Jamel Debbouze is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director.
18 Facts About Jamel Debbouze
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Jamel Debbouze is the founder of the Canal+ television show Jamel Comedy Club.
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Jamel Debbouze is the eldest of six siblings: Jamel, Mohamed, Hayat, Karim, Rachid and Nawel Debbouze.
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Jamel Debbouze lost the use of his right arm in the accident, which killed another young man, Jean-Paul Admette, the son of the singer Michel Admette from Reunion.
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Jamel Debbouze was sued by the victim's family for manslaughter but the case was dismissed for lack of proof.
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In December 2004, he was going to perform on stage on the French island of Reunion, but Jamel Debbouze cancelled, claiming illness, as Michel Admette's parents had organized a demonstration against his arrival.
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Jamel Debbouze took Le Cinema de Jamel to television on Canal+ in 1998.
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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.
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In 2009, Jamel Debbouze collaborated with the rap band 113 and Awa Imani for the project Maghreb United of Rim'K'.
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On 1 December 2010, Debbouze's new DVD named Made in Jamel featuring the likes of Gad Elmaleh, Florence Foresti, Elie Semoun, Stromae, Didier Bourdon, Youness Ait Benouissaden, Noureddine Oussayah and Sophie Mounicot was released.
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Jamel Debbouze's show, Jamel improvise, debuted in January 2011, before playing every evening's Tout sur Jamel from 1 to 20 January at the Casino de Paris.
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Jamel Debbouze was the chairman of the 2013 Cesar Awards.
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In 1990, Jamel Debbouze met Alain Degois, an educator who organized theater improvisation workshops, and joined his troupe.
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Jamel Debbouze then toured France, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, and Belgium.
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In 1992, the seventeen-year-old Jamel Debbouze appeared in his first film, Les Pierres Bleues du Desert.
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Jamel Debbouze was nominated for his part in this film for the Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002.
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In 2006, Jamel Debbouze played one of the most important parts of his career in the film Indigenes.
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Jamel Debbouze was noticed on this show by some producers from Canal+ who hired him to present a show called Le cinema de Jamel.