Kyan Khojandi

Kyan Khojandi (born 29 August 1982 in Reims, France) is a French comedian, actor and screenwriter born to a French mother and an Iranian father. He is best known for playing the main character in the television series Bref, which was broadcast on Canal+ from 2011 to 2012. He has one brother, Keyvan Khojandi, who plays the role of Kyan's brother in the Bref series. At 6 years old, Kyan entered the Music conservatory of Reims where he learned to play viola. He then entered the Cours Simon in Paris in 2004 where he studied theatre to become a professional comedian. He wrote his first texts in 2006, then started open stages and played in artists' opening shows. From March 2008 to February 2010, he appeared in the show La Bande-annonce de ma vie. Yassine Belattar gave him an opportunity to act in his shows "Le Belattar Show" and "On achève bien l'info" on France 4, which made him popular. He finalised his solo programme by playing small roles on the Parisian scene. From August 29, 2011 to July 12, 2012, he played the main character in the "Bref" series, which was broadcast 3 times per week at 8.30 pm as part of the French Canal+ show "Le grand journal". He also appeared in a few ads for French car parts and service station chain Norauto. Source: Article "Kyan Khojandi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

Apple & Onion

In a world of talking food, best mates Apple and Onion fumble through city life, tackling ordinary problems by extraordinary means.

Release Date2018-02-23

Charactersd Additional Voices (voice)

Episode Count37

Vote Count37

Bref

A lost thirty-something shares his struggles, from failed relationships to boring jobs and pointless nights out. Stuck in his routine at first, he slowly evolves, searching for meaning in his life. In short, he's just trying to live.

Release Date2011-08-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Je

Episode Count88

Vote Count153

Un bon moment

Kyan Khojandi and Bruno Muschio (Navo) host different guests each week to spend A Good Time.

Release Date2020-01-12

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Self - Host

Episode Count[ 71 ]

Vote Count1

Zak & Wowo: The Legend of Lendarys

At the heart of an imaginary world populated by fantastical creatures and dangerous monsters, the 13 year-old Zak goes in search of his twin brother Kyle, who has disappeared mysteriously. Equipped with a magical jade stone whose superpowers he doesn't yet know how to control, he is joined by his grandmother NaïNaï and Indiana, a beautiful outlaw who can communicate with the world's fantastical creatures. But he is also flanked by Wowo, formerly a 3 meter-tall furry pachyderm, now turned into a tiny, cute and wacky furball by the magical jade stone.

Release Date2024-04-25

Charactersd Kyle (voice)

Vote Count23

Christmas & Co.

Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must make an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy. When he arrives, he must find some allies to save the magic of Christmas.

Release Date2017-12-06

Charactersd Le frère d'Amélie

Vote Count647

Serge le Mytho

Release Date2016-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Je

Episode Count30

Vote Count24

Sixty-two

Hosted by Kyan Khojandi, in sixty minutes, sixty artists follow one another on stage. Which means they have sixty seconds, and not one more, to hold the spectators' attention and draw them into their world. The witticisms fuse, forming a veritable fireworks display of witticisms and funny situations, to the delight of viewers, but also of guest comedians.

Release Date2020-11-18

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Self - Host

Vote Count7

Chinese Puzzle

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Release Date2013-12-04

Charactersd Antoine Garceau

Vote Count697

Hot Ones

Watch Kyan Khojandi interview celebrities as they burn their tastebuds!

Release Date2022-04-12

DepartmentWriting

JobCo-Writer

Charactersd Self - Host

Episode Count2

Vote Count6

See You Up There

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

Release Date2017-10-25

Charactersd Dupré

Vote Count1308

Bye Bye Morons

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

Release Date2020-10-21

Charactersd Dr. Lint's doctor

Vote Count912

Rosalie Blum

Vincent Machot knows his life by heart. He shares it between his hair dressing salon, his cousin, his cat, and his too-invasive mother. But life sometimes holds surprises, even for the most prudent of people... He crosses paths with Rosalie Blum by accident. She is a mysterious and solitary woman whom he is sure he has already met. But where? Intrigued, he decides to follow her everywhere, in the hope of knowing more about her.

Release Date2016-03-23

Charactersd Vincent Machot

Vote Count124

BLUE

A short film on man's best friend set during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Release Date2020-12-20

Charactersd Vétérinaire / Vet

Vote Count5

Max & Leon

In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible means to avoid going in the battle zone… This will lead the duo to demented and wild adventures.

Release Date2016-11-01

Charactersd Commandant Poulain

Vote Count807

The Visitor from the Future

In a devastated future, the apocalypse threatens the Earth. The last hope lies with a man capable of time travel. His mission: to return to the past and change the course of events. But the time police hunts him down in every era. A race against time begins for the Visitor from the Future...

