Denis Podalydès

Acting Born Apr 22, 1963 Versailles, Yvelines, France 198 credits

Biography

Denis Podalydès works in acting. Born April 22, 1963 in Versailles, Yvelines, France. Archytele tracks 198 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.

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Frequent co-stars

John Rothman 27 shared titles

Michel Vuillermoz 4 shared titles

Meryl Streep 3 shared titles

Jennifer Connelly 3 shared titles

Bruno Podalydès 3 shared titles

Pierre Arditi 3 shared titles

Jimmi Simpson 2 shared titles

Bob Wiltfong 2 shared titles

Gisele Bündchen 2 shared titles

Kate McGregor-Stewart 2 shared titles

Career timeline

2027

5H48, Place des Martyrs

2026

Maigret and the Dead LoverComédie-FrançaiseLe Cid · Stage DirectorMitterrand confidentielL'homme qui a fait de Gaulle

2025

Guess Who's Calling!Before What Comes AfterThe Rembrandt SyndromeFaust – Opéra de Lille · Director

2024

Love BoatIrisThe Most Precious of CargoesMaking OfHécube, pas Hécube

2023

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinémaAll Your FacesThe President's WifeFalstaff - OPÉRA DE LILLE · DirectorWow!

2022

Irma VepCherchez la femme !RiseSigmund Freud: A Jew Without GodJulia(s)

2021

PresidentsAnaïs in LoveJacques Tati, tombé de la luneFantasiesDeception

2020

Delete HistoryLes Fourberies de Scapin · DirectorGrand amourDe Gaulle, histoire d'un géantThe Black Book

2019

ArchitectureLa Belle ÉpoqueAn Officer and a SpyFortunio · Stage DirectorFrance between the two wars

2018

Bécassine !Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !Sorry AngelConversation with Romy SchneiderLife and Fate by Vassili Grossman

2017

See You Up ThereMr & Mme AdelmanMarie-FrancineThe TeacherMême quand nous dormons

2016

The Jews120 ans d'inventions au cinémaScribeLe passe-murailleChocolat

2015

The Sweet EscapeDivine Comédie, des planches à l'écranLa Tragédie du roi Richard II

2014

The ForestNice and EasyA Village Almost Perfect!Marie Curie, une femme sur le front

2013

Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça!Casting(s)The ConquerorsFor a WomanLove Is the Perfect Crime

2012

Camille RewindsLe Bourgeois gentilhomme · Stage DirectorGranny's FuneralGranny's Funeral · WriterYou Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

2011

Omar Killed MeThe ConquestThe Field of EnchantmentThe First Man

2010

An Ordinary ExecutionThe Screen IllusionGeorge et Fanchette8 Times Up

2009

Neuilly Yo Mama!L'AvarePark BenchesThe Ordinary PeopleEleanor's Secret

2008

CoupableSaganUn crime très populaireSkirt DayColuche

2007

Chez MaupassantMax & CoTo Each His Own CinemaLa Vie d'artisteCyrano de Bergerac · Director

2006

The Da Vinci CodeLe Grand CharlesA Year in My LifeSartre, Years of PassionLe 4ème Morceau de la femme coupée en 3

2005

CachéGrey SoulsThe Perfume of the Lady in BlackRoyal Palace

2004

Green ParadiseGreen Paradise · WriterWelcome to SwitzerlandThe Bridge of Arts

2003

The Mystery of the Yellow RoomIt's Easier for a Camel...

2002

Safe ConductSummer ThingsA Day in the Life of French CinemaAlmost PeacefulBusiness is Booming

2001

Freedom-OleronFreedom-Oleron · WriterMortal TransferThe Officers' WardCandidature

2000

Les MisérablesLe misanthropeThe Soeur BrothersComedy of InnocenceCharge!

1999

Nothing About RobertThe Children of the Century

1998

In All InnocenceLes Fourberies de ScapinJeanne and the Perfect GuyOnly God Sees MeOnly God Sees Me · Dialogue

