Christophe Malavoy
Christophe Jean Benoît Malavoy (born March 21, 1952 in Reutlingen , Federal Republic of Germany ) is a French actor , director , writer and screenwriter .
Live and act
Malavoy began acting in the early 1970s and established himself as a stage performer in 1974 when he appeared at the Théâtre National Populaire . The following year he made his film debut with a tiny role, another year later (1976) Malavoy made his first appearance in a television production. Since his participation in Michel Deville's bulky work " Without Data Protection ", he has appeared regularly in movies. He celebrated his greatest successes “mainly in the roles of sensitive aestheticians and beautiful people.” Malavoy also worked with Deville several times in the period that followed. Particularly successful was both cooperation in danger in arrears . There Christophe Malavoy played a young music teacher who entered into a relationship with the wife of his client and was soon drawn into an ambivalent network of relationships by a melancholy killer ( Richard Bohringer ).
Malavoy got other rewarding roles in the crime film La Balance and in the Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Cry of the Owl . There she embodied an introverted draftsman who has to defend himself against the consuming love of a beautiful but lonely young woman ( Mathilda May ). Again and again later Malavoy was allowed to “play soft, spiritualized and reserved types who seem to express the internalized Weltschmerz with every movement of their facial muscles.” Since the late 1990s, he has mainly appeared in an abundance of television productions, including several series , With.
In the course of the 1990s, Malavoy resumed his theater work, which he had neglected since 1977, along with his intensive film and television work. He has also occasionally directed films since 1997.
As a writer
Malavoy also published a number of books (stories, essays, novels) between 1993 and 2011:
- 1993: D'étoiles et d'exils
- 1996: Parmi tant d'autres
- 1997: J'étais enfant pendant la guerre de 14-18
- 1999: La Brûlure du jour
- 2001: À hauteur d'homme
- 2011: Céline: même pas mort!
Awards
For his performance shown in the film Family Rock , Christophe Malavoy received the French César film award in 1983 in the category of best youngsters. Two years later he was awarded the Patrick Dewaere Prize , originally the Prix Jean-Gabin. In 1987 he received two more César nominations for his performances in The Woman of My Life and the following year for his performances in Brennender Sommer .
Christophe Malavoy is also active as a UNICEF ambassador for his home country .
Filmography
as an actor in movies, unless otherwise stated
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 230.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 230.
Web links
- Official website
- Christophe Malavoy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Christophe Malavoy in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malavoy, Christophe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malavoy, Christophe Jean Benoît |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, director, writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reutlingen , Federal Republic of Germany |