Release Date2022-09-07

Charactersd Boris

Vote Count216

Sixty

60 comedians in 60 minutes, that's what Kyan Khojandi has to offer tonight.

Release Date2019-05-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Self - Host

Vote Count12

Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes : Le spectacle

Release Date2012-12-12

Charactersd Kyan Khojandi

Vote Count3

Our Futures

Yann who is trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to cope with his life generally and especially bereavement decides to look up Thomas, his best friend from high school. Thomas is thee same crazy character as he ever was and between them they cook up a plan to rearrange Yann's birthday party from their high school days and get all their old friends to come along. This means locating their friends and a journey to visit and convince some of them to join in their plan. How their friends have changed, their lives and the revelations provide plenty of humour. But why is his friend Thomas just the same as he ever was ?

Release Date2015-07-22

Charactersd Max

Vote Count120

Calls

Release Date2017-12-15

Charactersd Théo

Episode Count10

Vote Count12

Lou!

Lou, a creative and dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives alone with her mother in an orange building with tons of little balconies that give access to the roof. Mina has been her best friend since kindergarten, and Lou has been in love with Tristan, one of her neighbors, since elementary school. Her mother has relinquished her own personal happiness of late so as to devote herself to her daughter, but their little bubble bursts when Mom meets a man and Lou at last dares speak to Tristan.

Release Date2014-10-08

Charactersd Richard

Vote Count208

Sixty-nine

69 artists from all walks of life take to the stage to perform a 69-second creation on the themes of love and sexuality.

Release Date2024-07-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Self - Host

Vote Count2

Le Réseau

Le Réseau

Release Date2022-04-06

Charactersd Coach Steeve

Episode Count1

Fake News

After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So far, nothing too serious. But when a rapper straight out of jail, a TV host willing to do anything to go viral and click traffickers get involved... Sébastien and Patrick become France’s most wanted bad guys.

Release Date2021-09-08

Charactersd Gilbert

Vote Count105

Shitty Ghost

Release Date2014-04-08

Charactersd Client

Vote Count1

Sweetheart

A working woman, mother a three children, realizes that, when her youngest one is about to go to Canada to continue her education, she will end up out of her most precious goal, being a mother.

Release Date2019-03-13

Charactersd Paul

Vote Count256

Cher Journal

Release Date2020-09-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd

Episode Count34

Vote Count2

The Speech

Meet Adrien! He's 35. He's stuck in a mid-life crisis. He's neurotic and hypochondriac. Tonight he's stuck in an endless family dinner and his girlfriend is not answering his texts. On top of that, his dumb brother-in-law asks him to prepare a speech for his wedding. Could it get even worse?

Release Date2020-09-01

Charactersd Ludo

Vote Count272

Kyan Khojandi : Pulsions

Release Date2019-03-04

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Charactersd Kyan Khojandi

Vote Count54

All Three of Us

An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.

Release Date2015-11-04

Charactersd Barbe

Vote Count497

Freaked Out

Follow Théo, a very anxious young adult who constantly imagine the worst scenario out of his daily life.

Release Date2022-01-31

DepartmentArt

JobArt Direction

Charactersd Théo

Episode Count20

Vote Count4

The Nobodies

One morning, Lily and Ben wake up side by side in bodies that are not theirs. And Magalie, a little girl in the body of a tall, bearded, awaits them in the guest room. This is the beginning of an incredible adventure, sometimes initiatory, where the bodies and identities will be reversed at the option of a simple hug.

Release Date2015-11-24

Charactersd Postier n°1

Vote Count193

L'Histoire racontée par des chaussettes - Le Film

Release Date2023-10-16

Charactersd Molière (voix)

Vote Count2

Canal+ Replay

Mr. Replay hosts a TV special where more than 30 French comedians "replay" iconic Canal+ original programmings.

Release Date2021-04-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Le cinéma de Jamel

Vote Count1

Kyan Khojandi : Une bonne soirée

Release Date2023-11-17

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd

Vote Count12

LOL : Qui rit, sort !

Philippe Lacheau has invited 10 actors and comedians to live a unique experience in a grandiose setting. There is only one rule to follow for the next 6 hours: if you laugh, you are eliminated. The 10 comedians will have to keep cool despite having to try and make each other laugh. The winner will get 50 000 euros for the charity he/she represents. Nothing is off limits!

Release Date2021-04-23

Charactersd Self

Episode Count7

Vote Count55

Quotidien

Quotidien is a French television program presented by Yann Barthès and broadcast from September 12, 2016 on TMC.

Release Date2016-09-12

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count2

Vote Count12

Bonsoir bonsoir!

Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.

