Gaël
Kamilindi
pensionnaire
Gaël Kamilindi was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and grew up in Switzerland. As a child, he was part of the Bus et Compagnie, a youth series on the Swiss Romand TSR television channel. Director Sandra Amodio suggested that he studied theater at the Geneva Conservatory where he was most notably taught by actress Anne-Marie Delbart. In 2008, he trained at the Paris Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique, in classes taught by Dominique Valadié and Alain Françon.
Three years later, he upheld the role of Harold alongside Catherine Salviat in Colin Higgins’ Harold and Maude, directed by Jean Liermier in Geneva’s Théâtre de Carouge. The following year, Joël Dragutin cast him in Une Maison en Normandie, at the Cergy-Pontoise Théâtre 95.
In 2013, he interpreted Tonino alongside Dominique Blanc in Carlo Goldoni’s La Locandiera directed by Marc Paquien at the Théâtre de l’Atelier. In 2014, Patrice Chéreau offered him a role in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The play was cancelled following the director’s death. Gaël Kamilindi interpreted Village, in Jean Genet’s Les Nègres directed by Robert Wilson at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe.
Between 2014 and 2016, he appeared alone on stage to perform the text by Rodrigue Norman and Catherine Verlaguet Venavi ou pourquoi ma sœur ne va pas bien directed by Olivier Letellier. In 2015, Jean-Pierre Vincent directed him in Waiting for Godot (En attendant Godot), at the Marseille Théâtre du Gymnase. The same year, Krzystzof Warlikowski offered him the role of Hyppolyte 1 in Phèdres(s) after Wajdi Mouawad, Sarah Kane and John Maxwell Coetzee, staged at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe and starring Isabelle Huppert in the title role.
In January 2017, he played in Le Dernier Testament, adapted by Mélanie Laurent and Charlotte Farcet from James Frey’s Last Testament of the Holy Bible, and directed by Mélanie Laurent at the Théâtre national de Chaillot.
On the 1st of February 2017, he joined the Comédie-Française as a pensionnaire and made his debut as Gennaro in Victor Hugo's Lucrezia Borgia by Denis Podalydès, who also offered him the role of Léandre in Scapin the Schemer (Les Fourberies de Scapin) by Molière.
For television, Gaël Kamilindi has filmed with Stéphane Kurc in J’adore ma vie, Benoît Cohen in Tiger Lily, and Raymond Vouillamoz in Déchaînées. On film, he was directed by Vasily Serikov in 22 minutes, Catherine Corsini in An Impossible Love (Un amour impossible) and Éléonore Pourriat in I am not an Easy Man (Je ne suis pas un homme facile).
During the 2018/2019 season, Gaël Kamilindi plays in Electra/Orestes after Euripides by Ivo van Hove. His Grenier des acteurs is dedicated to William Blake. He can also be seen in the reruns of Victor Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia and Molière’s Scapin the Schemer (Les Fourberies de Scapin), both directed by Denis Podalydès.
Currently in
Soon in
At the Comédie-Française
2025-2026
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written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues
13E Art
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by Molière directed by Emma Dante
Clitandre, amant d’Henriette
Rond-Point
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by Molière directed by Louis Arene
Géronimo, une bohémienne et Alcidas
On tour
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by Molière directed, and masks made by Louis Arene
Géronimo, une bohémienne et Alcida
Vx-Colombier
2024-2025
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written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues translated by Thomas Resendes
un comédien, interprétant le Chœur et la Servante ; Dubois, ancien salarié de la maison...
Richelieu
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comedy-ballet by Molière directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
Maître à danser et Maître tailleur
Richelieu
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Written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues
un comédien, interprétant le Choeur et la Servante ; Dubois, ancien salarié de la maison...
On tour
2023-2024
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by Molière Masks and staging Louis Arene
Géronimo, Première Bohémienne et Alcidas
On tour
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by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Gennaro
Richelieu
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Comedy-ballet by Molière Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
Maître à danser et Maître tailleur
Richelieu
2022-2023
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by Tony Kushner directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Mister Trip, Belize et l’Ange Oceania
Richelieu
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by Georg Büchner Directed by Simon Delétang
Camille Desmoulins, député
Richelieu
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after William Shakespeare Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
Oswald, intendant de Goneril et le Duc de Bourgogne (en alternance)
Richelieu
2021-2022
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by Molière Masks and staging Louis Arene
Géronimo, Première Bohémienne et Alcidas
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Comedy-ballet by Molière Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
Maître à danser et Maître tailleur
Richelieu
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by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Léandre (Alternating)
Richelieu
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de Jean-Luc Lagarce Mise en scène Glysleïn Lefever
le Premier Boy
Studio
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d'Ingmar Bergman Mise en scène Julie Deliquet
Peter, fils d’Alma, jeune comédien
Richelieu
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Spectacle musical conçu et mis en scène par Serge Bagdassarian et Marina Hands
Richelieu
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d’après les frères Grimm Adaptation libre et mise en scène Rose Martine
le Conteur
Studio
2020-2021
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Musical devised and directed by Serge Bagdassarian and Marina Hands
Richelieu
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Comédie-ballet de Molière Mise en scène Valérie Lesort et Christian Hecq
Maître à danser et Maître tailleur
Richelieu
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de Jean-Luc Lagarce Mise en scène Glysleïn Lefever
le Premier Boy
Studio
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after the Grimm brothers Freely adapted and directed by Rose Martine
le Conteur
Studio
2019-2020
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by Tony Kushner directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Mister Trip, Belize et l’Ange Oceania
Richelieu
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"Electra / Orestes" by Euripide Directed by Ivo van Hove
Apollon
Richelieu
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"Scapin The Schemer" by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Léandre
Richelieu
2018-2019
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Electra / Orestes by Euripide Directed by Ivo van Hove
Apollon
Richelieu
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Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Julie Deliquet
Peter, fils d' Alma, jeune comédien
Richelieu
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Gaël Kamilindi / William Blake
The Actors’ Attic
Richelieu
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Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Léandre (Alternating)
Richelieu
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Gennaro
Richelieu
2017-2018
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The Awakening of Spring by Frank Wedekind Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger
Ernst Röbel
Richelieu
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Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Léandre
Richelieu
2016-2017
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Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
Vx-Colombier
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Gennaro
Richelieu
Gallery
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme 23-24
Gaël Kamilindi, Christian Hecq, Jean Chevalier, Nicolas Lormeau
Les Fourberies de Scapin 2022
Gaël Kamilindi, Benjamin Lavernhe
