Karl Zéro is a French television presenter, singer, and director born as Marc Vincent Tellenne on August 6, 1961, in Aix-les-Bains. Zéro achieved professional recognition for a musical career characterized by calypso and for being a prominent figure in French television. He achieved professional recognition for a career that began after he adopted his pseudonym during the punk movement of his adolescence and started working for the publication Actuel. Zéro achieved professional recognition for creating the television program Le Vrai Journal for the network Canal+. His recording career began with the debut studio recording Songs for Cabriolets and Otros Tipos de Vehículos (2000). The recording achieved professional recognition for having nine tracks featured in the television program The X-Files. Zéro achieved professional recognition for the studio recording Hi-Fi Calypso (2003) recorded with the ensemble The Wailers. He achieved professional recognition for directing the movie Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac (2005), which received the César award for best documentary film in 2007. His discography included the studio recording Songs for Moonlight Swim and Otros Tipos de Ocupaciones (2017).