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Jonathan Zaccaï

Jonathan Zaccaï

Actor · Born July 22, 1970 (56) · Brussels, Belgium

Jonathan Zaccaï (born 22 July 1970) is a Belgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the nephew of René Kalisky. His acting credits include The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Distant Neighborhood, The True Story of My Life in Rouen, The Role of Her Life, They Came Back. He received the Magritte Award for Best Actor for Private Lessons.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 22, 1970 (56)
From
Brussels, Belgium
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 65 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 64 days to Oct 27Down 5% in 30 days

What are Jonathan Zaccaï's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime 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
Self
32%
Morality
20%
Bonds
19%
Society
11%
Survival
10%
Ideas
6%
Power
1%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 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 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 3

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

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 2 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
2 of 7
Threshold guardian
2 of 7
Ally
1 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Shadow
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
7
Melancholic
7
Contemplative
7
Warm
4
Dread
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet10
  • 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 Jonathan Zaccaï's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jonathan Zaccaï'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

65 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Bandi(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Alex Croquet

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Résistantes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Armand Gauthier / Maire

  • Kabul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gilles

  • Les Malvenus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Luc Ancelin

  • Monsieur Spade(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Philippe Saint-André

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Bonus Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Martin

  • Life Lessons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Vincent Lartigue

  • On the Wandering Paths(2023)

    as Arnaud, un ami de Pierre

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Un petit miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Antoine

  • Serial Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Guillaume / Amaury / Nathan / Roman

  • Downton Abbey: A New Era(2022)

    as Montmirail

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Man in the Basement(2021)

    as David Sandberg

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • (S)He (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cédric

  • Belle fille(2020)

    as Anto Lucciani

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Unfaithful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · as Matteo Sandrelli

  • Remi, Nobody's Boy(2018)

    as Jérôme Barberin

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Sink or Swim(2018)

    as Thibault

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The White Crow(2018)

    as Serge Lifar

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

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

    as Elvis Egger

  • The Poisoning Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Le juge Vannier

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

    as Thomas Berger

  • Intrusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Marc/Philippe

  • The Bureau(2015)

    Show 50 episodes · as Raymond Sisteron

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Cerise(2015)

    as Cerise's Father

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • French Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Stéphane

  • Hôtel de la plage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 12 episodes · as Martin

  • Je te survivrai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Paper Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Nathan

  • Chambre noire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jeff

  • Sous le figuier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Christophe

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

    as Fabrice

  • Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Pascal Felli

  • Play It Like Godard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Journaliste

  • If You Die, I'll Kill You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Philippe

  • With Love... from the Age of Reason(2010)

    as Philibert

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • A Distant Neighbourhood(2010)

    as Bruno Verniaz

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Robin Hood(2010)

    as King Philip of France

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • White Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Abel

  • Une aventure New-Yorkaise(2009)

    as Antoine

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Simon Konianski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Simon

  • Private Lessons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Pierre

  • La vie des bêtes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Cédric

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

    as Théo

  • Room of Death(2007)

    as Vigo

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Vent mauvais (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Franck

  • You and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Marc

  • In His Hands(2005)

    as Fabrice

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped(2005)

    as Fabrice

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Best Day of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Arthur

  • They Came Back(2004)

    as Mathieu

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Role of Her Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mathias Curval

  • Les parallèles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Benjamin Robert

  • The Rashevski Tango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Jonathan Rashevski, le fils de Simon

  • My Life on Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Laurent

  • Seaside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Paul

  • A Hell of a Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Pierre

  • Little Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Victor

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

    as Olivier

  • Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Young Man

  • Highlander(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Louis

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Children's Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as 'Grande Gueule'

  • Guilty of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Maximilien Bardo

  • 14 juillet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Gould Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Nourrices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 6 episodes · as Thibaudet

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 65 titles, 62 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2004.

Biggest box office

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

The Bureau (2015)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19922026

Peak 2004 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 5 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.

  • 2003Screen debut· My Life on Ice
  • 2005Breakout· The Beat That My Heart Skipped
  • 2026Best so far· Bandi

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting65 of 65: 64 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thDirecting1 of 65: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 65: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 65: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s5 · acting2000s19 · acting2010s24 · 24 acting · 1 crew2020s14 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 0% of 21 roles
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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 Jonathan Zaccaï's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th8

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Une aventure New-Yorkaise (2009)

66th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Bureau (2015)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. 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 Jonathan Zaccaï work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jonathan Zaccaï's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martine Chevallier shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers