''Huge in France'' is an American

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series on

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starring

Gad Elmaleh Gad Elmaleh ( ar, جاد المالح, Latn, ar, Gād el-Māleḥ; born 19 April 1971) is a Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who achieved fame in France, Morocco and the United States. He is best known in the French-speaking wor ...

as a French comedian who has moved to

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in an effort to be closer to his son. The show premiered on April 12, 2019.

Plot

Gad Elmaleh, or simply Gad, is a very popular comedian in France who has decided to move to Los Angeles to become closer to his estranged son, Luke. Luke is aspiring to become a model while his mother Vivian is an author and life coach. Vivian's boyfriend is Jason Alan Ross, a retired actor who is mentoring Luke on modeling. Gad along with his assistant, Brian, devise various plans to disrupt the relationship between Jason and his old family.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as himself *

Matthew Del Negro Matthew Del Negro (born August 2, 1972) is an American actor. Life and career Matthew Del Negro was born in Mount Kisco, New York, as the youngest of three children. He grew up in Westchester County. He is a graduate of Boston College, where h ...

as Jason Alan Ross * Erinn Hayes as Vivian * Scott Keiji Takeda as Brian Kurihara * Jordan Ver Hoeve as Luke

Recurring

* Austin Fryberger as Zene * Keana Marie as James * Brittany Ross as Heather * André Tardieu as Adrian * Chris D’Elia as himself *

Jerry Seinfeld Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( ; born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom '' Seinfeld'', which he created and wrote with La ...

as himself

Episodes

References

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Huge in France
at Netflix * * 2019 American television series debuts 2010s American comedy television series French-language Netflix original programming Television shows set in Paris Television shows set in Los Angeles English-language Netflix original programming {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub