Acting
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Born 1968-08-08
Pétionville - Haiti
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Jimmy Jean-Louis
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Arrow
2012
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The Gray Man
2022
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Joy
2015
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Heroes
2006
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Tears of the Sun
2003
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S.W.A.T.
2017
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Monster-in-Law
2005
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The Shield
2002
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Heroes Reborn
2015
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Extant
2014
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (98 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Melodrama | Aimé | Movie | 2026 |
 | Viper | Marcus 'Shadow' Blackwood | Movie | 2026 |
 | Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Au revoir | Frédéric | Movie | 2025 |
| Au revoir | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti? | Renel Monise | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Fire and the Moth | Contractor | Movie | 2025 |
| July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti? | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Jimmy Goes to Tropico | Narrator | Movie | 2025 |
| Jimmy Goes to Tropico | Screenplay | Movie | 2025 |
 | Evil, I | Pastor | Movie | 2024 |
 | Dead Money | Faizel | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Goat Life | Ibrahim Khadiri | Movie | 2024 |
| The Goat Life | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Jagged Mind | Papa Juste | Movie | 2023 |
 | Assassin Club | Inspector Leon | Movie | 2023 |
 | Detective Knight: Independence | Det.Godwin Sango | Movie | 2023 |
 | Detective Knight: Rogue | Det.Godwin Sango | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Gray Man | Alex Dumas | Movie | 2022 |
 | Parsley | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Pam & Tommy | Officer Jarvis | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Citation | Prof. Lucien N'Dyare | Movie | 2020 |
 | Jungle Jihad | The negotiator | Movie | 2020 |
| Jungle Jihad | Co-Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | Code_Switch | Rodney Oliver | Movie | 2019 |
| Code_Switch | Associate Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Deadly Tropics | Clément Galpin | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Cargo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | Rattlesnakes | Robert McQueen | Movie | 2019 |
 | Desrances | Francis Desrances | Movie | 2019 |
| Desrances | Executive Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Outer Wild | Ramson | Movie | 2018 |
 | La route de la soif | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
 | SMILF | Henri | TV Series | 2017 |
 | S.W.A.T. | Sal Desir | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Catastrópico | Damien | Movie | 2017 |
 | Just One Look | Eric Toussaint | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Empty Box | Toussaint | Movie | 2017 |
 | Everything But a Man | Max | Movie | 2016 |
| Everything But a Man | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | The CEO | Jean-Marc | Movie | 2016 |
 | Joy | Toussaint | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Cursed Ones | Paladin | Movie | 2015 |
 | Heroes Reborn | The Haitian | TV Series | 2015 |
| Jimmy Goes to Nollywood | Himself | Movie | 2015 | |
| Jimmy Goes to Nollywood | Director | Movie | 2015 | |
| Jimmy Goes to Nollywood | Writer | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Yefon | President Jean Pierre | Movie | 2015 |
 | Extant | Pierre Lyon | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Five Thirteen | JJL | Movie | 2014 |
 | One Night in Vegas | Nick | Movie | 2013 |
 | And Then There Was You | Associate Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Miserere | Puyferrat | Movie | 2013 |
 | Doctor Bello | Doctor Bello | Movie | 2013 |
 | Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Norman | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Arrow | The Captain | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Toussaint Louverture | Toussaint Louverture | Movie | 2012 |
 | Toussaint Louverture | Toussaint Louverture | TV Series | 2012 |
 | A Butterfly Kiss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2011 |
| Sinking Sands | Jimah Sanson | Movie | 2011 | |
 | Relentless | Candidate | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Penthouse | Buzz McManus | Movie | 2010 |
 | Paris Express | Steve Loki | Movie | 2010 |
 | I Sing of a Well | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 |
 | Moloch Tropical | Francis | Movie | 2009 |
 | Orpailleur | Myrtho | Movie | 2009 |
 | Diary of a Tired Black Man | James | Movie | 2009 |
 | Loaded | Antonio | Movie | 2008 |
 | Adventures of Power | Aubelin | Movie | 2008 |
 | Heroes | The Haitian | TV Series | 2006 |
| Cousines | Ralph | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Phat Girlz | Dr. Tunde Jonathan | Movie | 2006 |
 | Le president a-t-il le sida | Dao | Movie | 2006 |
| Le president a-t-il le sida | Producer | Movie | 2006 |
 | Monster-in-Law | Prince Amir | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Game of Their Lives | Joe Gaetjens | Movie | 2005 |
 | Age of Kali | Ferdinand | Movie | 2005 |
 | Tears of the Sun | Gideon | Movie | 2003 |
 | Fastlane | Haitian #1 | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Derailed | Henry | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Shield | Ididsa Okoye | TV Series | 2002 |
 | The District | Jean-Paul Bertrand | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Blade Sisters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
 | Arli$$ | Caesar | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Emmanuelle's Secret | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emmanuelle's Perfume | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emmanuelle's Magic | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emmanuelle's Love | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emmanuelle in Venice | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emmanuelle's Revenge | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emmanuelle Forever | as Jean-Louis Jimmy | Movie | 1993 |
| Un coq sur un escalier de secours | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Life Outside of Pearl | Marco | Movie | — |
| Fronteras | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Killing of a Nation | Jovenel Moise | Movie | — | |
| Angie | Det. Randall | Movie | — | |
 | Angel Blade | The Pharaoah | Movie | — |
| Angie | Executive Producer | Movie | — |