Mathieu Amalric
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Described by one critic as an "Antoine Doinel for the '90s" who also evokes François Truffaut's feral Wild Child, Mathieu Amalric established himself as one of France's top young actors by playing intellectually-attuned young men dealing with fateful decisions regarding life and love. Although he began appearing in films in the 1980s, Amalric became a more prominent cinematic presence in the 1990s, beginning with the comedy La Chasse aux Papillons (1992) and a small part in Arnaud Desplechin's Kafkaesque drama La Sentinelle (1992). One of a new generation of gifted French directors, Desplechin's My Sex Life. . .or How I Got into an Argument (1996) brought Amalric international renown, as well as the Most Promising Young Actor César, for his incisive performance as an irresolute academic who cannot settle his love life or his career. Talkative and book-smart, yet unwise, Amalric's Paul Dedalus personified inner paralysis amidst a complex range of characters that suggested with humor and canny emotion the roads he could possibly take. Continuing his collaborations with France's most esteemed filmmakers, Amalric worked with André Téchiné in Alice et Martin (1998) and played a writer facing a personal crossroads in Olivier Assayas' voluble, intimate character study Late August, Early September (1998). An experienced assistant director and editor as well as actor, Amalric made his own directorial debut with the low budget slice of life Mange Ta Soupe (1997). ~ Lucia Bozzola, RoviRelated Videos:
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Mathieu Amalric
| Mathieu Amalric | |
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 Amalric at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | 25 October 1965 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Actor, Film director |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse | Jeanne Balibar (divorced) 2 sons |
| Partner | 1 son |
Mathieu Amalric (born 25 October 1965)[1] is a French actor and film director, perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum Of Solace 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.
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Life and career
Amalric was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde, and Jacques Amalric, who has worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération. Mathieu Amalric's mother was born in Poland to Jewish parents, and moved to France before World War II; she originates from the same village as director Roman Polanski's family.[2][3] Amalric first gained fame in the film Ma Vie Sexuelle (My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument), for which he won a César Award.
Amalric was selected to play the James Bond villain Dominic Greene, and stars alongside Daniel Craig (alongside whom he had previously starred in Munich) in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace.[4]
He has three sons, two with his ex-wife Jeanne Balibar, and one with his girlfriend, a writer, with whom he currently lives in Belleville, Paris.
His latest film, On Tour, premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and won Amalric the Best Director Award.[5]
Awards
- 1997:
- César Award for Most Promising Actor — My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle))
- 2005:
- César Award for Best Actor — Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
- Lumiere Award for Best Actor — Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
- Runner-up for Best Supporting Actor — National Society of Film Critics Awards — Munich
- 2008:
- Étoiles d’Or Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- César Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- 2010:
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Film | Alternate title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Les Favoris de la lune | Favourites of the Moon | Julien | |
| 1991 | Vert quoi vers où | |||
| 1992 | La Sentinelle | The Sentinelle | ||
| La chasse aux papillons | Chasing Butterflies | |||
| 1993 | Les yeux au plafond | |||
| 1994 | Lettre pour L... | Letter for L | ||
| 1995 | Tom est tout seul | uncredited | ||
| 1996 | Le Journal du séducteur | Diary of a Seducer | Sebastien | |
| Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle) | Paul Dedalus | |||
| 1997 | Généalogies d'un crime | Genealogies of a Crime | Yves | |
| 1998 | L'interview | Julien | ||
| On a très peu d'amis | Ivan | |||
