Age: 50
Birthplace: Paris, France
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Benoît Magimel (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.
For a number of years, he lived with French actress Juliette Binoche, with whom he co-starred in 1999's Children of the Century and later had a daughter, Hana, born in 1999. The relationship ended in 2003.
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | ||
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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 |
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2016 | Marseille | Le Fou |