Jean-Pascal Zadi

{{Short description|French director, actor and rapper (born 1980)}}

{{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.{{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=M le magazine du Monde|language=fr|access-date=13 May 2024}} In 2021, he received the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Simply Black, which he also wrote and directed.{{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}}

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 \| 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 \| 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 \|

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

| 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

| 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

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Screenwriter

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2011

| Sans pudeur ni morale

| {{yes}}

| Co-written with Camille Moulonguet

2019–2020

| Craignos

| {{yes}}

| Miniseries

2020

| Simply Black

| {{yes}}

| Co-directed with John Wax

2021

| Carrément craignos

| {{yes}}

| Miniseries

2023–present

| En place

| {{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" \| 12 March 2021 \| Most Promising Actor \| rowspan="4" \| Simply Black \| {{won}} \| align="center" \| {{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}}
Best First Film \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{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\|access-date=13 May 2024}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| Lumière Awards \| rowspan="2" \| 19 January 2021 \| Best Male Revelation \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="2" align="center" \| {{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}}
Best First Film \| {{nom}}

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" | 12 March 2021

| Most Promising Actor

| rowspan="4" | Simply Black

| {{won}}

| align="center" | {{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}}

Best First Film

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{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|access-date=13 May 2024}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | Lumière Awards

| rowspan="2" | 19 January 2021

| Best Male Revelation

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" | {{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}}

Best First Film

| {{nom}}