Early life

Garrel is the son of director Philippe Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy. His grandfather, Maurice Garrel, and his godfather, Jean-Pierre Léaud, are also notable French actors. He is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris.

Career

Garrel was six when he first appeared onscreen, in the film Le baisers de secours. Twelve years later, he appeared in his second film, Ceci est mon corps.

In 2002, Garrel gained international recognition playing Eva Green's twin brother in The Dreamers. Director Bernardo Bertolucci found him on the first session of casting in Paris. Garrel has since starred in various French films, including Les Amants réguliers (2005), directed by his father Philippe Garrel. He was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his work in the film.

The youngest Garrel has been exploring his talents: he showcased his singing ability in the Christophe Honoré-directed film Les Chansons d'amour. In 2008, Garrel wrote and directed a short film, Mes copains (My buddies).

Personal life

Aside from his native French, Garrel speaks English and Italian.

Garrel was in a relationship with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi from 2007 to 2012. She is the elder sister of Carla Bruni, the former French First Lady. In 2009 Bruni Tedeschi and Garrel adopted a baby from Senegal, whom they named Céline.

Garrel dated French-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani from 2012 to 2014.

As of April 2015, Garrel is in a relationship with Laetitia Casta.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Les Baisers de secours	Lo
2001	Ceci est mon corps	Antoine
2002	The War in Paris (La Guerre à Paris)
2003	The Dreamers	Theo
2004	Ma mère	Pierre
2005	Regular Lovers	François Dervieux	César Award for Most Promising Actor Etoiles d'Or for Best Male Newcomer (La révélation masculine)
2006	Dans Paris	Jonathan
2006	A Curtain Raiser (Un lever de rideau)	Bruno	Short film
2007	Love Songs	Ismaël Bénoliel
2007	Actrices	Éric
2008	Choisir d'aimer	Pascal
2008	Frontier of the Dawn	François
2008	The Beautiful Person	Jacques Nemours
2009	Making Plans for Lena	Simon
2010	Le Mariage à trois	Théo
2010	Heartbeats	Guest in the final scene
2010	Diarchy		Short film written and directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
2011	The Beloved	Clément
2011	La Règle de trois	Louis	Short film (also as director and screenwriter)
2011	A Burning Hot Summer	Frédéric
2012	Les coquillettes	Louis Garrel
2013	A Castle in Italy	Nathan
2013	Jealousy	Louis
2014	Saint Laurent	Jacques de Bascher	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2015	L'Astragale	Jacky
2015	In the Shadow of Women	Narrator (voice)
2015	Mon roi	Solal	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2015	Two Friends	Abel	Also as director and screenwriter
2016	Planetarium	André Korben
2016	From the Land of the Moon	André Sauvage
2016	Les Échelles du Levant
2017	Redoubtable	Jean-Luc Godard
2017	Les Fantomes d'Ismaël

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Screenwriter
2008	Mes copains	Yes	Yes	Short film
2010	Petit Tailleur	Yes	Yes	Short film Nominated—César Award for Best Short Film
2011	La Règle de trois	Yes	Yes	Short film (also as actor)
2015	Two Friends	Yes	Yes	Also as actor Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Caméra d'Or Nominated—Lumières Award for Best First Film

Awards and nominations

César Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
2006	Most Promising Actor	Regular Lovers	Won
2011	Best Short Film	Petit Tailleur	Nominated
2015	Best Supporting Actor	Saint Laurent	Nominated
2016	Best Supporting Actor	Mon roi	Nominated

Étoiles d'Or

Year	Award	Film	Result
2006	Best Male Newcomer (La révélation masculine)	Regular Lovers	Won

Lumières Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
2016	Best First Film	Two Friends	Nominated

Prix Patrick Dewaere

Year	Film	Result
2009	N/A	Won

Prix Jean Vigo

Year	Film	Result
2012	La Règle de trois	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]