François Cluzet (born 21 September 1955) is a French film and theatre actor. In 2007 Cluzet won a French César Award after starring as a doctor suspected of double homicide in thriller Tell No One (original title Ne le dis à personne ). Cluzet may be best known for his role as Philippe in the international hit film The Intouchables (2011).
Cluzet grew up in Paris, and made his stage debut in 1976. Three years later he made his premiere appearance on the big screen in Cocktail Molotov with Diane Kurys . A year later, Cluzet appeared in acclaimed family drama Cheval d'orgueil directed by Claude Chabrol . The two reunited in 1982 for Les Fantômes du chapelier . In 1983, Cluzet acted in L'Été meurtrier with Jean Becker . He was nominated for a César award for best supporting role of the year, in the same year he made a list for best new male for film Vive la sociale .
Cluzet has a gap and he then next collaborated with a number of major name French directors, all of whom had a predilection towards dramatic works: reuniting with Diane Kurys in 1983 for Coup de foudre , reuniting with Bertrand Tavernier (to co-star in jazz film Round Midnight in 1985), Tony Gatlif (Rue du départ , 1985), Claire Denis (Chocolat , 1987), Pierre Jolivet (Force majeure , 1988 and one new César nomination for best second male role), Bertrand Blier (Trop belle pour toi , 1989) and again Robert Enrico (La Révolution française ). Next, the actor worked with Claude Chabrol to play a husband tortured by jealousy in L'Enfer (1994) after having filmed with Chabrol in 1988 for Une affaire de femmes .
In 1994, Cluzet tried international cinema, acting in ensemble movie Prêt-à-Porter for director Robert Altman and romance French Kiss with Lawrence Kasdan . He returned to French cinema and comedy in 1995 with Les Apprentis (César nomination for best actor) and Enfants de salaud with Tonie Marshall , following a new Claude Chabrol : Rien ne va plus in 1997. Cluzet has often portrayed a role of the tormented writer: Fin août, début septembre with Olivier Assayas , L'Examen de minuit (1998), and Je suis un assassin (2004). He played the double of John Lennon in Janis et John (2003) and an animator of tele-shopping in France Boutique (2004). In 2005, he played in Le Domaine perdu with Raoul Ruiz. The film portrayed the 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
2006 was a big year for Cluzet with his Quatre étoiles role of an over-the-hill F1 champion, touching and naive, paralysed with love for Isabelle Carré. But his starring role as a doctor suspected of double homicide in thriller Tell No One was seen by a wider international audience. For this role he received the 2007 César for best actor.
Cluzet's biggest international hit to date is Intouchable (known in most English-speaking territories as The Intouchables ). Based on a true story, the film chronicles the friendship between a wealthy quadraplegic (Cluzet) and a young carer who has been recently released from jail. In March 2012 The Intouchables became the highest-grossing non-English language film yet released (not accounting for inflation).
Cluzet has a son, Paul (son of the late actress Marie Trintignant ), as well as three other children: Blanche, Joseph, and Marguerite.
1992: Belgicae by Anita Van Belle, directed by Pierre Pradinas, at the Festival d'Avignon 1984 : Nominated for César Award for Most Promising Actor for Vive la sociale 1984 : Nominated for César Award for Best Supporting Actor for One Deadly Summer 1984 : Prix Jean Gabin 1990 : Nominated for César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Force majeure 1996 : Nominated for César Award for Best Actor for Les Apprentis 2003 : Nominated for César Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Adversary 2007 : Nominated for César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Quatre étoiles 2007 : César Award for Best Actor for Tell No One 2007 : Nominated for Lumières Award for Best Actor for Tell No One 2007 : Étoile d'or du premier rôle masculin for Tell No One 2007 : Globes de Cristal Award for Tell No One 2010 : Nominated for César Award for Best Actor for One for the Road 2010 : Nominated for César Award for Best Actor for In the Beginning 2010 : Nominated for Lumières Award for Best Actor for In the Beginning 2010 : Étoile d’Or for In the Beginning 2012 : Nominated for César Award for Best Actor for The Intouchables 2017 : Nominated for César Award for Best Actor for Irreplaceable Actor
2023
Un métier sérieux (post-production)
2022
Mascarade as
Simon Laurenti
2022
Kitchen Brigade as
Lorenzo Cardi
2021
Ibrahim Maalouf - What a Wonderful World (Music Video) as
Man in the museum
2021
The Man in the Basement as
Jacques Fonzic
2020
Rose Island as
Jean Baptiste Toma'
2019
Ibrahim Maalouf - Happy Face (Music Video)
2019
Little White Lies 2 as
Max
2018
The Red Collar as
Lantier
2018
Naked Normandy as
Georges Balbuzard
2017
Through the Mill (TV Movie) as
Pierre Baud
2017
L'école buissonnière as
Totoche
2016
The Other Me as
Marcel de Chaff
2016
The Eavesdropper as
Duval
2016
Irreplaceable as
Jean-Pierre Werner
2015
One Wild Moment as
Antoine
2014
A Chance Encounter as
Pierre
2013
Turning Tide as
Yann Kermadec
2011
The Intouchables as
Philippe
2011
A Monster in Paris as
Le préfet Maynott (voice)
2011
The Art of Love as
Achille
2011
My Father Is a Cleaning Lady as
Michel
2010
Little White Lies as
Max Cantara
2009
One for the Road as
Hervé Chabalier
2009
In the Beginning as
Philippe Miller / Paul
2009
Cadeau de rupture (Short) as
Lucas
2008
Les liens du sang as
Gabriel
2008
Paris as
Philippe Verneuil
2007
La vérité ou presque as
Marc
2007
Ma place au soleil as
Paul
2006
La forteresse assiégée (TV Movie documentary) as
Napoléon III
2006
Tell No One as
Alexandre Beck
2005
Venus and Apollo (TV Series) as
Stéphane Chapuis
- Soin ultime (2005) - Stéphane Chapuis
2005
La cloche a sonné as
Jean
2005
The Lost Domain as
Antoine
2004
The Hook as
Ben Castelano
2003
France Boutique as
Olivier Mestral
2003
Janis et John as
Walter Kingkate
2003
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? as
Gibson
2003
Quand je vois le soleil as
Pierre
2002
La famille Guérin (TV Series) as
Julien Guérin
- Il faut prendre soin d'autrui (2002) - Julien Guérin
- I faut rendre service sans rien attendre en retour (2002) - Julien Guérin
- Il faut s'appliquer dans la vie (2002) - Julien Guérin
- Il faut respecter les choix des enfants (2002) - Julien Guérin
- Il faut avoir de la volonté pour réussir dans la vie (2002) - Julien Guérin
- Il faut assumer ses actes quand on fait une bêtise (2002) - Julien Guérin
2002
Un mois à nous (TV Movie) as
Vincent
2001
L'Algérie des chimères (TV Mini Series) as
Avec la participation de - Père Enfaintin
- Le médecin de l'Émir (2001) - Avec la participation de - Père Enfaintin
2001
La cape et l'épée (TV Series) as
Le ménestrel
- La mise à mort (2001) - Le ménestrel
2000
Les enfants du printemps (TV Mini Series) as
François
1998
Le goût des fraises (TV Movie) as
Serge
1998
L'examen de minuit as
Antoine
1998
Dolce far niente as
Stendhal
1998
Late August, Early September as
Adrien
1998
La voie est libre as
Jules
1997
The Swindle as
Maurice Biagini
1997
Le déménagement as
Claude
1996
Dialogue au sommet (Short) as
Moser
1996
L'huile sur le feu (TV Movie) as
Collard
1995
Sweet home (TV Short)
