Yann Gael
| Yann Gael | |
|---|---|
 Yann Gael AMREF 2016.jpg Gael at AMREF Gala in 2016. | |
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French Cameroonian |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor |
| 📆 Years active | 2011–present |
Yann Gael is a French-Cameroonian actor and writer, born in Garoua (Cameroon).
Career
Gael attended CNSAD in Paris. He is best known for his role in the Sakho & Mangane African Netflix series, and television mini-series Le Rêve Français.
Gael has played leads opposite famous actors in European programs. Duel au Soleil (with Gérard Darmon). Il Corragio di Vincere with Adriano Giannini. And Le Rêve Français, also led by Aïssa Maïga.
Le Rêve Français is a period drama. It follows Gael as a wrongfully accused activist from the West Indies turned into a successful lawyer, who brings the state to court for pesticide-poisoning his homeland and people. Gael's performance earned him the Best Actor Award at the Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2017.[1] The fiction - inspired by true events - was screened at the French Ministry of The Interior and at the French Ministry of Overseas, as an acknowledgment of its national patrimonial value to France.
In Loro, Gael plays with Toni Servillo under the direction of Paolo Sorrentino.[2]
In 2017, following several cases of police brutality on Black men, Gael was invited by multi-award winner and critically acclaimed author Léonora Miano to write in the book Marianne and the Black Boy. In his chapter, Gael talks in an experimental and poetic form of his path navigating France, Black masculinity and being an actor. [3]
Black Soldier is a short film from director Jimmy Laporal-Trésor. It mirrors the growth of a young man with the violence of his new mentor (Gael), as he is recruited in a Black men's gang to fight skinheads. The short premiered at International Critics' Week of Cannes Film Festival 2021[4][dead link] and is currently pre-selected for the César Awards 2022.[5]
Saloum marks Gael's first lead role in a feature film and confirms his collaboration with director Jean Luc Herbulot, (also showrunner and first director of Sakho & Mangane). Saloum world premiered at 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] Variety described this genre-bending African-horror-western as 'bound to be in high demand on the festival circuit and has the sheer entertainment value to enjoy a successful commercial life thereafter.'[7]
Gael is also announced in the highly awaited and technology innovative Netflix series 1899.[8][9] The show is directed by Baran bo Odar and written by Jantje Friese, the creators of Netflix hit series Dark.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | TWE | Seday | Short film |
| 2013 | The Return | Theo | Short film Hyères Les Palmiers Festival Award for Best Actor Cinebanlieue Festival Award for Best Actor |
| Jimmy (Booba) | Jimmy | Music video | |
| 2015 | Rose and the Soldier | Augustin | Television film |
| L'Astragale | Etienne | ||
| 2016 | And Still We Walk On | Simon | Short film Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France Télévisions Award for Best Actor FestiFrance Brésil Festival Award for Melhor Ator |
| Il Corragio di Vincere | Ben Wade | Television film | |
| 2017 | Le Rêve Français | Samuel Rénia | La Rochelle Film Festival Award for Best Actor Vues d'Afrique Festival Special Mention for Best Actor |
| 2018 | Loro | Michel Martinez | |
| 2020 | Hope | Him | Short film |
| Black Soldier | Kaze | Short film | |
| 2021 | Breaking Mirrors | Bastien | Post-production |
| 2021 | Saloum | Chaka |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | Duel au Soleil | Sébastien Le Tallec | 12 episodes |
| 2019 | The Hook Up Plan | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | Sakho & Mangane | Lieutenant Basile Mangane | 8 episodes Nomination - African Talent Awards for Best Actor of the Year Award |
| 2021 | 1899 | Jerome | Upcoming series |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Crossings | Hamlet | |
| 2019 | Chocolate, the clown | Rafael Padilla aka Chocolate | |
| 2020 | Caligula | Caligula | |
| 2021 | After the fire | Him |
Bibliography
- Marianne and the Black Boy, Editions Pauvert[10]
References
- ↑ "Le Rêve Français". France Télévisions Pro.
- ↑ "Loro". IMDB.
- ↑ "Black-out sur l'Homme Noir". Libération.
- ↑ "Black Soldier". Semaine de la Critique.
- ↑ "Cap sur les César 2022 !". Bref Cinéma.
- ↑ "Saloum". IMDB.
- ↑ "'Saloum' Review: Genres Collide in a Lively Crime-Horror-Fantasy-Western Hybrid from Senegal". Variety.
- ↑ "Reed Hastings Says Netflix Is Using "The Most Advanced Production Technology In The World" On German Series '1899'". Deadline.
- ↑ "1899 sur Netflix : la nouvelle série des créateurs de Dark présentée par deux de ses acteurs français". Allociné.
- ↑ "Marianne and the Black Boy". Fayard.
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