Personal Info
Birth date
1963-04-22 (62 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Versailles, Yvelines, France
Also known as
Denis Podalydes
Denis Podalydès
Biography
Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Podalydès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Irma Vep
6.627
Overview:
Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of the French silent film classic, “Les Vampires.” Set against the backdrop of a lurid crime thriller, Mira struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge.Les Misérables
6.9
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Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel this is the story of Jean Valjean who is sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread and is released after nineteen years. He meets and cares for a beautiful but poverty-stricken young girl named Fantine who has daughter Cosette. After Fantine's death Valjean brings Cosette up but he is haunted by Javert - a policeman whose search for Valjean has become an obsession.Casting(s)
6.1
Overview:
Casting(s) was a French television shortcom created by Pierre Niney and Ali Marhyar, written by Ali Marhyar, Igor Gotesman and Pierre Niney, produced by Hugo Gélin for Zazi Films and broadcast on Canal+ from 2013 to 2015. The episodes revolved around actors rehearsing for different film projects for a casting director. The show also had famous guests such as Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and rappers Orelsan and Nekfeu.The Da Vinci Code
6.727
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A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.The Last Breath
5.219
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In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in which the doctor is the guide and the writer, his passenger, led to confront his own fears and anxieties.La Belle Verte
7.183
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As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of self-actualization and harmony with nature to the one planet rejected by all her peers as incorrigible: Earth.Caché
7.06
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George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.See You Up There
7.843
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In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.The Most Precious of Cargoes
7.581
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Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty, and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, this "most precious of cargoes", will transform the lives of the poor woodcutter's wife and her husband, as well as those whose paths the child will cross—including the man who threw her from the train. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.All Your Faces
7.987
Overview:
Since 2014, France's restorative justice programmes have offered a safe space for supervised dialogue between offenders and victims. Grégoire, Nawelle, and Sabine, victims of heists and violent robberies, agree to join one of these discussion groups alongside offenders Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, all convicted of violent robberies. Meanwhile Chloé, a victim of childhood sexual abuse, prepares for dialogue with her own agressor after learning he has moved back into town.Making Of
5.67
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Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. But nothing goes as planned... His producer Viviane wants to rewrite the ending and is threatening to cut the budget; his own crew goes on strike; his personal life is in shambles; and to make things worse, his lead actor Alain is an egocentric jerk. Joseph, an extra who wants to get into the film industry, agrees to direct the making of and shoot the behind-the-scenes. He takes his role very seriously and starts following around the crew, capturing all this mess... What follows is proof that the making of can sometimes be far better than the film itself!Sorry Angel
6.9
Overview:
At once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France following the intertwining journeys of Jacques, a worldly Parisian writer, and Arthur, a curious, carefree and much-younger university student who is just beginning to live. Brought together by chance, the two men find themselves navigating a casual fling that gradually deepens into a tender, transformative bond.La Belle Époque
7.4
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Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.Nice and Easy
6.551
Overview:
Sebastian has one ambition in life: to do nothing. His horizon is his couch. His life he does not want to live but contemplate. But today, if you do nothing - You are nothing. So driven by his two roommates, that chain internships and odd jobs, decided to Anna and not quite decided Bruno, Sebastien will have to - A little.Mr & Mme Adelman
7.474
Overview:
How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals and secrets feed the story of this extraordinary couple, as they experience both the large and small moments of the last century's history.Love Boat
5.576
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To overcome their financial problems, Justine, her husband and their whole group of friends organize a fake romantic cruise for Franck, a big investor, who is trying to seduce a woman.Chocolat