1995
The Apprentices as
Antoine
1995
The Horseman on the Roof as
The Doctor
1995
3000 scénarios contre un virus (TV Series) - L'appel d'un ami (1995)
1994
Ready to Wear as
Nina's Assistant
1994
A Wind from Wyoming as
Chester Celine
1993
L'instinct de l'ange as
Ernest Devrines
1993
Lucas (TV Movie) as
Lucas adulte
1992
Sexes faibles! as
Sébastien Sébastian
1992
Olivier, Olivier as
Serge
1989
Too Beautiful for You as
Pascal Chevassu
1989
The French Revolution as
Camille Desmoulins
1989
Uncontrollable Circumstances as
Daniel
1988
Sueurs froides (TV Series) as
Alain
- À la mémoire d'un ange (1988) - Alain
1988
Jaune revolver as
Jean-Claude Wielzky
1987
Association of Wrongdoers as
Thierry
1986
Rue du Départ as
Paul Triana
1986
'Round Midnight as
Francis Borler
1986
États d'âme as
Pierre Massot
1985
Elsa, Elsa as
Ferdinant (adult)
1985
Les enragés as
Marc, dit 'Teuf-Teuf'
1984
Manipulations (TV Movie) as
Julien
1980
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) as
Jo
- La mèche en bataille (1984)
- Chère Olga (1980) - Jo
1984
Le bout du lac (TV Movie) as
Julien
1984
Black Sequence (TV Series) as
Robert Nolan
- Aveugle, que veux-tu? (1984) - Robert Nolan
1983
Vive la sociale! as
Maurice Decques
1983
Pablo est mort (TV Movie) as
Léonard
1983
One Deadly Summer as
Mickey
1983
Entre Nous as
Un militaire
1983
Un manteau de chinchilla (TV Movie) as
Gérard
1983
Julien Fontanes, magistrat (TV Series) as
Bob Mourèze
- Perpète (1983) - Bob Mourèze
1982
Une histoire de trains (Short)
1982
The Hatter's Ghost as
Jeantet
1982
Paris Saint-Lazare (TV Mini Series) as
Pierre Dabadie
- Samedi (1982) - Pierre Dabadie
- Vendredi (1982) - Pierre Dabadie
- Jeudi (1982) - Pierre Dabadie
- Mercredi (1982) - Pierre Dabadie
- Mardi (1982) - Pierre Dabadie
- Lundi (1982) - Pierre Dabadie
1981
Le gros oiseau (TV Movie) as
Victor Lamberge
1981
Le boulanger de Suresnes (TV Movie) as
Richard Roux
1980
Le cheval d'orgueil as
Pierre-Alain, le père
1980
Cocktail Molotov as
Bruno
1979
Un enfant sans histoire (Short)
1979
Le journal (TV Mini Series) as
Hubert
- Episode #1.6 (1979) - Hubert
- Episode #1.5 (1979) - Hubert
- Episode #1.4 (1979) - Hubert
- Episode #1.3 (1979) - Hubert
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Hubert
- Episode #1.1 (1979) - Hubert
1979
Histoires de voyous (TV Series) - L'élégant (1979)
1977
Au théâtre ce soir (TV Series) as
Jim Jonas
- Madame Jonas dans la baleine (1977) - Jim Jonas
Soundtrack
2006
Tell No One (performer: "Anniversaire Morbide')
Thanks
2005
Fais de beaux rêves (Short) (special thanks)
Self
2023
The Film-Make-Her, the Lisa Azuelos Story (Documentary) as
Self
2023
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là (Documentary) as
Self
2006
La boîte à questions (TV Series short) as
Self
2022
Quelle époque ! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.6 (2022) - Self
2022
L'invité (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 October 2022 (2022) - Self
- Episode dated 5 June 2022 (2022) - Self
2019
Quotidien (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 October 2022 (2022) - Self
- Episode dated 30 April 2019 (2019) - Self
2017
Tchi tcha (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 September 2022 (2022) - Self
- Episode dated 10 October 2017 (2017) - Self
2022
Télématin (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 September 2022 (2022) - Self
2007
Vivement dimanche (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Main Guest
- Episode dated 11 September 2022 (2022) - Self
- François Cluzet 2 (2013) - Self - Main Guest
- Omar Sy (2012) - Self
- Episode dated 10 October 2010 (2010) - Self
- François Cluzet 1 (2010) - Self - Main Guest
- Sylvie Vartan 4 (2009) - Self
- Bénabar (2007) - Self
2011
C à vous (TV Series) as
Self
2005
En aparté (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 March 2022 (2022) - Self
- Episode dated 21 May 2005 (2005) - Self
1993
Taratata (TV Series) as
Self
- Taratata & Co (2022) - Self
- Episode #2.5 (1993) - Self
1994
La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - President / ...
