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Mathieu Amalric

French actor and filmmaker (born 1965)

Summary

French actor and filmmaker (born 1965)

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name	Mathieu Amalric
image	Mathieu Amalric UCR.jpg
caption	Amalric in 2017
birth_date
birth_place	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
occupation
yearsactive	1984–present
children	3

Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He has won several César Awards and the Lumière Awards.

He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's Munich, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch, and for his lead performance in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim.

Early life

Amalric was born on 25 October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He is the son of Jacques Amalric, a French native who worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération, and Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde, who was born in Poland to Jewish parents and moved to France at the outbreak of World War II.

Selected films

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.

In 2007, he starred in the critically acclaimed movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, portraying Jean-Dominique Bauby, a journalist who learned to communicate through partner-assisted scanning after a stroke left him suffering from locked-in syndrome. Amalric's performance was universally acclaimed, and he won the Cesar Award for Best Actor.

He was selected to play the James Bond villain Dominic Greene alongside Daniel Craig (with whom he had previously starred in Munich) in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace.

His 2010 film, On Tour, premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and won Amalric the Best Director Award.

The 2014 film The Blue Room, which he directed and starred in, was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Personal life

Amalric has three sons, two with French actress and singer Jeanne Balibar, and one with theater director and writer Stéphanie Cléau. From 2019 - 2024 he was in a relationship with Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan.

He supports the Girondins de Bordeaux football club.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Favorites of the Moon	Julien
1991	Vert quoi vers où		Short
1992	The Sentinel	A medical student
La Chasse aux papillons
1993	Les Yeux au plafond		Short; also director and screenwriter
1994	Lettre pour L...		Also assistant director
1995	Tom est tout seul	Un copain de Tom	Uncredited; also assistant director
1996	Le Journal du séducteur	Sebastien	Nominated—Acteurs à l'Écran for Best Actor
My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument	Paul Dedalus	César Award for Most Promising Actor
1997	Genealogies of a Crime	Yves
1998	L'Interview	Julien	Short
On a très peu d'amis	Ivan
Dieu seul me voit (Versailles-Chantiers)	Atchoum
Late August, Early September	Gabriel
Alice and Martin	Benjamin Sauvagnac
1999	Trois ponts sur la rivière	Arthur Echéant
Farewell, Home Sweet Home	Drinker at bar
2000	False Servant	Lélio
La Bréche de Roland	Roland
L'Affaire Marcorelle	Fourcade
2001	Boyhood Loves	Paul
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance	Luigi Scarofolo	Telefilm
2002	Lundi matin	Nicolas	Voice
Les Naufragés de la D17	René
Lulu	The advocate
C'est le bouquet!	Stéphane
2003	A Man, a Real One	Boris
Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres	Gérald
Inquiétudes	Art teacher
2004	Cuadrilátero	C	Short
Les Parallèles	Simon	Short
Kings and Queen	Ismaël Vuillard	César Award for Best Actor
Lumière Award for Best Actor
Le Pont des Arts	Un spectateur du Nô
Au large de Bad Ragaz	Alex
2005	I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed	Philippe Bernier
Les Matines	Serge	Short
The Moustache	Serge Schaeffer
Munich	Louis	Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place)
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place)
Comme James Dean	Robert Benchetrout	Short
Avaler des couleuvres	Tom	Short
2006	Marie Antoinette	Man at Masked Ball
When I Was a Singer	Bruno
Les Signes	Man	Short
Fragments sur la grâce	A reader
Un lever de rideau	Pierre	Short
Le Grand Appartement	Martin
2007	Michou d'Auber	Jacques
Heartbeat Detector	Simon	Copenhagen International Film Festival - Best Actor
Gijón International Film Festival - Best Actor
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
Actrices	Denis
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Jean-Dominique Bauby	César Award for Best Actor
Étoiles d'Or for Best Best Actor
Lumière Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
L'Histoire de Richard O.	Richard O.
A Secret	François Grimbert à 37 ans
2008	57000 km entre nous	Simon
A Christmas Tale	Henri
On War	Bertrand
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One	François Besse	Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
Quantum of Solace	Dominic Greene
2009	Park Benches	The father in pram
Face	Man in bushes
Happy End	Robinson
Wild Grass	Bernard de Bordeaux
2010	The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec	Dieuleveult
On Tour	Joachim Zand	Also director and screenwriter
RiverRun International Film Festival - Best Actor
The Rabbi's Cat	Le prince	Voice
The Silence of Joan	The Preacher
La Chanson du dimanche	Danny Monaco	TV series
2011	Chicken with Plums	Nasser-Ali
2012	You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!	Himself
Cosmopolis	André Petrescu
Camille Rewinds	French teacher
Le Reste du monde	Paul	Telefilm
Les Gouffres	Georges
Lines of Wellington	Barão Marbot
2013	Venus in Fur	Thomas	Nominated—César Award for Best Actor
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian	George Devereux
Love Is the Perfect Crime	Marc
Les Anonymes	Roger Marion	Telefilm
The Dune	Moreau
Petit matin	Patrick	Short
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Serge X	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
If You Don't, I Will	Pierre
The Blue Room	Julien Gahyde	Also director and screenwriter
Bird People	The narrator	Voice
Les Jours venus	Participant scène de l'enterrement
2015	Wolf Hall	Eustace Chapuys	TV miniseries
The Forbidden Room	Thadeusz M____ / Ostler
My Golden Days	Paul (adult)
Families	Jérôme Varenne
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim	Samuel
Winter Song	Bâtisseur
D'ombres et d'ailes		Short; voice
Spectrographies	The filmmaker
Hitchcock/Truffaut	Narrator
2016	Le Cancre	Boris
Spiritismes
Le Fils de Joseph	Oscar Pormenor
La Loi de la jungle	Galgaric
Daguerrotype	Vincent
Never Ever	Rey
Demain et tous les autres jours	Le père
2017	Espèces menacées
Barbara	Yves Zand	Also director and screenwriter
Ismael's Ghosts	Ismaël Vuillard
2018	Sink or Swim	Bertrand
At Eternity's Gate	Dr. Paul Gachet
2018–2020	The Bureau	JJA	TV series
2019	Sound of Metal	Richard Berger
2019	An Officer and a Spy	Alphonse Bertillon	title=An Officer and a Spy	url=https://www.crew-united.com/en/An-Officer-and-a-Spy__258476.html	website=Crew United	access-date=23 June 2023	language=en}}
2021	The French Dispatch	The Commissaire
Mother Schmuckers	The father
Oxygen	M.I.L.O.
Tralala	Tralala/Pat Rivière
2023	A Prince (Un prince)	Narrator
A Difficult Year (Une année difficile)	Henri
Mars Express	Chris Royjacker	Voice
2024	Serpent's Path	Laval
2025	The Phoenician Scheme	Marseille Bob
Vie privée
Nino	Man at public baths

