Thomas Ngijol

 Originally from Cameroon, son of Gilbert Ngijol, sociologist, and Crescence Ngijol, nurse, he was born in Paris and grew up in Maisons-Alfort, in the Val-de-Marne department, in the Paris suburbs. He has three brothers. In the 2000s, he worked as a youth worker at the Aimé and Eugénie Cotton primary school in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne department. He then met Dieudonné while attending café-théâtre classes given at the Théâtre de la Main d'Or in Paris.

He was noticed during the Just for Laughs festival in Nantes with a special tribute to Richard Pryor. He then performed for a while at the Moloko in Paris. He wrote a one-man show entitled Bienvenue (Welcome), which he performed in small Parisian venues before being noticed by Kader Aoun. The latter opened the doors to the Jamel Comedy Club, of which he is a founding member, for three years.