Yannick Noah actor in a TV film projected in the world of tennis

The singer and former tennis player landed his first major film role in “It’s the World Upside Down!” released in theaters in October.

Yannick Noah adds a string to his racket, making his acting debut in a television drama for France 2, entitled Death on claywhere he plays a former tennis player, the channel announced Wednesday, November 20. Filming of this 90-minute detective TV film began on Monday in Paris and the Paris region, and it should end on December 13. The air date is not yet known.

Former tennis champion turned singer, Yannick Noah, 64, landed his first major film role in It’s the world turned upside down! by Nicolas Vanier.

The character he plays in Death on clay is visibly partly inspired by his real life: Vincent Beti, “a former player and now manager (of) tournament, as charismatic as it is troubled“, according to a press release from the channel. He helps two police officers, played by Florent Peyre and Camille Lauristan, in the investigation into the death of a young tennis hopeful as the prestigious tournament he directs approaches. distribution, we also find Eleejah Noah, one of his daughters.

The last French winner of the Roland-Garros tournament, in 1983, then captain of the French team that won the Davis Cup in 1991, Yannick Noah then turned to a career as a singer. He achieved big popular successes in this second life, starting with the song Africa Sagaanthem of the 1991 Davis Cup and hit the same year.

Son of Cameroonian footballer Zacharie Noah and a Frenchwoman, Marie-Claire Noah, he is the father of six children. The eldest is ex-basketball player Joakim Noah, 39, and the youngest was born in October.