Jarry (comedian)
Jarry (born Anthony Lambert) is a French comedian, actor, director, and TV host. He was born on August 5, 1977, in Angers (Maine-et-Loire).
Life
Childhood
Lambert, was born prematurely after his mother was involved in a car accident. Both sides of his family had a long history of blue-collar work, with factory workers and wine-makers on his father's side, and smiths on his mother's.[1] He grew up in Rablay-sur-Layon with his three brothers.[1]
Lambert's father was adamant that he practice judo. Not wanting to disappoint him, he would go to dance classes wearing his judo gi.[1] This interest in dance later allowed him to perform, and create his own dance course for his local rec center, before joining a hip-hop dance troupe.[2]
Career
Professionally, Lambert opted for the mononym "Jarry" at age 17. His mother had previously noted how sad she was that her maiden name of Jarry would disappear with her. He then chose it as a tribute to her.[3][4]
Personal life
Jarry is openly gay. He came out publicly at 24. He had declared being heterosexual until his coming out.[5] He felt that he had to choose to either bear his homosexuality or be proud of it.[6] Although he has been in a long-term relationship, very little his known about his partner. In June 2016 he became a father to twins born via surrogate. He has never shown his children's faces.[7]
Accusations of inappropriate conduct and racism
On October 17, 2025 Médiapart published a story alleging that fifteen people had seen Jarry use racist and sexually-explicit language, as well as exhibiting inappropriate conduct on the set of[8] the TV series Maison de retraite, filmed earlier that year. Jarry felt that his humor had been misinterpreted.[8][9]
Timeline
Movies
- 2008 : De l'autre côté du lit de Pascale Pouzadoux : un client
- 2009 : Bambou de Didier Bourdon : Loïc, le collègue et ami d'Alain
- 2014 : Les Trois Frères : Le Retour de Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan et Pascal Légitimus : un banquier
- 2018 : Christ(off) de Pierre Dudan : Père Luc
- 2019 : Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon de Philippe Lacheau : M. Mokkori
- 2020 : Divorce Club de Michaël Youn : Fred Eric
- 2021 : Maison de retraite de Thomas Gilou : Alban
- 2024 : Maison de retraite 2 de Claude Zidi Jr. : Alban
- 2025 : Le Jour J de Claude Zidi Jr. : Hans
- 2012-2013 : Comme ça, c'est mieux !, avec Charlotte Gabris[10]
- 2012-2017 : Ariane fait sa mytho !, avec Ariane Brodier
- 2013-2015 : Jeff Panacloc perd le contrôle, avec Jeff Panacloc[11]
- 2013 : Nouveau spectacle, avec Élisabeth Buffet[12]
- 2018 : Le monde des grands, avec BenH
- Légères et sans filtre
- Casino
- Damien Lecamp
On TV
- 2016 : Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2016 : semi-final commentary with Marianne James
- 2017 : Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2017 : semi-final commentary with Marianne James
- 2017-2018 : Le Grand Bêtisier du 31 (TF1) : with Karine Ferri
- 2018 : Le Grand Bêtisier de l'été (TF1) with Karine Ferri
- 2018 : 3615 Arthur & Jarry (TF1) with Arthur
- 2019 : Vendredi tout est Jarry (TF1)
- 2020-2022 : Good Singers (TF1)
- 2020-2021 : Jarry Show (Plug RTL)
- 2021 : Game of Talents (TF1)
- 2022-2024 : Le Big Show (France 2)
- 2022 et 2023 : Édition spéciale 14 Juillet (France 2)
- 2023-2024 : Tout le monde veut prendre sa place (France 2)
- 2026 onwards : The Imposter sur TF1[13]
On stage
Stand-up comedy
- 2007-2009 : Entre fous émois
- 2013-2018 : Atypique
- 2019-2022 : Titre
- 2023 - onwards: Bonhomme
Directing
- 2012-2013 : Comme ça, c'est mieux !, avec Charlotte Gabris[10]
- 2012-2017 : Ariane fait sa mytho !, avec Ariane Brodier
- 2013-2015 : Jeff Panacloc perd le contrôle, avec Jeff Panacloc[11]
- 2013 : Nouveau spectacle, avec Élisabeth Buffet[12]
- 2018 : Le monde des grands, avec BenH
- Légères et sans filtre
- Casino
- Damien Lecamp
References
- 1 2 3 Robert, Thomas (2019-09-16). "Jarry poste des archives de lui où il se trouve "moche" (PHOTOS) - Télé-Loisirs". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ SOURISSEAU, Yannick. "Jarry, l'humoriste angevin ose tout sur l'emploi". Angers Mag Info (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ BOUVIER, Fallon (2019-01-18). "Jarry dévoile l'origine très touchante de son nom de scène (VIDEO) - Télé-Loisirs". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ "Humour. Jarry : « Je suis drôle, mais c'est malgré moi ! »". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ "Jarry évoque son homosexualité : "J'ai aimé les femmes jusqu'à, aujourd'hui j'aime les hommes"". Purebreak. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017..
- ↑ "Jarry assume son homosexualité : "Ça n'a jamais été un problème !"". Purepeople. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017..
- ↑ "Devenir parent grâce à la GPA, interview de Jarry". Elia Lingerie (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- 1 2 Turcan, Sarah Brethes, Marie (2025-10-17). "Blagues racistes, propos sexualisants et dénigrement : l'humoriste Jarry crée le malaise sur le tournage d'une série". Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Garin, Clément (2025-10-17). "Jarry : quinze personnes l'accuseraient de "propos racistes et sexualisants" sur le tournage d'une nouvelle série". Public (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- 1 2 Fiche du spectacle sur teva.fr.
- 1 2 Fiche du spectacle, sur le site de Jeff Panacloc.
- 1 2 Fiche du spectacle sur citivox.fr.
- ↑ "Déjà passé par TF1, cet humoriste fait son retour pour animer un nouveau jeu". Le HuffPost (in French). 2025-07-05. Retrieved 2025-07-05.