Release Date2019-04-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Burger Quiz

A French humorous game show taking place in a burger restaurant which is managed by the TV host.

Release Date2001-08-27

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count22

One Night in Paris

Mixing sketches with rapid-fire sets, this special brings together top comedians from France's stand-up scene as they explore life during the pandemic.

Release Date2021-10-14

Charactersd Self

Vote Count21

Chauves, la revanche

They take over on the fields of sport and show business. For a few years, bald people took a sensational revenge. But they had to impose themselves as they usually are targets of jokes in popular culture. For now, they show their baldness in broad daylight, or simply are comfortable with their difference. An intimate revolution, related by those who lived it.

Release Date2023-03-17

Charactersd Self (voice)

Vote Count1

Encore Vous ?

Release Date2022-02-24

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Who Wants to Win Millions?

Starting with easy multiple-choice questions that gradually get more challenging, contestants have only their wits and three lifeline chances to see them through to the grand prize of one million euros

Release Date2000-07-03

Charactersd Self - Contestant

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

LOL: Last One Laughing... or Screaming France

They're back! For Ahmed Sylla, Audrey Fleurot, Fadily Camara, Hakim Jemili, Kyan Khojandi, Camille Lellouche, Bérengère Krief & Gérard Darmon, the danger is everywhere: in this edition, screaming can sometimes be as fatal as laughing! The last person who holds out against their opponents' attacks and the scare-themed, booby-trapped arena will get 150,000 euros donated to a charity of their choice.

Release Date2023-10-26

Charactersd Self

Episode Count5

Vote Count13

Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires

He may not like birthdays, but Michel Denisot celebrates LGJ's 20th, CANAL+'s 40th, and his own 80th!

Release Date2024-11-13

Charactersd Self

40

Primetime special to celebrate 40 years of CANAL+.

Release Date2024-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobOther

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Foresti Party

Comedian Florence Foresti supersizes her act in an arena show packed with sketches, celebrity impressions, epic dance routines and special guests.

Release Date2012-09-23

Charactersd Self

Vote Count73

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.

Release Date2014-11-04

Charactersd Self

Crac Crac

Release Date2017-12-21

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Les seigneurs du château

Release Date2021-11-01

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Bref. Good Friends

The story of the incredible friendship between Kyan and Navo: from their teenage years and their debut in stand-up to the creation of Bref.'s first season, their inspirations and their extended universe. A decade later, the documentary chronicles a new chapter in this creative collaboration and their return for Season 2. It unveils their inspirations, challenges, and shared victories. Enriched by intimate testimonials from their close collaborators, including Harry Tordjman, Alice David, Jonathan Cohen, Gringe, Baptiste Lecaplain, Clément Cotentin, Keyvan Khojandi, and Anna Apter, the documentary is above all a celebration of creativity and human connections.

Release Date2025-02-21

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Concept

Charactersd Self

Vote Count4

Montreux Comedy Festival 2013 - Best Of

Release Date2013-07-01

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Voulez-vous rire avec moi ce soir?

French humorist Yacine Belhousse tours the world to explore how stand-up comedians make audiences laugh across cultures.

Release Date2018-02-08

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

La Folle Soirée du Palmashow

Release Date2014-05-09

Charactersd Self - Guest

Vote Count38

Humoristes engagés : juste pour rire !

Release Date2017-09-20

Charactersd Self

Montreux Comedy Festival 2012 - Bref on Fait Un Gala

Release Date2012-12-10

Charactersd Self - "Je"

Vote Count2

Bref, on est sur scène à Montreux

Release Date2012-12-11

Charactersd Self

Vote Count6

Blocked

Two guys interpreted by the Casseurs Flowters (Orelsan & Gringe) discuss in a sofa until something happens. Created by the team of Bref, this short program speaks of boredom whith funny moments like : "What's the name of Hitchcock movie with the birds ?"

Release Date2015-09-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count120

Vote Count36

Ce sera (peut-être) mieux après

Ce sera (peut-être) mieux après

Release Date2021-10-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count26

Brice de Nice 3 - Piraté

Release Date2016-10-13

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Writing

Derrière un micro - Paris-Bruxelles

Release Date2019-06-19

Vote Count1

Palmashow - L'émission

Release Date2012-12-02

Episode Count20

Vote Count7

Derrière un micro - Paris-Montréal

Release Date2018-07-25

Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 4ème édition

Comedian with a caustic humor, Jérémy Ferrari is never afraid to do what it takes to make his audience laugh. For the fourth consecutive year, he has assembled a cast of comedians to act out a series of improbable sketches in duos.

Release Date2017-05-08

Vote Count9

Montreux Comedy Festival 2022 - La piste aux étoiles de Bérengère Krief

Release Date2022-12-28

Vote Count3

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