Jimmy Jean-Louis

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.

Most Famous Work

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S.W.A.T.

(2017) Sal Desir

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Arrow

(2012) The Captain

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Heroes

(2006) The Haitian

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The Shield

(2002) Ididsa Okoye

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The District

(2000) Jean-Paul Bertrand

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The Gray Man

(2022) Alex Dumas

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Tears of the Sun

(2003) Gideon

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Extant

(2014) Pierre Lyon

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2025	Renel Monise	July 7 2025-03-01 Movie
	Narrator	Jimmy Goes to Tropico 2025-01-31 Movie
2024	Faizel	Dead Money 2024-09-13 Movie
	Frédéric	Au revoir 2024-08-28 Movie
	Ibrahim Khadiri	The Goat Life 2024-03-28 Movie
2023	Papa Juste	Jagged Mind 2023-06-14 Movie
	Inspector Leon	Assassin Club 2023-02-24 Movie
	Det.Godwin Sango	Detective Knight: Independence 2023-01-20 Movie
2022	Det.Godwin Sango	Detective Knight: Rogue 2022-10-21 Movie
	Alex Dumas	The Gray Man 2022-07-13 Movie
	Officer Jarvis	Pam & Tommy 2022-02-02 TV Show
2020	Prof. Lucien N'Dyare	Citation 2020-11-05 Movie
	The negotiator	Jungle Jihad 2020-06-17 Movie
2019	Rodney Oliver	Code_Switch 2019-12-13 Movie
	Clément Galpin	Deadly Tropics 2019-11-22 TV Show
	N/A	Cargo 2019-05-10 Movie
	Robert McQueen	Rattlesnakes 2019-04-26 Movie
	Francis Desrances	Desrances 2019-02-23 Movie
2018	Ramson	The Outer Wild 2018-09-28 Movie
	Self	La route de la soif 2018-01-23 TV Show
2017	Henri	SMILF 2017-11-05 TV Show
	Sal Desir	S.W.A.T. 2017-11-02 TV Show
	Damien	Catastrópico 2017-08-11 Movie
	Eric Toussaint	Just One Look 2017-06-15 TV Show
	Toussaint	The Empty Box 2017-03-29 Movie
2016	Max	Everything But a Man 2016-06-15 Movie
	Jean-Marc	The CEO 2016-05-04 Movie
2015	Toussaint	Joy 2015-12-24 Movie
	Paladin	The Cursed Ones 2015-11-06 Movie
	The Haitian	Heroes Reborn 2015-09-24 TV Show
	Himself	Jimmy Goes to Nollywood 2015-02-06 Movie
	President Jean Pierre	Yefon 2015-01-16 Movie
2014	Pierre Lyon	Extant 2014-07-09 TV Show
2013	Nick	One Night in Vegas 2013-12-20 Movie
	Puyferrat	Miserere 2013-06-26 Movie
	JJL	Five Thirteen 2013-06-11 Movie
	Doctor Bello	Doctor Bello 2013-02-22 Movie
2012	Norman	Metal Hurlant Chronicles 2012-10-27 TV Show
	The Captain	Arrow 2012-10-10 TV Show
	Toussaint Louverture	Toussaint Louverture 2012-02-14 TV Show
	Toussaint Louverture	Toussaint Louverture 2012-02-14 Movie
2011	N/A	A Butterfly Kiss 2011-06-01 Movie
	Jimah Sanson	Sinking Sands 2011-01-19 Movie
2010	Candidate	Relentless 2010-10-13 Movie
	Buzz McManus	The Penthouse 2010-03-02 Movie
	Steve Loki	Paris Express 2010-02-24 Movie
2009	N/A	I Sing of a Well 2009-10-31 Movie
	Francis	Moloch Tropical 2009-09-12 Movie
	Myrtho	Orpailleur 2009-03-12 Movie
	James	Diary of a Tired Black Man 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Antonio	Loaded 2008-03-25 Movie
	Aubelin	Adventures of Power 2008-01-20 Movie
2006	Dao	Le president a-t-il le sida 2006-10-01 Movie
	The Haitian	Heroes 2006-09-25 TV Show
	Ralph	Cousines 2006-06-06 Movie
	Dr. Tunde Jonathan	Phat Girlz 2006-04-07 Movie
2005	Prince Amir	Monster-in-Law 2005-05-13 Movie
	Joe Gaetjens	The Game of Their Lives 2005-04-22 Movie
	Ferdinand	Age of Kali 2005-01-01 Movie
2003	Gideon	Tears of the Sun 2003-03-07 Movie
2002	Haitian #1	Fastlane 2002-09-18 TV Show
	Henry	Derailed 2002-05-19 Movie
	Ididsa Okoye	The Shield 2002-03-12 TV Show
2000	Jean-Paul Bertrand	The District 2000-10-07 TV Show
1993	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle's Secret 1993-09-10 Movie
	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle's Perfume 1993-06-06 Movie
	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle's Magic 1993-05-02 Movie
	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle's Love 1993-04-03 Movie
	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle in Venice 1993-03-07 Movie
	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle's Revenge 1993-02-14 Movie
	as Jean-Louis Jimmy	Emmanuelle Forever 1993-02-07 Movie
	N/A	Fronteras Movie
	N/A	Un coq sur un escalier de secours Movie
	Marco	Life Outside of Pearl Movie
	Jovenel Moise	Killing of a Nation Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Executive Producer	July 7 2025-03-01 Movie
2024	Executive Producer	Au revoir 2024-08-28 Movie
	Producer	The Goat Life 2024-03-28 Movie
2022	Executive Producer	Parsley 2022-03-06 Movie
2020	Co-Producer	Jungle Jihad 2020-06-17 Movie
2019	Associate Producer	Code_Switch 2019-12-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	Desrances 2019-02-23 Movie
2016	Producer	Everything But a Man 2016-06-15 Movie
2013	Associate Producer	And Then There Was You 2013-10-19 Movie
2006	Producer	Le president a-t-il le sida 2006-10-01 Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Screenplay	Jimmy Goes to Tropico 2025-01-31 Movie
2015	Writer	Jimmy Goes to Nollywood 2015-02-06 Movie
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Directing

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2015	Director	Jimmy Goes to Nollywood 2015-02-06 Movie
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