Mathieu Amalric Wiki Biography
Mathieu Amalric (born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and film director. Amalric is perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum of Solace, his performance in Steven Spielberg’s Munich and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim. He also has won the Étoile d’or and the Lumière Award.
| Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 25, 1965 |
| Place Of Birth | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Height | 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Writer |
| Spouse | Jeanne Balibar |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023854 |
| Trademark | |
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| 1 | Big brown eyes |
| Quote | |
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| 1 | My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don’t know why. |
| 2 | The body is something absolutely miraculous. It’s amazing, the five senses. |
| 3 | Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did ‘Kings and Queen’, had this curious idea to think that I could be an actor, but I had never acted before, and I was supposed to direct my own film! |
| 4 | If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it’s silly. |
| 5 | I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don’t need to act to feel myself alive. |
| 6 | I’m always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived there and done the same job for years. |
| 7 | If you love movies, then you love America. |
| 8 | I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director’s assistant, an editor. |
| 9 | Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill. |
| 10 | Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I’d be acting in movies. |
| 11 | Acting is about animality. It’s great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write. |
| 12 | There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of deepness. |
| 13 | Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the promotion of a movie – that’s where you really need to be a good actor. You need to make journalists believe that what you’re saying is just for them and you’ve never said it before, even when you’re talking about the same film over and over again. |
| 14 | Spending two days in a hotel doing interviews is not my goal. No, I could be with my kids. I could be making love. That’s real life. Surprising my girlfriend, going to Lisbon for two days, you know, that’s life. But I couldn’t resist it. My two boys, who are 8 and 10 – I can’t tell them one day that I refused to be the villain in a Bond movie. |
| 15 | I don’t want to be a star! |
| Fact | |
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| 1 | Has two sons, Antoine (b. 1997) and Pierre (b. 1999). |
| 2 | Mathieu’s mother is from a Polish Jewish family, and was born in the Polish village where director Roman Polanski had lived with his family before World War II. Mathieu’s father is of French background. |
| 3 | Born to Jacques Almaric, who has worked as an editorial journalist for the French newspapers Le Monde and Libération, and his wife Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde. |
| 4 | Teaches at La Femis (French National Film School). |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Les fantômes d’Ismaël | 2017 | post-production | Ismael Vuillard |
| Demain et tous les autres jours | 2016 | post-production | |
| Belle Dormant | 2016 | Gérard Illinski | |
| Le secret de la chambre noire | 2016 | ||
| À jamais | 2016 | Jacques Rey | |
| La loi de la jungle | 2016 | Galgaric | |
| Le cancre | 2016 | Boris | |
| Seances | 2016 | ||
| The Son of Joseph | 2016 | Oscar Pormenor | |
| Spectrographies | 2015 | Le cinéaste | |
| La vie très privée de Monsieur Sim | 2015 | Samuel | |
| Belles familles | 2015 | Jérôme Varenne | |
| Chant d’hiver | 2015 | Bâtisseur | |
| D’ombres et d’ailes | 2015 | Short voice | |
| Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | 2015 | Paul Dédalus (adulte) | |
| Wolf Hall | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Eustace Chapuys |
| The Forbidden Room | 2015 | Thadeusz M___ / Ostler | |
| Les jours venus | 2014 | Participant scène de l’enterrement | |
| H-Man | 2014 | TV Series short | Jérôme / Capitaine Crise |
| Bird People | 2014 | Le narrateur (voice) | |
| La chambre bleue | 2014 | Julien Gahyde | |
| Arrête ou je continue | 2014 | Pierre | |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | 2014 | Serge X. | |
| Petit matin | 2013 | Short | Patrick |
| La dune | 2013 | Moreau | |
| L’amour est un crime parfait | 2013 | Marc | |
| La Vénus | 2013 | Thomas | |
| Jimmy P. | 2013 | Georges Devereux | |
| Les anonymes | 2013 | TV Movie | Roger Marion |
| As Linhas de Torres Vedras | 2012 | TV Mini-Series | General Barbon Marbot |
| Linhas de Wellington | 2012 | Barão Marbot | |
| Les gouffres | 2012 | Georges | |
| Camille redouble | 2012 | Le prof de français sadique | |
| Cosmopolis | 2012 | André Petrescu | |
| Vous n’avez encore rien vu | 2012 | Mathieu Amalric / M. Henri | |
| Le reste du monde | 2012 | TV Movie | Paul |
| Platane | 2011 | TV Series | Mathieu Amalric |
| Poulet aux prunes | 2011 | Nasser-Ali Khan | |
| A Film by Thomas De Brabanter | 2011 | Short | Jim |
| Le chat du rabbin | 2011 | Le prince (voice) | |
| Jeanne captive | 2011 | Le prédicateur | |
| La chanson du dimanche | 2011 | TV Series | Danny Monaco |
| Tournée | 2010 | Joachim Zand | |
| Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec | 2010 | Dieuleveult | |
| Les derniers jours du monde | 2009 | Robinson | |
| Park Benches | 2009 | Le père au landau | |
| Visage | 2009 | Man in bushes | |
| Les herbes folles | 2009 | Bernard de Bordeaux | |
| Quantum of Solace | 2008 | Video Game | Dominic Greene (voice) |
| Quantum of Solace | 2008 | Dominic Greene | |
| Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 | 2008 | François Besse | |
| Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct | 2008 | François Besse | |
| De la guerre | 2008 | Bertrand | |
