Jean Jean

Birthday: 1980-01-01
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Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Jean Jean is a Haitian-Dominican actor and filmmaker known for his work in theatre and cinema. He gained international recognition for his leading role in “Woodpeckers” (2017), for which he received the Best Actor award at the Havana Film Festival and Best Ibero-American Actor at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.

He began his career in Dominican theatre, training at the Ángel Haché Performance Laboratory of the National School of Dramatic Arts, and performed in productions such as “An Enemy of the People,” “Paradise,” and “La Peste de Estos Días.” He later appeared in a number of Dominican films, including “La Soga,” “Hermafrodita,” and “Operación Patakón.”

After studying documentary filmmaking at the International School of Cinema and Television in Cuba, he expanded his work in film, acting in projects such as “Locki 7” and “Isla Rota.” He also directed the documentary “Si bondye vle, Yuli” (2015), which won several international awards.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2025-09-11	Under the Same Sun	Baptiste
	2024-09-27	The Last Meal	Zorro
	2024-05-03	Kanaval	Ceradieu / Korbo
	2022-11-02	White Dog
	2021-10-13	Freda	Yeshua
	2021-08-11	Breathless	Negro
	2019-10-01	1805 A Butterfly Drive	Médecin
	2017-01-23	Woodpeckers	Julián
	2016-10-13	Cuentas Por Cobrar	Francés
	2015-11-23	God Willing, Yuli
	2008-08-14	Ladrones a Domicilio	Gregorio Brown
	2006-07-15	Viajeros	Cabuya