François Berléand
{{Short description|French actor (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
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| name = François Berléand
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| birth_place = Paris, France
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1973–present
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François Berléand ({{IPA|fr|fʁɑ̃swa bɛʁleɑ̃|lang}}; born 22 April 1952) is a French actor.
He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, the French version of The Office, produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 film The Transporter as the French commissaire named Tarconi, an active and honest police officer who is an acquaintance of Frank Martin (Jason Statham). He reprised the role in the sequels Transporter 2 and Transporter 3 and the TV series.
Early life
Berléand was born in Paris, France.Robert Belleret, "François Berléand : Le rescapé de l'incognito" in the newspaper Le Monde, 3 January 2007. The son of a Russian-Armenian father and a French mother,{{cite news|title=François Berléand|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/tags/francois-berleand|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=Le Point|language=fr|quote=François Berléand est un acteur français, né le 22 avril 1952 à Paris d'un père russe d'origine arménienne (importateur en France des premiers gadgets américains qui firent fureur à la même époque), et d'une mère française.}} until the age of eleven he found his childhood traumatic after being told by his father that Berléand was the son of the Invisible Man.{{cite book|last=Berléand|first=François|title=Le Fils de l'Homme invisible|year=2006|publisher=Stock|location=Paris|isbn=978-2234058033|pages=unknown}}
Career
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While studying at business school, he trained as an actor, somewhat against his will; his first stage role was in a play called Sur une plage de l'Ouest (On a beach in the West). After graduation, he enrolled in drama classes with Tania Balachova and then met Daniel, a director under whose auspices he worked from 1974 to 1981, participating in a dozen productions, mainly of contemporary classics.
Berléand began his film career in 1978 with supporting roles in successful comedies throughout the 1980s. After a series of highly acclaimed supporting roles, including My Small Business for which he won the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2000, he won his first major role in the film My Idol by Guillaume Canet which brought his name and face to the wider public. For this, Berléand thanks his former girlfriend, actress-director Nicole Garcia.
In Martin et Léa, he plays a police inspector, a role he went on to perform many times on screen (La Balance, Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (based on the novel The Devil's Home on Leave by Derek Raymond), Marche à l'ombre (Walking in the Shade), The Bait, The Death the Chinese, Fred, The Smile of the Clown, Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), Transporter 1, 2, and 3) thanks in part to a cold, distant, and piercing gaze. Berléand often plays military characters (The Hostage of Europe, Stella, Les Milles, Captain Conan, The Prince of the Pacific); he has also played a detective (Follow This Plane), pastor (Au revoir les enfants) and psychiatrist in Seventh Heaven, the film that really showed his talents to the public in late 1997.
He released a book about his childhood in 2006, Le fils de l'homme invisible (The son of the invisible man).
Personal life
Berléand was in a relationship with French actress, film director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia for twelve years.{{cite news |title=François Berléand : Etre invisible, cela m'a façonné |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/scenes/article/2016/09/11/francois-berleand-etre-invisible-cela-m-a-faconne_4995794_1654999.html |work=Le Monde |date=11 September 2016}}
He has been in a long-term relationship with Alexia Stresi; their twins Adèle and Lucy were born in December 2008.
He is also the father of two grown children, Martin (born 1978) and Fanny (born 1983). He is the grandfather of Elios (born 2013), son of Martin.{{cite news |title=François Berléand (Les Chamois), ses regrets concernant ses grands enfants - Gala |url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/francois-berleand-les-chamois-ses-regrets-concernant-ses-grands-enfants_422395 |work=Gala |date=27 November 2018 |language=fr}}
Theater
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director ! Notes |
| rowspan=2|1973
| Le Champion de la faim | Daniel Benoin | |
| Les Corbeaux
| Daniel Benoin | |
| rowspan=2|1974
| Deutsches Requiem | Daniel Benoin | |
| Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
| Molière | Daniel Benoin | |
| 1975
| Woyzeck | Daniel Benoin | |
| 1977
| Daniel Benoin | |
| 1979
| Hide your happiness! | Daniel Benoin | |
| 1985
| Hernani | |
| 1986
| Sophie Loucachevsky | |
| rowspan=2|1987
| Les Désossés | Louis-Charles Sirjacq | Sophie Loucachevsky | |
| Mort de Judas/Le Point de vue de Ponce Pilate
| Sophie Loucachevsky | |
| rowspan=2|1990
| Alain Françon | |
| Partage de midi
| Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman | |
| 1994
| Bernard Murat | |
| 1999
| Biographie : un jeu | Frédéric Bélier-Garcia | |
| 2002
| L'Enfant do | |
| 2003
| |
| rowspan=2|2007
| L’Arbre de joie | Louis-Michel Colla & David Khayat | Christophe Lidon | |
| Faisons un rêve
| Bernard Murat | |
| rowspan=2|2008
| Batailles | Roland Topor & Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| Tailleur pour dames
| Bernard Murat | |
| 2009
| Sentiments provisoires | Gérald Aubert | Bernard Murat | |
| 2011–2013
| Quadrille | Bernard Murat | |
| rowspan=2|2012
| Le Dindon | Bernard Murat | |
| Bons baisers de Manault
| Manault Deva | Manault Deva | |
| 2013–2015
| Nina | Bernard Murat | |
| 2014–2015
| Deux hommes tout nus | Sébastien Thiéry | Ladislas Chollat | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2015–2016
| Momo | Sébastien Thiéry | Ladislas Chollat | |
| rowspan=2|2016
| Du vent dans les branches de sassafras | Bernard Murat | |
| Moi, moi et François B.