| A Christmas Tale | 2008 | Henri Vuillard – Abel and Junon’s middle child | |
| 57000 km entre nous | 2008 | Simon | |
| A Secret | 2007 | François Grimbert | |
| L’histoire de Richard O. | 2007 | Richard O. | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | 2007 | Jean-Do | |
| Actrices | 2007 | Denis | |
| Michou d’Auber | 2007 | Jacques | |
| La question humaine | 2007 | Simon | |
| Le grand appartement | 2006 | Martin | |
| Fragments sur la grâce | 2006 | Un lecteur | |
| Quand j’étais chanteur | 2006 | Bruno | |
| Un lever de rideau | 2006 | Short | Pierre |
| Marie Antoinette | 2006 | Man at Masked Ball | |
| Les signes | 2006 | Short | L’homme |
| Munich | 2005 | Louis | |
| Avaler des couleuvres | 2005 | Short | Tom, le mari |
| Comme James Dean | 2005 | Short | Robert Benchetrout |
| J’ai vu tuer Ben Barka | 2005 | Philippe Bernier | |
| Les mâtines | 2005 | Short | Serge |
| La moustache | 2005 | Serge Schaeffer | |
| Cuadrilátero | 2004 | Short | C |
| Au large de Bad Ragaz | 2004 | Alex | |
| Le pont des Arts | 2004 | Un spectateur du Nô | |
| Kings & Queen | 2004 | Ismaël Vuillard | |
| Les parallèles | 2004 | Short | Simon |
| A Sight for Sore Eyes | 2003 | Le professeur d’arts plastiques | |
| Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres | 2003 | Gérald | |
| Un homme, un vrai | 2003 | Boris | |
| C’est le bouquet! | 2002 | Stéphane | |
| Lulu | 2002 | L’avocat | |
| Les naufragés de la D17 | 2002 | René, l’astrophysicien | |
| Lundi matin | 2002 | Voice | |
| Amour d’enfance | 2001 | Paul | |
| Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance | 2001 | TV Movie | Luigi Scarofolo |
| La brèche de Roland | 2000 | Roland | |
| L’affaire Marcorelle | 2000 | Fourcade | |
| La fausse suivante | 2000 | Lélio | |
| Farewell, Home Sweet Home | 1999 | A drinker at bar | |
| Trois ponts sur la rivière | 1999 | Arthur Echéant | |
| L’interview | 1998 | Short | Julien |
| Alice et Martin | 1998 | Benjamin Sauvagnac | |
| Late August, Early September | 1998 | Gabriel | |
| Dieu seul me voit | 1998 | Atchoum | |
| On a très peu d’amis | 1998 | Ivan | |
| Généalogies d’un crime | 1997 | Yves | |
| My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument | 1996 | Paul Dedalus | |
| Le journal du séducteur | 1996 | Sebastien | |
| Tom est tout seul | 1995 | Un copain de Tom (uncredited) | |
| Les yeux au plafond | 1993 | Short | |
| Lettre pour L… | 1993 | ||
| La chasse aux papillons | 1992 | ||
| La sentinelle | 1992 | ||
| Vert quoi vers où | 1991 | Short | |
| Favourites of the Moon | 1984 | Julien |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| La chambre bleue | 2014 | ||
| Hopper Stories | 2012 | Short | |
| Next to Last (Autumn 63) | 2012 | Short | |
| L’illusion comique | 2010 | TV Movie | |
| Joann Sfar (dessins) | 2010 | Documentary short | |
| Tournée | 2010 | ||
| Laissez-les grandir ici! | 2007 | Documentary short | |
| A l’instar du père Noël et de la pizza | 2007 | Short | |
| Deux cages sans oiseaux | 2007 | Short | |
| 14,58 euro | 2004 | Short | |
| La chose publique | 2003 | TV Movie | |
| Malus | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| Le stade de Wimbledon | 2001 | ||
| Mange ta soupe | 1997 | ||
| Les yeux au plafond | 1993 | Short | |
| Sans rires | 1990 | Short |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| La chambre bleue | 2014 | screenplay | |
| Hopper Stories | 2012 | Short writer | |
| Next to Last (Autumn 63) | 2012 | Short writer | |
| Tournée | 2010 | ||
| La chose publique | 2003 | TV Movie | |
| Malus | 2003 | Video documentary short | |
| Le stade de Wimbledon | 2001 | written by | |
| Mange ta soupe | 1997 | ||
| Les yeux au plafond | 1993 | Short writer |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom est tout seul | 1995 | assistant director | |
| Lettre pour L… | 1993 | assistant director | |
| Le journal de Lady M | 1993 | assistant director | |
| The Absence | 1992 | assistant director | |
| Border Line | 1992 | second assistant director | |
| Au Revoir Les Enfants | 1987 | trainee assistant director |
Cinematographer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joann Sfar (dessins) | 2010 | Documentary short |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| La richesse du loup | 2012 | co-producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilo Ilo | 2013 | thanks | |
| A Film by Thomas De Brabanter | 2011 | Short thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivement dimanche | 2008 | TV Series | Himself (Interview) |
| Quantum of Solace: Royal World Premiere Special | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Xposé | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Film ’72 | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bond on Location | 2008 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The South Bank Show | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Les amants cinéma | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lonsdale l’insondable | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Extérieur jour | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Being Jewish in France | 2007 | Documentary | Narration |
| Munich: The International Cast | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
| Jusqu’au 23 juillet | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| L’hebdo cinéma | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| T’as un rôle | 2005 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Histoire(s) d’Elle | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | |
| L’héroïque cinématographe | 2003 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Léaud l’unique | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Cinématon n° 1938 | 1998 | Short | Himself |
| Le cercle du cinéma | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Nulle part ailleurs | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rencontres de cinéma | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Duels | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Cinéast(e)s | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| L’Aventure Rosetta: Aux origines de la vie | 2015 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Hitchcock/Truffaut | 2015 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| La nuit des Césars | 1997-2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself – César du meilleur acteur / Himself – César du meilleur espoir masculin |
