Johar Bendjelloul Explained

Johar Bendjelloul
Birth Date:1 September 1975
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Television presenter, journalist

Johar Bendjelloul (born 1 September 1975) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist.[1]

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

Johar 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lovisa Kullheim . "Familjen ska skåla i champagne" – Kultur . SVT.se . 15 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Johar Bendjelloul . Johar Bendjelloul ny programledare för P1 Morgon – Pressinformation . Sveriges Radio . 19 September 2012 . 15 May 2014.
  3. Web site: På bibblan luktar det som förr . sv . hd.se . 15 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517125214/http://hd.se/halla/angelholm/2014/01/08/pa-bibblan-luktar-det-som-forr-2/ . 17 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Jack & Pedro | Röda roboten animation . Rodaroboten.se . 15 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115726/http://www.rodaroboten.se/category/jack-and-pedro/ . 17 May 2014 .
  5. Web site: Georg Cederskog . Malik Bendjellouls bror: Han var deprimerad . Dagens Nyheter . 15 May 2014.
  6. News: Johan . Lindberg . Emelie . Nyman . Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit . Svenska Dagbladet . 13 May 2014 . 15 May 2014 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514220411/http://www.svd.se/kultur/filmskaparen-malik-bendjelloul-har-avlidit_3556830.svd . 14 May 2014 .
  7. Web site: Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Oscar Winner for 'Sugar Man' Documentary, Dies . Bruce Weber . 13 May 2014. The New York Times . 15 May 2014.