Jacky Ido

Jacky Ido
Born (1977-05-14) 14 May 1977 (age 47)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Jacky Ido (born 14 May 1977) is a Burkinabe-French actor. His first role was as Lemalian in the 2005 German film, The White Masai. He is best known to English-language audiences for his role as Marcel, the film projectionist in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film, Inglourious Basterds.[1] Ido's brother Cédric Ido, who is also an actor, has directed him in the short Hasaki Ya Suda.[2] Ido works and resides in Paris, France and, as of 2010, is working on an album of slam poetry.[3]

In 2014, Ido starred as Leo Romba in the short lived French-American television series Taxi Brooklyn. In 2015, he was cast opposite Mireille Enos in the ABC legal thriller, The Catch produced by Shonda Rhimes.[4][5]

  1. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (2009-08-19). "Film Review: Inglourious Basterds". Film Journal International. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  2. ^ "Hasaki Ya Suda!". uniFrance Films. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Jacky Ido's first big French role, exploring love in the 1940s". RFI. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ Nellie Andreeva (2 March 2015). "Mireille Enos Cast As Female Lead In Shonda Rhimes' 'The Catch' Pilot - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Numb3rs star Alimi Ballard joins Shonda Rhimes's ABC pilot The Catch". Digital Spy. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.