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Personal Info

Birth date

1978-10-31 (46 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France

Also known as

Франк Гастамбид

Franck Gastambide

Biography

Franck Gastambide (born 31 October 1978) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He became famous in 2009 after creating the first web series from Canal+, Kaïra Shopping, which was later shown on television and adapted to the film in 2012. Also between 2009 and 2011, Gastambide made commercials for the Pepsi brand. He played the main role of a policeman in the movie Taxi 5.

At the age of 13, he became interested in Molossian dogs and took up their training. After receiving a guard's certificate, he worked as a seller in the Leroy Merlin chain, continuing to train the dogs. At the age of 20, he became a recognized expert on dogs of the so-called "dangerous breeds". At age 22, he was involved in filming the film The Crimson Rivers as a trainer of Rottweilers and Pit Bull Terriers. In 2004, participated in the shooting of the movie The Magnificent Four.

On the shooting of the picture The Crimson Rivers Franck became friends with the actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz. With his help, Gastambide met with young directors Kim Chapiron and Romain Gavras, with whom he took his first steps in acting career, taking part in several short films and hip-hop music videos (DJ Mehdi, Mafia K-1 Fry).

In parallel, Gastambide participates in the filming of several dozen films, television films and television shows as a dog trainer. Also Franck, as a cinematographer, helped journalist Mouloud Achour make reports for MTV.

In 2009, he made a mini-series Kaïra Shopping, a satiric take on a television newsreel. The series was shot on a low budget, in a clip-art manner. Thanks to the success on the Internet, the actors of the series Franck Gastambide, Medi Sadoun and Zib Pokti, were invited by Ramzi Bedia to make a cameo in his movie Bacon on the Side. The series was released on the air on Canal+, and then extended for another three seasons.

After that, Frank Gastambide signed a contract with the company Mandarin Cinéma (known for its pictures OSS 117, Brice de Nice, Potiche, The Conquest) for his directorial debut, in which the characters of Kaïra Shopping were supposed to be used. The consent to the shooting in the debut picture of Gastambide was given by such stars as Ramzi Bedia, François Damiens, Eric Cantona, Élie Semoun, Alex Lutz and Alice Belaïdi, rappers Mafia K'1 Fry, Katsuni and Cut Killer. This was the first time when a full-length film was shot based on a web-show.

Distributor of the film, entitled Porn in the Hood, became the company Gaumont, and it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was released on 11 July 2012, quickly gaining recognition from both critics and the public. The film was watched by more than a million viewers. That allowed it to become the most profitable French film in 2012.

For the picture Porn in the Hood, Gastambide received the Prize for the first best film of the magazine Le Film français along with Ramzi Bedia, Alice Belaidi and the producers Eric and Nicolas Altmayer.

On 22 February 2013 Gastambide, together with Sadoun and Pokti, hosted the ceremony for the French César film awards, presenting prizes for the best sound and the best picture. ...

Source: Article "Franck Gastambide" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Acting

2025Carjackers as Elias

2025TPMP ! Toute la vérité as Self

2025La banlieue, c’est le paradis as Self - Guest

2024The Cage (5 Episodes) as Boss

2024MMA,le film as Himself

202440 as Self

2024Camille Chamoux - Chamouxland as Unknown

2024The Wages of Fear as Fred

20233 Days Max as Cave guard

2023Kôkôrikô ! (3 Episodes) as Unknown

2023Medellin as Stan

2023Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom as Le capitaine Barbe-Rouge

2022Quelle époque ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2022Hot Ones (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2022Restless as Thomas Blin

2021Celebrity Hunted - France - Manhunt (6 Episodes) as Self

2021LOL : Qui rit, sort ! (7 Episodes) as Self

2021Canal+ Replay as Bref

2020All the Way Up (19 Episodes) as DJ SNO

2020La Grosse Rigolade ! (1 Episode) as Self

2019Kem's (2 Episodes) as Self

2019A Good Doctor as Grisoni, Uber's customer

2019Franck Gastambide, l'autodidacte as Self

2019Adopt a Daddy as Damien

2018Belleville Cop as Roland

2018La Fête du Cinéma as Unknown

2018Taxi 5 as Sylvain Marot

2018On the Sly as Franck

2017Crac Crac (2 Episodes) as Self

2017Sahara as Pitt (voice)

2016The Fabulous Patars as Pierrot

2016Zéro Limite (1 Episode) as Self - Main Guest

2016Quotidien (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2016Owl You Need Is Love as Bénévole

2016Good Luck Sam as Stéphane

2016Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya as Franky

2015Made in France as Dubreuil

2015Rabid Dogs as Manu

2015I Kissed a Girl as Charles

2014CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self

2014Open Bar (1 Episode) as Self

2014Les Gazelles as Eric

2013Vive la France as Kévin

2013Le Débarquement as Unknown

2013Le Débarquement (2 Episodes) as Unknown

2012Porn in the Hood as Mousten

2011Wok the Kasbah as Supporter 1

2011Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues (1 Episode) as Mousten (serveur)

2010Bacon on the Side as Un des 3 Suisses

2009Kaira Shopping (50 Episodes) as Moustène

2006Salut les Terriens ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2004Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land (1 Episode) as Self

2000NRJ Music Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Handing over

1990Fort Boyard (1 Episode) as Self

Creator

2024The Cage ... Creator

2020All the Way Up ... Creator

2009Kaira Shopping ... Creator

Directing

2023Medellin ... Director

2018Taxi 5 ... Director

2016Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya ... Director

2012Porn in the Hood ... Director

Writing

2023Medellin ... Writer

2018Taxi 5 ... Writer

2016Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya ... Writer

2012Porn in the Hood ... Scenario Writer, Writer