![]() In 2006, he played in the historical movie Indigènes (which he coproduced), paying tribute to the North-African soldiers who fought for France during WW2. He played in the movies Zonzon (1998), international box-office hit Amélie (2001), domestic hit Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002), and Angel-A, directed by Luc Besson (2005). On the same channel, he contributed to another show, H, along Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia. He took Le Cinéma de Jamel to television on Canal+ in 1998. He debuted on Radio Nova, with a film review show, Le Cinéma de Jamel and on television around 1996-1997 on cable channel Paris Première, in a TV show co-produced by Radio Nova and the channel. In 1995, he was spotted by the bosses of Radio Nova, Jacques Massadian and Jean-François Bizot, who made him famous (Jacques Massadian would become his manager). In December 2004, while he was going to perform on a Reunion stage, Debbouze cancelled, claiming illness, while Michel Admette’s parents had organized a demonstration against his arrival. Debbouze was sued by the victim’s family for manslaughter but the case was dismissed by lack of proof, most of the witnesses retracting. He lost the use of his right arm, while another young man, Jean-Paul Admette, the son of the singer from Reunion Michel Admette, died. On 17 January 1990, at the train station in Trappes, he was struck by a passing train travelling at 150 km/h. ![]() He is the eldest of his siblings: Mohamed, Hayat, Karim, Rachid and Nawel Debbouze. They returned in 1979 and settled in Trappes in 1983, in the Paris region, where Debbouze spent the rest of his childhood. Debbouze was born in Paris, France, but his family, from Taza, moved back to Morocco the following year.
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