Johar Bendjelloul
{{Short description|Swedish television presenter and journalist}}
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| caption = Johar Bendjelloul at the 2012 Guldbagge Awards
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| nationality = Swedish
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| occupation = Television presenter, journalist
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Johar Bendjelloul (born 1 September 1975) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist.{{cite web|author=Lovisa Kullheim |url=http://www.svt.se/kultur/flera-erbjudanden-fran-hollywood |title="Familjen ska skåla i champagne" – Kultur |publisher=SVT.se |accessdate=15 May 2014}}
Since 2013, Bendjelloul has been hosting P1 Morgon at Sveriges Radio.{{cite web|author=Johar Bendjelloul |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2938&artikel=5276012 |title=Johar Bendjelloul ny programledare för P1 Morgon – Pressinformation |publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=19 September 2012 |accessdate=15 May 2014}} Before that he was a television presenter at SVT1 for Gomorron Sverige, Babel, Kulturnyheterna and Aktuellt.{{cite web|url=http://hd.se/halla/angelholm/2014/01/08/pa-bibblan-luktar-det-som-forr-2/ |title=På bibblan luktar det som förr |language=sv |publisher=hd.se |accessdate=15 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517125214/http://hd.se/halla/angelholm/2014/01/08/pa-bibblan-luktar-det-som-forr-2/ |archivedate=17 May 2014}}
He has also done voice acting doing one of the characters in the children's movie Jack & Pedro.{{cite web|url=http://www.rodaroboten.se/category/jack-and-pedro/ |title=Jack & Pedro | Röda roboten animation |publisher=Rodaroboten.se |accessdate=15 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115726/http://www.rodaroboten.se/category/jack-and-pedro/ |archivedate=17 May 2014 }}
Personal life
Johar is the son of Algerian-born physician Hacène Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt, making him grandson of actor Henrik Schildt.
His brother Malik Bendjelloul was an Academy Award-winning filmmaker for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man.{{cite web|author=Georg Cederskog |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/han-hade-varit-deprimerad/ |title=Malik Bendjellouls bror: Han var deprimerad |work=Dagens Nyheter |access-date=15 May 2014}} Malik committed suicide on 13 May 2014 after struggling with depression, as Johar reported to the media.{{cite news|first1=Johan |last1=Lindberg |first2=Emelie |last2=Nyman |title=Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit |url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/filmskaparen-malik-bendjelloul-har-avlidit_3556830.svd |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=13 May 2014 |accessdate=15 May 2014 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514220411/http://www.svd.se/kultur/filmskaparen-malik-bendjelloul-har-avlidit_3556830.svd |archivedate=14 May 2014 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/movies/malik-bendjelloul-36-dies-directed-sugar-man-movie.html |title=Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Oscar Winner for 'Sugar Man' Documentary, Dies |author=Bruce Weber |date=13 May 2014|work=The New York Times |accessdate=15 May 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1794509}}
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Category:Swedish television hosts
Category:Journalists from Stockholm
Category:20th-century Swedish journalists
Category:Swedish people of Algerian descent
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