Stéphane Bak

Stéphane Bak born 19 September 1996 is a FrancoCongolese actor and comedian He was showcased as The youngest comedian in France in 2012 As an actor his most notable film roles include Christopher Barratiers Team Spirit David Moreaus Alone and Paul Verhoevens awardwinning Elle More recently Bak has starred in André Téchinés Farewell to the Night and Joël Karekezis The Mercy of the Jungle Bak was born in Le BlancMesnil SeineSaintDenis Bak is of Congolese origin his father is a delivery driver and his mother is a receptionist and he has four brothers and sisters In 2011 he was expelled from high school and forced to take correspondence courses He was authorised by the French Department of Social Affairs to start working at the age of 14 Bak started his career as a standup comedian in December 2010 performing in the small clubs of Paris most notably at Le Palace and at Théâtre Trévise In 2011 he participated in the Montreux Comedy Festival alongside the comedic duo Les Chevaliers du fiel In September 2012 he performed at Grand Rex as part of the evening Rire ensemble contre le racisme broadcast on France 2 in prime time before two million viewers He also appeared at Casino de Paris for Le Concert solidaire organized in September 2012 for the 30th anniversary of the organization Handicap International Spotted by the creators of the show Bref who took him under their wing he participated in the episode Bref Jai eu 30 ans alongside Kyan Khojandi In 2013 he played the part of a dealer in the film Les gamins he also appeared in PierreFrançois MartinLaval Serial Teachers Bak has participated in several television shows During the 2012 Cannes Film Festival he intervened every day to present a minisketch for the show Grand Journal of Canal In 2014 he had a segment in the show LÉmission pour tous presented by Laurent Ruquier on France 2 That same year he played the role of Max in Once in a Lifetime He is the main actor of the music video The Girl Is Mine by 99 Souls featuring Destinys Child and Brandy Released in November 2015 the video was nominated at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in the Best Electronic Video category In 2016 he appeared as Omar in Paul Verhoevens Elle and as Jules in Christophe Barratiers Team Spirit In 2017 he played Dodji in David Moreaus Alone In 2018 Bak had his first lead role as Private Faustin in Joel Karekezis The Mercy of the Jungle which had its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8 Bak was selected as one of eight rising stars at the festival through the yearly TIFF Rising Star programme He also voiced Miles Morales SpiderMan for the French dub of Peter Ramseys SpiderMan Into the SpiderVerse In 2019 he appeared as Bilal in André Téchinés drama Farewell to the Night which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February That same year Bak starred alongside Fionn Whitehead in Sebastian Schippers film Roads which was previously known as Caravan The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Source Article Stéphane Bak from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30