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French actor and film director
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Male
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Birth:
26 January 1973(Paris)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker.
Career
Poupaud's first appearance was, as a child, in Raúl Ruiz's 1983 film City of Pirates. He met Raul Ruiz through his mother, Chantal Poupaud, who was a well-known press relations officer in the French cinema world.
He starred in François Ozon's Time to Leave, and co-starred with Parker Posey in Zoe Cassavetes' Broken English.
He also appeared in films such as Eric Rohmer's A Summer's Tale, Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale, and François Ozon's The Refuge.
He co-starred with Suzanne Clément in Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways.
Having led a selective career, grown in a family having close links with the cinema world, he has been close to figures of the Parisian intelligentsia during the seventies and eighties, such as Marguerite Duras or Jacques Lacan.
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | City of Pirates | Malo | |
| 1984 | Qui es-tu Johnny Mac ? | Johnny Mac | Short film (also as director and screenwriter) |
| 1985 | The Insomniac on the Bridge | Michel | |
| 1985 | Treasure Island | Jim Hawkins | |
| 1985 | Ces jours où les remords font vraiment mal au cœur | Short film (also as director and screenwriter) | |
| 1986 | Dans un miroir | ||
| 1988 | 3 jours... | Melvil | Short film (also as director and screenwriter) |
| 1989 | The 15 Year Old Girl | Thomas | Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| 1992 | The Lover | The Younger Brother | |
| 1992 | Archipel | Michel | |
| 1993 | Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional | Germain | Also as composer Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| 1993 | À la belle étoile | Mathieu | |
| 1994 | 3000 scénarios contre un virus | Short film | |
| 1994 | Fado, Major and Minor | Antoine | |
| 1994 | Boulevard Mac Donald | Short film (also as director, screenwriter and composer) | |
| 1995 | Élisa | The Pharmacist's Son | |
| 1995 | Innocent Lies | Louis Bernard | |
| 1995 | Those Were the Days | Axel | |
| 1995 | La Vie de Marianne | Valville | Telefilm |
| 1995 | Hillbilly Chainsaw Massacre | Short film | |
| 1996 | Le Journal du séducteur | Gregoire | |
| 1996 | Three Lives and Only One Death | Martin | |
| 1996 | A Summer's Tale | Gaspard | |
| 1996 | Souvenir | Charles | |
| 1997 | Genealogies of a Crime | René | |
| 1997 | Shooting Stars | Lenny | |
| 1998 | Les Kidnappeurs | Armand Carpentier | |
| 1999 | Time Regained | Le Prince de Foix | |
| 1999 | Quelque chose | Short film (also as director, screenwriter and cinematographer) | |
| 2000 | The Heart's Root | Vicente Corvo | |
| 2000 | Love Torn in a Dream | Various roles | |
| 2000 | La Chambre obscure | Bertrand | |
| 2001 | Rémi | Rémi | Short film (also as director and screenwriter) |
| 2001 | A Hell of a Day | Ben | |
| 2003 | Pronobis | Philippe | Short film (also as director and screenwriter) |
| 2003 | Shimkent hôtel | Alex | |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Charles-Henri de Persand | |
| 2003 | Feelings | François | |
| 2004 | Qui a tué Johnny Mac ? | Johnny Mac | Short film (also as director, screenwriter and cinematographer) |
| 2004 | Eros Therapy | Bruno | |
| 2004 | Monde extérieur | Régis | Short film |
| 2005 | Time to Leave | Romain | Valladolid International Film Festival - Best Actor |
| 2006 | Melvil | Melvil | Also as director, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor |
| 2007 | Broken English | Julien | |
| 2007 | A Lost Man | Thomas Koré | |
| 2007 | L'Heure Zéro | Guillaume Neuville | |
| 2008 | The Broken | Stefan Chambers | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Race commentator | |
| 2008 | A Christmas Tale | Ivan Vuillard | |
| 2008 | Crime Is Our Business | Frédéric Charpentier | |
| 2009 | The Refuge | Louis | |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest | Loverboy | San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble |
| 2009 | Lucky Luke | Jesse James | |
| 2010 | The Counterfeiters | Edouard | |
| 2010 | Black Heaven | Vincent | |
| 2010 | The Edge | François | |
| 2010 | Mysteries of Lisbon | Ernest Lacroze | |
| 2011 | L'Orpheline avec en plus un bras en moins | Robinson | |
| 2011 | The Argument | The husband | Short film |
| 2012 | Laurence Anyways | Laurence Alia | Nominated—Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film |
| 2012 | Lines of Wellington | Marechal Massena | |
| 2014 | Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey | Gaël | |
| 2015 | The Great Game | Pierre | |
| 2015 | Mad Love | The Priest | |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Portrait | Jean Denis Attiret | |
| 2015 | Tête baissée | Samy | |
| 2015 | By the Sea | François | |
| 2016 | In Bed with Victoria | Vincent | Pending—César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
As filmmaker
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | |||
| 1984 | Qui es-tu Johnny Mac ? | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1985 | Ces jours où les remords font vraiment mal au cœur | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1988 | 3 jours… | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1994 | Boulevard Mac Donald | Yes | Yes | Short film (also as composer) |
| 1999 | Quelque chose | Yes | Yes | Short film (also as cinematographer) |
| 2001 | Rémi | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2003 | Pronobis | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2004 | Qui a tué Johnny Mac ? | Yes | Yes | Short film (also as cinematographer) |
| 2006 | Melvil | Yes | Yes | Also as cinematographer and editor |
Other awards
- 1998: Berlin International Film Festival - Shooting Stars Award