Malik Bentalha

Malik Bentalha
Malik Bentalha
Born	March 1, 1989 (age 35); Bagnols-sur-Cèze; Gard; France
Nationality	French
Education	Cours Florent
Occupation	Humorist
Notable work	Jamel Comedy Club

Malik Bentalha (born March 1, 1981 at Bagnols-sur-Cèze) is a French humorist and actor from Algerian and Moroccan ancestry. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in some films.

Early life

Malik Bentalha studied at the Cours Florent during one year, from 2007 to 2008. After that, he did sketches in Parisian café-théâtre, as the fr [Théâtre du Point-Virgule].

Career

In 2010, after Jamel Debbouze noticed him, Malik Bentalha integrated the Jamel Comedy Club and later on served as the opening act for Debbouze's tour, Tout sur Jamel, for two years.^[2] One day, he met Gad Elmaleh at Montmartre who asked him to do 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 France 2.

In 2011 he had a chronicle, Télé Délire, on fr [Le Grand Direct], a radio program hosted by Jean-Marc Morandini. At first, he did it with Mathieu Madénian and since September 2011 with fr [Benjamin Josse]. In 2014, he joined Cyril Hanouna in his radio program Les pieds dans le plat on Europe 1, with Valérie Bénaïm.

Since 2010, he has been touring with his first one man show, Malik Bentalha se la raconte, directed by fr [Alex Lutz]. In December 2014, a DVD was released. In January 2015, W9 broadcast a live session of the one man show,^[3] followed by a TV report, Malik se raconte.

In 2015, he is going to film Pattaya, a fr [Franck Gastambide] film in which he'll have one of the main roles.^[4]

He is a godfather for the Theodora Children's Charity.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2011	fr [Et soudain, tout le monde me manque]	Stand-up comedian #1
2012	fr [Nous York]	Young from Mario Capra
2013	Monsters University	Squishy (French voice)
	fr [Né quelque part (film); Né quelque part]	Hakim
	fr [Eyjafjallajökull (film); Eyjafjallajökull]	Cécile's friend
2015	fr [La Véritable Histoire de Robin des Bois]	Friar Tuck

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	fr [Insoupçonnable (TV movie, 2011); Insoupçonnable]	Police officer #1	Television film
2013	fr [Scènes de ménages]	Patrick	TV series One episode
2013	fr [Le Débarquement]		TV series One episode

Others

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2010-2014	Jamel Comedy Club	Himself	Canal+	Regular
2010	Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie		France 2	Television special
2012	Stand Up TV		Comédie+
2013, 2014	fr [Marrakech du rire]		M6	Humour festival Television special
2013	fr [La Parenthèse inattendue]		France 2
2014	N'oubliez pas les paroles!		France 2	With Élodie Gossuin Contestant
	fr [L'Œuf ou la Poule ?]		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		W9	TV report
	fr [CQFD ! Ce qu'il fallait détourner]		D8

Guest

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

References

^ fr [Philippe Vandel] (January 22, 2015). "Malik Bentalha: "Fier d'être français et musulman"". franceinfo.fr (in French). France Info. Retrieved February 22, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Benjamin Locoge (December 29, 2014). "Malik Bentalha ne se la raconte plus". parismarch.com (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved February 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Fabien Morin (January 27, 2015). "Malik Bentalha : "Ma vie est une improvisation !"". lefigaro.fr (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved February 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^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. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Official website
Malik Bentalha at IMDb

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[1] r [Philippe Vandel] (January 22, 2015). "Malik Bentalha: "Fier d'être français et musulman"". franceinfo.fr (in French). France Info. Retrieved February 22, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Benjamin Locoge (December 29, 2014). "Malik Bentalha ne se la raconte plus". parismarch.com (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved February 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Fabien Morin (January 27, 2015). "Malik Bentalha : "Ma vie est une improvisation !"". lefigaro.fr (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved February 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[metro-4] Boris Tampigny (January 28, 2015). "Malik Bentalha : "Quand j'ai débuté, je me croyais invincible"". metronews.fr (in French). Metro. Retrieved February 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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