Pascal N'Zonzi
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Pascal N'Zonzi (born January 1, 1951 in Lutendele , then French Equatorial Africa , now the Republic of the Congo ) is a Congolese actor who regularly plays in French films.
life and career
Coming from the French-speaking Congo, N'Zonzi took first acting lessons in Brazzaville , later also at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris. He later worked as an actor in both the Congo and France. In his long career, N'Zonzi also worked more often as a theater director and was influenced by the works of Aimé Césaire . He adapted the works of Arthur Rimbaud particularly often for the stage.
N'Zonzi made his film debut in 1970 with a small appearance in The Lion with the Seven Heads . His film roles in the following decades, including as a taxi guest in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth , were usually short in nature. In 2012 he had a supporting comedic role as a priest in the crime comedy Paulette with Bernadette Lafont . He finally became known to a wider audience in 2014 through his portrayal of the Ivorian family patriarch André Koffi in the comedy Monsieur Claude and his daughters , who also had more than three million cinema viewers in Germany. In the sequel Monsieur Claude 2, N'Zonzi played this role again.
The actor has lived with his family in the small French community of Villampuy since 1991 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: The Lion with the Seven Heads (Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças)
- 1981: The Professional (Le Professionel)
- 1983: Ticket to Chaos (Banzai)
- 1989: Milk and Chocolate (Romuald et Juliette)
- 1991: Night on Earth
- 1995: No problem at all (Les trois frères)
- 2000: Lumumba
- 2002: Carnages
- 2005: Kiriku and the wild animals ( Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages ; cartoon, voice)
- 2011: The rabbi's cat (Le chat du rabbin)
- 2013: Paulette
- 2014: Le crocodile du Botswanga
- 2014: Monsieur Claude and his daughters (Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?)
- 2016: The visitors - storming the Bastille (Les visiteurs: La révolution)
- 2019: Monsieur Claude 2 (Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu?)
Web links
- Pascal N'Zonzi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personnes. In: Africultures. Retrieved May 1, 2019 (Fri-FR).
- ↑ Center France: Pascal Nzonzi: "J'ai trouvé à Villampuy quelque chose qui me ressemble". Accessed May 1, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | N'Zonzi, Pascal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Congolese actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lutendele , French Equatorial Africa , Republic of the Congo |