Mathieu Amalric
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Mathieu Amalric is a French
actor
and film director
, perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum Of Solace and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
, for which he drew critical acclaim. He also has won the Étoile d'or and the Lumière Award.
, a suburb of Paris, France, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde
, and Jacques Amalric, who has worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération
. Mathieu Amalric's mother was born in Poland
to Jewish parents, and moved to France before World War II
; she originates from the same village as director Roman Polanski
's family. Amalric first gained fame in the film Ma Vie Sexuelle (My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument), for which he won a César Award
.
Amalric was selected to play the newest James Bond
villain Dominic Greene
, and stars alongside Daniel Craig
(alongside whom he had previously starred in Munich
) in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace.
He has three sons, two with his ex-wife Jeanne Balibar
, and one with his girlfriend, a writer, with whom he currently lives in Belleville, Paris
.
His latest film, On Tour
, premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
and won Amalric the Best Director Award
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum Of Solace and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The...
, for which he drew critical acclaim. He also has won the Étoile d'or and the Lumière Award.
Life and career
Amalric was born in Neuilly-sur-SeineNeuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...
, a suburb of Paris, France, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, and Jacques Amalric, who has worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération
Libération
Libération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
. Mathieu Amalric's mother was born in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
to Jewish parents, and moved to France before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
; she originates from the same village as director Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."...
's family. Amalric first gained fame in the film Ma Vie Sexuelle (My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument), for which he won a César Award
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
.
Amalric was selected to play the newest James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
villain Dominic Greene
Dominic Greene
Dominic Greene is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. He is portrayed by French actor Mathieu Amalric.-In the film:...
, and stars alongside Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. His early film roles include Elizabeth, The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert...
(alongside whom he had previously starred in Munich
Munich (film)
Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
) in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace.
He has three sons, two with his ex-wife Jeanne Balibar
Jeanne Balibar
Jeanne Balibar is a French actress and singer.She was born in Paris. She began her acting career on the stage, in "Don Juan" at the Festival d'Avignon. Her first film role was in Arnaud Desplechin's 1992 film The Sentinel. She continues to perform in both spheres.Recently she starred in Ne Change...
, and one with his girlfriend, a writer, with whom he currently lives in Belleville, Paris
Belleville, Paris
Belleville is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the Rue de Belleville...
.
His latest film, On Tour
On Tour (2010 film)
On Tour is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Amalric himself as a producer who brings an American Neo-Burlesque troupe to France, played by genuine performers Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette...
, premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
2010 Cannes Film Festival
The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 12 to May 23, 2010, in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the...
and won Amalric the Best Director Award
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Director Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946....
.
Awards
- 1997:
- César Award for Most Promising ActorCésar Award for Most Promising ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Most Promising Actor .-1980s:-1990s:*1991: Gérald Thomassin: Le petit criminel*1992: Manuel Blanc: J'embrasse pas...
— My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle))
- César Award for Most Promising Actor
- 2005:
- César Award for Best ActorCésar Award for Best ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
— Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)Kings and QueenRois et reine is a 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix Méliès and the César Award for Best Actor... - Lumiere Award for Best Actor — Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)Kings and QueenRois et reine is a 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix Méliès and the César Award for Best Actor...
- Runner-up for Best Supporting Actor — National Society of Film Critics AwardsNational Society of Film Critics Awards 2005The 40th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on 7 January 2006, honored the best in film for 2005.-Best Picture::1. Capote2. A History of Violence3. 2046-Best Director::...
— MunichMunich (film)Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
- César Award for Best Actor
- 2008:
- Étoiles d’Or Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the ButterflyThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The...
- César Award for Best ActorCésar Award for Best ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
— The Diving Bell and the ButterflyThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The...
- Étoiles d’Or Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- 2010:
- Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)The Best Director Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946....
- On TourOn Tour (2010 film)On Tour is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Amalric himself as a producer who brings an American Neo-Burlesque troupe to France, played by genuine performers Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette...
- Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
As actor
| Year | Film | Alternate title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Les Favoris de la lune | Favourites of the Moon | Julien | |
| 1991 | Vert quoi vers où | |||
| 1992 | La Sentinelle | The Sentinelle | ||
| La chasse aux papillons | Chasing Butterflies | |||
| 1993 | Les yeux au plafond | |||
| 1994 | Lettre pour L... | Letter for L | ||
| 1995 | Tom est tout seul | uncredited | ||
| 1996 | Le Journal du séducteur | Diary of a Seducer | Sebastien | |
| Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle) | Paul Dedalus | |||
| 1997 | Généalogies d'un crime | Genealogies of a Crime | Yves | |
| 1998 | L'interview | Julien | ||
| On a très peu d'amis | Ivan | |||
| Dieu seul me voit | Only God Sees Me | Atchoum | ||
| Fin août, début septembre | Late August, Early September | Gabriel | ||
