Jean Val Jean (born June 19, 1980, Montlucon, Allier), is a French-born American pornographic film actor and chef. He made several relatively high-profile appearances on mainstream television, including Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Foodnetwork Chopped. In November 2009 he appeared on the Bravo show Chef Academy, where he was listed as being a graphic designer and as having studied graphic design for five years in Bordeaux France.^[1][2][3] Originally a France-based Model, he came to America to pursue a career in acting and cooking, he made several appearances, including on The Last Ship, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, CSI Las Vegas and Jane the Virgin, he's currently a professional private chef and personal trainer.^[4]

Also since 2018 he's creating art pieces and paintings, an extension of his previous background in graphic design.