Jimmy Jean-Louis

Jimmy Jean-Louis

actor, producer, writer

Jimmy Jean-Louis was born on Aug 08, 1968 in Haiti. Jimmy Jean-Louis's big-screen debut came with Emmanuelle Forever directed by Francis Leroi in 1993, strarring . Jimmy Jean-Louis is known for Cyberpunk 2077 directed by Adam Badowski, Cherami Leigh stars as V (Female Player) and Gavin Drea as V (Male Player). Jimmy Jean-Louis has got 5 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Jimmy Jean-Louis achieved is African Movie Academy Awards. The upcoming new movie Jimmy Jean-Louis plays is Aadujeevitham which will be released on Oct 20, 2023.

Jimmy Jean-Louis led a simple Life in the slums of Haiti until the age of 12, when he moved to Paris.Jimmy worked for 3 years in a musical theater in Spain "La Belle Époque" before embarking on a successful modeling career in France, Spain, Italy, South Africa and England.He moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue acting. Some of his credits include: "Tears of the Sun" (Dir: Antoine Fuqua, Columbia pictures 2003) with Bruce Willis, "Hollywood Homicide" (dir: Ron Shelton, Columbia Pictures, 2003) with Harrison Fordand Josh Hartnet, "Monster-in-Law" (Dir: Robert Luketic, New Line, 2005 ) with Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, "Phat Girlz" (Dir: Nnegest Likke, Fox Searchlight, 2006) with Oscar winner Mo'Nique, "Heroes" (NBC, 2006-2010) where he portrayed the charismatic Rene aka The Haitian, "Arrow" (CW Network, 2013), "Heroes Reborn" (NBC, 2015) and "Joy" (Dir: David O Russell, Fox 2000 Pictures, 2015) with Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro. He' was a regular on the show "Claws" TNT, 2018.His most important role to date is playing the title character in "Toussaint Louverture" which won Best Actor at the Pan African Film Festival and a nomination for Best Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2012.Jimmy Jean-Louis won Best Actor in a leading role "Desrances" at the Africa Movie Academy Award in 2020.Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Creole, Jimmy has worked in many parts of the world including France, England, Indonesia, Cuba, Nigeria, Brasil and Mexico....

  • Birthday

    Aug 08, 1968
  • Place of Birth

    Pétion-Ville, Haiti
  • Also known

    Jimmy J, Jean-Louis Jimmy

Known For

Awards

5 wins & 7 nominations

African Movie Academy Awards
2020
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner - AMAA
Desrances (2019)
Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF)
2019
Best Feature Film
Winner - Feature Film Competition
2019
Best Film
Winner - Feature Film Competition
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