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Benoît Delépine

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Benoît Delépine (30 August 1958 –) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.

Director of the TV program Guignols de l'info for many years, he currently writes TV programs about the fictional country of Groland. He also plays the cynical journalist-reporter Mickael Kael.

In the cinema, Delépine has written and performed in two films. Mickael Kael contre la World News Company, a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for Les Guignols.

In 2004, Aaltra, which he wrote, directed, and starred in with Gustave de Kervern enjoyed critical success. The two companions from the Groland adventure wrote and directed it as a road movie where two enemies travel the roads of northern France and Finland following an accident. Also with Gustave Kervern, he has directed and starred in Avida, which was awarded screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. His upcoming film Mammuth was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.

He is a supporter of Attac.

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Known for

Groland

as Mickael Kael
Film

Tapis rouge à Groland

as Michael Kael

Full filmography

  • Groland (1992) as Mickael Kael
  • Tout le monde en parle (1998) as Self
  • A Very Ordinary World (2022) as Le père de Romain
  • Deadly Christmas in Groland (2025) as Michael Kael
  • Aaltra (2004) as Employee
  • Avida (2006) as L'homme à la tête de scotch
  • Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel (2017) as Self
  • En même temps (2022) as Le photographe animalier
  • Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019) as Self - Filmmaker
  • Mords-les ! (2020) as L'archer
  • Les Guignols, les 10 premières années (1999) as Self, Auteur 1988/96
  • Sébastien Tellier: Many Lives (2020) as Self
  • Les 20 ans de Groland (2012)
  • Top 25 Groland (2018)
  • Tapis rouge à Groland (2026) as Michael Kael
  • Arrabal et les Garçons (2011) as Self
  • Groland le gros métrage (2015) as Charles Malard
  • Michael Kael vs. the World News Company (1998) as Michel Chel alias Michael Kael
  • Groland - 15 ans d'âge... bête (2007) as Michael Kael
  • Plus belle l'eau de vie (2021) as Le Comte de Kael
  • Les Belges ça ose tout (2017) as Self
  • Near Death Experience (2014) as Le collègue Orange 1
  • Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie (1999) as La tête coupée
  • 30ème Comité Central du Groland (2022)