Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric (French pronunciation: [matjø amalʁik]; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He has won several César Awards and the Lumière Awards. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, in which he played the lead villain; Steven Spielberg's Munich; Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch; and for his lead performance in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim.
Mathieu Amalric
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- Born
- 1965. · Neuilly-sur-Seine.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer, cinematographer and recording supervisor.
- Honours
- César Award for Best Male Revelation, César Award for Best Actor, Cannes Best Director Award and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
- Languages
- French.
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Early life
Early life
Amalric was born on 25 October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He is the son of Jacques Amalric, a French native who worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération, and Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde, who was born in Poland to Jewish parents and moved to France at the outbreak of World War II.
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Mathieu Amalric (born 25 October 1965) is recorded as a film actor, film director, screenwriter and “Aufnahmeleiter”. Mathieu Amalric was born on 25 October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Personal life
Personal life
Amalric has three sons, two with French actress and singer Jeanne Balibar, and one with theater director and writer Stéphanie Cléau. From 2019 - 2024 he was in a relationship with Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan. He supports the Girondins de Bordeaux football club.
Mathieu Amalric at Lisbon Film Festival 2017
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Selected films
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. In 2007, he starred in the critically acclaimed movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, portraying Jean-Dominique Bauby, a journalist who learned to communicate through partner-assisted scanning after a stroke left him suffering from locked-in syndrome. Amalric's performance was universally acclaimed, and he won the Cesar Award for Best Actor. He was selected to play the James Bond villain Dominic Greene alongside Daniel Craig (with whom he had previously starred in Munich) in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace. His 2010 film, On Tour, premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and won Amalric the Best Director Award. The 2014 film The Blue Room, which he directed and starred in, was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
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- 2.Day, Elizabeth. The intellectual villain. Guardian. 2008-05-11.
- 3.Friedman, Roger. Jerry Maguire (aka Tom Cruise) in Hitler Murder Attempt. FOXNews.com. 2007-11-16.
- 4.Ebert, Roger. An indomitable will to communicate. RogerEbert.com. December 20, 2007.
- 5.César Awards 2008 : The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, nominations and wins. lescesarsducinema.com.
- 6.Hammond, Wally. Mathieu Amalric on 'Heartbeat Detector'. Time Out. May 14, 2008.
- 7.Hollywood Reporter: Cannes Lineup. hollywoodreporter.
- 8.2014 Official Selection. Cannes.
- 9.Mathieu Amalric : Biographie et actualités. Gala.
- 10.Barone, Joshua. The Unsingable Music That Stumped a Diva. The New York Times. 11 October 2019.
- 11.Apthorp, Shirley. Soprano Barbara Hannigan: 'I like the alchemy of the rehearsal room'. Financial Times. 31 May 2019.
- 12.An Officer and a Spy. Crew United.
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