| Alice et Martin | Alice and Martin | Benjamin Sauvagnac | ||
| 1999 | Trois ponts sur la rivière | Arthur Echéant | ||
| Adieu, plancher des vaches! | Farewell, Tera Firma! | Drinker at bar | ||
| 2000 | La Fausse suivante False Servant False Servant is a 2000 French comedy film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - La comtesse* Sandrine Kiberlain - Le chevalier* Pierre Arditi - Trivelin* Mathieu Amalric - Lélio... |
False Servant | Lélio | |
| La Bréche de Roland | Roland's Pass | Roland | ||
| L'Affaire Marcorelle | The Marcorelle Affair | Fourcade | ||
| 2001 | Amour d'enfance Boyhood Loves Boyhood Loves is a 2001 French drama film directed by Yves Caumon. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Un Certain Regard Award.-Cast:* Mathieu Amalric - Paul* Lauryl Brossier - Odile... |
Boyhood Loves | Paul | |
| 2002 | Lundi matin | Monday Morning | voice contribution | |
| Les naufragés de la D17 | Shipwrecked on Route D 17 | René, the astrophysician | ||
| Lulu | The advocate | |||
| C'est le bouquet! Special Delivery Special Delivery may refer to:*Special delivery , a postal service for urgent postal packets-Literature:*"Special Delivery" , a 1953 short story by Damon Knight*Special Delivery , a 1997 novel by Danielle Steel... |
Special Delivery | |||
| 2003 | Un homme, un vrai A Man, a Real One A Man, a Real One is a 2003 film directed by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu.-Cast:*Mathieu Amalric – Boris*Hélène Fillières – Marilyne*Pierre Pellet – Toni... |
A Man, a Real One | Boris | |
| Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres | My Children Are Different | Gérald | ||
| Inquiétudes | A Sight for Sore Eyes | Art teacher | ||
| 2004 | Cuadrilátero | |||
| Les parallèles | Simon | |||
| Rois et reine Kings and Queen Rois et reine is a 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix Méliès and the César Award for Best Actor... |
Kings and Queens | Ismaël Vuillard | ||
| Le pont des Arts | Un spectateur du Nô | |||
| Au large de Bad Ragaz | Alex | |||
| 2005 | J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka | I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | Philippe Bernier | |
| Les mâtines | Serge | |||
| La Moustache La Moustache La Moustache is a French film from 2005, directed by Emmanuel Carrère and starring Vincent Lindon, and adapted from Carrère's own novel. The film features music from Phillip Glass... |
Serge Schaeffer | |||
| Munich Munich (film) Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg... |
Louis | |||
| Comme James Dean | Robert Benchetrout | |||
| Avaler des couleuvres | Tom, the husband | |||
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (2006 film) Marie Antoinette is a 2006 biographical film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is very loosely based on the life of the Queen consort in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design... |
Man at Masked Ball | ||
| Quand j'étais chanteur Quand j'étais chanteur When I Was a Singer is a 2006 French musical romantic drama film starring Gérard Depardieu and Cécile de France. It was written and directed by Xavier Giannoli.-Cast:* Gérard Depardieu as Alain Moreau* Cécile De France as Marion... |
The Singer | Bruno | ||
| Les signes | Man | |||
| Fragments sur la grâce | A reader | |||
| Un lever de rideau | A Curtain Raiser | Pierre | ||
| Le Grand appartment | The Very Big Apartment | Martin | ||
| 2007 | Michou d'Auber | Jacques | ||
| La Question humaine Heartbeat Detector Heartbeat Detector is a 2007 French film directed by Nicolas Klotz and starring Mathieu Amalric.-Plot:The film centers on Kessler, a psychologist in the human resources department of the French branch of a long-established German firm. The firm has recently dismissed 50% of its workforce on... |
Heartbeat Detector | Simon | ||
| Actrices Actrices Actrices is a French film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a Prix Spécial du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section.-Synopsis:... |
Actresses | Denis | ||
| Le Scaphandre et le papillon The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The... |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Jean-Dominique Bauby Jean-Dominique Bauby Jean-Dominique Bauby was a well-known French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE.On 8 December 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless; he could only blink his left eyelid... |
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| L'histoire de Richard O. | The Story of Richard O | Richard O. | ||
| Un secret | A Secret | François Grimbert à 37 ans | ||
| 2008 | 57000 km entre nous | 57,000 Kilometers Between Us | Simon | |
| Un conte de Noël | A Christmas Tale | Henri, middle child | ||
| De la guerre De la guerre De La Guerre is a 2008 film directed by Bertrand Bonello and starring Mathieu Amalric. The cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Guillaume Depardieu, Asia Argento and Michel Piccoli... |
On War | Bertrand | ||
| Mesrine: L'ennemi public n°1' Public Enemy Number One Mesrine is a two-part 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet... |
Mesrine: Part II - Public Enemy #1 | François Besse | ||
| Quantum of Solace | Dominic Greene | |||
| 2009 | Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) | |||
| Visages | Face | L'homme du fourré | ||
| Les derniers jours du monde Les derniers jours du monde Happy End is a 2009 French apocalyptic film that depicts the story of a man, Robinson, who travels across France and Spain during the end of the world.-Cast:* Mathieu Amalric as Robinson* Catherine Frot as Ombeline* Sergi Lopez as Théo... |
Robinson | |||
| Les herbes folles | Wild Grass | Bernard de Bordeaux | ||
| 2010 | Les aventures fantastiques d'Adèle Blanc-Sec | Dieuleveult | ||
| On Tour On Tour (2010 film) On Tour is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Amalric himself as a producer who brings an American Neo-Burlesque troupe to France, played by genuine performers Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette... |
Joachim Zand | also director | ||
| The Rabbi's Cat The Rabbi's Cat The Rabbi's Cat is a 2011 French animated film directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, based on volume one, two and five of Sfar's comics series with the same title. It tells the story of a cat which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in... |
Le prince | voice contribution | ||
| Jeanne captive | The Preacher | |||
| 2011 | Poulet aux prunes Poulet aux prunes Chicken with Plums is a graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi. The original French language version was published in France in 2004, and the English version was translated and published by Pantheon Books in 2006.The book narrates the last eight days of the life of Nasser Ali Khan, a... |
Nasser-Ali | ||
As director
- Mange ta soupe (1997)
- Le Stade de Wimbledon (Wimbledon Stadium) (2001)
- La Chose publique (2003)
- On TourOn Tour (2010 film)On Tour is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Amalric himself as a producer who brings an American Neo-Burlesque troupe to France, played by genuine performers Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette...
(2010)