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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-08-08 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Pétionville - Haiti

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jimmy Jean-Louis (born August 8, 1968) is a Haitian actor and model best known for his role as The Haitian on the NBC television series Heroes. Born in Petionville, Haiti, he moved to Paris at a young age to pursue a modeling career. His early roles were in French musical theatre and television commercials. Eventually settling in Los Angeles in the late 1990s, he had small parts in The Bourne Identity and Arliss before breaking into larger parts in American television and film.

Known For

Acting

2025

July 7 as Renel Monise

2024

The Goat Life as Ibrahim Khadiri
Dead Money as Faizel
Au revoir as Frédéric

2023

Jagged Mind as Papa Juste
Assassin Club as Inspector Leon
Detective Knight: Independence as Det.Godwin Sango

2022

The Gray Man as Alex Dumas
Detective Knight: Rogue as Det.Godwin Sango
Pam & Tommy as Officer Jarvis

2020

Jungle Jihad as The negotiator
Citation as Prof. Lucien N'Dyare

2019

Code_Switch as Rodney Oliver
Rattlesnakes as Robert McQueen
Desrances as Francis Desrances
Deadly Tropics as Clément Galpin

2018

The Outer Wild as Ramson

2017

The Empty Box as Toussaint
Catastrópico as Damien
SMILF as Henri
Just One Look as Eric Toussaint
S.W.A.T. as Sal Desir

2016

The CEO as Jean-Marc

2015

Yefon as President Jean Pierre
Joy as Toussaint
The Cursed Ones as Paladin
Heroes Reborn as The Haitian

2014

Extant as Pierre Lyon

2013

Doctor Bello as Doctor Bello
Miserere as Puyferrat

2012

Toussaint Louverture as Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture as Toussaint Louverture
Arrow as The Captain

2011

Sinking Sands as Jimah Sanson

2010

Paris Express as Steve Loki
The Penthouse as Buzz McManus
Relentless as Candidate

2009

Moloch Tropical as Francis
Orpailleur as Myrtho

2008

Loaded as Antonio

2006

Phat Girlz as Dr. Tunde Jonathan
Cousines as Ralph
Heroes as The Haitian

2005

The Game of Their Lives as Joe Gaetjens
Monster-in-Law as Prince Amir
Age of Kali as Ferdinand

2003

2002

Derailed as Henry
The Shield as Ididsa Okoye
Fastlane as Haitian #1

2000

The District as Jean-Paul Bertrand

1993

Emmanuelle Forever as as Jean-Louis Jimmy
Emmanuelle's Revenge as as Jean-Louis Jimmy
Emmanuelle in Venice as as Jean-Louis Jimmy
Emmanuelle's Love as as Jean-Louis Jimmy
Emmanuelle's Magic as as Jean-Louis Jimmy
Emmanuelle's Perfume as as Jean-Louis Jimmy
Emmanuelle's Secret as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

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Killing of a Nation as Jovenel Moise

Production

2025

July 7 as Executive Producer

2024

The Goat Life as Producer
Au revoir as Executive Producer

2022

Parsley as Executive Producer

2020

Jungle Jihad as Co-Producer

2019

Desrances as Executive Producer
Code_Switch as Associate Producer

2016

2013

And Then There Was You as Associate Producer

Directing

2015

Writing

2025

Jimmy Goes to Tropico as Screenplay