6.837
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Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.Eleanor's Secret
6.824
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Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discovers that the books serve as a shelter for all the heroes found in children's literature. They are the original characters and are counting on him for protection. For if they leave the library, they will disappear along with their stories forever! When his parents start selling off the books, Nathanaël, who is shrunk by the evil witch Carabosse, braves everything to save his tiny friendsState Affairs
5.803
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A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting dangerously close to the powers that be, the murders and betrayals accumulate, and signs point to a state affair at the heart of it all.The Dandelions
6.663
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A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.An Officer and a Spy
7.1
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In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.Rise
7.408
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Elise thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet dancer. It all falls apart the day she catches him cheating on her with her stage backup; and after she suffers an injury on stage, it seems like she might not be able to dance ever again.Love Is the Perfect Crime
5.6
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Marc, in his 40s, is a professor of literature at the University of Lausanne. Still a bachelor — and still living with his sister Marianne in a huge, isolated chalet that they inherited when they were very young — he carries on one love affair after another with his students. Winter has almost ended when one of his most brilliant students, Barbara, suddenly disappears. Two days later, Marc meets Barbara’s mother, Anna, who wants to find out more about her vanished daughter.In All Innocence
5.8
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High-profile lawyer Michel takes on the defence of a young and pretty small-time thief, Cécile, after the botched hold-up of a jewellery shop. As predicted by his elegant art-dealer and sculptress wife Viviane, Michel goes well beyond his brief, jeopardising his career and ruining his marriage of 18 years.Acting
TBAMitterrand, Confidentiel (1 Episode) as François Mitterrand
TBADe la comédie française as Unknown
TBAJealous White Men as Unknown
TBATout va super as Unknown
TBALa Nuit des Rois ou Tout Ce Que Vous Voulez as Orsino
2026Maigret et le mort amoureux as Commissaire Jules Maigret
2025Rembrandt as Unknown
2025Guess Who's Calling! as Pierre Chozène
2025The Last Breath as Fabrice Toussaint
2024Iris (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2024The Most Precious of Cargoes as Man with the Broken Face (voice)
2024Hécube, pas Hécube as Unknown
2024Love Boat as Albin
2024Making Of as Simon
2023Sarah Bernhardt, With Heart and Soul as Self
2023The President's Wife as Bernard Niquet
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2023Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023Homecoming as Marc
2023Wow! as Le client silencieux
2023The Asembly Line as Junot
2023All Your Faces as Paul
2023King Lear as Lear
2023The Great Magic as Charles
2022Julia(s) as Victor Massenet
2022Cherchez la femme ! (30 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022Classico as Le président de l’OM
2022Irma Vep (1 Episode) as Police Prefect
2022Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022The World of Yesterday as Franck L’Herbier
2022Rise as Henri Gautier
2022Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite as Orgon, mari d’Elmire
2021Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune as Narrator (voice)
2021Céline : les derniers secrets as Self
2021Bloody Oranges as Le ténor du barreau
2021Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021Ces murs qui nous font signe as Narrator (voice)
2021Anaïs in Love as Daniel
2021Fantasies as Vincent Lebrun (sketch 'Ludophilie')
2021Deception as Philip
2021Presidents as Le psy
2021Napoleon: Destiny and Death as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021Les Damnés de la Commune as Georges Clemenceau (voice)
2021French Tech as Alexandre Duveteux
2020The Black Book as (voice)
2020De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant as (voice)
2020La comédie française - Le Malade Imaginaire as Unknown
2020Delete History as Bertrand
2020Grand amour as Unknown
2020C'est pas grave d'aimer le football ! as Self
2019Disclaimer as Julien Demaistre
2019La Belle Époque as François
2019The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America as Reciter (voice)
2019An Officer and a Spy as Maître Demange
2019Apollo 11 : Retour vers la lune as Narrator
2019Architecture as Unknown
2019Électre / Oreste as Ménélas
2018Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen as Narrator
2018Conversation with Romy Schneider as Narrator (voice)
2018Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! as Stanislas de Chazelle
2018Bécassine ! as M. Proey-Minans
2018Sorry Angel as Mathieu