Full Filmography

198 titles

5H48, Place des Martyrs (2027) as Marc Vadé
Maigret and the Dead Lover (2026) as Commissaire Jules Maigret
Comédie-Française (2026) as La voix de Radio Molière (voice)
Le Cid (2026) Stage Director
Mitterrand confidentiel (2026) as François Mitterrand
L'homme qui a fait de Gaulle (2026) as Paul Reynaud
L'École de Danse (2026)
Hamlet (Comédie-Française) (2026) as Polonius, seigneur
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L'écologie des sentiments (2026)
Guess Who's Calling! (2025) as Pierre Chozène
Before What Comes After (2025) as Fabrice Toussaint
The Rembrandt Syndrome (2025) as Gregory
Faust – Opéra de Lille (2025) Director
Love Boat (2024) as Albin
Iris (2024)
The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) as Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Making Of (2024) as Simon
Hécube, pas Hécube (2024)
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma (2023) as Self - Guest
All Your Faces (2023) as Paul
The President's Wife (2023) as Bernard Niquet
Falstaff - OPÉRA DE LILLE (2023) Director
Wow! (2023) as Le client silencieux
King Lear (2023) as Lear
Homecoming (2023) as Marc
The Great Magic (2023) as Charles
Sarah Bernhardt, With Heart and Soul (2023) as Self
The Assembly Line (2023) as Junot
Irma Vep (2022) as Police Prefect
Cherchez la femme ! (2022) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rise (2022) as Henri Gautier
Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God (2022) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Julia(s) (2022) as Victor Massenet
Classico (2022) as Le président de l’OM
The World of Yesterday (2022) as Franck L’Herbier
Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite (2022) as Orgon, mari d’Elmire
Presidents (2021) as Le psy
Anaïs in Love (2021) as Daniel
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune (2021) as Narrator (voice)
Fantasies (2021) as Vincent Lebrun (sketch 'Ludophilie')
Deception (2021) as Philip
Bloody Oranges (2021) as Le ténor du barreau
French Tech (2021) as Alexandre Duveteux
French Tech (2021) Screenplay
Les Damnés de la Commune (2021) as Georges Clemenceau (voice)
Céline : les derniers secrets (2021) as Self
Ces murs qui nous font signe (2021) as Narrator (voice)
Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme (2021) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Napoleon: Destiny and Death (2021) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Delete History (2020) as Bertrand
Les Fourberies de Scapin (2020) Director
Grand amour (2020)
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant (2020) as (voice)
The Black Book (2020) as (voice)
C'est pas grave d'aimer le football ! (2020) as Self
La Comédie-Française - Le Malade Imaginaire (2020)
Architecture (2019)
La Belle Époque (2019) as François
An Officer and a Spy (2019) as Maître Demange
Fortunio (2019) Stage Director
France between the two wars (2019) as Voix off
Disclaimer (2019) as Julien Demaistre
The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019) as Reciter (voice)
Électre / Oreste (2019) as Ménélas
Apollo 11 : Retour vers la lune (2019) as Narrator
Bécassine ! (2018) as M. Proey-Minans
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! (2018) as Stanislas de Chazelle
Sorry Angel (2018) as Mathieu
Conversation with Romy Schneider (2018) as Narrator (voice)
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen (2018) as Narrator
See You Up There (2017) as The Minister (voice)
Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) as Le Psy
Marie-Francine (2017) as Emmanuel Doublet
The Teacher (2017) as François Foucault
Même quand nous dormons (2017) as (voice)
Cyrano de Bergerac (2017) Stage Director
Élysée, la solitude du pouvoir (2017) as Narrator (voice)
PSG : Ce club qui a failli ne pas exister ! (2017) as Self
Les Fourberies de Scapin (2017) Director
The Jews (2016) as Talmudiste #2
120 ans d'inventions au cinéma (2016) as Narrator (voice)
Scribe (2016) as Clément
Le passe-muraille (2016) as Émile Dutilleul
Chocolat (2016) as Louis Lumière
Les Damnés (2016)
Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936 (2016) as Narrator (voice)
The Sweet Escape (2015) as Rémi
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran (2015) as Self
La Tragédie du roi Richard II (2015) as Richard II
The Forest (2014) as Arkadi
Nice and Easy (2014) as Richard
A Village Almost Perfect! (2014) as Henri
Marie Curie, une femme sur le front (2014) as Narrator (voice)
Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça! (2013) as Barry
Casting(s) (2013) as Self
The Conquerors (2013) as Galaad
For a Woman (2013) as Maurice
Love Is the Perfect Crime (2013) as Richard
The Big Bad Wolf (2013) as Dr. Stanislas de Lastic
Meurtre en trois actes (2013) as Philippe Laclanche
Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français (2013) as Édouard Drumont
