Jean-Pascal Zadi

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.^[1] In 2021, he received the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Simply Black, which he also wrote and directed.^[2]

Jean-Pascal Zadi
Zadi at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1980-08-22) 22 August 1980 (age 44) Bondy, France
Occupations	Director actor rapper
Years active	1999–present

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Le Crocodile du Botswanga	Cameraman
2017	Coexister	The Rapper
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
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
2024	Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq	Himself
	Dog on Trial	Marc
	Beating Hearts	Lionel

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	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

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
César Awards	12 March 2021	Most Promising Actor	Simply Black	Won	[3]
		Best First Film		Nominated	[4]
Lumière Awards	19 January 2021	Best Male Revelation		Nominated	[5]
		Best First Film		Nominated