Jalil Lespert

Lespert was born in Paris to a pied-noir father, actor Jean Lespert, and a Kabyle Algerian mother who is an attorney and a jurist. Lespert initially studied law to please his mother. ==Career==

Lespert made his film debut in 1995, in Laurent Cantet's short film Jeux de plage, alongside his father. His first major role came in 1999, in Jacques Maillot's film Our Happy Lives. The following year, he appeared in another Cantet film, Human Resources, which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2001. Lespert's career took off and he appeared in several films, playing a wide range of characters, such as a sensual gardener in Sade, a body builder addict in Vivre me tue, a boxer in Virgil, a pretentious artist in Alain Resnais's Not on the Lips, and a journalist in Robert Guédiguian's The Last Mitterrand. Lespert directed his first film in 2007, 24 mesures, featuring Benoît Magimel and Sami Bouajila. ==Personal life==

In 2009, Lespert married Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France. The couple had one child (born 2010), and separated in 2018. He also has two other children from a previous relationship. ==Filmography==

As actor As director and writer • 2007 - 24 Bars (24 mesures) • 2011 - Headwinds (Des vents contraires) • 2014 - Yves Saint Laurent • 2016 - Iris ==Awards and accolades==

• César Award for Most Promising Actor (26th César Awards, for Human Resources) • (2001, Best Actor, for Human Resources) == References ==