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Screenwriter
1985	Marre de café	Short
1986	La Seule différence c'est que les cafés sont plus chers	Short
1987	Au revoir les enfants	Third assistant director
1990	La Passion Van Gogh	Assistant director and assistant editor
1990	Sans rires	Short
1992	Border Line	Second assistant director
1992	The Absence	Assistant director
1993	Les Yeux au plafond	Short
1993	8 bis	Short
1993	The Diary of Lady M	Assistant director
1993	Lettre pour L...	Assistant director
1994	Bête de scène	Short; assistant director
1995	Tom est tout seul	Assistant director
1997	Mange ta soupe
2001	The Wimbledon Stadium
2003	La Chose publique	Telefilm
2003	Malus	Documentary short
2004	14,58 euros	Short
2007	Deux cages sans oiseaux	Short
2007	À l'instar du Père Noël et de la pizza	Short
2007	Laissez-les grandir ici	Documentary short
2010	On Tour	Cannes Film Festival - Best Director
Cannes Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize
Nominated—César Award for Best Director
Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film
Nominated—Gopo Award for Best European Film
Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Director
2010	Joann Sfar (dessins)	Documentary short; also cinematographer
2010	The Screen Illusion	Telefilm
2012	Next to Last (automne 63)	Short
2012	La Richesse du loup	Co-producer
2014	La Magie de Noël	Short
2014	The Blue Room	Mar del Plata Film Festival - Best Director
Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard
Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation
2015	C'est presque au bout du monde	Short
2017	Barbara	Prix Louis-Delluc 2017
2021	Hold Me Tight

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Ebert, Roger. (December 20, 2007). "An indomitable will to communicate".
"César Awards 2008 : ''The Diving Bell and The Butterfly'', nominations and wins". lescesarsducinema.com.
Hammond, Wally. (May 14, 2008). "Mathieu Amalric on 'Heartbeat Detector'". [[Time Out (magazine).
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"2014 Official Selection". Cannes.
"Mathieu Amalric : Biographie et actualités".
(11 October 2019). "The Unsingable Music That Stumped a Diva". The New York Times.
(31 May 2019). "Soprano Barbara Hannigan: 'I like the alchemy of the rehearsal room'". Financial Times.
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