Malik Bentalha

Malik Bentalha (, ; born 1 March 1989 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in films.

Early life Malik Bentalha studied at the Cours Florent from 2007 to 2008. He started doing sketches in Parisian café-théâtre, such as the .

Career In 2010, after Jamel Debbouze noticed him, Malik Bentalha joined the Jamel Comedy Club and was later featured as the opening act for Debbouze's tour, Tout sur Jamel, for two years. He met Gad Elmaleh in Montmartre who asked him to be the opening act for his show at the Palais des Sports the following day. That same year, he was a part of Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie on national French television channel France 2.

In 2011 he held a regular segment, Télé Délire, on , a radio programme hosted by Jean-Marc Morandini. The segment was held in partnership with Mathieu Madénian at first, and since September 2011 with . In 2014, he joined Cyril Hanouna in his radio programme Les pieds dans le plat on Europe 1, with Valérie Bénaïm.

In 2010, he started touring with his first one man show, Malik Bentalha se la raconte, directed by Alex Lutz. In December 2014, a DVD was released. In January 2015, W9 broadcast a live session of his one man show, followed by a TV report, Malik se raconte.

In 2015, he was part of the film Pattaya, directed by Franck Gastambide, in which he held one of the main roles.

He is a godfather for the Theodora Children's Charity.

Filmography

Television Year Title Channel Notes 2010-2014 Jamel Comedy Club Canal+ Regular 2010 Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie France 2 Television special 2012 Stand Up TV Comédie+ 2013, 2014 M6 Humour festivalTelevision special 2013 France 2 2014 N'oubliez pas les paroles! With Élodie GossuinContestant D8 Season 2, episode 1Contestant Qui veut gagner des millions ? TF1 With Ramzy BédiaContestant 2015 Malik Bentalha se la Raconte W9 One man showLive from the Bataclan Malik se raconte TV report D8

Guest Year Title Channel Notes 2011, 2015 Le Grand Journal Canal+ Talk show 2011, 2014 France 2 2013-2015 Touche pas à mon poste! D8 Talk showGuest several times 2014 Vendredi tout est permis avec Arthur TF1 Regular Canal+ Talk show 2015 M6 News broadcasting France 2 Canal+