7 Facts About Jamel Debbouze

1. In 1992, the seventeen-year-old Jamel Debbouze appeared in his first film, Les Pierres Bleues du Desert.

2. On 29 March 2008, Jamel Debbouze became engaged to French journalist and news anchor Melissa Theuriau; the two married on 7 May 2008 and subsequently had two children.

3. In 2006, Jamel Debbouze played one of the most important parts of his career in the film Indigenes.

4. In 2006, Jamel Debbouze became the presenter of a new program, Jamel Comedy Club, which featured a half-hour of the new generation of French humorists each week.

5. In 1990, Jamel Debbouze met Alain Degois, an educator who organized theater improvisation workshops, and joined his troupe.

6. In 2009, Jamel Debbouze collaborated with the rap band 113 and Awa Imani for the project Maghreb United of Rim'K'.

7. In April 2008, Jamel Debbouze opened a comedy club, called Le Comedy Club, in Paris aimed at launching newcomers on the stand-up scene.