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Éric Caravaca

Acting Born Nov 21, 1966 Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France 24 credits

Biography

Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.

The son of an engineer, Caravaca (of Spanish origin) studied literature while taking acting lessons. After obtaining his degree, he left for Paris, where he joined l'École nationale supérieure d'arts et techniques du théâtre, and completed his formation at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. He then went to New York City in 1993, where he studied at the Actors Studio for a year.

Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He made his film debut in 1996, in Un samedi sur la terre by Diane Bertrand. He played mostly small roles until C'est quoi la vie?, directed by François Dupeyron in 1999, which earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He worked again with Dupeyron in La chambre des officiers in 2001, and appeared as Luc in Patrice Chéreau's film Son frère in 2003, opposite Bruno Todeschini.

He directed his first film The Passenger in 2005, in which he also played a role (Thomas), opposite Julie Depardieu, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival.

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Known for

Film

By the Grace of God

as Gilles Perret

Full filmography

  • Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Capitaine Donnadieu
  • Love Reinvented (1996)
  • Marc Bloch: In the Name of France (2026) as Narrator (voice over)
  • Start Over (2023) as Marc Honoré
  • Blue Gold (2026) as Franck Ravanel
  • L'Amour flou (2021) as Patrick Pourtois
  • The Intruder (2025) as Jérôme
  • By the Grace of God (2019) as Gilles Perret
  • A French Gigolo (2008) as Marco
  • 24 Days (2014) as José Fernandez
  • Enchaînés (2026) as Georges-Marie Dennemont
  • 15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour (2022) as Publisher
  • Everything Went Fine (2021) as Serge Toubiana
  • Chicken with Plums (2011) as Abdi
  • The Stone Council (2006) as Le père de Laura
  • Alias Caracalla, au cœur de la Résistance (2013) as Jean "Rex" Moulin
  • Voltaire in Love (2021) as François Arouet
  • Three Friends (2024) as Stéphane Leroi
  • Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe (2009) as Clovis de Frontac
  • Entre ses mains (2022) as Damien
  • Back to Burgundy (2017) as Le père
  • Unleaded (2000) as Ken
  • The Dazzled (2019) as Frédéric Lourmel
  • Paris (2015) as Pierre Lanvin