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Jérémie Elkaïm

Jérémie Elkaïm

Actor and writer, also director · Born August 29, 1978 (48) · Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Jérémie Elkaïm was born on 29 August 1978 in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Declaration of War (2011), Come Undone (2000) and What We Do in the Shadows (2014).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
August 29, 1978 (48)
From
Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Works as
Actor and writer, also director
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 3% in 30 days

What are Jérémie Elkaïm's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Self
22%
Survival
12%
Morality
9%
Power
9%
Society
6%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 5 of 7 analyzed roles.

Hero
5 of 7
Herald
1 of 7
Shapeshifter
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Dread
3
Bittersweet
3
Romantic
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jérémie Elkaïm's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jérémie Elkaïm's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

55 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Handicap, aux origines du combat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Narrator (voice over)

  • Ils sont vivants(2021)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • French Touch: Desires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Marc

  • Fires in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Mirko

  • Perfect Nanny(2019)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Up the Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Pierre Sauvage / The creature

  • The Egg Lasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as (archive footage)

  • Sing Me Back Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Paul

  • Our Happy Holiday(2018)

    as Romain

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Looking for Rohmer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Rohmer

  • Proud(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Pio

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • French Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Marc (segment "Herculanum")

  • Calls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Benjamin

  • Paris etc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Writer

  • Best of Chéries Chéris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Girl Without Hands(2016)

    as Le Prince (voice)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Herculanum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Marc

  • Into the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Le père

  • Faultless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Philippe

  • Once and Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Director

  • Marguerite & Julien(2015)

    Writer · as Julien de Ravalet

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Les bêtises(2015)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Indésirables(2013)

    as Aldo

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Opium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Etienne de Beaumont

  • Taking Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Luc

  • Hand in Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Joachim Fox

  • Embrasse-moi si tu peux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Polisse(2011)

    as Gabriel

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Declaration of War(2011)

    Writer · as Roméo

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Belleville-Tokyo(2010)

    as Julien Tourelle

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • My Brother Simple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Emmanuel

  • French Courvoisier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Great life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Damien Demorvaux

  • The Queen of Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Co-Writer · as Mathieu / Pierre / Paul / Jacques

  • X Femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Night and Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Man Coming Out the Apartment

  • Capri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Le Bureau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 6 episodes · as Paul Delorme, Commercial

  • Lisa et le pilote d'avion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Steward

  • Mariées mais pas trop(2003)

    as Thomas

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Zone reptile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Jacky

  • Courts mais Gay : Tome 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Paul

  • Because of a Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Benjamin

  • Sexy Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Frank

  • The Pornographer(2001)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Petite soeur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Le jeune homme

  • Come Undone(2000)

    as Mathieu

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Les éléphants de la planète Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Jimmy

  • Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Jaques

  • Transit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Le Chanteur

  • Bed Scenes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Paul in 'The Virgins'

  • The Telepath’s Routine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer · as Vincent

  • The Virgins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Paul

  • La Gueule Du Loup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Stéphane

  • Le Goûter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Le jeune homme

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 53 of them dated from 1997 to 2025; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

Declaration of War (2011)

$7.7M worldwide

Highest rated

The Girl Without Hands (2016)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

Perfect Nanny (2019)

Film career

19972025

Peak 2015 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2000Screen debut· Come Undone
  • 2000First top-billed film· Come Undone

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting52 of 55: 48 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score33rdDirecting1 of 55: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting7 of 55: 2 only writing, 5 with another role

55 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew2000s17 · 17 acting · 1 crew2010s27 · 25 acting · 4 crew2020s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 19% of 16 roles
0010

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jérémie Elkaïm's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Indésirables (2013)

70th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Polisse (2011)

Midcredits 91st · 78% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jérémie Elkaïm work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jérémie Elkaïm's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Valérie Donzelli shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles