Melvil Poupaud
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Melvil Poupaud is a French
actor
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He was named after Herman Melville
by his screenwriter mother. At the age of ten, he launched into acting with a role in La Ville des Pirates (1983), directed by Raul Ruiz. At the age of 15, he was nominated for a César. He has a daughter, Anna-Lisa.
France
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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He was named after Herman Melville
Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd....
by his screenwriter mother. At the age of ten, he launched into acting with a role in La Ville des Pirates (1983), directed by Raul Ruiz. At the age of 15, he was nominated for a César. He has a daughter, Anna-Lisa.
Filmography
- Mysteries of LisbonMysteries of LisbonMysteries of Lisbon is a 2010 Portuguese drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. The film has won 7 awards and has been nominated twice.-Cast:*Adriano Luz as Father Dinis* Maria João Bastos as Ângela de Lima* Ricardo Pereira as Alberto de Magalhães...
(2011), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Ernest Lacroze - L'autre mondeL'autre mondeL'autre monde is a 2010 French film directed by Gilles Marchand and starring Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud and Pauline Etienne. It tells the story of young Gaspar, who is lured by a beautiful girl into an obsessive, deadly video game....
(2010), by Gilles Marchand, as Vincent - 44 Inch Chest44 Inch Chest44 Inch Chest is a 2009 British film starring Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Ian McShane. The script was written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto, who wrote another British gangster drama Sexy Beast, and produced by Richard Brown and Steve Golin...
(2009), by Malcolm VenvilleMalcolm VenvilleMalcolm Frank Venville is a British photographer and film director.Venville was the child of deaf parents. He was, in the words of his uncle, "caught in some no-man's land between the deaf world and the hearing world." Venville atteneded Solihull College and Polytechnic of Central London ,...
, as Loverboy - The RefugeThe Refuge (film)The Refuge or Hideaway is a 2009 French drama film directed by François Ozon. The film won the Special Prize of the Jury at the 2009 San Sebastián International Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Carré - Mousse* Louis-Ronan Choisy - Paul...
(2009), by François OzonFrançois OzonFrançois Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality....
, as Louis - Le crime est notre affaireLe crime est notre affaireLe crime est notre affaire is a 2008 French comedy mystery film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, André Dussollier and Claude Rich...
(2008), by Pascal ThomasPascal ThomasPascal Thomas is a French screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* La Dilettante * Mon petit doigt m'a dit... * L'heure zéro * Le crime est notre affaire -External links:...
, as Frédéric Charpentier - A Christmas TaleA Christmas TaleA Christmas Tale is a 2008 French comedy-drama film by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships which gathers at the...
(2008), by Arnaud DesplechinArnaud DesplechinArnaud Desplechin is a French film director.-Biography:Arnaud Desplechin is the son of Robert and Mado Desplechin, and grew up in the Nord department...
, as Ivan - Speed RacerSpeed Racer (film)Speed Racer is a 2008 American live action film adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida's 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name, produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The film is written and directed by the Wachowskis...
(2008), by Andy and Larry Wachowski, as Johnny 'Goodboy' Jones - The BrokenThe Broken (film)The Broken is a horror film written and directed by Sean Ellis and starring Lena Headey.- Plot :Gina McVey is a radiologist who is enjoying dinner one evening with her family and her boyfriend Stefan when a mirror shatters for no apparent reason...
(2008), by Sean Ellis, as Stefan Chambers - Un Homme Perdu (2007), by Danielle ArbidDanielle ArbidDanielle Arbid , born 26 April 1970 in Beirut, is a Lebanese film director. She left her country at the age of 17 to study literature in Paris. In 1997 she started making films. Interested in different narrative forms, her work alternates between fiction, first person documentaries and video...
, as Thomas - Broken EnglishBroken English (2007 film)-Plot:Nora Wilder , a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s disastrous blind dates to...
(2007), by Zoe R. Cassavetes, as Julien - Melvil (2006), by Melvil Poupaud, as Melvil
- Time to LeaveLe Temps qui resteTime to Leave is a French film directed by François Ozon, released in 2005. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
(2005), by François OzonFrançois OzonFrançois Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... - Ce film est projeté dans 1 salle(s), as Romain
- Pronobis (2003), by Melvil Poupaud, as Philippe / his twin
- Eros thérapie (2002), by Danièle Dubroux, as Bruno
- Les Sentiments (2002), by Noémie LvovskyNoémie LvovskyNoémie Lvovsky is a French film director, writer, and actress.She studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris, notably a contemporary of Arnaud Desplechin, with whom she often collaborates...
, as Jacques - Le DivorceLe DivorceLe Divorce is a 2003 Merchant Ivory Productions' film directed by James Ivory and the screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Ivory, based on Diane Johnson's bestselling novel.-Summary:...
(2002), by James IvoryJames Ivory (director)James Francis Ivory is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...
