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The main host of the 2012 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards, will be the Haitian actor, Jimmy Jean-Louis. He was born in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He left Haiti for Paris at the age of 12. Earlier in is career, Jimmy worked as a dancer and a model in France, Spain, Italy, South Africa and England.?
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He moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue an acting career, his credits include Tears of the Sun (Bruce Willis), Phat Girlz (Mo’Nique), Diary of a Tired Black Man, and the NBC hit show, Heroes. He recently shot his most important role to date, when he portrayed Toussaint Louverture – an effort for which he won the award for Best Actor at PAFF 2012. He appeared with Yemi Blaq and Ama K Abebrese in the 2011 movie, Sinking Sands by Leila Djansi
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