If you don’t know the French actor Stéphane Bak, aged 27, look back at his career, between sketches, comic book adaptation, dubbing of Spider-Man and roles with Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar or Robert Guédiguian.
He is one of the most sought-after cinema personalities of the day. Aged 27, Stéphane Bak panicked social networks and the celebrity press this Tuesday, October 26. Spotlight on the notable moments in the career of this rising Frenchie, seen in Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, André Téchiné, Robert Guédiguian or Cédric Jimenez, and who is the voice of Miles Morales in the animated Spider-Man trilogy.
DOMINIQUE JACOVIDES / BESTIMAGE Stéphane Bak in Cannes in May 2022
Between stage and radio
Son of a baggage handler and a reception agent from Zaire, Stéphane Bak grew up in the Paris suburbs with his four brothers and sisters and his parents. He left school in 2011 to pursue comedy and became a stand-up comedian.
With his talent, he took part in the Montreux laughter festival then went to the Cour Florent, while performing many sketches in various Parisian theaters and cafés.
It didn’t take long for him to catch the eye of the media who asked him to write sections in shows like The show for everyone or We’re going to get in trouble on Europe 1, presented by host Laurent Ruquier.
He also gained notoriety by playing the main role in the music video The Girl Is Mine by 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child & Brandy, released on YouTube in November 2015.
Mention-Schaar, Téchiné, Guédiguian, Verhoeven, Anderson…
Stéphane Bak found his first film role in the comedy Les Profs (2013), where he played the student plastered in the self-service room. He continued by appearing in Les Gamins alongside Max Boublil, and delivered a more substantial performance in the shock film Les Héritiers de Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. It then turns furtively under the leadership of Paul Verhoeven (Elle) and Christophe Barratier (L’Outsider).
In 2016, Stéphane Bak found Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar for the drama Heaven Will Wait, which explores the theme of recruitment in radical Islam. The actor then plays one of the main characters in the SF film Seuls, alongside young talents like Sofia Lesaffre. He returns to the theme of recruitment with L’Adieu à la nuit by André Téchiné, where he plays a “friend” of Kacey Mottet Klein.
His roles gaining importance, Stéphane Bak plays one of the two heroes of the road movie Roads, then Karin Viard’s benevolent colleague in the original disaster film Tokyo Shaking.
We next see him in The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson. But above all, he slips into the shoes of the protagonist of Twist in Bamako by Robert Guédiguian in 2021, which takes place in Mali in 1962.
The voice of Miles Morales
Stéphane Bak joins the prestigious cast of November (2022) by Cédric Jimenez (Bac Nord), a dive into the heart of Anti-Terrorism during the five days of tracking which followed the attacks of November 13. He plays a character who is part of the anti-terrorist cell, and rubs shoulders with Jean Dujardin.
At the same time, since 2018, he has been the French voice of Miles Morales / Spider-Man in the Sony animated trilogy (New Generation / Across the Spider-Verse / Beyond the Spider-Verse), acclaimed by the public and critics (Oscar for Best Film). animation 2019).
He plays alongside, among others, Camélia Jordana (Gwen Stacy), Emmanuel Garijo (Peter Parker), Frantz Confiac (Aaron Davis), Daniel Njo Lobé (Jefferson Morales), Pascale Jacquemont (May Parker)… or Olivier Giroud and Presnel Kimpembe (respectively The Green Goblin and The Scorpion).
Will Stéphane Bak and Camélia Jordana be able to recognize these superhero films?