- 47e cérémonie des César (2022) - Self - Presenter
- 42ème nuit des Césars (2017) - Self - Presenter
- 39ème nuit des Césars (2014) - Self - President
- 36ème nuit des Césars (2011) - Self - Presenter
- 35ème nuit des Césars (2010) - Self - Nominee
- 32ème nuit des Césars (2007) - Self - Winner
- 28ème nuit des Césars (2003) - Self - Nominee
- 19ème nuit des Césars (1994) - Self
2021
La fête de la liberté (TV Special) as
Self
2021
Passage des arts (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 17 October 2021 (2021) - Self
2020
Hollywood Insider (TV Series) as
Self
- Six Famous Co-Stars Who Are Real-Life Famous Best Friends: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet & More (2021) - Self
- Hollywood Remakes of Foreign Films: Which Famous Movies Were Inspired by International Hits? (2020) - Self
2019
Clique dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- François Cluzet, Edgar Morin (2019) - Self
2008
Vivement dimanche prochain (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Main Guest
- Episode dated 5 May 2019 (2019) - Self
- Episode dated 18 March 2018 (2018) - Self
- Episode dated 13 March 2016 (2016) - Self
- Episode dated 28 June 2015 (2015) - Self
- Episode dated 13 April 2014 (2014) - Self
- Episode dated 27 October 2013 (2013) - Self - Main Guest
- Omar Sy (2012) - Self
- Episode dated 23 October 2011 (2011) - Self
- Episode dated 7 March 2010 (2010) - Self - Main Guest
- Episode dated 3 February 2008 (2008) - Self
2012
Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 April 2019 (2019) - Self
- Episode dated 20 March 2016 (2016) - Self
- Episode dated 20 April 2014 (2014) - Self
- Episode dated 3 November 2013 (2013) - Self
- Episode dated 23 September 2012 (2012) - Self
2019
Chabrol, l'anticonformiste (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
Evening Urgant (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Alexander Rosenbaum/François Cluzet (2018) - Self - Guest
2018
L'oeil de Chabrol (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2015
Thé ou café (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 17 March 2018 (2018) - Self
- Episode dated 13 June 2015 (2015) - Self
2009
20 heures le journal (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 March 2018 (2018) - Self
- Episode dated 13 March 2016 (2016) - Self
- Episode dated 20 June 2015 (2015) - Self
- Episode dated 10 April 2011 (2011) - Self
- Episode dated 22 September 2009 (2009) - Self
1999
Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 1 October 2017 (2017) - Self
- Episode dated 1 October 2011 (2011) - Self
- Episode dated 25 September 2010 (2010) - Self
- Episode dated 12 September 2009 (2009) - Self
- Episode dated 10 December 1999 (1999) - Self
2017
On n'est pas couché (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 September 2017 (2017) - Self
2017
Hep Taxi ! (TV Series) as
Self
- François Cluzet (2017) - Self
2005
Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) as
Self
2016
Salut les Terriens (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 7 January 2017 (2017) - Self
- Episode dated 19 March 2016 (2016) - Self
2017
Entrée Libre (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 January 2017 (2017) - Self
2014
Días de cine (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 May 2016 (2016) - Self
- Episode dated 9 January 2014 (2014) - Self
2014
La grande librairie (TV Series) as
Self
- Spéciale Les 20 livres qui ont changé votre vie (2014) - Self
2014
Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.227 (2014) - Self
2014
D-Day: Normandy 1944 (Documentary short) as
Narrator (French Version)
2012
Cinema 3 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 9 January 2014 (2014) - Self
- Episode dated 8 March 2012 (2012) - Self
2011
59 Festival de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de clausura (TV Special) as
Self
2011
Illegal Love (Documentary)(voice)
2010
Cinémas (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 October 2010 (2010) - Self
- Episode dated 16 October 2010 (2010) - Self
- Episode dated 12 March 2010 (2010) - Self
2010
Ce soir (ou jamais!) (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 March 2010 (2010) - Self
2007
Auto moto (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #33.44 (2007) - Self
2006
Jour de fête (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 March 2007 (2007) - Self
- Episode dated 11 April 2006 (2006) - Self
2006
T'empêches tout le monde de dormir (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 February 2007 (2007) - Self
- Episode dated 31 October 2006 (2006) - Self
2006
93 Faubourg Saint-Honoré (TV Series) as
Self
- Dîner 'Guillaume Canet' (2006) - Self
2006
L'hebdo cinéma (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 October 2006 (2006) - Self
2006
La méthode Cauet (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 May 2006 (2006) - Self
2006
Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 29 April 2006 (2006) - Self
2002
On a tout essayé (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 April 2006 (2006) - Self
- Episode dated 3 April 2002 (2002) - Self
2006
Les 100 plus grands... (TV Series) as
Self
- Perles des jeux télé 2006 (2006) - Self
2003
Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Culture en danger? (2003) - Self
2003
Qui veut gagner des millions? (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 May 2003 (2003) - Self
2003
La case de l'oncle Doc (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Claude Chabrol, l'artisan (2003) - Self
2000
Combien ça coûte? (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 February 2000 (2000) - Self
1999
Union libre (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.8 (1999) - Self
1999
100 films par 100 personnalités (TV Series) as
Self
- Les cousins (1999) - Self
1997
Nulle part ailleurs (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 9 January 1998 (1998) - Self
- Episode dated 23 June 1997 (1997) - Self
1995
Studio Gabriel (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 April 1996 (1996) - Self
- Episode dated 19 December 1995 (1995) - Self
1996
Surprise sur prise (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 January 1996 (1996) - Self
1994
Frou-Frou (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 March 1994 (1994) - Self
1993
Coucou c'est nous! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 February 1994 (1994) - Self
- Episode dated 26 January 1993 (1993) - Self
1993
Le cercle de minuit (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 January 1993 (1993) - Self
1991
Les nuls, l'émission (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.34 (1991) - Self
1989
La révolution française: Journal du film (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1986
Champs-Elysées (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 8 April 1989 (1989) - Self
- Episode dated 30 May 1987 (1987) - Self
- Episode dated 31 May 1986 (1986) - Self
1989
Ciel mon mardi! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 March 1989 (1989) - Self
1989
Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 March 1989 (1989) - Self
1987
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 May 1987 (1987) - Self
- Episode dated 10 February 1987 (1987) - Self
1986
Mardi cinéma (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 September 1986 (1986) - Self
- Episode dated 27 May 1986 (1986) - Self
1980
Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 17 February 1980 (1980) - Self
Archive Footage
2022
Marie Trintignant: Tes rêves brisés (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2020
2004-2010 s Leonidom Parfyonovym (TV Series documentary) - 2004 (2020)
2018
Les Chroniques du Mea (TV Series) as
Self
- Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques (2008) (2018) - Self
2018
Ouvrez les guillemets (TV Series) as
Self
- Le cinéma français est-il de droite? (2018) - Self
2016
Le grand show (TV Series) as
Self
- Le Grand Show fête le Cinéma (2016) - Self
2008
Génération duo (TV Movie) as
Self