04/inch-allah-dimanche-la-grande-douleur-de-l-arrivee_251785_1819218.html |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
* 2003 - ''Les Amateurs'', directed by Martin Valente
* 2001 - ''Bella Ciao'', directed by Stéphane Giusti<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bêta «Ciao». |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2001/07/18/beta-ciao_371908/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref>
* 2004 - ''L'ennemi naturel'', directed by Pierre Erwan Guillaume
* 2002 - ''Vivre me tue<ref name=":4" />''
* 2005 - ''[[The Young Lieutenant]]'', directed by [[Xavier Beauvois]]
* 2003 - ''Les Amateurs'', directed by Martin Valente<ref>{{Cite web |title="Albert est méchant» «Les Amateurs" |url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2004/01/21/albert-est-mechant-les-amateurs_466078/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref>
* 2006 - ''Le Voyage en Arménie'', directed by [[Robert Guédiguian]]
* 2003 - ''[[Not on the Lips]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=March 22, 2005 |title=New DVD's (Published 2005) |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/movies/new-dvds.html |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
* 2008 - ''[[Tell No One]]'', directed by [[Guillaume Canet]]
* 2004 - ''L'ennemi naturel'', directed by Pierre Erwan Guillaume<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'ENNEMI NATUREL - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/lennemi-naturel-32230-01-01-2004/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Les Inrocks |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* 2008 - ''Ligne de Front'', directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz
* 2005 - ''[[The Young Lieutenant]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=2006-09-08 |title=A Cop Confronts Some Hard Cases, Including His Own Boss |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/movies/08lieu.html |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
* 2014 - ''De guerre lasse'', directed by [[Olivier Panchot]]
* 2005 - ''[[The Last Mitterrand]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-21 |title=The Last Mitterrand (Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars) |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/107083/last.mitterrand |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>
* 2006 - ''Le Voyage en Arménie'', directed by [[Robert Guédiguian]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-06-28 |title=Guédiguian s'aventure de l'autre côté du mont Ararat - Le Temps |language=fr |url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/guediguian-saventure-lautre-cote-mont-ararat |access-date=2023-08-04 |issn=1423-3967}}</ref>
* 2008 - ''[[Tell No One]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nicoud |first=Anabelle |date=2008-08-02 |title=24 mesures/Jalil Lespert : tout pour le cinéma |language=fr-CA |work=La Presse |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4553266-24-mesuresjalil-lespert-tout-pour-le-cinema.php |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
* 2008 - ''Ligne de Front'', directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-31 |title=Lignes de front : dans l'enfer du génocide rwandais |url=https://www.afrik.com/lignes-de-front-dans-l-enfer-du-genocide-rwandais |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Afrik |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* 2014 - ''De guerre lasse'', directed by Olivier Panchot<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-07 |title=« De guerre lasse » : Jalil Lespert, soldat perdu *** |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/de-guerre-lasse-jalil-lespert-soldat-perdu-07-05-2014-3821917.php |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=[[Le Parisien]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* 2016 - ''[[Iris (2016 film)|Iris]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hoeij |first=Boyd van |date=2016-11-16 |title='Iris': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/iris-review-947370/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>''
* ''[[With or Without You (2021 film)|With or Without You]]'' (2021)
* 2023 - ''[[Infinity Pool (film)|Infinity Pool]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2023-01-22 |title='Infinity Pool' Review: How Many Alexander Skarsgård Clones Does It Take to Screw Up Your Vacation Plans? |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/infinity-pool-review-alexander-skarsgard-mia-goth-brandon-cronenberg-1235498197/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>


===As director/writer===
===As director and writer===
* 2007 - ''[[24 Bars]]'' (''24 mesures'')<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Weissberg |first=Jay |date=2007-09-02 |title=24 Bars |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/24-bars-1200556761/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2014 - ''[[Yves Saint Laurent (film)|Yves Saint Laurent]]'' - Director and writer
* 2011 - ''[[Headwinds]]'' (''Des vents contraires'')<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Victoria |date=2012-11-06 |title=Headwinds |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/headwinds |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Time Out Worldwide |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 2014 - ''[[Yves Saint Laurent (film)|Yves Saint Laurent]]'' <ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-03-19 |title=Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion on film |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26635288 |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
* 2016 - ''[[Iris (2016 film)|Iris]]'' <ref name=":0" />


== Awards and accolades ==

* [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]] ([[26th César Awards]], for ''Human Resources'')<ref name=":5" />
* [[Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor]] ([[6th Lumières Awards]], for ''Human Resources'')<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-30 |title=Qui est Jalil Lespert, le nouvel homme de Læticia Hallyday ? |url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id379680/article/2020-10-30/qui-est-jalil-lespert-le-nouvel-homme-de-laeticia-hallyday |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=sudinfo.be avec Ciné-Télé-Revue |language=fr}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Étoiles d'or du cinéma français|lt=Étoiles d'or du cinéma français|fr}} (2001, Best Actor, for ''Human Resources)<ref name=":6" />''

== References ==
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Latest revision as of 10:16, 26 June 2024

Jalil Lespert
Lespert in Nominee Luncheon for the 2015 César Awards
Born (1976-05-11) 11 May 1976 (age 48)
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]

Early life and education

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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

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Lespert made his film debut in 1995, in Laurent Cantet's 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]

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

Lespert directed his first film in 2007, 24 mesures, featuring Benoît Magimel and Sami Bouajila.[8] His second feature as director, Headwinds (2011), featured Magimel alongside Audrey Tautou and Isabelle Carré.[9]

In 2010, he appeared in French television series Pigalle, la nuit.[10]

Personal life

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In 2009, Lespert married Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France. The couple had one child named Kahina (born 2010), and separated in 2018.[11] He also has two other children, Jena and Aliosha, from a previous relationship.[12]

Selected filmography

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As actor

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As director and writer

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Awards and accolades

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Vivre me tue - Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ "JALIL LESPERT – "Le réalisateur doit s'effacer derrière l'histoire !"". lepetitjournal.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ Média, Prisma (24 March 2023). "Jalil Lespert - La biographie de Jalil Lespert avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "That's a wrap for Jalil Lespert's Iris". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Weissberg, Jay (2 September 2007). "24 Bars". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b Gray, Victoria (6 November 2012). "Headwinds". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ^ "" Pigalle, la nuit "". LEFIGARO (in French). 2 January 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ Média, Prisma (11 February 2023). "Sonia Rolland : pourquoi s'est-elle séparée de Jalil Lespert ? - Gala". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Jalil Lespert et Sonia Rolland, la rupture". parismatch.com (in French). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Les Sanguinaires - Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Human Resources". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. ^ ""Inch Allah dimanche" : La grande douleur de l'arrivée". Le Monde.fr (in French). 4 December 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Bêta «Ciao»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. ^ ""Albert est méchant» «Les Amateurs"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  18. ^ Kehr, Dave (22 March 2005). "New DVD's (Published 2005)". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  19. ^ "L'ENNEMI NATUREL - Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  20. ^ Dargis, Manohla (8 September 2006). "A Cop Confronts Some Hard Cases, Including His Own Boss". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  21. ^ "The Last Mitterrand (Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars)". The Guardian. 21 July 2008. 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. ^ "Lignes de front : dans l'enfer du génocide rwandais". Afrik (in French). 31 March 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  25. ^ "« De guerre lasse » : Jalil Lespert, soldat perdu ***". Le Parisien (in French). 7 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  26. ^ a b Hoeij, Boyd van (16 November 2016). "'Iris': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ "Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion on film". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  29. ^ a b "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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