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Yann Gael

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Yann Gael
2003, three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
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Yann Gael is a French-Cameroonian television, film and theater actor born in Garoua, Cameroon. Yann attended CNSAD (French National Academy of Drama) in Paris. He is known for leading the first African francophone Netflix series Sakho & Mangane (2019). And for the prestige period drama The French Dream (2017) that earned him the Best Male Actor Award at Festival Du Film De La Rochelle 2017. His latest feature Saloum (2021), premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2021. As he is wrapping up new Netflix series 1899 (2022) by the creators of Netflix hit Dark (2017).
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    Known for

    Emily Beecham in 1899 (2022)
    1899
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Jérome
    Yann Gael in Saloum (2021)
    Saloum
    6.2
    • Chaka
    • 2021
    Issaka Sawadogo and Yann Gael in Sakho & Mangane (2019)
    Sakho & Mangane
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Mangane
    • Basile Mangane (2019)
    Aïssa Maïga and Yann Gael in The French Dream (2017)
    The French Dream
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Samuel

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    Actor

    • Nero
      • Post-production
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2025
    • Hot Milk
      • Matthew
      • Post-production
    • VANILLA
      • Bastien
      • Post-production
    • Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, and Paul Mescal in Gladiator II (2024)
      Gladiator II
      6.9
      • Bostar
      • 2024
    • Le Code (2021)
      Le Code
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Thomas Mendy (as Yann Gaël)
      • 2023
    • Emily Beecham in 1899 (2022)
      1899
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Jérome
      • 2022
    • Anansi (2022)
      Anansi
      6.3
      Short
      • Aron
      • 2022
    • Sheik Sheriff in Flowers (2022)
      Flowers
      Short
      • Prince Narration
      • 2022
    • Stanley Weber in The French Boys 2 (2021)
      The French Boys 2
      7.1
      • Theo
      • 2021
    • Yann Gael in Saloum (2021)
      Saloum
      6.2
      • Chaka
      • 2021
    • Soldat noir (2021)
      Soldat noir
      7.3
      Short
      • Kaze
      • 2021
    • Yann Gael and Jane Dowden in Hope (2020)
      Hope
      8.1
      Short
      • Him
      • 2020
    • The Hookup Plan (2018)
      The Hookup Plan
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Marco
      • 2019
    • Issaka Sawadogo and Yann Gael in Sakho & Mangane (2019)
      Sakho & Mangane
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Mangane
      • 2019
    • Toni Servillo in Loro (2018)
      Loro
      6.7
      • Michel Martinez
      • 2018
    • Loro 2 (2018)
      Loro 2
      7.0
      • Michel Martinez
      • 2018
    • Loro 1 (2018)
      Loro 1
      6.7
      • Michel Martinez
      • 2018
    • Aïssa Maïga and Yann Gael in The French Dream (2017)
      The French Dream
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Samuel
      • 2017–2018

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    • VANILLA
      • associate producer
      • Post-production

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    • Alternative name
      • Yann Gaël

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