{{Short description|French-Cameroonian actor}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{infobox actor | name = Yann Gael | image = Yann Gael AMREF 2016.jpg | birth_place = Garoua, Cameroon | occupation = {{hlist|Actor}} | notable_works = ''1899'', ''Saloum'', ''Le Rêve Français'' }} '''Yann Gael''' is a French-Cameroonian actor and writer. He is best known for his performance in the films ''Le Rêve Français'' (2017), ''Saloum'' (2021), and ''Vanilla'' (2025), and the TV series ''1899'' (2022) and ''Néro the Assassin'' (2025).
==Early life and education== Yann Gael was born in Garoua, Cameroon.{{cn|date=October 2025}}
He attended the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts (Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique) in Paris.{{cn|date=October 2025}}
==Career== ===Acting=== Yann plays Bastien in the 2025 British LGBT drama film directed by Joseph A. Adesunloye, ''Vanilla''.<ref>{{cite web | title=VANILLA: The Open Reel Takes International Rights to British-Nigerian Joseph A. Adesunloye Drama | website=AKOROKO | date=21 September 2023 | url=https://akoroko.com/vanilla-open-reel-joseph-adesunloye/ | access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Vanilla | website=Apple TV | date=27 May 2025 | url=https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/vanilla/umc.cmc.1mjax8aeya2u34bzqi14z3vq8 | access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Vanilla | website=Open Reel | date=7 June 2025 | url=https://theopenreel.com/film/vanilla/ | access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref>
===Writing=== On the invitation of Léonora Miano, he wrote a chapter of the book ''Marianne and the Black Boy'' (Editions Pauvert), in which he talks about black masculinity in France through his work as an actor.
== Awards == * 2013 : Best Male Interpretation Award of Festival de Hyères Les Palmiers for ''Le Retour ''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=28 November 2014 |title=Biographie de Yann Gael |url=http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=personne&no=41324 |website=Africultures}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2014 : Best Male Interpretation Award of Festival Cinebanlieue for ''Le Retour ''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=30 November 2011 |date=24 November 2011 |title=Nouveau Prix pour Yann Gael à Cinébanlieue |url=http://www.mezzaninefilms.com/news/nouveau-prix-pour-yann-gael-a-cinebanlieue |website=Mezzanine Films}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2017 : France Televisions Award for Best Male Interpretation of Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand for ''Et toujours nous marcherons''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=11 March 2017 |title=Le Palmarès du Prix France Télévisions du Court Métrage |url=https://www.leblogtvnews.com/2017/02/le-palmares-du-prix-france-televisions-du-court-metrage-2017.html}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2017 : Melhor Ator of Festival FestiFrance Brésil for ''Et toujours nous marcherons''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=11 March 2014 |title=Et Toujours Nous Marcherons |url=http://filmsgrandhuit.com/portfolio/et-toujours-nous-marcherons-2/}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2017 : Best Male Interpretation Award at Festival de la Fiction at La Rochelle 2017 for ''Le Rêve français''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=17 September 2017 |author=Jean-Christophe Nurbel |date=17 September 2017 |title=Le palmarès du Festival de la Fiction TV de la Rochelle 2017 |url=http://bullesdeculture.com/2017/09/festival-de-la-fiction-tv-de-la-rochelle-2017-palmares-images.html |website=Bulles de Culture}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> * 2018 : Special Mention at Festival Vues d'Afrique for ''Le Rêve français''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=22 April 2018 |author=Vues d'Afrique |date=22 April 2018 |title=Palmarès du 34e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique |url=https://www.vuesdafrique.com/lesnouvelles/palmarès-du-34e-festival-international-de-cinéma-vues-d-afrique |website=Vues d'Afrique }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director !Ref. |- |rowspan="1"| 2018 |''Loro'' |Paolo Sorrentino | |- |rowspan="1"| 2021 |''Black Soldier'' |Jimmy Laporal-Trésor | |- |rowspan="1"| 2021 |''Saloum'' |Jean Luc Herbulot | |- |rowspan="1"| 2023 |''Vanilla'' |Joseph A. Adesunloye | |- |rowspan="1"| 2024 |''Gladiator II'' |Ridley Scott | |- |rowspan="1"| 2025 |''Hot Milk'' |Rebecca Lenkiewicz | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director !Ref. |- |rowspan="1"| 2014–2016 |''Duel Au Soleil'' |Olivier Guignard | |- |rowspan="1"| 2015 |''Il Coraggio Di Vincere'' |Marco Pontecorvo | |- |rowspan="1"| 2017 |''Le Rêve Français'' |Christian Faure | |- |rowspan="1"| 2019 |''Plan Cœur'' |Noémie Saglio, Renaud Bertrand | |- |rowspan="1"| 2019 |''Sakho and Mangane'' |Jean Luc Herbulot | |- |rowspan="1"| 2022 |''1899'' |Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese |- |rowspan="1"| 2025 |''Néro the Assassin'' |Allan Mauduit, Jean-Patrick Benes, Martin Douaire, Nicolas Digard | |}
===Music Videos=== * ''Jimmy'', Booba (2013)
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=4032617}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gael, Yann}} Category:20th-century French male actors Category:20th-century French male writers Category:21st-century Cameroonian writers Category:French male stage actors Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Cameroonian male actors