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]
Fred Testot | |
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 Testot in 2015 | |
| Born | Frédéric Giacomo Testo[1] 20 February 1977 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | www.fredtestot.net |
Life and career
editBorn 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
editActor
edit| 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
edit- 2006: Omar et Fred, le spectacle
References
edit- ^ fredtestot.net
- ^ Biographie de Omar Sy & Fred Testot on Libération.fr, 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Fred Testot lance la Dim Sum Academy sur Dailymotion". 20 minutes (France). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Eddy Mitchell, Un Singe en hiver au théâtre". Le Figaro. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
External links
edit- Fred Testot at IMDb