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name: "Jamel Debbouze"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jamel-debbouze"
fi1m_id: "jamel-debbouze"
imdb_id: "nm0213354"
tmdb_id: 2408
wikidata_id: "Q312661"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:42:59.672568+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jamel Debbouze

## Identity

Jamel Debbouze

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jamel-debbouze
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jamel-debbouze
- **IMDb ID:** nm0213354
- **TMDB ID:** 2408
- **Wikidata ID:** Q312661
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Debbouze, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213354/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2408

Actor. Born 18 June 1975 in Trappes, Yvelines, Ile-de France, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1975, Trappes, Yvelines, Ile-de France, France
- **Also known as:** Djamel Debbouze, Jamel Debouze, 자멜 드부즈, جمال دبوز
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Debbouze, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213354/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2408

## Biography

Jamel Debbouze is a French actor, comedian and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He was born on 18 June 1975 in Paris and grew up in Trappes. He began his career in the 1990s with stand-up comedy and television appearances, including the series H, before moving into film with roles in Zonzon (1998) and Le Ciel, les oiseaux et… ta mère! (1999).

Debbouze is known for his performances in Amélie (2001) as Lucien, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) as Numérobis, Angel-A (2005) and Days of Glory (2006). He has also produced and presented the television show Jamel Comedy Club since 2006. He married journalist Mélissa Theuriau in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Amélie* (2001), Fi1m 82, as Lucien — [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tombé du ciel* (2026), as Producer
- *The Girl in the Clouds* (2026), as Le cochon d’Inde de Providence
- *Marsupilami* (2026), as Pablito Camaron
- *Zion, l'aventure du film* (2025), as Lui-même
- *Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight* (2025), series, as Sucettalanix (voice)
- *Mercato* (2025), as Driss · Idea
- *Terminal* (2024), series, as Max · Writer, Director, Delegated Producer
- *Five Years From Now* (2024), Actor
- *Le Jamel Comedy Club fête l'Olympia 2023 - 1ère édition* (2023), Writer
- *Amélie: The Real Story* (2023), as (archive footage)
- *The New Toy* (2022), as Samy
- *Citoyen d'honneur* (2022), Actor
- *Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans* (2022), Producer, Writer
- *Canal+ Replay* (2021), as Bref
- *Le gala du Jamel Comedy Club* (2020), Director
- *L'autre moi* (2020), as Jamel
- *Jamel Debbouze - Maintenant ou Jamel* (2019), Writer
- *La Grande Évasion* (2019), Producer
- *New Biz in the Hood* (2019), Producer
- *The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin* (2018), as Shah Zaman / Marco
- *Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016* (2016), Production Director
- *One Man and his Cow* (2016), as Hassan · Producer
- *La Petite Histoire de France* (2015), series, as Faux Gaspard, Louis XIV · Creator
- *Eko et ses amis au Marrakech du Rire 2015* (2015), Producer
- *Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015* (2015), Production Director
- *Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape* (2015), as Edouard (voice) · Director, Writer
- *The Marchers* (2013), as Hassan
- *Homeland* (2013), as Le cousin · Producer
- *360* (2012), as Algerian Man
- *Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2012* (2012), Production Director, Writer
- *HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami* (2012), as Pablito Camaron
- *Hollywoo* (2011), as Farres
- *Chicken with Plums* (2011), as Houshang / Le mendiant
- *Platane* (2011), series, as Jamel Debbouze
- *Bref* (2011), series, Actor
- *Marrakech du rire* (2011), Producer
- *Outside the Law* (2010), as Saïd · Producer
- *Inside Jamel Comedy Club* (2009), series, Creator
- *Let It Rain* (2008), as Karim
- *Asterix at the Olympic Games* (2008), as Numérobis (uncredited)
- *Days of Glory* (2006), as Saïd
- *Angel-A* (2005), as André
- *H - Best Of* (2005), as Jamel Driddi, standardiste
- *Jamel - 100% Debbouze* (2004), Script
- *She Hate Me* (2004), as Doak · Executive Producer
- *The Car Keys* (2003), as Bingo (voice)
- *Dead Weight* (2002), as Malian warden (uncredited)
- *Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra* (2002), as Numérobis
- *Amélie* (2001), as Lucien — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)
- *Granturismo* (2001), as François, the hitchhiker
- *Bricol'girls* (1999), Actor
- *Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère !* (1999), as Youssel
- *Les Petits Souliers* (1999), as Zinedine Haouita
- *H* (1998), series, as Jamel Dridi
- *Zonzon* (1998), as Kader
- *The Blue Stones of the Desert* (1992), as Najib
- *Loups-Garous Renaissance*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jamel Debbouze](https://film.one/media/person/97179/gallery-68ca8ec93b26.jpg) Jamel Debbouze — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Jamel_Debbouze_AVP_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jamel Debbouze et Fatsah Bouyahmed à l'avant-première du film "La Vache" (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/97179/gallery-89fa79d4f51e.jpg) Jamel Debbouze et Fatsah Bouyahmed à l'avant-première du film "La Vache" (2016) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/AVP_La_Vache_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Festival de Cannes 2011](https://film.one/media/person/97179/gallery-6cfdad961f5b.jpg) Festival de Cannes 2011 — Bernard Boyé, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Djamel_Debbouze.jpg/1280px-Djamel_Debbouze.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![jamel impro (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/97179/gallery-f578a7bed278.jpg) jamel impro (2011) — Déclic Théâtre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Jamel_impro.jpg/1280px-Jamel_impro.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jamel Debbouze](https://film.one/media/person/97179/gallery-86161c12a282.jpg) Jamel Debbouze — Image via TMDB
- ![Jamel le 31 janvier 2012 au théâtre de Charleroi](https://film.one/media/person/97179/gallery-4815b2637f33.jpg) Jamel le 31 janvier 2012 au théâtre de Charleroi — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Jamel_le_31_janvier_2012_au_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_Charleroi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2016: European Film Award for Best Comedy (nominated), for *One Man and His Cow*
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2013: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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