Benoît Magimel
Highest Rated: 100% Hate (1995)
Lowest Rated: 15% Special Forces (2011)
Birthday: May 11, 1974
Birthplace: Paris, Îles-de-France, France
French actor Benoît Magimel successfully made the transition from child actor to grown up one, and has built a sizable following in his homeland, with several award-winning performances. Magimel made his professional acting debut in 1988's "La vie est un long fleuve tranquille," before landing his true breakthrough role with the 1996 film "Thieves." The movie (in which he played the character Jimmy Fontana) landed Magimel an Acteurs à l'Écran Award win (for "Best Actor"), as well as a César Award nomination (for "Most Promising Actor"). While working on the 1999 film "The Children of the Century," Magimel fell in love with his co-star, Juliette Binoche. The year 2001 would see the release of another critically acclaimed film in which Magimel would play a major part, "The Piano Teacher," for which he won a Cannes Film Festival Award ("Best Actor") and earned a European Film Award nomination (also for "Best Actor"), for his portrayal of the character Walter Klemmer.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pacifiction | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 86% | No Score Yet | Incredible But True | Gérard (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peaceful | Benjamin (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Lovers | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 95% | 52% | An Easy Girl | Philippe (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 60% | No Score Yet | Lola | Philippe (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Carbon | Antoine Roca (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 67% | 48% | Memoir of War | Pierre Rabier (Character) | $102.6K | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money | Vincent (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast Convoy | Alex (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 60% | 57% | 150 Milligrams | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 81% | 76% | Standing Tall | Yann (Character) | $24.0K | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | We Were Young | Gérôme (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cafard | Jean Mordant (Voice) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 77% | 71% | The Connection | Le Fou (Character) | $121.5K | 2014 |
| 90% | 58% | For a Woman | Michel (Character) | $28.1K | 2013 |
| 83% | 65% | My Way | Paul Lederman (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 15% | 52% | Special Forces | Tic-Tac (Character) | $10.8K | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Headwinds | Paul Anderen (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 42% | 64% | Little White Lies | Vincent Ribaud (Character) | $199.6K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 6% | The Counsel | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Mon Pote | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Immaculate | Étienne Meunier (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Two Alone in Paris | Le commissaire (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Alex Fayard (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | La Possibilité d'une île (Possibility of an Island) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Insiders | Franck (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 57% | 65% | Intimate Enemies | Lieutenant Terrien (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 74% | 37% | A Girl Cut in Two | Paul André Claude Gaudens (Character) | $409.7K | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | 24 Bars | Didier (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fair Play | Jean-Claude (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Fair Play | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Says | Pierre (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Sky Fighters | Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Trouble |
Matyas/ |
- | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | The Crimson Rivers II: The Angels of the Apocalypse | Reda (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 93% | 59% | The Bridesmaid | Philippe Tardieu (Character) | $111.1K | 2004 |
| 65% | 49% | The Flower of Evil | Francois (Character) | $181.8K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Errance | Jacques (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Strange Gardens | Emile Bailleul (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | The Nest | Santino (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 73% | 81% | The Piano Teacher | Walter Klemmer (Character) | $1.0M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Lisa | Sam (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Matthieu | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | The King Is Dancing | Louis XIV (Character) | $149.5K | 2000 |
| 43% | 69% | The Children of the Century | Alfred de Musset (Character) | $54.9K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Already | David (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Already Dead | David (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 82% | 78% | Thieves | Jimmy Fontana (Character) | $1.0M | 1996 |
| 75% | 65% | A Single Girl | Rémi (Character) | $228.4K | 1995 |
| 100% | 95% | Hate | Benoît (Character) | $130.3K | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Country Years | Jules (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweetheart | Thomas (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Life Is a Long Quiet River | Momo Groseille (Character) | $52.1K | 1987 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33% | 68% | Marseille | Lucas Barrès (Character) | 2016 2018 |