Yann Gael

Yann Gael is a French-Cameroonian actor and writer, born in Garoua (Cameroon).

Yann Gael
Gael at AMREF Gala in 2016.
NationalityFrench
Cameroonian
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Career

Gael attended CNSAD in Paris. He is best known for his role in the Sakho & Mangane African Netflix series, and television mini-series Le Rêve Français.

Gael has played strong leads opposite famous actors in European programs. Duel au Soleil (with Gérard Darmon) being his debut on television. Il Corragio di Vincere with Adriano Giannini. And Le Rêve Français, also led by Aïssa Maïga.

Le Rêve Français is a period drama. It follows Gael as a wrongfully accused activist from West Indies turned into a successful lawyer, who brings the state to court for pesticide-poisoning his homeland and people. Gael's performance earned him the Best Actor Award at the Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2017.[1] The fiction - inspired by true events - was screened at the French Ministry of The Interior and at the French Ministry of Overseas, as an acknowledgment of its national patrimonial value to France.

In Loro, Gael plays more modestly with Toni Servillo under the direction of Paolo Sorrentino.[2] He described the experience to be 'mostly beautiful holidays in Sardinia'.

In 2017, following several cases of police brutality on black men, Gael was invited by multi-award winner and critically acclaimed author Léonora Miano to write in the book Marianne and the Black Boy. In his chapter, Gael talks in an experimental and poetic form of his path navigating France, black masculinity and being an actor. [3]

Black Soldier is a short film from director Jimmy Laporal-Trésor. It mirrors the growth of a young man with the violence of his new mentor (Gael), as he is recruited in black men gang to fight skinheads. The short premiered at International Critics' Week of Cannes Film Festival 2021[4] and currently pre selected for the César Awards 2022.[5]

Saloum marks Gael's first lead role in a feature film and confirms his collaboration with director Jean Luc Herbulot, (also showrunner and first director of Sakho & Mangane). Saloum world premiered at 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] Variety described this genre-bending African-horror-western as 'bound to be in high demand on the festival circuit and has the sheer entertainment value to enjoy a successful commercial life thereafter.'[7]

Gael is also announced in the highly awaited and technology innovative Netflix series 1899.[8][9] The show is directed by Baran bo Odar and written by Jantje Friese, the creators of Netflix hit series Dark.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 TWE Seday Short film
2013 The Return Theo Short film
Hyères Les Palmiers Festival Award for Best Actor
Cinebanlieue Festival Award for Best Actor
Jimmy (Booba) Jimmy Music video
2015 Rose and the Soldier Augustin Television film
L'Astragale Etienne
2016 And Still We Walk On Simon Short film
Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France Télévisions Award for Best Actor
FestiFrance Brésil Festival Award for Melhor Ator
Il Corragio di Vincere Ben Wade Television film
2017 Le Rêve Français Samuel Rénia La Rochelle Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Vues d'Afrique Festival Special Mention for Best Actor
2018 Loro Michel Martinez
2020 Hope Him Short film
Black Soldier Kaze Short film
2021 Breaking Mirrors Bastien Post-production
2021 Saloum Chaka

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014–2016 Duel au Soleil Sébastien Le Tallec 12 episodes
2019 The Hook Up Plan 1 episode
2020 Sakho & Mangane Lieutenant Basile Mangane 8 episodes
Nomination - African Talent Awards for Best Actor of the Year Award
2021 1899 Jerome Upcoming series

Theater
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Crossings Hamlet
2019 Chocolate, the clown Rafael Padilla aka Chocolate
2020 Caligula Caligula
2021 After the fire Him

Bibliography
  • Marianne and the Black Boy, Editions Pauvert[10]

References
  1. "Le Rêve Français". France Télévisions Pro.
  2. "Loro". IMDB.
  3. "Black-out sur l'Homme Noir". Libération.
  4. "Black Soldier". Semaine de la Critique.
  5. "Cap sur les César 2022 !". Bref Cinéma.
  6. "Saloum". IMDB.
  7. "'Saloum' Review: Genres Collide in a Lively Crime-Horror-Fantasy-Western Hybrid from Senegal". Variety.
  8. "Reed Hastings Says Netflix Is Using "The Most Advanced Production Technology In The World" On German Series '1899'". Deadline.
  9. "1899 sur Netflix : la nouvelle série des créateurs de Dark présentée par deux de ses acteurs français". Allociné.
  10. "Marianne and the Black Boy". Fayard.
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