Benoît Magimel (French pronunciation: [bənwa maʒimɛl]; born 11 May 1974) is a French actor. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher as well as in 2022 for his role in Peaceful.[2][3] He also starred in Claude Chabrol's La Demoiselle d'honneur.
Benoît Magimel | |
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Born | 11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) (age 48) Paris, France |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1988 – present |
Partner(s) | Nikita Lespinasse (?–2015) Margot Pelletier (m. 2018) |
Children | 2 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Life Is a Long Quiet River | Momo Groseille | |
1995 | A Single Girl | Rémi | |
La Haine | Benoît | ||
1996 | Thieves | Jimmy Fontana | Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor |
1998 | Déjà mort | David | |
1999 | Children of the Century | Alfred de Musset | |
2000 | The Piano Teacher | Walter Klemmer | Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor |
The King Is Dancing | Louis XIV of France | ||
To Matthieu | Matthieu | ||
2002 | The Nest | Santino | |
2003 | The Flower of Evil | François Vasseur | |
2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Capitaine Reda | |
The Bridesmaid | Philippe Tardieu | ||
2005 | Sky Fighters | Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli | |
2006 | Charlie Says | Pierre | |
2007 | A Girl Cut in Two | Paul André Claude Gaudens | Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor |
Intimate Enemies | Lieutenant Terrien | ||
Paris Lockdown | |||
2008 | The Possibility of an Island | Daniel | |
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Alex Fayard | ||
2010 | Sans laisser de traces | Étienne Meunier | |
Little White Lies | Vincent Ribaud | ||
2011 | Forces spéciales | Tic-Tac | |
Headwinds | |||
2012 | My Way | Paul Lederman | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
2013 | For a Woman | Michel | |
2014 | The Connection | Le Fou | |
2015 | Standing Tall | Yann | Cabourg Film Festival - Best Actor César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
2016 | Marseille | Lucas Barrès | |
150 Milligrams | Antoine Le Bihan | ||
2017 | Money | Vincent | |
Carbon | Antoine Roca | ||
Memoir of War | Pierre Rabier | ||
2019 | Nous finirons ensemble | Vincent | |
Lola | Philippe | Golden Ibis Award for Best Actor | |
An Easy Girl | Philippe | ||
2020 | Lovers | Léo | |
2021 | Peaceful | Benjamin | César Award for Best Actor Lumières Award for Best Actor |
2022 | Pacifiction [de] (Tourment sur les îles) | De Roller | |
Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) | |||
TBA | Incroyable mais vrai | ||
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