Franck Gastambide (born 31 October 1978) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He became famous in 2009 after creating the first web series from Canal+, Kaïra Shopping, which was later shown on television and adapted to the film in 2012. Also between 2009 and 2011, Gastambide made commercials for the Pepsi brand. He played the main role of a policeman in the movie Taxi 5. At the age of 13, he became interested in Molossian dogs and took up their training. After receiving a guard's certificate, he worked as a seller in the Leroy Merlin chain, continuing to train the dogs. At the age of 20, he became a recognized expert on dogs of the so-called "dangerous breeds". At age 22, he was involved in filming the film The Crimson Rivers as a trainer of Rottweilers and Pit Bull Terriers. In 2004, participated in the shooting of the movie The Magnificent Four. On the shooting of the picture The Crimson Rivers Franck became friends with the actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz. With his help, Gastambide met with young directors Kim Chapiron and Romain Gavras, with whom he took his first steps in acting career, taking part in several short films and hip-hop music videos (DJ Mehdi, Mafia K-1 Fry). In parallel, Gastambide participates in the filming of several dozen films, television films and television shows as a dog trainer. Also Franck, as a cinematographer, helped journalist Mouloud Achour make reports for MTV. In 2009, he made a mini-series Kaïra Shopping, a satiric take on a television newsreel. The series was shot on a low budget, in a clip-art manner. Thanks to the success on the Internet, the actors of the series Franck Gastambide, Medi Sadoun and Zib Pokti, were invited by Ramzi Bedia to make a cameo in his movie Bacon on the Side. The series was released on the air on Canal+, and then extended for another three seasons. After that, Frank Gastambide signed a contract with the company Mandarin Cinéma (known for its pictures OSS 117, Brice de Nice, Potiche, The Conquest) for his directorial debut, in which the characters of Kaïra Shopping were supposed to be used. The consent to the shooting in the debut picture of Gastambide was given by such stars as Ramzi Bedia, François Damiens, Eric Cantona, Élie Semoun, Alex Lutz and Alice Belaïdi, rappers Mafia K'1 Fry, Katsuni and Cut Killer. This was the first time when a full-length film was shot based on a web-show. Distributor of the film, entitled Porn in the Hood, became the company Gaumont, and it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was released on 11 July 2012, quickly gaining recognition from both critics and the public. The film was watched by more than a million viewers. That allowed it to become the most profitable French film in 2012. For the picture Porn in the Hood, Gastambide received the Prize for the first best film of the magazine Le Film français along with Ramzi Bedia, Alice Belaidi and the producers Eric and Nicolas Altmayer. On 22 February 2013 Gastambide, together with Sadoun and Pokti, hosted the ceremony for the French César film awards, presenting prizes for the best sound and the best picture. ... Source: Article "Franck Gastambide" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 31, 1978 (47)
- Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France
- Actor, director and writer
- 19 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Franck Gastambide's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 3 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 6
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 6
A split, not a type: Casual 7 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 5 of 13 analyzed roles.
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- Heraldas Mousten in Porn in the Hood (2012)
- Heroas Mousten in Porn in the Hood (2012)
- Allyas Charles in I Kissed a Girl (2015)
- Heraldas Dubreuil in Made in France (2015)
- Shadowas Manu in Rabid Dogs (2015)
- Heroas Franky in Pattaya (2016)
- Allyas Pitt in Sahara (2017)
- Heroas Sylvain Marot in Taxi 5 (2018)
- Heroas Thomas in Restless (2022)
- Allyas Stan in Medellin (2023)
- Mentoras Boss in The Cage (2024)
- Heroas Fred in The Wages of Fear (2024)
- Shadowas Elias in Carjackers (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous7
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 Franck Gastambide's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Franck Gastambide'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
37 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 21 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Carjackers(2025)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all filmsMagneto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Cage(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Camille Chamoux - Chamouxland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Wages of Fear(2024)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Only 3 Days Left(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Kôkôrikô ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Medellin(2023)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Restless(2022)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Takedown(2022)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Canal+ Replay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
All the Way Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A Good Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Adopt a Daddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Belleville Cop(2018)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
La Fête du Cinéma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Taxi 5(2018)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
On the Sly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
You Choose!(2017)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Sahara(2017)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Fabulous Patars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Hibou(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Good Luck Sam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Pattaya(2016)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Made in France(2015)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Rabid Dogs(2015)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
I Kissed a Girl(2015)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Les Gazelles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Vive la France(2013)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Porn in the Hood(2012)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Wok the Kasbah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Bacon on the Side (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Kaïra Shopping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Stunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 36 titles, 35 of them dated from 2009 to 2025; peak year 2017.
Biggest box office
Taxi 5 (2018)
Highest rated
Made in France (2015)
Most popular right now
The Cage (2024)
Film career
Peak 2017 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 8 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.
- 2010Screen debut· Bacon on the Side
- 2016First top-billed film· Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya
- 2024Best so far· The Wages of Fear
- 2024Best so far· The Cage
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; 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 Franck Gastambide's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 20th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 19 titles are Mixed.
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed14
Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 30. 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.
Is Franck Gastambide's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Franck Gastambide work with?
People who share at least 2 of Franck Gastambide's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Altmayer shares the most, 6.
Writers
- Stéphane KazandjianShared titles: The Takedown (2022), Taxi 5 (2018), Sahara (2017), Pattaya (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Stéphane Kazandjian
Actors
- Ramzy BediaShared titles: Medellin (2023), Taxi 5 (2018), Sahara (2017), Pattaya (2016), Porn in the Hood (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Ramzy Bedia
- Anouar ToubaliShared titles: Medellin (2023), Taxi 5 (2018), Pattaya (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Anouar Toubali
- Omar SyShared titles: The Takedown (2022), Belleville Cop (2018), Sahara (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Omar Sy
- Sabrina OuazaniShared titles: Taxi 5 (2018), Sahara (2017), Pattaya (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Sabrina Ouazani
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Julien GrunbergShared titles: Carjackers (2025), The Cage (2024), Medellin (2023), Restless (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Julien Grunberg
- Paul-Marie BarbierShared titles: Carjackers (2025), The Cage (2024), Medellin (2023), Restless (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Paul-Marie Barbier
- BaxterShared titles: Carjackers (2025), Medellin (2023), Restless (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Baxter
- Antoine MarteauShared titles: The Cage (2024), Medellin (2023), Porn in the Hood (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Antoine Marteau
Producers
- Eric AltmayerShared titles: The Cage (2024), Medellin (2023), The Takedown (2022), Sahara (2017), Pattaya (2016), Porn in the Hood (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Eric Altmayer
- Nicolas AltmayerShared titles: The Cage (2024), Medellin (2023), The Takedown (2022), Sahara (2017), Pattaya (2016), Porn in the Hood (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Nicolas Altmayer
- Nora ChabertShared titles: Carjackers (2025), The Wages of Fear (2024), Restless (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Nora Chabert
- Cédric IlandShared titles: Carjackers (2025), Restless (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Cédric Iland
