Ahmed Sylla
Also Known As: Ahmed Sarko
Biography: Ahmed Sylla (born 10 March 1990) is a French comedian and actor. In 2017, he received acclaim for his role in the film The Climb. Sylla's family originates from Senegal. He grew up on the Dervallières housing estate in Nantes and started to like theatre and comedy, motivated by his family who got him started. Sylla draws inspiration from leading French figures Louis de Funès, Raymond Devos and Coluche, as well as Canadian artists such as Michel Courtemanche and Jim Carrey, whose humour is based on their body language. In 2010, he joined the Samba Show and performed in prestigious concert halls such as the Casino de Paris and the Bobino theatre. In 2011, he went to a casting for the Laurent Ruquier's TV show On n'demande qu'à en rire (literally, "all we ask is to laugh") on France 2 (French channel). After being selected, first as Ahmed Sarko, he found his feet. He achieved celebrity in France by creating scenarios where he dresses up as crazy characters. In 2012, he presented his first one-man show "A mes délires!" In 2016 he toured a new one-man show, "Ahmed Sylla avec un grand A". Source: Article "Ahmed Sylla" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
Birthday: March 10, 1990
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Gender: Male
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One Night in Paris
Overview: Mixing sketches with rapid-fire sets, this special brings together top comedians from France's stand-up scene as they explore life during the pandemic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-10-14
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Here and There
Overview: A visa problem forces Adrien back to Paris after 15 years in Senegal with his wife Aminata. Her cousin Sékou, now distanced from his Senegalese origins, takes in Adrien. As Adrien awaits his return, Sékou shows him France, sparking surprises.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-04-17
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Mother and Son
Overview: In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-11-25
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Two Of A Kind
Overview: Grégoire Beaulieu learns that he has a twin brother: Anthony Girard. Gregoire is bourgeois, ambitious and promised to a great career, Anthony has no prospect and lives of shenanigans. The two brothers couldn’t be more opposite. Especially when one is white and the other is black !
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-28
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Les seigneurs du château
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-11-01
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Super Papa
Overview: For the 8th birthday of his son Gaby, Tom, unwittingly offers him a book ... which contains only blank pages. Faced with Gaby's disappointment and in order not to lose face, Tom pretends that it is a magic book: all you have to do is write your dreams in it for them to come true. This is how, totally overwhelmed, Tom will do everything he can to make his son's dreams come true, even the wildest ones!
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-08-07
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Drôles de familles
Overview: When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in the family: from the "new generation" fathers to the dictates of the perfect mother, as well as the taboos of parenthood, unmanageable teenagers, and unbearable mothers-in-law.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-03-03
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Classico
Overview: Sami works in a children's home which is set to be closed. The young man is an enthusiastic stadium usher and has convinced the president of the Olympique de Marseille football club to help them keep it open.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-28
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The Lulus
Overview: August 1914. While the German army is gaining ground in the North of France, four boys aged 10 to 15, LUcien, LUcas, LUigi and LUdwig are left behind during the evacuation of their orphanage. Without the protection of Abbé Turpin and the schoolteacher Leutellier, the Lulus are now stranded on their own behind the enemy front line. Soon joined by LUce, a pretty young girl separated from her parents, they decide to reach the neutral country of Switzerland by all means possible... they embark on an adventure for which nothing and no one has prepared them!
Genres: Adventure History Family Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-01-18
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Our Tiny Little Wedding
Overview: Max and Lou have made a promise to each other. For their wedding it will be only them and their witnesses. But that... That was without counting on the HUGE surprise party that awaits them! They wanted to be 4, they find themselves 300 and everything is going to get out of control very quickly... They were dreaming small, small... They will have big, VERY VERY big!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-04-26
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Goal of the Dead
Overview: For the Olympique de Paris soccer team, this away match scheduled against Caplongue was merely supposed to be one last chore before the end of the professional season. Yet no one could ever have imagined that an unknown rabies-like infection was going to spread like wildfire, turning this small town’s inhabitants into ultra-violent and highly contagious creatures.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-02-27
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Like a Prince
Overview: Souleyman, 27, a boxing champion in full preparation for the Olympic Games with the French team, sees his future crumble when he cracks the bones of his hand, following a fight in a bar. Souleyman is excluded from the team and is sent to the Château de Chambord, where he must perform his 400 hours of community service (TIG) collecting waste in the gardens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-01-17
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Tous Inconnus
Overview: The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are unknown! They'll eventually find out that their career, films, sketches & songs do exist but from someone else!
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-11-14
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The Grand Restaurant IV
Overview: For this new year, Pierre, the director of the Grand Restaurant is thinking big to try to get the famous star from the famous Michalon guide! And for that, he settles at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Pierre faces an unscrupulous culinary critic, who will offer him a dubious deal: to dismiss his historic chef in exchange for this famous star. Will the manager of the Grand Restaurant accept?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-12-15
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Les Héros de notre enfance
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-12-29
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Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-06-29
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The Climb
Overview: A true story of Samy, native of La Courneuve, who is out of love for Nadia, decides to climb Mount Everest.
Genres: Comedy Romance Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-01-25
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Ahmed Sylla : Avec un grand A
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-11-21
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Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 4ème édition
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-05-08
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Chez Ramzi
Overview: Thomas cannot get over his breakup. He heads to the fast food restaurant run by his friends Mickael and Ramzi. They do everything possible to give him generally useful pieces of advice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-02-16
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Chacun pour tous
Overview: In order to participate with medal options in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, the national coach of France decides to form a basketball team composed mostly of fake mentally disability. Once in Australia, the fraudsters must fake their disability by living with the other athletes in the Olympic village or by attending the media in the post-match press conference.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-10-31
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A Very Bad Friend
Overview: Mika, a little crook, took a quick tour of the prison, where he got to know "Putin", a crazy and unpredictable detainee. As soon as his sentence has been served, he decides to start from scratch and start his life over again. As he prepares to marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman, his past catches up with him: Putin arrives without warning! Mika will quickly realize that we do not easily get rid of such a ball ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-09-04
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The Fool
Overview: Pontagnac, a married man, tries to seduce Victoire, the wife of his good friend. Little does he know, Victoire has plans of her own to punish her cheating husband. The would-be fling ignites a dizzying spell of complications as characters arrange trysts, attempt to expose each other’s deceits, and are ultimately forced to come clean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-09-25
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Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-07-05
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Ahmed Sylla - Différent
Overview: After having seduced the public with his last one-man show "Avec un grand A" and a detour through the movie sets, Ahmed Sylla returns to the stage full of experience.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-03-25
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Simply Black
Overview: A failed 40 year old comedian wants to organize the first Black protests in France but meeting with other French celebrities of the Black community will make it a whole new adventure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-07-08
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The Nannies
Overview: Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always cope thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in the uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom of eight years old Arthur. Discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights, thanks to a young lawyer who will quickly fall for her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-11-16
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Canal+ Replay
Overview: Mr. Replay hosts a TV special where more than 30 French comedians "replay" iconic Canal+ original programmings.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-04-02
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Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 10ème édition
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-11-20
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Goal of the dead - Seconde mi-temps
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-02-27
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Ahmed Sylla : Origami
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-02-13
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