Malik Bentalha (French pronunciation: [malik bɛntala], Arabic: مالك بن طلحة; born 1 March 1989 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in films.

Malik Bentalha
Bentalha at Cannes Film Festival 2018
Born (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 35)
NationalityFrench
Algerian
Moroccan
EducationCours Florent
OccupationHumorist
Notable workJamel Comedy Club

Early life

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Malik Bentalha studied at the Cours Florent from 2007 to 2008. He started doing sketches in Parisian café-théâtre, such as the Théâtre du Point-Virgule [fr].

Career

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In 2010, after Jamel Debbouze noticed him, Malik Bentalha joined the Jamel Comedy Club and was later featured as the opening act for Debbouze's tour, Tout sur Jamel, for two years.[1] He met Gad Elmaleh in Montmartre who asked him to be the opening act for his show at the Palais des Sports the following day. That same year, he was a part of Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie on national French television channel France 2.

In 2011 he held a regular segment, Télé Délire, on Le Grand Direct [fr], a radio programme hosted by Jean-Marc Morandini. The segment was held in partnership with Mathieu Madénian at first, and since September 2011 with Benjamin Josse [fr]. In 2014, he joined Cyril Hanouna in his radio programme Les pieds dans le plat on Europe 1, with Valérie Bénaïm.

In 2010, he started touring with his first one man show, Malik Bentalha se la raconte, directed by Alex Lutz. In December 2014, a DVD was released. In January 2015, W9 broadcast a live session of his one man show,[2] followed by a TV report, Malik se raconte.

In 2015, he was part of the film Pattaya, directed by Franck Gastambide, in which he held one of the main roles.[3]

He is a godfather for the Theodora Children's Charity.[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2011 The Day I Saw Your Heart A comedian Jennifer Devoldère
Insoupçonnable [fr] Policeman Benoît d'Aubert TV movie
2013 Eyjafjallajökull Cécile's friend Alexandre Coffre
Né quelque part [fr] Kikim Mohamed Hamidi
Scènes de ménages Patrick Francis Duquet TV series (1 episode)
Le débarquement Various Renaud Le Van Kim TV series (1 episode)
2015 Robin des bois, la véritable histoire Friar Tuck Anthony Marciano
2016 Pattaya Krimo Franck Gastambide
La vache Young commuter Mohamed Hamidi (2)
2018 Taxi 5 Eddy Maklouf Franck Gastambide
Le doudou Sofiane Julien Hervé [fr] and Philippe Mechelen [fr]
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Jeff Fowler French dub
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Television

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Year Title Channel Notes
2010-2014 Jamel Comedy Club Canal+ Regular
2010 Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie France 2 Television special
2012 Stand Up TV Comédie+
2013, 2014 Marrakech du rire [fr] M6 Humour festival
Television special
2013 La Parenthèse inattendue [fr] France 2
2014 N'oubliez pas les paroles! With Élodie Gossuin
Contestant
L'Œuf ou la Poule ? [fr] D8 Season 2, episode 1
Contestant
Qui veut gagner des millions ? TF1 With Ramzy Bédia
Contestant
2015 Malik Bentalha se la Raconte W9 One man show
Live from the Bataclan
Malik se raconte TV report
CQFD ! Ce qu'il fallait détourner [fr] D8

Guest

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Year Title Channel Notes
2011, 2015 Le Grand Journal Canal+ Talk show
2011, 2014 Vivement dimanche [fr] France 2
2013-2015 Touche pas à mon poste! D8 Talk show
Guest several times
Le Grand 8 [fr]
2014 Vendredi tout est permis avec Arthur TF1 Regular
Salut les Terriens ! [fr] Canal+ Talk show
2015 Le 19:45 [fr] M6 News broadcasting
C'est au programme [fr] France 2
Le Before du Grand Journal [fr] Canal+

References

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  1. ^ Benjamin Locoge (December 29, 2014). "Malik Bentalha ne se la raconte plus". parismarch.com (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Fabien Morin (January 27, 2015). "Malik Bentalha : "Ma vie est une improvisation !"". lefigaro.fr (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Boris Tampigny (January 28, 2015). "Malik Bentalha : "Quand j'ai débuté, je me croyais invincible"". metronews.fr (in French). Metro. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
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