Thomas Ngijol (born October 30, 1978 in Paris) is a French comedian, actor, and director. A stand-up specialist, he became known to the general public through his work with the Jamel Comedy Club. The son of Gilbert Ngijol, a Cameroonian sociologist, and Crescence Ngijol, a nurse, he was born in Paris and grew up in Maisons-Alfort, in the Val-de-Marne region of Paris. In the 2000s, he worked as a facilitator at the Aimé et Eugénie Cotton primary school in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne region. He then met Dieudonné while participating in the café-théâtre classes given at the Théâtre de la Main d'Or in Paris. He was noticed at the Juste pour rire festival in Nantes with a special tribute to Richard Pryor. He then performed for a while at the Moloko in Paris. He wrote a one-man show called Bienvenue, which he performed in small Parisian venues before being noticed by Kader Aoun. The latter opened the doors of the Jamel Comedy Club for him. He will be featured in a comedy produced and directed by Alex Alabaz of the Kourtrajmé collective, Les Abyssiens. He also became known on television on Canal+, in the show Le Grand Journal, with a daily column for two seasons (2006-2008). His most famous sketches are Un Superman noir!, Les jeux olympiques d'hiver?, Le Bac and Mon retour du Cameroun!. In September 2008, he joined Stéphane Bern's show Le Fou du roi, on France Inter. In 2010, during the Football World Cup, he presented the show Ils se foot du monde, with Darren Tulett, on the Comédie! channel. In October 2010, he directed his first film with his colleague and accomplice Fabrice Éboué, entitled Case départ, a popular comedy about slavery, a theme rarely treated in this way in French cinema, set in the West Indies. He is also one of the main actors and the screenwriter. This film, a theatrical success, was "a pleasant surprise" according to the French media. At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, he was named patron of the Youth Prize. In February 2014, the comedy Le Crocodile du Botswanga was released in theaters, in which he played one of the main roles with Fabrice Éboué, who directed the film; it was again a success. In July 2014, he directed, wrote the screenplay for, and starred in his own film, the comedy FastLife. The name of the main character, Ebagué, is a reference to his name in Cameroon. His partner, actress Karole Rocher, gave birth to a daughter, Angelina, in May 2014, just before the film's release.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 30, 1978 (47)
- Paris, France
- Actor, writer, director and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Thomas Ngijol's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 4
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Vincent in Second Chance (2010)
- Heroas Joël Grosdésir in Case départ (2011)
- Heroas Clotaire Sangala in Black Snake: The Legend of Black Snake (2019)
- Heroas Commissaire Zachary Billong in Untamable (2025)
- Mentoras Yacouba in Allah Is Not Obliged (2025)
- Allyas Luc Le Timal in Police Flash 80 (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet3
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 Thomas Ngijol's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Thomas Ngijol'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
27 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Dao(2026)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Police Flash 80(2026)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Allah Is Not Obliged(2025)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Untamable(2025)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Empathie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Magneto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
40 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Thomas Ngijol : L'Œil du tigre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Pour 1 euro j'écoute vos problèmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Serial Driver(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Fratè (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Selon Thomas - Deuxième vague (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Madame Claude(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Bullit & Riper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Les Cobayes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Un bon moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Broute. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Thomas Ngijol - 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Fastlife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Le Crocodile du Botswanga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Bref.(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Case départ(2011)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Sans pudeur ni morale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Second Chance(2010)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Ugly Melanie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Apartment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles from 2001 to 2026; peak year 2010.
Biggest box office
Case départ (2011)
Highest rated
Untamable (2025)
Most popular right now
Police Flash 80 (2026)
Film career
Peak 2010 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. 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.
- 2008Screen debut· Ugly Melanie
- 2011First top-billed film· Case départ
- 2011Breakout· Case départ
Billing
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.
How do Thomas Ngijol's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Broadly Agreed.
- Universally Loved1
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 27. 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 Thomas Ngijol work with?
People who share at least 2 of Thomas Ngijol's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Patrick Rocher shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Patrick RocherShared titles: Untamable (2025), Madame Claude (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Rocher
Actors
- Karole RocherShared titles: Madame Claude (2021), Black Snake: The Legend of Black Snake (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Karole Rocher
Producers
- Pascal CaucheteuxShared titles: Untamable (2025), Black Snake: The Legend of Black Snake (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Pascal Caucheteux
