Benoît Magimel
French actor
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| Intro | French actor | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Actor | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 11 May 1974, Paris | |
| Age | 50 years | |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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Biography
Benoît Magimel (French pronunciation: [bənwa maʒimɛl]; born 11 May 1974) is a French actor. A prolific actor who was 14 when he appeared in his first film, Magimel has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Life Is a Long Quiet River | Momo Groseille | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 1995 | A Single Girl | Rémi | Benoît Jacquot | |
| La Haine | Benoît | Mathieu Kassovitz | ||
| 1996 | Thieves | Jimmy Fontana | André Téchiné | Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| 1998 | Déjà mort | David | Olivier Dahan | |
| 1999 | Children of the Century | Alfred de Musset | Diane Kurys | |
| 2000 | The Piano Teacher | Walter Klemmer | Michael Haneke | Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor |
| Le Roi danse | Louis XIV of France | Gérard Corbiau | ||
| To Matthieu | Matthieu | Xavier Beauvois | ||
| 2002 | The Nest | Santino | Florent-Emilio Siri | |
| 2003 | The Flower of Evil | François Vasseur | Claude Chabrol | |
| 2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Capitaine Reda | Olivier Dahan | |
| The Bridesmaid | Philippe Tardieu | Claude Chabrol | ||
| 2005 | Sky Fighters | Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli | Gérard Pirès | |
| 2006 | Charlie Says | Pierre | Nicole Garcia | |
| 2007 | A Girl Cut in Two | Paul André Claude Gaudens | Claude Chabrol | Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor |
| Intimate Enemies | Lieutenant Terrien | Florent Emilio Siri | ||
| 2008 | The Possibility of an Island | Daniel | Michel Houellebecq | |
| Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Alex Fayard | Barbet Schroeder | ||
| 2010 | Sans laisser de traces | Étienne Meunier | Grégoire Vigneron | |
| Little White Lies | Vincent Ribaud | Guillaume Canet | ||
| 2011 | Forces spéciales | Tic-Tac | Stéphane Rybojad | |
| 2012 | My Way | Paul Lederman | Florent Emilio Siri | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2013 | Pour une femme | Michel | Diane Kurys | |
| 2014 | La French | Le Fou | Cédric Jimenez | |
| 2015 | La Tête haute | Yann | Emmanuelle Bercot | Cabourg Film Festival - Best Actor César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2016 | Marseille | Lucas Barrès | Florent Siri | |
| 2016 | 150 Milligrams | Antoine Le Bihan | Emmanuelle Bercot |