Benoît Magimel

Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel
	Magimel at the 2016 César Awards ceremony
Born	11 May 1974 (age 47); Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988 – present
Partner(s)	Juliette Binoche (m. 1998; div. 2003); Nikita Lespinasse (?–2015); Margot Pelletier (m. 2018)
Children	2

Benoît Magimel (French pronunciation: [bənwa maʒimɛl]; born 11 May 1974) is a French actor. A prolific actor who was 14 when he appeared in his first film, Magimel has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher.^[2]^[3]

Selected filmography[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Life Is a Long Quiet River	Momo Groseille
1995	A Single Girl	Rémi
1995	La Haine	Benoît
1996	Thieves	Jimmy Fontana	Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor
1998	Déjà mort	David
1999	Children of the Century	Alfred de Musset
2000	The Piano Teacher	Walter Klemmer	Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor
	The King Is Dancing	Louis XIV of France
	To Matthieu	Matthieu
2002	The Nest	Santino
2003	The Flower of Evil	François Vasseur
2004	Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse	Capitaine Reda
2004	The Bridesmaid	Philippe Tardieu
2005	Sky Fighters	Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli
2006	Charlie Says	Pierre
2007	A Girl Cut in Two	Paul André Claude Gaudens	Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor
	Intimate Enemies	Lieutenant Terrien
	Paris Lockdown
2008	The Possibility of an Island	Daniel
2008	Inju: The Beast in the Shadow	Alex Fayard
2010	Sans laisser de traces	Étienne Meunier
2010	Little White Lies	Vincent Ribaud
2011	Forces spéciales	Tic-Tac
2011	Headwinds
2012	My Way	Paul Lederman	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013	For a Woman	Michel
2014	The Connection	Le Fou
2015	Standing Tall	Yann	Cabourg Film Festival - Best Actor César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2016	Marseille	Lucas Barrès
2016	150 Milligrams	Antoine Le Bihan
2017	Money	Vincent
	Carbon	Antoine Roca
	Memoir of War	Pierre Rabier
2019	Nous finirons ensemble	Vincent
	Lola	Philippe	Golden Ibis Award for Best Actor
	An Easy Girl	Philippe
2020	Lovers	Léo
TBA	France		Post-production
TBA

References[]

^ "La Tête haute : qui est Margot Pelletier, la femme de Benoît Magimel ?" [Heads Up: Who is Margot Pelletier, Benoît Magimel's wife?]. VOICI. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Benoît Magimel and Isabelle Huppert: Best Actor and Actress at the 54th Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ "Benoît Magimel" (in French). Elle. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

External links[]

Benoît Magimel at IMDb

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[1] "La Tête haute : qui est Margot Pelletier, la femme de Benoît Magimel ?" [Heads Up: Who is Margot Pelletier, Benoît Magimel's wife?]. VOICI. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[2] "Benoît Magimel and Isabelle Huppert: Best Actor and Actress at the 54th Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 31 October 2018.

[elle-3] "Benoît Magimel" (in French). Elle. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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Benoît Magimel
Magimel at the 2016 César Awards ceremony
Born	11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) (age 47) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988 – present
Partner(s)	Juliette Binoche (m. 1998; div. 2003) Nikita Lespinasse (?–2015) Margot Pelletier (m. 2018) ^[1]
Children	2