Jean-Pascal Zadi

{{Expand French|topic=bio|date=May 2024}} {{Short description|French director, actor and rapper (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean-Pascal Zadi | image = Jean-Pascal Zadi at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival 2.jpg | alt = | caption = Zadi at the [[2024 Cannes Film Festival]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|8|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bondy]], France | occupation = {{hlist|Director|actor|rapper}} | years_active = 1999–present }} '''Jean-Pascal Zadi''' (born 22 August 1980 in [[Bondy]]) is a French director, actor and rapper. In 1999, he founded a rap group, La Cellule, with his brother Alain and his friend Stéphane.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hopquin|first=Benoît|date=13 January 2023|title=Jean-Pascal Zadi, une histoire française|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2023/01/13/humoriste-acteur-et-realisateur-jean-pascal-zadi-pas-simplement-drole_6157661_4500055.html|url-access=subscription|magazine=[[Le Monde|M le magazine du Monde]]|language=fr|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> In 2021, he received the [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]] for his performance in ''Simply Black'', which he also wrote and directed.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=12 March 2021|title='Bye Bye Morons' Wins French Cesar for Best Film|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cesar-awards-2021-french-film-4145801/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As actor=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2014 | ''[[Le Crocodile du Botswanga]]'' | Cameraman | |- | 2017 | ''[[Coexister]]'' | The Rapper | |- | rowspan="3" | 2018 | ''[[Taxi 5]]'' | Rasta Weed | |- | ''[[A Man in a Hurry]]'' | The Waiter | |- | ''[[Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon]]'' | Monaco Policeman | |- | 2019 | ''[[Cherif (TV series)|Cherif]]'' | Bruno Duteil | Episode: "Pièce à convictions" |- | 2019–2020 | ''Craignos'' | Ernesto | Miniseries |- | 2020 | ''Simply Black'' | JP | |- | 2021 | ''Carrément craignos'' | Ernesto | Miniseries |- | rowspan="3" | 2022 | ''[[Final Cut (2022 film)|Final Cut]]'' | Fatih | |- | ''[[Smoking Causes Coughing]]'' | Mercure | |- | ''Year of the Shark'' | Blaise | |- | 2023–present | ''[[En place]]'' | Stéphane Blé | TV series |- | 2023 | ''Yo mama'' | Dozingo | |- | rowspan="3" | 2024 | ''Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq'' | Himself | |- | ''[[Dog on Trial]]'' | Marc | |- | ''[[Beating Hearts]]'' | Lionel | |}

===As filmmaker=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Screenwriter ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2011 | ''Sans pudeur ni morale'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Co-written with Camille Moulonguet |- | 2019–2020 | ''Craignos'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Miniseries |- | 2020 | ''Simply Black'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Co-directed with John Wax |- | 2021 | ''Carrément craignos'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Miniseries |- | 2023–present | ''En place'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | TV series |}

==Accolades== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Date of ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}} |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[César Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[46th César Awards|12 March 2021]] | [[César Award for Most Promising Actor|Most Promising Actor]] | rowspan="4" | ''Simply Black'' | {{won}} | align="center" | <ref>{{cite news|last=Balle|first=Catherine|date=12 March 2021|title=Césars 2021 : Jean-Pascal Zadi, Meilleur espoir masculin... tout simplement|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/cesars-2021-jean-pascal-zadi-meilleur-espoir-masculin-tout-simplement-12-03-2021-8428335.php|newspaper=[[Le Parisien]]|language=fr|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |- | [[César Award for Best First Film|Best First Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center" | <ref>{{cite news|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=10 February 2021|title=César Awards: 'Love Affair(s),' 'Adieu Les Cons,' 'Summer Of 85' Lead Nominations; 'Two Of Us' Scores Four Nods|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/cesar-awards-2021-nominations-two-of-us-summer-of-85-full-list-1234691023/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[Lumière Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[26th Lumière Awards|19 January 2021]] | [[Lumière Award for Best Male Revelation|Best Male Revelation]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|date=14 December 2020|title=Filippo Meneghetti's 'Two Of Us' leads nominations in French Lumières|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/filippo-meneghettis-two-of-us-leads-nominations-in-french-lumieres/5155670.article|url-access=limited|url-status=live|magazine=[[Screen International]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230609084754/https://www.screendaily.com/news/filippo-meneghettis-two-of-us-leads-nominations-in-french-lumieres/5155670.article|archive-date=9 June 2023|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |- | [[Lumière Award for Best First Film|Best First Film]] | {{nom}} |- |}

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