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Yann Gael

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Yann Gael
2003, three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
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Saloum (2021)
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Yann Gael is a French-Cameroonian television, film and theater actor born in Garoua, Cameroon. Yann attended CNSAD (French National Academy of Drama) in Paris. He is known for leading the first African francophone Netflix series Sakho & Mangane (2019). And for the prestige period drama Le rêve français (2017) that earned him the Best Male Actor Award at Festival Du Film De La Rochelle 2017. His latest feature Saloum (2021), premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2021. As he is wrapping up new Netflix series 1899 (2022) by the creators of Netflix hit Dark (2017).
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    Known for

    1899 (2022)
    1899
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Jérome
    Yann Gael in Saloum (2021)
    Saloum
    6.2
    • Chaka
    • 2021
    Issaka Sawadogo and Yann Gael in Sakho & Mangane (2019)
    Sakho & Mangane
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Mangane
    • Basile Mangane (2019)
    Aïssa Maïga and Yann Gael in Le rêve français (2017)
    Le rêve français
    6.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Samuel

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    • Néro
      • Post-production
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2025



    • VANILLA (2025)
      VANILLA
      • Bastien
      • 2025
    • Vicky Krieps and Emma Mackey in Hot Milk (2025)
      Hot Milk
      5.8
      • Matty
      • 2025
    • Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Paul Mescal, and Fred Hechinger in Gladiator II (2024)
      Gladiator II
      6.5
      • Bostar
      • 2024
    • Le Code (2021)
      Le Code
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Thomas Mendy (as Yann Gaël)
      • 2023
    • 1899 (2022)
      1899
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Jérome
      • 2022
    • Anansi (2022)
      Anansi
      6.3
      Short
      • Aron
      • 2022
    • Sheik Sheriff in Flowers (2022)
      Flowers
      Short
      • Prince Narration
      • 2022
    • Stanley Weber in The French Boys 2 (2021)
      The French Boys 2
      7.4
      • Theo
      • 2021
    • Yann Gael in Saloum (2021)
      Saloum
      6.2
      • Chaka
      • 2021
    • Soldat noir (2021)
      Soldat noir
      7.3
      Short
      • Kaze
      • 2021
    • Yann Gael and Jane Dowden in Hope (2020)
      Hope
      8.1
      Short
      • Him
      • 2020
    • Plan Cœur (2018)
      Plan Cœur
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Marco
      • 2019
    • Issaka Sawadogo and Yann Gael in Sakho & Mangane (2019)
      Sakho & Mangane
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Mangane
      • 2019
    • Silvio et les autres (2018)
      Silvio et les autres
      6.7
      • Michel Martinez
      • 2018
    • Silvio et les autres 2 (2018)
      Silvio et les autres 2
      7.0
      • Michel Martinez
      • 2018

    Producer



    • VANILLA (2025)
      VANILLA
      • associate producer
      • 2025

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    • Alternative names
      • Yann Gaël Elléouët

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