Camille Rewinds (2012) as Alphonse Da Costa - le prof de physique
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (2012) Stage Director
Granny's Funeral (2012) as Armand
Granny's Funeral (2012) Writer
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) as Antoine
The Dandelions (2012) as Michel Gladstein
Omar Killed Me (2011) as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard
The Conquest (2011) as Nicolas Sarkozy
The Field of Enchantment (2011) as Le narrateur (voice)
The First Man (2011) as Professor Bernard
An Ordinary Execution (2010) as Le concierge
The Screen Illusion (2010) as Matamore
George et Fanchette (2010) as Agricol Thiercellin
8 Times Up (2010) as Mathieu
Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009) as Stanislas de Chazelle
L'Avare (2009) as Harpagon
Park Benches (2009) as Aimé Mermot
The Ordinary People (2009) as Gilles Bergerat
Eleanor's Secret (2009) as Le Père - dad (voice)
State Affairs (2009) as Flandin
Coupable (2008) as Louis Berger
Sagan (2008) as Guy Schoeller
Un crime très populaire (2008) as André Malraux
Skirt Day (2008) as Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Coluche (2008) as Jacques Attali
Quiet Chaos (2008) as Thierry
Dieu seul me voit (Versailles-Chantiers) - version interminable (2008) as Albert
Figaro (2008) as Figaro
Intrusions (2008) as Alexis Taget
Le Mental de l'équipe (2008) Stage Director
Chez Maupassant (2007) as le comte de Sallure
Max & Co (2007) as Martin (voice)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007) as The manager (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")
La Vie d'artiste (2007) as Bertrand
Cyrano de Bergerac (2007) Director
Le Pendu (2007) as Legoff
The Da Vinci Code (2006) as Flight Controller
Le Grand Charles (2006) as Claude Mauriac
A Year in My Life (2006) as Falmin
Sartre, Years of Passion (2006) as Jean-Paul Sartre
Le 4ème Morceau de la femme coupée en 3 (2006) as Dominique, le professeur d'auto-école
Un an (2006) as Louis-Philippe
Caché (2005) as Yvon
Grey Souls (2005) as Le policier
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005) as Joseph "Rouletabille" Joséphin
Royal Palace (2005) as Titi
Green Paradise (2004) as Lucas
Green Paradise (2004) Writer
Welcome to Switzerland (2004) as Thierry
The Bridge of Arts (2004) as Guigui, alias l'Innomable
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003) as Joseph Rouletabille
It's Easier for a Camel... (2003) as Philippe
Safe Conduct (2002) as Jean Aurenche
Summer Things (2002) as Jérôme
A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002) as Self
Almost Peaceful (2002) as Charles
Business is Booming (2002) as Claude Carle
Freedom-Oleron (2001) as Jacques Monot
Freedom-Oleron (2001) Writer
Mortal Transfer (2001) as Inspector Chapireau
The Officers' Ward (2001) as Henri
Candidature (2001) as Jean Dupuis
Malraux, the Daring Dreamer (2001)
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance (2001) as Thomas Meils
La voleuse de Saint-Lubin (2001) as L'avocat
Les Misérables (2000) as Scaufflaire
Le misanthrope (2000) as Alceste
The Soeur Brothers (2000) as Jacques Sœur
Comedy of Innocence (2000) as Pierre
Charge! (2000) as Yvan
Nothing About Robert (1999) as Martin
The Children of the Century (1999) as Sainte-Beuve
In All Innocence (1998) as Martorel
Les Fourberies de Scapin (1998) as Octave
Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998) as Julien
Only God Sees Me (1998) as Albert
Only God Sees Me (1998) Dialogue
La Mort du Chinois (1998) as Gérard
The Gods Must Be Daring (1997) as Marc
La Belle Verte (1996) as Papapote
My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996) as Jean-Jacques
L'Échappée belle (1996) as Sanchez
Diary of a Seducer (1996) as Accompanying Male Nurse
I Am Your Punishment (1996) as The Failed Killer
The Unloved (1995) as Le jeune père
Inner City (1995) as Employé de l'ANPE
Something Fishy (1994) as Martin
Voilà (1994)
A Night in Versailles (1992) as Arnaud
A Night in Versailles (1992) Dialogue
Mother (1991) as Soghomon Tehlirian
Xenia (1989) as Matthieu
Hamlet
Jealous White Men
La Nuit des Rois ou Tout Ce Que Vous Voulez as Orsino
De l'autre côté de l'été

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Denis Podalydès best known for?

Denis Podalydès is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Maigret and the Dead Lover (2026), Comédie-Française (2026), L'écologie des sentiments (2026), Guess Who's Calling! (2025).

When and where was Denis Podalydès born?

Denis Podalydès was born on April 22, 1963 in Versailles, Yvelines, France.

How many credits does Denis Podalydès have?

Denis Podalydès has accumulated over 198 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1989 to 2027.

What is Denis Podalydès's background in cinema and television?

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