Personal Info
Birth date
1983-06-14 (42 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Луї Ґаррель
루이 가렐
لویی گرل
Louis Garrel
Biography
Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983 in Paris) is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma mère, Dans Paris, Les Chansons d'amour, La Belle Personne and Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser.
Filmography
The Bureau
8.187
Overview:
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their mission is to identify individuals who may be recruited as sources of information. Operating "under caption", that is to say in a fabricated identity from scratch, they live for many years in a permanent duplicity. Our hero just returned from a clandestine mission six years in Damascus. But contrary to what is required by safety rules, he does not abandon his legend and the identity under which he lived in Syria, thus putting in danger the whole system.The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
6.962
Overview:
D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being kidnapped. Once in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers, unaware that his quest will lead him to the very heart of a war where the future of France is at stake. Aided by King's Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, he faces the machinations of villainous Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter, while falling in love with Constance, the Queen's confidante.The Dreamers
7.2
Overview:
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.The Three Musketeers: Milady
6.441
Overview:
D'Artagnan, on a quest to rescue the abducted Constance, runs into the mysterious Milady de Winter again. The tension between the Catholics and the Protestants finally escalates, as the king declares war — forcing the now four musketeers into battle. But as the war goes on, they are tested physically, mentally and emotionally.Ma mère
4.503
Overview:
After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.At Eternity's Gate
6.952
Overview:
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.From the Land of the Moon
6.574
Overview:
In 1950s France, a free-spirited woman trapped in an arranged marriage falls in love with an injured veteran of the Indochinese War.An Officer and a Spy
7.076
Overview:
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.Saint-Exupéry
5.839
Overview:
The story takes us back to 1930 and centres around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an Airmail pilot in Argentina. When his best friend who happens to be Airmail’s best pilot Henri Guillaumet disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides to set out in search of him, against all odds. This impossible quest forces him to push beyond his limits, turning his capacity to dream into his greatest strength...A Faithful Man
5.461
Overview:
Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel. However, things have changed for the both of them and feelings of jealousy surround their new relationship.The Innocent
6.777
Overview:
Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman, has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The couple dream of starting again with a clean slate by opening a flower shop. But Sylvie’s son Abel, convinced that Michel will fall into a life of crime, disapproves of this relationship.My King
7.1
Overview:
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.Godard Mon Amour
6.6
Overview:
In 1967, during the making of “La Chinoise,” film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.The Second Act
6.077
Overview:
Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn’t attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.Rifkin’s Festival
6.1
Overview:
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.The Story of My Wife
5.849
Overview:
A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.A Burning Hot Summer
5.117
Overview:
Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to rest.The Beautiful Person
6.5
Overview:
In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.Planetarium
4.572
Overview:
In 1930s France, two sisters who are thought to be able to communicate with ghosts meet a visionary producer while performing in Paris.Heartbeats
7.1
Overview:
Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' indeterminate affections, a conflict that climaxes when the trio visit the vacation home of Nicolas' mother. The frothy comedy unfolds through narrative, fantasy sequences and confessional monologues.Ismael's Ghosts
5.6
Overview:
Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.Saint Laurent
6.137
Overview:
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.Beloved
6.2
Overview:
From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.Regular Lovers
7
Overview:
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?DNA
5.9
Overview:
A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algeriann grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate, revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.Forever Young
6.566
Overview:
At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.Acting
TBAIt Will Happen Tonight as Unknown
TBAAprès as Unknown
2026Juste une illusion as Unknown
2025Arco as Stewie (voice)
2025Dog 51 as Unknown
2025Couture as Unknown
2024Saint-Exupéry as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2024François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay as François Truffaut (voice)
2024The Second Act as David
2023The Three Musketeers: Milady as Louis XIII
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2023Viva Varda! as Narrator (voice)
2023The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan as Louis XIII
2023The Plough as Louis
2023Beau geste (3 Episodes) as Self
2023Scarlet as Jean
2022Coma as Dr. Ballard (voice)
2022Forever Young as Patrice Chéreau
2022Caravaggio's Shadow as The Shadow
2022The Innocent as Abel Lefranc
2022Des Amandiers aux Amandiers as Self
2021The Crusade as Abel
2021Cocorica as (voice)
2021Our Men as Maxime
2021The Story of My Wife as Dedin
2020DNA as François
2020Rifkin’s Festival as Philippe
2019Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer
2019An Officer and a Spy as Alfred Dreyfus
2019Funan as Khuon (voice)
2018A Faithful Man as Abel
2018At Eternity's Gate as Aurier's Article (voice)
2018One Nation, One King as Robespierre
2018Vidéo Club (1 Episode) as Self
2017Godard Mon Amour as Jean-Luc Godard
2017Ismael's Ghosts as Ivan Dedalus
2017Walkers as (archive footage)
2017False Confessions as Dorante
2016Planetarium as Fernand Prouvé
2016From the Land of the Moon as André Sauvage
2015My King as Solal
2015Two Friends as Abel
2015In the Shadow of Women as Narrator (voice)
2015The Bureau (10 Episodes) as Andrea Tassone dit « Mille Sabords »
2015Astragal as Photographer
2014Saint Laurent as Jacques de Bascher
2013Jealousy as Louis
2013A Castle in Italy as Nathan
2013Les Coquillettes as Louis Garrel
2012The Rule of Three as Louis
2011Sleepless Nights Stories as Self
2011A Burning Hot Summer as Frédéric
2011Beloved as Clément
2010Heartbeats as Guest at the Final Evening
2010Diarchy as Luc
2010The Three-way Wedding as Théo
2009Making Plans for Lena as Simon
2009Frontier of Dawn as François
2008The Beautiful Person as Nemours
2008Choosing Love as Pascal
2007Actresses as Éric
2007Love Songs as Ismaël Bénoliel
2006In Paris as Jonathan
2006A Curtain Raiser as Bruno
2005Regular Lovers as François Dervieux
2004Ma mère as Pierre
2004Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ as Self
2003The Dreamers as Theo
2002The War in Paris as Unknown
2001This Is My Body as Antoine
1989Emergency Kisses as Lo
Directing
2022The Innocent ... Director
2021The Crusade ... Director
2018A Faithful Man ... Director
2015Two Friends ... Director
2012The Rule of Three ... Director
2010Little Tailor ... Director
2008My Friends ... Director
Writing
2022The Innocent ... Screenplay
2021The Crusade ... Writer
2018A Faithful Man ... Writer
2015Two Friends ... Screenplay
2012The Rule of Three ... Writer
2010Little Tailor ... Writer
2008My Friends ... Writer