CLOVIS CORNILLAC

'Clovis Cornillac' (Lyon, 16 August 1967 — ) is a French theater, television and cinema actor.

Contents

Biography

Honours

Career

Theater

Filmography

External links

Biography

Clovis Cornillac was born to actors Myriam Boyer and Roger Cornillac. He started studying theater at the age of 14.
He had his debut in cinema in 1984 in Robin Davis' ''Outlaws''. He was noticed by Dominique Besnehard, who introduced him to Peter Brook at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Cornillac was hired in a contemporary play, ''Le Mahâbharata''.
Cornillac is married to actor Caroline Proust. They have twin daughters.

Honours

★ Made a Knight of the ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' by Culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon in 2004.

★ 2005 Prix Jean-Gabin laureate

★ 2005 César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ''Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités...''

Career

Theater

★ 1984: ''Une lune pour les déshérités'' by Alain Françon

★ 1990-1991: ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' by Alain Françon

★ 1997: ''Edward II'' by Alain Françon

★ 1997: ''Les Petites Heures'' by Alain Françon

★ 1998: ''Surfeurs'' by Xavier Durringer

Filmography

★ 1984: ''Outlaws'' by Robin Davis

★ 1988: ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' by Philip Kaufman

★ 1992: ''Pétain'' by Jean Marbœuf

★ 1994: ''Les amoureux'' by Catherine Corsini

★ 1998: ''Karnaval'' by Thomas Vincent. Cornillac is nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor for 2000

★ 2000:

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★ ''L'Amour prisonnier'' (telefilm), as Henri

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★ ''Franklin'' (telefilm)

★ 2001

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★ ''L'Île bleue'' (telefilm)

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★ ''Gregoire Moulin vs. Mankind'' as Jacky

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★ ''Tea Time Alex''

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★ ''Central Nuit'' (telefilm) as ''Viking''

★ 2002

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★ ''Une affaire privée'' as Freddy

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★ ''Carnages'' as Alexis

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★ ''Maléfique'' as ''Marcus''

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★ ''Bois ta Suze''

★ 2003 :

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★ ''Une affaire qui roule'' as Jean-Jacques Roux

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★ ''À la petite semaine'' as Didier

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★ ''Après la pluie, le beau temps'' as Dubel

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★ ''Mariées mais pas trop'' as Alexis Dervin

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★ ''Vert paradis'' as Simon

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★ ''Je t'aime, je t'adore'' as David

★ 2004

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★ ''Malabar Princess'' as Pierre

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★ ''La Femme de Gilles'', by Frédéric Fonteyne, as Gilles

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★ ''Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités...'' as Kevin. Rewardrd with the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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★ ''A Very Long Engagement'' by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, as Benoît Notre-Dame

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★ ''Doo Wop'' by David Lanzmann

★ 2005

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★ ''Au suivant !'', by Jeanne Biras, as Bernard.

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★ ''Brice de Nice'' by James Huth, as ''Marius''

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★ ''Les Chevaliers du ciel'', by Gérard Pirès, as captain Sébastien 'Fahrenheit' Vallois

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★ ''Gris-blanc'', by Karim Dridi

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★ ''Le Cactus'', by Gérard Bitton and Michel Munz

★ 2006:

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★ ''Les Brigades du Tigre'', by Jérôme Cornuau

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★ ''Poltergay'' by Éric Lavaine

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★ ''Happy Feet'', by George Miller (voices Mumble)

★ 2007

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★ ''Le Serpent'' by Éric Barbier, as Joseph Plender

★ 2008

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★ Scheduled to play Asterix in a film adaptation of ''Asterix at the Olympic Games''

External links

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★ Clovis Cornillac