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Michel Fau

Acting Born Dec 17, 1964 Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France 24 credits

Biography

Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director.

At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and Pierre Vial.

He has appeared on stage regularly in works directed by Olivier Py and he also worked with Olivier Desbordes, Jean Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Ladesou, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ...

In cinema, he worked with directors like Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ...

He occasionally directs an interpretation workshop at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts.

During the Night of the 2011 Molière Award, he made a cover of Carla Bruni's song Quelqu'un m'a dit in a parody of classical singer.

Source: Article "Michel Fau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Known for

Film

Swimming Pool

as First Man
Film

The Great Arch

as François Mitterrand

Full filmography

  • Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Marc Durieux
  • Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Claude
  • La revue de presse (2007) as Self
  • Salut les Terriens ! (2006) as Self - Guest
  • Swimming Pool (2003) as First Man
  • Un monde, un regard (2021)
  • The Great Arch (2025) as François Mitterrand
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) as Ragueneau's 2nd Poet
  • The King’s Favorite (2022) as Gabriel Antoine Le Camus
  • Paris Pigalle (2018) as Maurice Vogel
  • The Crime Is Mine (2023) as Attorney General
  • Marguerite (2015) as Atos Pezzini / Divo
  • Borgo (2024) as Le commissaire
  • 9 Month Stretch (2013) as Gynécologue
  • À la recherche du temps perdu (2011) as Jupien
  • Lorsque l'enfant paraît (2025) as Charles Jacquet
  • Golden Years (2017) as Samuel
  • With a Friend Like Harry... (2000) as Eric
  • The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018) as André
  • I Love You Coiffure (2020) as Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")
  • Open at Night (2017) as Directeur bar branché
  • Requiem for a Killer (2011) as Le Chef d'orchestre
  • Le Créateur (1999) as Nicolas
  • Habib (2023) as Director