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Mathieu Amalric

Acting

Born October 25, 1965 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Biography

Mathieu Amalric (born October 25, 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. 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. He has also won several César Awards and the Lumières Award.

Awards & recognition

  • Cannes Best Director Award · 2010
  • César AwardBest Actor · 2008
  • César AwardBest Actor · 2005
  • César AwardBest Male Revelation · 1997
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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  • European Film Award – People's Choice AwardBest European Film · 2019 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Actor · 2014 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Original Screenplay · 2011 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Film · 2011 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Director · 2011 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Actor · 2008 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Actor · 2005 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2005 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Male Revelation · 1997 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Bureau

2015as Jean-Jacques, dit « JJA »

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014as Serge X.

Sound of Metal

2019as Richard Berger

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007as Jean-Dominique Bauby

Mars Express

2023as Chris Royjacker (voice)

Wolf Hall

2015as Eustace Chapuys

Au Revoir Les Enfants

1987Assistant Director Trainee

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

2017as Self

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

2008as François Besse

Venus in Fur

2013as Thomas

Munich

2005as Louis

The French Dispatch

2021as The Commissaire

At Eternity's Gate

2018as Dr. Paul Gachet

The Rabbi's Cat

2011as Prince (voice)

Chicken with Plums

2011as Nasser-Ali Khan

Sink or Swim

2018as Bertrand

A Christmas Tale

2008as Henri

The Son of Joseph

2016as Oscar Pormenor

My Golden Days

2015as Paul Dédalus

Marie Antoinette

2006as Man at Masked Ball

Oxygen

2021as M.I.L.O

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

2012as M. Henri

The Phoenician Scheme

2025as Marseille Bob

A Secret

2007as François Grimbert at 37 years old

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

1996as Paul Dédalus

Hold Me Tight

2021Director, Screenplay

John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

2018as Narrator (voice)

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

2010as Dieuleveult

Quantum of Solace

2008as Dominic Greene

Tomorrow and Thereafter

2017as Le père

Camille Rewinds

2012as Le prof de français sadique

The Moustache

2005as Serge Schaeffer

The Blue Room

2014as Julien Gahyde

Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian

2013as Georges Devereux

Wild Grass

2009as Bernard de Bordeaux

Barbara

2017as Yves Zand

Bird People

2014as Le narrateur (voice)

Late August, Early September

1998as Gabriel

A Private Life

2025as Simon Cohen-Solal

Lines of Wellington

2012as Barão Marbot

Cosmopolis

2012as André Petrescu

Daguerrotype

2016as Vincent

The Forbidden Room

2015as Thadeusz M___ / Ostler

Love Is the Perfect Crime

2013as Marc

Ismael's Ghosts

2017as Ismaël Vuillard

The Dune

2013as Moreau

Special Delivery

2002as Stéphane

Mother Schmuckers

2021as Le père

Families

2015as Jérôme Varenne

A Tramway in Jerusalem

2018