Jimmy Jean-Louis
Biography
Jimmy Jean-Louis, a Haitian actor and producer, grew up in Pétion-Ville before his family moved to Paris, where he studied dance and broke into French commercials and Spanish musical theater. He moved to Los Angeles near the end of the 1990s and took early screen parts in Arliss, The Bourne Identity and Tears of the Sun (2003), which led to bigger roles. He was the romantic lead opposite Mo'Nique in Phat Girlz (2006), played the Haitian on the NBC series Heroes from 2007 to 2010, and took the title role in the 2012 French telefilm Toussaint Louverture, earning Best Actor nominations at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and the Africa Movie Academy Awards. Later work includes a recurring role on Arrow, producing and starring in Rattlesnakes (2019), and co-producing and acting in The Goat Life (2024). He won Best Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2020.
58years old
Turns 59 on August 8in 271 days
- Born Pétion-Ville
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 22 years2002 to 2024
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Big break
Jean-Louis was discovered by producers while dancing in a French club in 1991, and their Coca-Cola advertisement led him into years of modeling across Europe.
Beyond film
Jean-Louis worked in musical theater in Barcelona, Spain, where he spent three years with the musical theater production "La Belle Epoque", before he moved to Italy and worked as a model.
Jimmy Jean-Louis movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Edward Drake directed two of these films. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Dax Campbell2 films together, 2022 to 2023
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Edward DrakeDirector, 2 films, 2022 to 2023
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Box office
What Jimmy Jean-Louis's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$215 million
8 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$101M47.1% of the total
- 2$87M40.3% of the total
- 3$19M8.9% of the total
- 4$7.3M3.4% of the total
- 5$298K0.1% of the total
- 6$188K0.1% of the total
- 7$95K0.0% of the total
- 8$36K0.0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Africa Movie Academy Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.