Fabien Marsaud (born 31 July 1977), known professionally as Grand Corps Malade (GCM), is a French slam poet and lyricist. He has released seven studio albums so far, all of them reaching top-five status on the French SNEP chart. GCM started writing and performing a capella at slam events in 2003. Three years later, he signed with Universal's AZ affiliate and released his debut album Midi 20, which became a top-ten selling record of the year in France. Grand Corps Malade's follow-up album, Enfant de la ville (2008), and third album 3ème temps (2010), were less successful commercially. In 2013, he released his family-inspired Funambule album, while Il nous restera ça (2015) featured 11 collaborations with other musicians. His sixth album, Plan B (2018), reached number two on the SNEP album chart. In 2020, he released Mesdames (Ladies), featuring ten duets with women, which topped the French charts. Its lead single, "Mais je t'aime" (But I love you), a duet with Camille Lellouche, became his highest-ranking song on the French singles chart. GCM's accolades include three Victories of Music awarded by the French Ministry of Culture. His stage name means "tall, sick body" in French, a reference to his height (nearly 6'4" or 1.94m) and to a spinal injury that forces him to walk with a crutch, due to a diving accident in 1997 that initially led doctors to tell him he would never walk again. Marsaud was born on 31 July 1977 in Le Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis. His mother was a librarian. His father, Jacques Marsaud, was a regional civil servant, a general commune secretary in Noisy-le-Sec and Saint-Denis, later on a director general of services at Val-de-Marne's departmental council and then at the Plaine Commune agglomeration community (fr: EPT). The family lived in Saint-Denis. Marsaud excelled in his classes, particularly in literary courses; he wrote his first works aged 14–15. But sports won out, and at one point he was simultaneously part of tennis, athletics and basketball clubs; the latter would become his greatest passion. At 17, he was offered a chance to join the training center in Toulouse, but preferred to stay in Saint-Denis. After playing in JSF Nanterre and in Saint-Denis, Marsaud signed with a third-division-level team in Aubervilliers. He earned a DEUG degree, majoring in physical education. In July 1997, during a sports camp where Marsaud was a supervisor, a diving accident in a swimming pool caused him to displace his spine; he was later told he would never walk again. However, in 1999, after a year of intensive treatment, he regained the ability to walk, although he usually has to use a crutch or cane. Marsaud continued studying and earned a DESS master's degree in sport management. He worked in marketing for the Stade de France between 2001 and 2005, but became disillusioned with the job. ... Source: Article "Grand Corps Malade" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 31, 1977 (49)
- Le Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
- Writer, actor and director
- 5 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Grand Corps Malade's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Threshold guardianas Joe in Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
- Shadowas Joe in Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Moods and endings
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 Grand Corps Malade's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Grand Corps Malade'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
13 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 27 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Entre ombre et lumière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Monsieur Aznavour(2024)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Grand Corps Malade - Mesdames (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Torch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
We share History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Cher Journal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
School Life(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Patients(2016)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Sahara(2017)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
La vie scolaire : La série (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2013 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Monsieur Aznavour (2024)
Highest rated
Monsieur Aznavour (2024)
Most popular right now
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Film career
- 2014Screen debut· Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
How do Grand Corps Malade's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 63/100 and the plot and story 58/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Grand Corps Malade work with?
People who share at least 2 of Grand Corps Malade's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mehdi Idir shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Mehdi IdirShared titles: Monsieur Aznavour (2024), School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Mehdi Idir
Actors
- Alban IvanovShared titles: School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Alban Ivanov
- Moussa MansalyShared titles: School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Moussa Mansaly
- Soufiane GuerrabShared titles: School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Soufiane Guerrab
Editors
- Laure GardetteShared titles: Monsieur Aznavour (2024), Patients (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Laure Gardette
Producers
- Eric AltmayerShared titles: Monsieur Aznavour (2024), School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Eric Altmayer
- Nicolas AltmayerShared titles: Monsieur Aznavour (2024), School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Nicolas Altmayer
- Jean-Rachid KalloucheShared titles: Monsieur Aznavour (2024), Patients (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Rachid Kallouche
- Marc Ladreit de LacharrièreShared titles: School Life (2019), Patients (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière