Actor
Jimmy Jean-Louis
August 8, 1968 · Pétionville - Haiti
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.
Notable work
6.8Arrow (2012)
as The Captain
6.9The Gray Man (2022)
as Alex Dumas
6.6Joy (2015)
as Toussaint
6.9Tears of the Sun (2003)
as Gideon
7.5Heroes (2006)
as The Haitian
6.2Monster-in-Law (2005)
as Prince Amir
8S.W.A.T. (2017)
as Sal Desir
8.2The Shield (2002)
as Ididsa Okoye
6.8Heroes Reborn (2015)
as The Haitian
6.3Extant (2014)
as Pierre Lyon
7.2Pam & Tommy (2022)
as Officer Jarvis
5.2Derailed (2002)
as Henry
Often works with
Bruce Willis
3 titles together
Tears of the Sun, Detective Knight: Rogue, Detective Knight: Independence
Johnny Messner
2 titles together
Tears of the Sun, Detective Knight: Rogue
Jack Coleman
2 titles together
Heroes, Heroes Reborn
Kenny Johnson
2 titles together
S.W.A.T., The Shield
David Rees Snell
2 titles together
S.W.A.T., The Shield
Lochlyn Munro
2 titles together
Detective Knight: Rogue, Detective Knight: Independence
Full filmography · 73
Life Outside of Pearl
as Marco
Upcoming
Melodrama
as Aimé
2026
Viper
as Marcus 'Shadow' Blackwood
2026
Au revoir
as Frédéric
2025
July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?
as Renel Monise
2025
The Fire and the Moth
as Contractor
2025
Jimmy Goes to Tropico
as Narrator
2025
Evil, I
as Pastor
2024
Dead Money
as Faizel
2024
The Goat Life
as Ibrahim Khadiri
20247.3
Jagged Mind
as Papa Juste
20235.4
Assassin Club
as Inspector Leon
20236