Early life and career

Guillaume Canet was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on 10 April 1973 to a family of horse breeders. Canet intended to become a show jumper and performed with the junior French National Equestrian Team. However, after a fall from his horse at age 18 he turned to acting and enrolled in the Cours Florent drama school. In 1994, he appeared in the Théâtre Hébertot production of La Ville dont le prince est un enfant with Christophe Malavoy. After working in various television shows and commercials, Canet made his film debut in the short film "Fils unique".

In 1997, he appeared in the thriller film Barracuda for which he won a prix d'interprétation (best actor award) at the Festival Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1999. The same year he was nominated for a César Award for his role as Vincent Mazet in the comedy film En plein cœur. He then traveled abroad to film Danny Boyle's The Beach. After completing The Beach, Canet starred opposite Sophie Marceau in La fidélité and in Jerry Schatzberg's The Day the Ponies Come Back.

In 2002, Canet starred with Gérard Depardieu in the science fiction film Vidocq. He also directed and wrote his first feature film the same year, Mon Idole, which also starred his wife Diane Kruger. In 2003, he appeared opposite Marion Cotillard in Yann Samuell's Love Me If You Dare which became a sleeper hit. Canet next appeared in the international production Joyeux Noël which tells the story of the World War I Christmas cease fire. The film—which also featured Kruger—was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Canet released his second feature film in 2006, Tell No One, an adaptation of Harlan Coben's novel of the same name. Tell No One was the ninth top grossing French film of 2006 and went on to win four César awards, including a César Award for Best Director for Canet.

His film Blood Ties was selected to be screened Out of Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Personal life

In 1999, he started a relationship with German-born model and actress Diane Kruger. They were married on 1 September 2001. In January 2006, Canet and Kruger filed for divorce. Kruger later said that the marriage was not successful because their careers had kept them occupied in different parts of the world. After his divorce, he started dating Carla Bruni and then Élodie Navarre.

Canet has been romantically involved with actress Marion Cotillard since October 2007; the two had known each other since 1997, and had starred together in the 2003 film Love Me If You Dare. They later appeared together in the 2009 film The Last Flight. The couple has attracted considerable attention from the French media, but for a long time they did not discuss their relationship and did not appear together on a red carpet event until the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. The couple has a son together, Marcel, born on 19 May 2011. They've never gotten married.

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In July 2012, photographer Jean-Claude Elfassi accused Canet of violence during an altercation as Canet and Cotillard arrived home from the hospital maternity ward with their new baby in May 2011. According to the photographer, Canet left his house with an iron bar and threatened him before police stepped in. Elfassi’s son filmed the actor with his cell phone and while Canet made sure the footage was erased from the web, photos were published in French magazine Entrevue. Elfassi and his son attempted to sue the actor for “violence” and “theft” and their case was not only dismissed, but Elfassi faces charges for “false accusation” and could spend nine months in jail.

Filmography

As actor

• 1995 : Fils unique, directed by Philippe Landoulsi (short-film)
• 1997 : Barracuda, directed by Philippe Haïm, prix d'interprétation au Festival de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
• 1998 : Sentimental Education, directed by C. S. Leigh
• 1998 : Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train, directed by Patrice Chéreau
• 1998 : En plein cœur, directed by Pierre Jolivet, adapted from the novel by Georges Simenon, En cas de malheur
• 1999 : Trait d'union, directed by Bruno García (short-film)
• 1999 : Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père, directed by Rémi Waterhouse
• 2000 : J'peux pas dormir..., directed by Guillaume Canet (short-film)
• 2000 : The Beach (La Plage), directed by Danny Boyle
• 2000 : Fidelity (La Fidélité), directed by Andrzej Żuławski
• 2000 : The Day the Ponies Come Back, directed by Jerry Schatzberg
• 2001 : Les Morsures de l'aube (fr), directed by Antoine de Caunes
• 2001 : Vidocq, directed by Pitof
• 2002 : Le Frère du guerrier, directed by Pierre Jolivet
• 2002 : Mille millièmes, directed by Rémi Waterhouse
• 2002 : Mon Idole, directed by Guillaume Canet
• 2003 : Love me if you dare (Jeux d'enfants), directed by Yann Samuell
• 2003 : Les Clefs de bagnole, directed by Laurent Baffie (only a cameo, as himself)
• 2004 : Narco, directed by Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche
• 2005 : Joyeux Noël, directed by Christian Carion
• 2005 : Hell (L'Enfer), directed by Danis Tanovic
• 2005 : Un ticket pour l'espace, directed by Éric Lartigau
• 2006 : Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne), directed by Guillaume Canet
• 2006 : Cars (French voice of Flash McQueen)
• 2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout, directed by Claude Berri
• 2007 : Darling, directed by Christine Carrière
• 2007 : La clef, directed by Guillaume Nicloux
• 2008 : Les Liens du sang, directed by Jacques Maillot
• 2008 : Voyage d'affaires, directed by Sean Ellis
• 2009 : Espion(s), directed by Nicolas Saada
• 2009 : L'affaire Farewell, directed by Christian Carion
• 2009 : The Last Flight, directed by Karim Dridi
• 2010 : Last Night, directed by Massy Tadjedin
• 2011 : Une vie meilleure, directed by Cédric Kahn
• 2011 : La nouvelle guerre des boutons, L'instituteur
• 2012 : The Players, Thibault
• 2013 : Jappeloup as Pierre Durand, Jr.
• 2013 : Turning Tide as Frank Drevil
• 2014 : In the Name of My Daughter as Maurice Agnelet
• 2014 : La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur as Franck
• 2015 : Minions as Herb Overkill

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1996	Sans Regrets	Short Film
1998	Je taim	Short Film Writer
2000	Scénarios sur la drogue	TV Short Film
	J'peux pas dormir	Short Film Writer
2002	Mon Idole	Producer/Writer Nominated - César Award for Best Debut
2006	Tell No One	French Title: Ne le dis à personne Writer César Award for Best Director Nominated - César Award for Best Film Nominated - César Award for Best Writing-Adaptation
2010	Little White Lies	also Writer
2013	Blood Ties	also Writer

Frequent casting

Actor	Mon Idole (2002)	Tell No One (2006)	Little White Lies (2010)	Blood Ties (2013)
François Cluzet		Y	Y
Marion Cotillard			Y	Y
Gilles Lellouche	Y	Y	Y
François Berléand	Y	Y
Anne Marivin	Y	Y	Y
Guillaume Canet	Y	Y	Y	Y*

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