, as Charles-Henri de Persand - Shimkent hotelShimkent hôtelShimkent hôtel is a 2003 French fictional film directed and written by Charles de Meaux who co-wrote music score with Vladimir Karoev and Pierre Mikaïloff...
(2002), by Charles de Meaux, as Alex - Reines d'un jour (2001), by Marion Vernoux, as Ben
- La Chambre obscureLa Chambre obscureLa Chambre obscure is a 2000 French drama film directed and written by Marie-Christine Questerbert.-Cast:*Caroline Ducey as Aliénor*Melvil Poupaud as Bertrand*Mathieu Demy as Thomas*Sylvie Testud as Azalaïs...
(2000), by Marie-Christine Questerbert, as Bertrand - Combat d'amour en songe (2000), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Paul - La Racine du coeur (2000), by Paulo RochaPaulo RochaPaulo Rocha is a Portuguese film director. Among his best known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.-Bibliographic references: O Cais do...
, as Vicente Corvo - Le Temps retrouvéTime Regained (film)Time Regained is a 1999 French drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It is an adaptation of the final volume of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust...
(1998), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Le Prince de Foix - Les Kidnappeurs (1998), by Graham Guit, as Armand Carpentier
- Souvenir (1998), by Michael ShambergMichael ShambergMichael Shamberg is an American former Time-Life correspondent and current film producer.-Life and career:His credits include Erin Brockovich, A Fish Called Wanda, Garden State, Gattaca, Pulp Fiction and The Big Chill...
, as Charles - Le Ciel est à nous (1997), by Graham Guit, as Lenny
- Généalogies d'un crime (1996), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as René - A Summer's TaleConte d'étéA Summer's Tale is a 1996 French romance film directed by Éric Rohmer. It is the third film in his Contes des quatre saisons series, which includes Conte de printemps , Conte d'été, Conte d'automne , and Conte d'hiver...
(1995), by Éric RohmerÉric RohmerÉric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma....
, as Gaspard - Trois vies et une seule mort (1995), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Martin - Le Plus bel âge (1995), by Didier HaudepinDidier HaudepinDidier Haudepin is a French actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has appeared in 44 films and television shows since 1960. His film Those Were the Days was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Seven Days.....
, as Axel - Les Pêchés mortelsInnocent LiesInnocent Lies is a 1995 British-French thriller film directed by Patrick Dewolf and starring Stephen Dorff, Gabrielle Anwar, Adrian Dunbar and Joanna Lumley. It is a loose adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero. Keira Knightley had an early role in the film, playing the younger...
(1995), by Patrick Dewolf, as Louis Bernard - Le Journal du séducteur (1995), by Danièle Dubroux, as Grégoire Moreau
- Hillbilly Chainsaw Massacre (1995), by Laurent TuelLaurent TuelLaurent Tuel is a French film actor, director and writer. In 2007 he was nominated for César Awards for his Jean-Philippe film....
, as Ron - La Vie de MarianneLa Vie de MarianneLa Vie de Marianne is an unfinished novel by Pierre de Marivaux.The novel was written in sections, eleven of which appeared between 1731 and 1745...
(1994/TV), by Benoît JacquotBenoît JacquotBenoît Jacquot is a French film director who has had a varied career in European cinema.Born in Paris, he began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films including Nathalie Granger, India Song and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre.He turned to writing and...
, as Valville - Fado majeur et mineur (1994), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Antoine - Élisa (1994), by Jean Becker, as Le fils du pharmacien
- Boulevard Mac Donald (1994, short), by Melvil Poupaud
- A la belle étoile (1993), by Antoine Desrosières, as Mathieu
- Archipel (1993), by Pierre Granier-DeferrePierre Granier-DeferrePierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival....
, as Michel Rivière - Les Gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel (1992), by Laurence Ferreira BarbosaLaurence Ferreira BarbosaLaurence Ferreira Barbosa is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed eleven films since 1983.-External links:...
, as Germain - The LoverThe Lover (film)- Production :While adapting the Marguerite Duras novel into the film's screenplay, director Jean-Jacques Annaud and fellow writer Gérard Brach changed the age of "The Girl" from 15½ to 17, but tried to maintain the original structure and literary tone of the original novel. As with the Duras...
(1991), by Jean-Jacques AnnaudJean-Jacques AnnaudJean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...
, as the young brother - La Fille de 15 ans (1989), by Jacques DoillonJacques DoillonJacques Doillon is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women...
, as Thomas - Treasure Island (1985), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Jim HawkinsJim Hawkins (character)James "Jim" Hawkins is a fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. He is both the protagonist and narrator of the story.-Appearances:... - L'éveillé du Pont de l'Alma (1985), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Michel - La ville des pirates (1983), by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, as Malo
External links
- Melvil Poupaud at Bonus Tracks Records