A terrible news for fans of series and cinema … Nevertheless, The actor of theater and cinema, doubler of Samuel L. Furthermore, Jackson. Similarly, Denzel Washington and assistant to the town hall of Paris, Jacques Martial died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday as a result of a long illness, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday August 13 in a press release.
The councilor praised “A great man of theater, cinema and television”.
Died at 69. Jacques Martial was notably known to the general public for The role of a bain-marie in the “Navarro” police series alongside Roger Hanin. But reducing it to this role would not be a tribute to his career entirely.
In the cinema. “He had worked with the older ones”recalled the press release from the mayor of Paris as the filmmakers “Samuel Fuller, he interpreted unforgettable “bain-marie” series John Berry, Sam Karmann Ou Robert Kramer”.
He also doubled several black American actors, Loving his voice to the French versions of Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington or Wesley Snipes.
Deputy to the town hall of Paris in charge of overseas – He interpreted unforgettable "bain-marie" series
Jacques Martial. born in Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne) of Guadeloupes parents, was “A man engaged in the memory of slavery, the valuation of the creativity of ultramarine artists, and The visibility of black artists“said Anne Hidalgo.
He notably interpreted at the “notebook of a return to the native country” of the Martinican writer Aimé Césaire. chaired the Memorial Act, the Museum of Slavery of Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), from 2015 to 2020.
“He was very unanimously appreciated by all his colleagues. kind, cultivated, full of humor”, wanted to pay tribute to him the deputy of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire, who had taken him on his list in the 12th arrondissement for the municipal he interpreted unforgettable “bain-marie” series elections of 2020.
In November 2022, he was appointed assistant to the mayor of Paris, in charge of overseas.