Laurent Lafitte

Lafitte hosted the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 and 2025 Cannes Film Festival. From 2012 to 2024 he was a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française.

Laurent Lafitte studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Cours Florent and Saint-Jean de Passy. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is film production. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the National Order of Merit and César Award for Best Actor.

• Name — Laurent Lafitte • Birth Name — Laurent Fabien Fernand Lafitte • Born — 22 August 1973 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Actor • Education — Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique • Years Active — 1992–present

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1992 — Premiers baisers — The man — Jacques Samyn — TV series (1 episode) • 1993 — Seconde B — Patrick — Christophe Gregeois • Classe mannequin — Juan — Several — TV series (35 episodes) • 1998 — Avocats & associés — The lawyer — Philippe Triboit — TV series (1 episode) • 1999 — Bonne Nuit — Jan Lucas — TV movie • Coronation Street — Sacha — Adrian Bean — TV series (2 episodes) • 2002 — Caméra Café — Nicolas Carton — Francis Duquet — TV series (1 episode) • 2003 — Julie Lescaut — Valérie's husband — Bernard Uzan • 2004 — Joe Pollox et les mauvais esprits — Julien — Jérôme Foulon — TV movie • 2005 — Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux — Manu — Olivier Guignard — TV series (1 episode) • 2008 — Voici venir l'orage... — Andrei Kovner — Nina Companeez — TV mini-series • Section de recherches — Paul Mathieu — Gérard Marx — TV series (1 episode) • 2012 — Birdsong — René Azaire — Philip Martin — TV mini-series • 2013 — Le débarquement — Various — Renaud Le Van Kim — TV series (1 episode) • 2023 — Class Act — Bernard Tapie — Tristan Séguéla — TV mini-series • 2025 — Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight — Julius Caesar (voice) — Alain Chabat — Animated mini-series

• Year — Title — Author — Director • 1994 — The Miser — Molière — Jacqueline Bœuf • Jeffrey — Paul Rudnick — Raymond Acquaviva • 1995 — Croque-monsieur — Marcel Mithois — Raymond Acquaviva • 1999 — Much Ado About Nothing — William Shakespeare — Ben Duke • Damn Yankees — Richard Adler & Jerry Ross — Gerry Tubbet • 2000 — Davina's Landed — Ben Duke — Ben Duke • 2001 — Célibataires — Rodolphe Sand & David Talbot — Rodolphe Sand • 2003 — The Imaginary Invalid — Molière — Gildas Bourdet • Le Jour du destin — Michel del Castillo — Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Désveaux • 2004 — How the Other Half Loves — Alan Ayckbourn — Gildas Bourdet • 2006 — Un cheval — Jean-Marie Besset & Christophe Donner — Gilbert Désveaux • 2007 — Des gens — Raymond Depardon — Zabou Breitman • Qu'elle aille au diable, Meryl Streep! — Mohamed Kacimi & Rachid El-Daïf — Laurent Lafitte • 2008-11 — Laurent Lafitte, comme son nom l'indique — Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin — Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin • 2010 — Rendez-vous — Miklós László — Jean-Luc Revol • 2012 — Le Mariage — Nicolas Gogol — Lilo Baur • 2013 — Le Système Ribadier — Georges Feydeau — Zabou Breitman • Candide — Voltaire — Emmanuel Daumas • Other People's Heads — Marcel Aymé — Lilo Baur • 2014 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare — Muriel Mayette • 2015 — Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare — Eric Ruf

Laurent Lafitte was born on 22 August 1973 in Fresnes. Lafitte held the nationality of France. Lafitte was educated at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Cours Florent and Saint-Jean de Passy. Lafitte worked as actor, comedian, stage actor and film actor, and the authority record catalogues a further 4 occupations under the same name, among them television actor, film director, screenwriter and director. Lafitte was active from 1992. Lafitte worked in French.

• Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2024 — British Academy Television Awards — Best International Programme — Class Act • 2017 — César Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Elle • 2018 — See You up There • 2025 — The Count of Monte Cristo • 2026 — Best Actor — The Richest Woman in the World • 2024 — International Emmy Awards — Best Actor — Class Act • 2024 — Molière Awards — Best Actor — Cyrano de Bergerac • 2026 — La Cage aux Folles

• Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite (2022) • Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2013)