Vincent Lindon

In 2024, Lindon was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.

• Name — Vincent Lindon • Born — 15 July 1959 • Birthplace — Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France • Occupation — Actor, director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1983–present • Children — 2, including Suzanne • Relatives — Pierre Bénichou (stepfather)

Vincent Lindon is the son of Laurent Lindon, who was director of the company Audioline. He is the grandson of Raymond Lindon, who served as the magistrate and mayor of Étretat between 1929 and 1959, as well as the nephew of Jérôme Lindon, director of Les Éditions de Minuit. He is also the great-grandson of Fernande Citroën, the older sister of André Citroën and wife of Alfred Lindon (born Abner Lindenbaum), a Jewish jeweler and modern art collector originally from Kraków, Poland. Through his mother, Alix Dufaure, a journalist for Marie Claire, Lindon is a descendant of French Prime minister Jules Dufaure and Marshal Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans. Lindon completed studies at the Lycée Victor-Duruy, where he obtained a baccalauréat scientifique. He then enrolled in an école supérieure de commerce, but lost interest in his studies after 22 days. In 1979, his mother secured an internship for him as a costume design assistant on the set of Alain Resnais' film My American Uncle (1980), on which he worked with actor Gérard Depardieu. He then spent six months in New York working as an assistant in charge of radio promotion with his uncle, Eric Dufaure, founder of the label Cachalot Records (Ian North, Die Hausfrauen, Medium Medium, Malaria, Stars of the Streets, Comateens, Made in France, Personal Effects). When he returned to Paris, his father-in-law Pierre Bénichou secured a position for him managing the microphones for the tour of comedian Coluche in 1981. He was also a courier for the newspaper Le Matin de Paris before entering the Cours Florent drama school.

Since 1980, Vincent Lindon has worked with renowned film directors Claude Sautet, Claude Lelouch, Coline Serreau, Bertrand Blier, Claire Denis, Emmanuel Carrère, Nicole Garcia, Stéphane Brizé, Jacques Doillon, Xavier Giannoli, Julia Ducournau, Alain Cavalier, Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoît Jacquot, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Diane Kurys, Claude Pinoteau, Pierre Jolivet. In 2005, he won the Swann d'Or for best actor at the Cabourg Film Festival for La Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère. In 2013, he chaired the jury of the 39th Deauville American Film Festival. In 2015, he earned the Best Actor Award at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and then the César Award for Best Actor at the 41st ceremony for the film The Measure of a Man directed by Stéphane Brizé. In May 2022, he was appointed as president of the jury for the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, succeeding Spike Lee. In 2024, he starred in the film Le Deuxième Acte directed by Quentin Dupieux, which was the opening film for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival Lindon was also awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.

In the 1980s, Lindon was in a relationship with Claude Chirac, daughter of President Jacques Chirac, for nearly ten years. Lindon later had a highly-publicised relationship with Caroline, Princess of Monaco. Lindon has a son, Marcel, born in 1996. He married actress Sandrine Kiberlain in 1998, with whom he has a daughter, Suzanne, born in 2000. The couple met in 1993 on the set of the film L'Irrésolu (1994). They separated in 2003. Lindon later dated Chiara Mastroianni after playing the love interest of her mother Catherine Deneuve in Belle maman.

• Year — Title avec amour et acharnement — Role Jean — Notes • 1982 — Guy de Maupassant — Un mec sur la plage — Uncredited • 1983 — Le Faucon — the inspector • 1984 — L'Addition — Magnum • Notre histoire — Brechet • 1985 — Parole de flic — Dax • 1986 — Betty Blue — Richard • Suivez mon regard — a scoundrel • Prunelle Blues — Fernand • Half Moon Street — Sonny • Yiddish Connection — Zvi • 1987 — Dernier été à Tanger — Roland Barrès • A Man in Love — Bruno Schlosser • 1988 — Quelques jours avec moi — Fernand • L'Étudiante — Ned • 1990 — La Baule-les-Pins — Jean-Claude • Il y a des jours... et des lunes — The innkeeper • Gaspard et Robinson — Robinson • 1991 — Netchaïev est de retour — Daniel Laurencon / Netchaiev • La Cabine — Short • 1992 — La Belle Histoire — Simon Choulel • La Crise — Victor Barelle • 1993 — Tout ça... pour ça! — Lino • 1994 — L'Irrésolu — François • 1995 — La Haine — A very drunk man • 1996 — Vite strozzate — Francesco • Les Victimes — Pierre Duval • La Belle Verte — Max • 1997 — Fred — Fred • Seventh Heaven — Nico • 1998 — Paparazzi — Michel Verdier • The School of Flesh — Chris • 1999 — Belle maman — Antoine • My Little Business — Ivan Lansi • Pas de scandale — Louis Jeancourt • 2001 — Mercredi, folle journée! — Martin Socoa • Chaos — Paul • 2002 — Le Frère du guerrier — Thomas • Vendredi soir — Jean • 2003 — Sole Sisters — Bruno • The Cost of Living — Coway • Les Clefs de bagnole — the actor who refuses to work with Laurent • 2004 — La Confiance règne — Christophe Gérard • 2005 — The Moustache — Marc Thiriez • L'Avion — Pierre • 2006 — Charlie Says — Serge • 2007 — Je crois que je l'aime — Lucas • Ceux qui restent — Bertrand Liévain • 2008 — London mon amour — Mathias • Chasseurs de dragons — Lian-Chu — French version, voice • Anything for Her — Julien Auclert • 2009 — Welcome — Simon Calmat • Mademoiselle Chambon — Jean • 2011 — Un coeur qui bat — The narrator — Television film • La permission de minuit — David • Pater — Vincent Lindon • All Our Desires — Stéphane • Complices — Vincent Lindon — Video short • 2012 — Augustine — Professeur Jean-Martin Charcot • A Few Hours of Spring — Alain Évrard • 2013 — Bastards — Marco Silvestri • 2014 — Mea Culpa — Simon • 2015 — Diary of a Chambermaid — Joseph • The Measure of a Man — Thierry Taugourdeau • The Little Prince — Businessman — French version, voice • The White Knights — Jacques Arnault • 2017 — Rodin — Auguste Rodin • 2018 — Isle of Dogs — Chief — French version, voice • The Apparition — Jacques Mayano • At War — Laurent Amédéo • 2019 — Casanova, Last Love — Casanova • 2021 — Titane — Vincent Legrand • Another World — Philippe Lemesle • Enquête sur un scandale d'État — Jacques Billard • 2022 — Both Sides of the Blade — Jean • 2023 — Of Money and Blood — Simon Weynachter — Television series • 2024 — The Second Act — Guillaume • The Quiet Son — Pierre • 2026 — Les Misérables — Jean Valjean • TBA — The Entertainment System Is Down — Post-production