
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1968-08-08 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Pétionville - Haiti
- Also known as
- Jimmy J · Jean-Louis Jimmy · ジミー・ジャン=ルイ · 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.
Known For
TV Shows (16)

S.W.A.T.
2017
as Sal Desir

Arrow
2012
as The Captain

Heroes
2006
as The Haitian

The Shield
2002
as Ididsa Okoye

The District
2000
as Jean-Paul Bertrand

Arli$$
1996
as Caesar

Extant
2014
as Pierre Lyon

Fastlane
2002
as Haitian #1

Heroes Reborn
2015
as The Haitian

Pam & Tommy
2022
as Officer Jarvis

SMILF
2017
as Henri

Deadly Tropics
2019
as Clément Galpin

Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as Norman

Just One Look
2017
as Eric Toussaint

La route de la soif
2018
as Self

Toussaint Louverture
2012
as Toussaint Louverture
Movies (68)

The Gray Man
2022
as Alex Dumas

Tears of the Sun
2003
as Gideon

Monster-in-Law
2005
as Prince Amir

Joy
2015
as Toussaint

The Goat Life
2024
as Ibrahim Khadiri

Derailed
2002
as Henry

Assassin Club
2023
as Inspector Leon

Detective Knight: Independence
2023
as Det.Godwin Sango

Phat Girlz
2006
as Dr. Tunde Jonathan

Detective Knight: Rogue
2022
as Det.Godwin Sango

Emmanuelle Forever
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

Emmanuelle's Revenge
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

Emmanuelle in Venice
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

Five Thirteen
2014
as JJL

Emmanuelle's Perfume
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

Emmanuelle's Love
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

Emmanuelle's Magic
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

The Game of Their Lives
2005
as Joe Gaetjens

Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône
2025
as Self

Emmanuelle's Secret
1993
as as Jean-Louis Jimmy

Paris Express
2010
as Steve Loki

The Penthouse
2010
as Buzz McManus

Melodrama
2026
as Aimé

A Butterfly Kiss
2011

Loaded
2008
as Antonio

Moloch Tropical
2009
as Francis

Jagged Mind
2023
as Papa Juste

Everything But a Man
2016
as Max

Adventures of Power
2008
as Aubelin

Miserere
2013
as Puyferrat

Dead Money
2024
as Faizel

Cargo
2019

Yefon
2015
as President Jean Pierre

Doctor Bello
2013
as Doctor Bello

The Outer Wild
2018
as Ramson

Citation
2020
as Prof. Lucien N'Dyare
Killing of a Nation
as Jovenel Moise

July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?
2025
as Renel Monise

Code_Switch
2019
as Rodney Oliver
Cousines
2006
as Ralph

The Fire and the Moth
2025
as Contractor

Viper
2026
as Marcus 'Shadow' Blackwood

Rattlesnakes
2019
as Robert McQueen

Toussaint Louverture
2012
as Toussaint Louverture
Le president a-t-il le sida
2006
as Dao

Age of Kali
2005
as Ferdinand

The CEO
2016
as Jean-Marc

Desrances
2019
as Francis Desrances

Diary of a Tired Black Man
2009
as James

Jimmy Goes to Tropico
2025
as Narrator

The Cursed Ones
2015
as Paladin
Angie
as Det. Randall

Orpailleur
2009
as Myrtho

Evil, I
2024
as Pastor

The Empty Box
2017
as Toussaint

Jungle Jihad
2020
as The negotiator

One Night in Vegas
2013
as Nick

Au revoir
2025
as Frédéric

Catastrópico
2017
as Damien
Jimmy Goes to Nollywood
2015
as Himself
Sinking Sands
2011
as Jimah Sanson

Life Outside of Pearl
as Marco
Un coq sur un escalier de secours

Blade Sisters
1999
Fronteras

Relentless
2010
as Candidate

I Sing of a Well
2009

Angel Blade
as The Pharaoah
About Jimmy Jean-Louis
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. With 84 credits spanning from 1993 to 2026, Jimmy Jean-Louis has appeared in 68 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jimmy Jean-Louis Movies
- The Gray Man (2022) — as Alex Dumas
- Tears of the Sun (2003) — as Gideon
- Monster-in-Law (2005) — as Prince Amir
- Joy (2015) — as Toussaint
- The Goat Life (2024) — as Ibrahim Khadiri
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