| Dieu seul me voit | Only God Sees Me | Atchoum | ||
| Fin août, début septembre | Late August, Early September | Gabriel | ||
| Alice et Martin | Alice and Martin | Benjamin Sauvagnac | ||
| 1999 | Trois ponts sur la rivière | Arthur Echéant | ||
| Adieu, plancher des vaches! | Farewell, Tera Firma! | Drinker at bar | ||
| 2000 | La Fausse suivante | False Servant | Lélio | |
| La Bréche de Roland | Roland's Pass | Roland | ||
| L'Affaire Marcorelle | The Marcorelle Affair | Fourcade | ||
| 2001 | Amour d'enfance | Boyhood Loves | Paul | |
| 2002 | Lundi matin | Monday Morning | voice contribution | |
| Les naufragés de la D17 | Shipwrecked on Route D 17 | René, the astrophysician | ||
| Lulu | The advocate | |||
| C'est le bouquet! | Special Delivery | |||
| 2003 | Un homme, un vrai | A Man, a Real One | Boris | |
| Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres | My Children Are Different | Gérald | ||
| Inquiétudes | A Sight for Sore Eyes | Art teacher | ||
| 2004 | Cuadrilátero | |||
| Les parallèles | Simon | |||
| Rois et reine | Kings and Queens | Ismaël Vuillard | ||
| Le pont des Arts | Un spectateur du Nô | |||
| Au large de Bad Ragaz | Alex | |||
| 2005 | J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka | I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | Philippe Bernier | |
| Les mâtines | Serge | |||
| La Moustache | Serge Schaeffer | |||
| Munich | Louis | |||
| Comme James Dean | Robert Benchetrout | |||
| Avaler des couleuvres | Tom, the husband | |||
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | Man at Masked Ball | ||
| Quand j'étais chanteur | The Singer | Bruno | ||
| Les signes | Man | |||
| Fragments sur la grâce | A reader | |||
| Un lever de rideau | A Curtain Raiser | Pierre | ||
| Le Grand appartment | The Very Big Apartment | Martin | ||
| 2007 | Michou d'Auber | Jacques | ||
| La Question humaine | Heartbeat Detector | Simon | ||
| Actrices | Actresses | Denis | ||
| Le Scaphandre et le papillon | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Jean-Dominique Bauby | ||
| L'histoire de Richard O. | The Story of Richard O | Richard O. | ||
| Un secret | A Secret | François Grimbert à 37 ans | ||
| 2008 | 57000 km entre nous | 57,000 Kilometers Between Us | Simon | |
| Un conte de Noël | A Christmas Tale | Henri, middle child | ||
| De la guerre | On War | Bertrand | ||
| Mesrine: L'ennemi public n°1' | Mesrine: Part II - Public Enemy #1 | François Besse | ||
| Quantum of Solace | Dominic Greene | |||
| 2009 | Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) | |||
| Visages | Face | L'homme du fourré | ||
| Les derniers jours du monde | Robinson | |||
| Les herbes folles | Wild Grass | Bernard de Bordeaux | ||
| 2010 | Les aventures fantastiques d'Adèle Blanc-Sec | Dieuleveult | ||
| On Tour | Joachim Zand | also director | ||
| The Rabbi's Cat | Le prince | voice contribution | ||
| Jeanne captive | The Preacher | |||
| 2011 | Poulet aux prunes | Nasser-Ali | ||
| 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! | Himself | ||
| Cosmopolis | André Petrescu | |||
| Camille redouble |
As director
- Mange ta soupe (1997)
- Le Stade de Wimbledon (Wimbledon Stadium) (2001)
- La Chose publique (2003)
- On Tour (2010)
References
- ^ "Amalric, Mathieu". Current Biography Yearbook 2011. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2011. pp. 15-18. ISBN 9780824211219.
- ^ Day, Elizabeth (2008-05-11). "The intellectual villain". Guardian. http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2279291,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Friedman, Roger (2007-11-16). "Jerry Maguire (aka Tom Cruise) in Hitler Murder Attempt". FOXNews.com. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311929,00.html. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ Hammond, Wally (2008-05-14). "Mathieu Amalric on 'Heartbeat Detector'". TimeOut. http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/4801/mathieu-amalric-on-heartbeat-detector.html. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Hollywood Reporter: Cannes Lineup". hollywoodreporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3i3d82e5b089623802884efcd38a037f67?pn=2. Retrieved 2010-04-15.[dead link]
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La Chose Publique
(2003 Comedy Film)
A Little Bit Under the Weather
(2005 Film)
Le Stade de Wimbledon
(2002 Drama Film)
The Story of Richard O.
(2007 Drama Film)
Anne Consigny
(Actor, Drama)
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