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Jimmy Jean-Louis led a simple Life in the slums of Haiti until the age of 12, when he moved to Paris.

Jimmy worked for 3 years in a musical theater in Spain "La Belle Époque" before embarking on a successful modeling career in France, Spain, Italy, South Africa and England.

He moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue acting. Some of his credits include: "Tears of the Sun" (Dir: Antoine Fuqua, Columbia pictures 2003) with Bruce Willis, "Hollywood Homicide" (dir: Ron Shelton, Columbia Pictures, 2003) with Harrison Fordand Josh Hartnet, "Monster-in-Law" (Dir: Robert Luketic, New Line, 2005 ) with Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, "Phat Girlz" (Dir: Nnegest Likke, Fox Searchlight, 2006) with Oscar winner Mo'Nique, "Heroes" (NBC, 2006-2010) where he portrayed the charismatic Rene aka The Haitian, "Arrow" (CW Network, 2013), "Heroes Reborn" (NBC, 2015) and "Joy" (Dir: David O Russell, Fox 2000 Pictures, 2015) with Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro. He' was a regular on the show "Claws" TNT, 2018.

His most important role to date is playing the title character in "Toussaint Louverture" which won Best Actor at the Pan African Film Festival and a nomination for Best Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2012.

Jimmy Jean-Louis won Best Actor in a leading role "Desrances" at the Africa Movie Academy Award in 2020.

Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Creole, Jimmy has worked in many parts of the world including France, England, Indonesia, Cuba, Nigeria, Brasil and Mexico....

From a young boy growing up in Haiti, living with no electricity or running water, my journey to Hollywood has been rich with experience. I take little for granted and appreciate the beauty of life, knowing that there is so much more to learn.

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