| Illustre et inconnu | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Edgar Morin, chronique d’un regard | 2014 | Documentary | Narration (voice) |
| Le grand journal de Canal+ | 2008-2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Il est minuit, Paris s’éveille | 2012 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2010-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Citizens of Cosmopolis | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Il était une fois… | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Biette | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Días de cine | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Joann Sfar (dessins) | 2010 | Documentary short | |
| Ce soir (ou jamais!) | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinémas | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| TV Festival Du Cannes 2010 | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Calder, sculpteur de l’air | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Récitant / Narrator (voice) |
| Marc Forster – Der Weg zu 007 | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Bond Girl Diaries | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2015 | GFCA Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2014 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2014 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2014 | Best Director | Mar del Plata Film Festival | La chambre bleue (2014) | |
| 2014 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2011 | Jury Prize | RiverRun International Film Festival | Best Actor | Tournée (2010) |
| 2010 | FIPRESCI Prize | Cannes Film Festival | Competition | Tournée (2010) |
| 2010 | Best Director | Cannes Film Festival | Tournée (2010) | |
| 2009 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro) | La question humaine (2007) |
| 2008 | César | César Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2008 | Lumiere Award | Lumiere Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur comédien) | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2008 | Étoile d’Or | Étoiles d’Or, France | Best Actor (Premier rôle masculin) | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2007 | Golden Swan | Copenhagen International Film Festival | Best Actor | La question humaine (2007) |
| 2007 | Best Actor | Gijón International Film Festival | La question humaine (2007) | |
| 2005 | César | César Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) | Rois et reine (2004) |
| 2005 | Lumiere Award | Lumiere Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur comédien) | Rois et reine (2004) |
| 2005 | Étoile d’Or | Étoiles d’Or, France | Best Actor (Premier rôle masculin) | Rois et reine (2004) |
| 1997 | César | César Awards, France | Most Promising Actor (Meilleur jeune espoir masculin) | Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle) (1996) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | César | César Awards, France | Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation) | La chambre bleue (2014) |
| 2015 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2015 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2014 | Un Certain Regard Award | Cannes Film Festival | La chambre bleue (2014) | |
| 2014 | César | César Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) | La Vénus à la fourrure (2013) |
| 2014 | EuroCinema Hawai’i Award | Hawaii International Film Festival | Best Film | La chambre bleue (2014) |
| 2014 | Best Film | Mar del Plata Film Festival | International Competition | La chambre bleue (2014) |
| 2014 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Acting | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2014 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2014 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) |
| 2013 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Actor – International Competition | Poulet aux prunes (2011) |
| 2012 | Gopos Award | Gopo Awards, Romania | Best European Film | Tournée (2010) |
| 2011 | César | César Awards, France | Best Film (Meilleur film) | Tournée (2010) |
| 2011 | César | César Awards, France | Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original) | Tournée (2010) |
| 2011 | César | César Awards, France | Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) | Tournée (2010) |
| 2011 | Globe de Cristal | Globes de Cristal Awards, France | Best Film (Meilleur film) | Tournée (2010) |
| 2010 | Palme d’Or | Cannes Film Festival | Tournée (2010) | |
| 2009 | Globe de Cristal | Globes de Cristal Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) | L’ennemi public n°1 (2008) |
| 2009 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Un conte de Noël (2008) |
| 2008 | Globe de Cristal | Globes de Cristal Awards, France | Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2007 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Actor | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2007 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics’ Poll | Best Lead Performance | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2007 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Actor | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) |
| 2006 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Rois et reine (2004) |
| 2005 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Performance | Rois et reine (2004) |
| 2002 | Best Film | Mar del Plata Film Festival | International Competition | Le stade de Wimbledon (2001) |
| 1997 | Prix Michel Simon | Acteurs à l’Écran | Best Actor | Le journal du séducteur (1996) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Munich (2005) |
| 2005 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Munich (2005) |