Johar Bendjelloul (born 1 September 1975) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist.[1]
Johar Bendjelloul | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 1 September 1975
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist |
Since 2013, Bendjelloul has been hosting P1 Morgon at Sveriges Radio.[2] Before that he was a television presenter at SVT1 for Gomorron Sverige, Babel, Kulturnyheterna and Aktuellt.[2][3]
He has also done voice acting doing one of the characters in the children's movie Jack & Pedro.[4]
Personal life
editJohar is the son of Algerian-born physician Hacène Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt, making him grandson of actor Henrik Schildt.
His brother Malik Bendjelloul was an Academy Award-winning filmmaker for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man.[1][5] Malik committed suicide on 13 May 2014 after struggling with depression, as Johar reported to the media.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b Lovisa Kullheim. ""Familjen ska skåla i champagne" – Kultur". SVT.se. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ a b Johar Bendjelloul (19 September 2012). "Johar Bendjelloul ny programledare för P1 Morgon – Pressinformation". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "På bibblan luktar det som förr" (in Swedish). hd.se. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "Jack & Pedro | Röda roboten animation". Rodaroboten.se. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Georg Cederskog. "Malik Bendjellouls bror: Han var deprimerad". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Lindberg, Johan; Nyman, Emelie (13 May 2014). "Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Bruce Weber (13 May 2014). "Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Oscar Winner for 'Sugar Man' Documentary, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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