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Jimmy Jean-Louis

Acting

Born August 8, 1968 · Pétionville - Haiti

Also known as Jimmy J · Jean-Louis Jimmy · ジミー・ジャン=ルイ

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Africa Movie Academy Awards

Filmography37 titles

July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?

2025as Renel Monise

The Shield

2002as Ididsa Okoye

S.W.A.T.

2017as Sal Desir

Heroes

2006as The Haitian

The Goat Life

2024as Ibrahim Khadiri

Pam & Tommy

2022as Officer Jarvis

Deadly Tropics

2019as Clément Galpin

The Gray Man

2022as Alex Dumas

Tears of the Sun

2003as Gideon

Heroes Reborn

2015as The Haitian

Arrow

2012as The Captain

The District

2000as Jean-Paul Bertrand

Arli$$

1996as Caesar

Joy

2015as Toussaint

Fastlane

2002as Haitian #1

Extant

2014as Pierre Lyon

Monster-in-Law

2005as Prince Amir

Detective Knight: Rogue

2022as Det.Godwin Sango

Assassin Club

2023as Inspector Leon

SMILF

2017as Henri

The Mark of the Angels - Miserere

2013as Puyferrat

The Game of Their Lives

2005as Joe Gaetjens

Dead Money

2024as Faizel

Jagged Mind

2023as Papa Juste

Detective Knight: Independence

2023as Det.Godwin Sango

And Then There Was You

2013Associate Producer

Derailed

2002as Henry

The Fire and the Moth

2025as Contractor

Rattlesnakes

2019as Robert McQueen

Adventures of Power

2008as Aubelin

The Outer Wild

2018as Ramson

Phat Girlz

2006as Dr. Tunde Jonathan

Five Thirteen

2014as JJL

Viper

2026as Marcus 'Shadow' Blackwood

One Night in Vegas

2013as Nick

The Penthouse

2010as Buzz McManus

Diary of a Tired Black Man

2009as James