Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Matthias Julien Poupaud (born January 26, 1973 in Paris ) is a French actor , film director and screenwriter .
Life
Melvil Poupaud is the son of filmmaker Chantal Poupaud . His older brother is the musician Yarol Poupaud and his uncle is the director Jacques Richard .
One of his first major roles was that of the young lover Grégoire in the cinematic approach to Søren Kierkegaard's 1995 classic Diary of a Seducer. In 1996, Poupaud played the young Gaspard in Éric Rohmers melodrama Sommer , who was on a beach in Brittany between the three women Lena , Margot and Solène . In 1998 he was declared a European Shooting Star . In addition to acting, he devotes himself to realizing his own film projects such as music .
From 1990 to 1992 he was in a relationship with the actress Chiara Mastroianni . He was married to the author Georgina Tacou , with whom he has a daughter, for ten years .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: The Lover (L'amant)
- 1994: Bavardages en sida mineur (short film in the series 3000 scénarios contre un virus )
- 1995: Elisa (Élisa)
- 1995: Innocent Lies (Innocent Lies)
- 1996: Diary of the seducer (Le journal du séducteur)
- 1996: Summer (Conte d'été)
- 1996: Trois vies & une seule mort
- 1997: Genealogies of a crime (Généalogies d'un crime)
- 1999: Time found again (Le temps retrouvé)
- 2003: An affair in Paris (Le divorce)
- 2003: Confusions of feeling (Les sentiments)
- 2005: The time that remains (Le temps qui reste)
- 2007: Broken English
- 2008: Speed Racer
- 2008: The Broken
- 2009: 44 Inch Chest
- 2009: Lucky Luke
- 2009: Return to the sea (Le refuge)
- 2010: Black Heaven (L'autre monde)
- 2010: La Lisière - At the edge of the forest (La lisière)
- 2012: Laurence Anyways
- 2012: Lines of Wellington - Storm over Portugal (Lines of Wellington)
- 2014: Alice and the Sea (Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice)
- 2015: By the Sea
- 2015: Dangerous game (Le grand jeu)
- 2016: Victoria Men & Other Mishaps (Victoria)
- 2018: Praise be to God (Grâce à Dieu)
- 2019: Intrigue (J'accuse)
- 2020: Été 85
Awards
- 1990: César nomination for the best young actor
- 1994: César nomination for the best young actor
- 1998: Award of the European Film Promotion as a shooting star of the European film
- 2006: Prize of the Festival Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid for the best actor
Web links
- Melvil Poupaud in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Melvil Poupaud in the German synchronous file
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SURNAME | Poupaud, Melvil |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poupaud, Melvil Matthias Julien (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |