Benoît Magimel

Benoît Magimel (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.

For a number of years, he lived with French actress Juliette Binoche, with whom he co-starred in 1999's Children of the Century and later had a daughter, Hana, born in 1999. The relationship ended in 2003.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
1988	Life Is a Long Quiet River	Momo Groseille	Étienne Chatiliez
1995	A Single Girl	Rémi	Benoît Jacquot
	La Haine	Benoît	Mathieu Kassovitz
1996	Thieves	Jimmy Fontana	André Téchiné
1998	Déjà mort	David	Olivier Dahan
1999	Children of the Century	Alfred de Musset	Diane Kurys
2000	The Piano Teacher	Walter Klemmer	Michael Haneke
	Le Roi danse	Louis XIV of France	Gérard Corbiau
	To Matthieu	Matthieu	Xavier Beauvois
2002	The Nest	Santino	Florent-Emilio Siri
2003	The Flower of Evil	François Vasseur	Claude Chabrol
2004	Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse	Capitaine Reda	Olivier Dahan
	The Bridesmaid	Philippe Tardieu	Claude Chabrol
2005	Sky Fighters	Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli	Gérard Pirès
2006	Charlie Says	Pierre	Nicole Garcia
2007	A Girl Cut in Two	Paul André Claude Gaudens	Claude Chabrol
	Intimate Enemies	Lieutenant Terrien	Florent Emilio Siri
2008	The Possibility of an Island	Daniel	Michel Houellebecq
	Inju: The Beast in the Shadow	Alex Fayard	Barbet Schroeder
2010	Sans laisser de traces	Étienne Meunier	Grégoire Vigneron
	Little White Lies	Vincent Ribaud	Guillaume Canet
2011	Forces spéciales	Tic-Tac	Stéphane Rybojad
2012	My Way	Paul Lederman	Florent Emilio Siri
2013	Pour une femme	Michel	Diane Kurys
2014	La French	Le Fou	Cédric Jimenez
2015	La Tête haute	Yann	Emmanuelle Bercot

External links

• Benoît Magimel at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial Fan Site