Jean-Pascal Zadi

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French director, actor and rapper (born 1980)

Director
actor
rapper

Years active1999–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.^[1] In 2021, he received the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Simply Black, which he also wrote and directed.^[2]

Filmography

As actor

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

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	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

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
César Awards	12 March 2021	Most Promising Actor	Simply Black	Won	^[3]
César Awards	12 March 2021	César Award for Best First Film		Nominated	^[4]
Lumières Award	19 January 2021	Best Male Revelation		Nominated	^[5]
Lumières Award	19 January 2021	Best First Film		Nominated	^[5]

References

^ Hopquin, Benoît (13 January 2023). "Jean-Pascal Zadi, une histoire française". M le magazine du Monde (in French). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Roxborough, Scott (12 March 2021). "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins French Cesar for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Balle, Catherine (12 March 2021). "Césars 2021 : Jean-Pascal Zadi, Meilleur espoir masculin... tout simplement". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (10 February 2021). "César Awards: 'Love Affair(s),' 'Adieu Les Cons,' 'Summer Of 85' Lead Nominations; 'Two Of Us' Scores Four Nods". Deadline. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Goodfellow, Melanie (14 December 2020). "Filippo Meneghetti's 'Two Of Us' leads nominations in French Lumières". Screen International. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.