Malik Bentalha (French pronunciation: [malik bɛntala], Arabic: مالك بن طلحة; born 1 March 1989 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in films.
Malik Bentalha studied at the Cours Florent from 2007 to 2008. He started doing sketches in Parisian café-théâtre, such as the Théâtre du Point-Virgule.
In 2010, after Jamel Debbouze noticed him, Malik Bentalha joined the Jamel Comedy Club and was later featured as the opening act for Debbouze's tour, Tout sur Jamel, for two years.[1] He met Gad Elmaleh in Montmartre who asked him to be the opening act for his show at the Palais des Sports the following day. That same year, he was a part of Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie on national French television channel France 2.
In 2011 he held a regular segment, Télé Délire, on Le Grand Direct, a radio programme hosted by Jean-Marc Morandini. The segment was held in partnership with Mathieu Madénian at first, and since September 2011 with Benjamin Josse. In 2014, he joined Cyril Hanouna in his radio programme Les pieds dans le plat on Europe 1, with Valérie Bénaïm.
In 2010, he started touring with his first one man show, Malik Bentalha se la raconte, directed by Alex Lutz. In December 2014, a DVD was released. In January 2015, W9 broadcast a live session of his one man show,[2] followed by a TV report, Malik se raconte.
In 2015, he was part of the film Pattaya, directed by Franck Gastambide, in which he held one of the main roles.[3]
He is a godfather for the Theodora Children's Charity.[3]