Jimmy Jean-Louis
Known for acting · Born 8 August 1968 · 58 · Pétionville - Haiti
97 credits
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
Heroes
2006
Detective Knight: Rogue
2022
Detective Knight: Independence
2023
Paris Express
2010
Arrow
2012
The Goat Life
2024
Phat Girlz
2006
Assassin Club
2023
Citation
2020
Heroes Reborn
2015
Rattlesnakes
2019
Jagged Mind
2023
Acting (84)
2026ViperMarcus 'Shadow' BlackwoodFilm
2026MelodramaAiméFilm
2025The Fire and the MothContractorFilm
2025July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?Renel MoniseFilm
2025Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icôneSelfFilm
2025Au revoirFrédéricFilm
2025Jimmy Goes to TropicoNarratorFilm
2024The Goat LifeIbrahim KhadiriFilm
2024Dead MoneyFaizelFilm
2024Evil, IPastorFilm
2023Assassin ClubInspector LeonFilm
2023Detective Knight: IndependenceDet.Godwin SangoFilm
2023Jagged MindPapa JusteFilm
2022The Gray ManAlex DumasFilm
2022Pam & TommyOfficer JarvisSeries
2022Detective Knight: RogueDet.Godwin SangoFilm
2020CitationProf. Lucien N'DyareFilm
2020Jungle JihadThe negotiatorFilm
2019Deadly TropicsClément GalpinSeries
2019RattlesnakesRobert McQueenFilm
2019CargoFilm
2019Code_SwitchRodney OliverFilm
2019DesrancesFrancis DesrancesFilm
2018The Outer WildRamsonFilm
2018La route de la soifSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2017S.W.A.T.Sal DesirSeries
2017SMILFHenriSeries
2017Just One LookEric Toussaint · 6 episodesSeries
2017The Empty BoxToussaintFilm
2017CatastrópicoDamienFilm
2016Everything But a ManMaxFilm
2016The CEOJean-MarcFilm
2015JoyToussaintFilm
2015Heroes RebornThe Haitian · 5 episodesSeries
2015YefonPresident Jean PierreFilm
2015Jimmy Goes to NollywoodHimselfFilm
2015The Cursed OnesPaladinFilm
2014ExtantPierre Lyon · 2 episodesSeries
2014Five ThirteenJJLFilm
2013MisererePuyferratFilm
2013Doctor BelloDoctor BelloFilm
2013One Night in VegasNickFilm
2012ArrowThe Captain · 3 episodesSeries
2012Metal Hurlant ChroniclesNormanSeries
2012Toussaint LouvertureToussaint LouvertureFilm
2012Toussaint LouvertureToussaint Louverture · 2 episodesSeries
2011A Butterfly KissFilm
2011Sinking SandsJimah SansonFilm
2010Paris ExpressSteve LokiFilm
2010The PenthouseBuzz McManusFilm
2010RelentlessCandidateFilm
2009Moloch TropicalFrancisFilm
2009Diary of a Tired Black ManJamesFilm
2009OrpailleurMyrthoFilm
2009I Sing of a WellFilm
2008LoadedAntonioFilm
2008Adventures of PowerAubelinFilm
2006HeroesThe Haitian · 32 episodesSeries
2006Phat GirlzDr. Tunde JonathanFilm
2006CousinesRalphFilm
2006Le president a-t-il le sidaDaoFilm
2005Monster-in-LawPrince AmirFilm
2005The Game of Their LivesJoe GaetjensFilm
2005Age of KaliFerdinandFilm
2003Tears of the SunGideonFilm
2002The ShieldIdidsa OkoyeSeries
2002DerailedHenryFilm
2002FastlaneHaitian #1Series
2000The DistrictJean-Paul BertrandSeries
1999Blade SistersFilm
1996Arli$$CaesarSeries
1993Emmanuelle's Revengeas Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
1993Emmanuelle in Veniceas Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
1993Emmanuelle's Perfumeas Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
1993Emmanuelle Foreveras Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
1993Emmanuelle's Magicas Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
1993Emmanuelle's Secretas Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
1993Emmanuelle's Loveas Jean-Louis JimmyFilm
—Un coq sur un escalier de secoursFilm
—Life Outside of PearlMarcoFilm
—FronterasFilm
—Killing of a NationJovenel MoiseFilm
—AngieDet. RandallFilm
—Angel BladeThe PharaoahFilm
Directing (1)
2015Jimmy Goes to NollywoodDirector, WriterFilm
Production (11)
2025July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?Executive ProducerFilm
2025Au revoirExecutive ProducerFilm
2024The Goat LifeProducerFilm
2022ParsleyExecutive ProducerFilm
2020Jungle JihadCo-ProducerFilm
2019DesrancesExecutive ProducerFilm
2019Code_SwitchAssociate ProducerFilm
2016Everything But a ManProducerFilm
2013And Then There Was YouAssociate ProducerFilm
2006Le president a-t-il le sidaProducerFilm
—AngieExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
2025Jimmy Goes to TropicoScreenplayFilm