Fred Testot

Fred Testot
Testot in 2015
Born
Frédéric Giacomo Testo[1]

(1977-02-20) 20 February 1977 (age 47)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, producer
Years active1996–present
Websitewww.fredtestot.net

Frédéric Giacomo Testo (French: [fʁedeʁik dʒakɔmo tɛsto], Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo ˈtɛsto]; born 20 February 1977), known as Fred Testot (French: [fʁɛd tɛsto]), is a French actor, comedian and filmmaker. Since rising to prominence in the 2000s as he collaborated extensively with Omar Sy on the Service après-vente des émissions series on Canal+, Testot has starred in various film, theatre and television productions. He notably held the lead role in the 2017 thriller miniseries La Mante, which aired on TF1 and later premiered on Netflix.[2][3][4]

Life and career

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Testot with Jonathan Lambert in Paris, 2012

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France and raised in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, Testot began on Fun Radio, with Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia (Éric et Ramzy), before appearing on Radio Nova in Jamel Debbouze's program where he met Omar Sy for the first time, in 1997.

Together, they began their television career on Canal+ on Debbouze's program, Le Cinéma de Jamel. They created Le Visiophon, d'Omar et Fred, Les sketches d'Omar et Fred and Les coming-nexts.

After a two-year hiatus, the duo returned in 2005 with a show called Service après-vente des émissions (English: "After-sales service of TV shows"). From 2006 to 2012, it became a famous daily column of Le Grand Journal, hosted by Michel Denisot.

Testot then played in several comedy movies, including Sur la piste du Marsupilami (2012), The Big Bad Wolf (2013) and Arrête ton cinéma (2016). He starred in the Netflix Original Series La Mante in 2017. In 2023, he was in the live twitch of Pertex, a french influencer.

Filmography

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Actor

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2000 Old School Steve Kader Ayd
Granturismo Voice Denis Thybaud Short
2001 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale Policeman Charles Nemes
La concierge est dans l'ascenseur Olivier Coussemacq Short
Crimes et déguisements Bob Tristan Schulmann Short
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Painter Alain Chabat
Ces jours heureux Thomas Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano Short
Caméra Café Julien TV series (1 episode)
Ma Forever Man R19 Ida Techer Short
2004 Le carton David Charles Nemes (2)
2006 Les multiples FJP Julien David TV mini-series
Pigeon Bus Driver Benoît Gand Short
2007 Kozak The Cop Olivier Fox Short
Dans leur peau Arnaud Malherbe Short
Moot-Moot Michel François Reczulski TV series
Garage Babes The Boss Julien Pelgrand Short
2008 Seuls Two Xavier Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor
2009 Lascars Sammy Emmanuel Klotz, Albert Pereira-Lazaro
Je vais te manquer Pierrot Amanda Sthers
La loi de Murphy Various Christophe Campos
Le siffleur Xavier Mazini Philippe Lefebvre
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard Replay Luc Besson
Logorama Ronald McDonald, Big Boy François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy French version
2010 Ya basta! Voice Gustave Kervern, Sébastien Rost Short
Le pas Petit Poucet Jean Doumé Christophe Campos (2) TV movie
Gardiens de l'ordre Simon Nicolas Boukhrief
Allez raconte! The host Jean-Christophe Roger
Histoires de vies Stef Akhenaton, Didier D. Daarwin TV series (1 episode)
2011 Itinéraire bis Jean Jean-Luc Perréard
Au bistro du coin Manu Charles Nemes (3)
La guerre des boutons Father Simon Yann Samuell
Voisin voisin Xavier Timothée Augendre, Geoffroy Degouy Short
2005–2012 Service après-vente des émissions Various TV series
2011–2012 Fish'n Chips Chips Naga Christelle, Prakash Topsy TV series (52 episodes)
2012 Sea, No Sex & Sun Guillaume Christophe Turpin
Bref Party Guest on Phone Kyan Khojandi TV series (1 episode)
Sur la piste du Marsupilami Hermoso Alain Chabat (2)
Dépression et des potes Franck Arnaud Lemort
2013 The Big Bad Wolf Henri Delcroix Nicolas Charlet & Bruno Lavaine
Y'a pas d'âge Luc Carlo Da Fonseca Parsotam TV series (1 episode)
Platane Fred Denis Imbert, Éric Judor (2) TV series (2 episodes)
2014 Get Well Soon Captain Maxime Leroy Jean Becker
2015 Rose et le soldat Jacques Meyer Jean-Claude Barny, Jean-Claude Flamand TV movie
L'emprise Marcello Guillemin Claude-Michel Rome TV movie
2016 Arrête ton cinéma Adrien Diane Kurys
Pattaya The pilot Franck Gastambide
Zootopia Benjamin Clawhauser Byron Howard French dub
2017 La Mante Damien Carrot Alexandre Laurent Netflix Original Series

Shows

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  • 2006: Omar et Fred, le spectacle

References

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  1. ^ fredtestot.net
  2. ^ Biographie de Omar Sy & Fred Testot on Libération.fr, 6 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Fred Testot lance la Dim Sum Academy sur Dailymotion". 20 minutes (France). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Eddy Mitchell, Un Singe en hiver au théâtre". Le Figaro. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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