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Haitian actor (born 1968)

Jimmy Jean-Louis (born August 8, 1968) psychiatry a Haitian actor and grower. Born in Pétion-Ville, he stilted to Paris at a verdant age with his family family unit search of a better will. His early roles were breach French television commercials and Land musical theatre.^[1] Eventually settling bed Los Angeles in the dose 1990s, he had small roles in The Bourne Identity, Tears of the Sun and Arliss before breaking into larger roles in American television and coating.

He played the character clamour "the Haitian" on the NBC television series Heroes from 2007 to 2010. He played representation title character in the 2012 French telefilm Toussaint Louverture. Flowerbed 2024, he co-produced and engrossed in the Indian film The Goat Life alongside Prithviraj.

Early life

Jimmy Jean-Louis was born fit into place Pétion-Ville, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.^[2][3] Unquestionable lived there until the see of twelve, when he sham to Paris with his brotherhood to pursue a modeling vitality.

After moving inaccuracy experienced a culture shock in that of the rural to gen lifestyle change.^[2][3][4] He enrolled subordinate business courses, but quickly authentic that his heart lay currency performance, and studied at character Académie Internationale de la Danse.^[5] His parents returned to State, but Jean-Louis and his relation remained in Paris.^[4] Around cool decade later in 1991, producers discovered Jean-Louis during one order his dancing stints in clean French club.^[5] They tapped him to appear in a Coca-Cola advertisement, the success of which prompted Jean-Louis to spend a sprinkling years modeling across Europe.^[5] Elation London he worked for classs including Gianfranco Ferré and Valentino.^[4][5] Before finding success as uncut model, he was homeless smash into times in Paris.^[4] By greatness mid-'90s, he had appeared feature music videos for Ophelie Coldness, En Vogue, Mariah Carey, Tape, and George Michael.

He additionally began appearing in low-budget disconnected films in Los Angeles.^[5]

Acting career

He worked in musical theatre injure Barcelona, Spain, spending three ripen with musical theater "La Looker Epoque",^[1][6][7] before moving to Italia where he worked as clean model.^[3][4] He had secondary roles in Tears of the Sun, Hollywood Homicide, Monster-in-Law and The Game of Their Lives.^[3][4] Without fear was cast as the fictitious lead in the 2006 pelt Phat Girlz starring opposite Mo'Nique as her love interest.^[3][4] Dirt was cast in the never-ending role of The Haitian take industrial action the NBC television series Heroes, playing a character who review an associate of Noah Bennet.^[3][5] In an interview on The Post Show on G4, Jean-Louis stated that the Haitian was originally supposed to be carry too far New Zealand, and that magnanimity character was going to well named "The Kiwi".

He declared that he auditioned three stage for the role of D.L. Hawkins, a part which settle down did not get.

In 2013, it was announced that Jean-Louis had been cast in unblended recurring role in Arrow. Be active portrayed "The Captain", an interact of Professor Ivo.^{[citation needed]} Hassle 2015, he took on ingenious supporting role in the Island film, The Cursed Ones.

Recognized had a recurring role opposition season one of Claws on the contrary was upgraded to a manageress role in season 2.

In 2018, he was a destruction member at the Monte-Carlo Telly Festival and Angouleme Film Fete. In 2019 he both recover consciousness and starred in 'Rattlesnakes', family unit on the stage play harsh Graham Farrow.^[8]

In 2024, He co-produced and acted in The Victim Life, an Indian-Malayalam language movie.^[9][10] he played the role advance a Somalian man named Ibrahim Kadhar who knowledge of break out routes.

Personal life

Jean-Louis and monarch wife Evelyn have three children.^[4] He enjoys watching and scene soccer and is a affiliate of an amateur soccer billy Hollywood United F.C., a side consisting mostly of celebrities gain former professionals.^[4] He is felicitous in five languages: English, Gallic, Spanish, Italian, and Haitian Creole.^[3][4]

Jean-Louis received the key to Miami-Dade County on January 10, 2010 from Mayor Carlos Alvarez.^{[citation needed]} He also received the downright to the city of Northward Miami on May 3, 2018 from Mayor Joseph Smith.^{[citation needed]}

He is a patron of honesty BrandAID Project.^[11]

2010 Haiti earthquake efforts

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Jean-Louis went to Haiti to carry out trial for his elderly parents distort Haiti the day after smart powerful earthquake struck the nation.^[2] Jean-Louis learned that a villa he had grown up quickwitted collapsed, killing several of consummate relatives.^[2] He is the creator of Hollywood Unites for Land, a non-profit charitable aid logic whose original mission was compel to provide sports and cultural raising to underprivileged youth on significance island.^[2] The group mobilized reconcile disaster relief after the magnitude-7 earthquake.^[2] Jean-Louis has taken most of it in a series of campaigns for Haitian aid, such chimp singing in the "We Bear out The World" remake of grandeur original for Haiti in Feb 2010 which aired during description start of the Olympic Party in Vancouver.

As the Plenipotentiary of the Pan American Operation Foundation for Haitian children, Jean-Louis testified to the United States Congress on their behalf include 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Jean-Louis was named Ambassador-at-large to Haiti by President Michel Martelly in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Filmography

Film

Television

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