2018Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017See You Up There as The Minister (voice)
2017PSG : Ce club qui a failli ne pas exister ! as Self
2017The Teacher as François Foucault
2017Marie-Francine as Emmanuel Doublet
2017Élysée, la solitude du pouvoir (2 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2017Mr & Mme Adelman as Le Psy
2017Même quand nous dormons as Voice
2016Le passe-muraille as Émile Dutilleul
2016120 ans d'inventions au cinéma as Narrator (voice)
2016Scribe as Clément
2016Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936 as Narrator (voice)
2016Les Damnés as Unknown
2016The Jews as Talmudiste #2
2016Chocolat as Louis Lumière
2015The Sweet Escape as Rémi
2015La Tragédie du roi Richard II as Richard II
2015Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran as Self
2014A Village Almost Perfect! as Henri
2014The Forest as Arkadi
2014Nice and Easy as Richard
2014Marie Curie, une femme sur le front as Narrator (voice)
2013Love Is the Perfect Crime as Richard
2013The Conquerors as Galaad
2013Casting(s) (10 Episodes) as Denis Podalydès
2013For a Woman as Maurice
2013Meurtre en trois actes as Philippe Laclanche
2013The Big Bad Wolf as Dr. Stanislas de Lastic
2013Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français as Édouard Drumont
2013Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça! as Barry
2012Camille Rewinds as Alphonse Da Costa - le prof de physique
2012You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet as Antoine
2012The Dandelions as Michel Gladstein
2012Granny's Funeral as Armand
2011The Field of Enchantment as Le narrateur (voice)
2011The First Man as Professor Bernard
2011Omar Killed Me as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard
2011The Conquest as Nicolas Sarkozy
2010The Screen Illusion as Matamore
2010George et Fanchette as Agricol Thiercellin
20108 Times Up as Mathieu
2010An Ordinary Execution as Le concierge
2009L'Avare as Harpagon
2009Eleanor's Secret as Le Père - dad (voice)
2009State Affairs as Flandin
2009The Ordinary People as Gilles Bergerat
2009Neuilly Yo Mama! as Stanislas de Chazelle
2009Park Benches as Aimé Mermot
2008Dieu seul me voit (Versailles-Chantiers) - version interminable (6 Episodes) as Albert
2008Skirt Day as Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
2008Coluche as Jacques Attali
2008Intrusions as Alexis Taget
2008Sagan as Guy Schoeller
2008Coupable as Louis Berger
2008Quiet Chaos as Thierry
2008Figaro as Figaro
2007To Each His Own Cinema as The manager (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")
2007Le Pendu as Legoff
2007Max & Co as Martin (voice)
2007La Vie d'artiste as Bertrand
2007Cinéma érotique as O Proprietário do Cinema
2007Chez Maupassant (1 Episode) as le comte de Sallure
2006Sartre, Years of Passion as Jean-Paul Sartre
2006Un an as Louis-Philippe
2006The Da Vinci Code as Flight Controller
2006Le Grand Charles (2 Episodes) as Claude Mauriac
2006A Year in My Life as Falmin
2006Le 4ème Morceau de la femme coupée en 3 as Dominique, le professeur d'auto-école
2005Royal Palace as Titi
2005Caché as Yvon
2005Grey Souls as Le policier
2005The Perfume of the Lady in Black as Joseph "Rouletabille" Joséphin
2004The Bridge of Arts as Guigui, alias l'Innomable
2004Bienvenue en Suisse as Thierry
2004Green Paradise as Lucas
2003The Mystery of the Yellow Room as Joseph Rouletabille
2003It's Easier for a Camel... as Philippe
2002Almost Peaceful as Charles
2002Business is Booming as Claude Carle
2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
2002Summer Things as Jérôme
2002Safe Conduct as Jean Aurenche
2001La voleuse de Saint-Lubin as L'avocat
2001Candidature as Jean Dupuis
2001The Officers' Ward as Henri
2001Freedom-Oleron as Jacques Monot
2001Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance as Thomas Meils
2001Mortal Transfer as Inspector Chapireau
2000Comedy of Innocence as Pierre
2000Les Misérables (4 Episodes) as Scaufflaire
2000The Soeur Brothers as Jacques Sœur
2000Le misanthrope as Alceste
2000Charge! as Yvan
1999The Children of the Century as Sainte-Beuve
1999Nothing About Robert as Martin
1998In All Innocence as Martorel
1998La Mort du Chinois as Gérard
1998Les Fourberies de Scapin as Octave
1998Only God Sees Me as Albert
1998Jeanne and the Perfect Guy as Julien
1997The Gods Must Be Daring as Marc
1996I Am Your Punishment as The Failed Killer
1996La Belle Verte as Papapote
1996My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument as Jean-Jacques
1996L'Échappée belle as Sanchez
1996Diary of a Seducer as Accompanying Male Nurse
1995Inner City as Employé de l'ANPE
1995The Unloved as Le jeune père
1994Voilà as Unknown
1994Something Fishy as Martin
1992A Night in Versailles as Arnaud
1991Mother as Soghomon Tehlirian
1989Xenia as Matthieu
Directing
2023Falstaff - OPÉRA DE LILLE ... Director
2020Les Fourberies de Scapin ... Director
2019Fortunio ... Stage Director
2017Les Fourberies de Scapin ... Director
2017Cyrano de Bergerac ... Stage Director
2012Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ... Stage Director
2008Le Mental de l'équipe ... Stage Director
2007Cyrano de Bergerac ... Director
Writing
2012Granny's Funeral ... Writer
2004Green Paradise ... Writer
2001Freedom-Oleron ... Writer
1998Only God Sees Me ... Dialogue
1992A Night in Versailles ... Dialogue