| Clément Gayet | |
| 2017
| Ramses II | Sébastien Thiéry | |
| 2019
| Encore un instant | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Bernard Murat | |
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1977
| Au plaisir de Dieu | A guest | Robert Mazoyer | TV mini-series |
| rowspan=2|1979
| Martin et Léa | The inspector | |
| Hamlet
| Reynado / Osric / Mercellus | Renaud Saint-Pierre | TV movie |
| 1980
| La cantatrice chauve | M. Smith | TV movie |
| rowspan=3|1981
| Les hommes préfèrent les grosses | Julien | |
| Un étrange voyage
| The rogue witness | |
| On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus
| The second jogger | |
| rowspan=2|1982
| Inspector de la Mondaine | |
| Messieurs les jurés
| Jean-Yves Oroër | Jean-Marie Coldefy | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=2|1983
| Stella | Captain at the hangar | Laurent Heynemann | |
| Elle voulait faire du cinéma
| Pierre | TV movie |
| rowspan=2|1984
| Police Inspector | |
| Ote-toi de mon soleil
| Socrate | Marc Jolivet | |
| rowspan=3|1985
| The officer PTT | |
| Strictement personnel
| Gérard | |
| Série noire
| Dalbois | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=2|1986
| Le complexe du kangourou | Loïc's Stepbrother | |
| La femme secrète
| Zaccharia Pasdeloup | Sébastien Grall | |
| rowspan=3|1987
| Father Michel | |
| Poker
| The counsel | |
| Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers
| Baumann | Laurent Heynemann | |
| rowspan=2|1988
| Doctor Michaux | |
| Jours de vagues
| Benjamin | Alain Tasma | Short |
| rowspan=6|1989
| |
| L'Orchestre rouge
| Corbin | |
| Un père et passe
| Maxence | Sébastien Grall | |
| Suivez cet avion
| Combette | Patrice Ambard | |
| Ceux de la soif
| M. Carmat | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| Série noire
| Sylvain | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=3|1990
| Daniel | |
| Sans rires
| Roger | Short |
| La belle Anglaise
| The tax Inspector | Jacques Besnard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991
| C'est quoi ce petit boulot ? | Paul | Gian Luigi Polidoro & Michel Berny | TV mini-series |
| rowspan=4|1992
| Alain Denizet | Charles Nemes | |
| La femme de l'amant
| Marc | TV movie |
| Feu Adrien Muset
| Edgar | Jacques Besnard | TV movie |
| La place du père
| The lawyer | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| rowspan=5|1993
| À l'heure où les grands fauves vont boire | The cousin | |
| La vis
| The seller | Short |
| Le bal
| Georges | TV movie |
| La porte du ciel
| Henri de Lombard | TV movie |
| Julie Lescaut
| C. Béchard | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=4|1994
| Charles | |
| Le bateau de mariage
| The mayor | |
| Pas si grand que ça !
| Ferdinand | Bruno Herbulot | TV movie |
| Avanti
| Leroy-Massard | Jacques Besnard | TV movie |
| rowspan=7|1995
| The Bait | Inspector Durieux | |
| Les Milles
| Lieutenant Boisset | Sébastien Grall | |
| Fugueuses
| Nicolas | |
| La fidèle infidèle
| Robert | TV movie |
| Une page d'amour
| Monsieur Rambaud | TV movie |
| Un si joli bouquet
| Antoine | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | TV movie |
| 3000 scénarios contre un virus
| The pharmacist | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=8|1996
| Monsieur Jo | |
| Captain Conan
| Commandant Bouvier | |
| Gorille, mon ami
| Michel | Emmanuel Malherbe | Short |
| Tous les hommes sont menteurs
| Lionel | Alain Wermus | TV movie |
| J'ai rendez-vous avec vous
| Serge | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| Le juge est une femme
| Guy Lesueur | TV series (1 episode) |
| Les Cordier, juge et flic
| Lansac | Bruno Herbulot | TV series (1 episode) |
| Anne Le Guen
| The prefect | Stéphane Kurc | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=11|1997
| The doctor | |
| The Bet
| Doctor Bricourt | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | |
| L'Homme idéal
| The Balto's man | |
| Fred
| Barrère | |
| Tout le monde descend
| Jean-Pierre | Laurent Bachet | Short |
| Bonjour
| Joseph | Bruno Herbulot | Short |
| Pardaillan
| Henry de Montmorency | TV movie |
| La parenthèse
| Philippe | TV movie |
| Un homme
| Marcel | Robert Mazoyer | TV movie |
| Le garçon d'orage
| The lame | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| Madame le consul
| Ambassador Delaunay | Bertrand Van Effenterre & Joyce Buñuel | TV series (2 episodes) |
| rowspan=9|1998
| Soukaz | |
| Place Vendôme
| Eric Malivert | |
| La mort du chinois
| Inspector Chevalot | |
| En plein coeur
| Antoine | |
| Dormez, je le veux !
| Paul / Raymond | Irène Jouannet | |
| Un flic presque parfait
| Génaro | Marc Angelo | TV movie |
| La grande Béké
| Raymond | Alain Maline | TV movie |
| Crimes en série
| Jean Brunet | Patrick Dewolf | TV series (1 episode) |
| Commandant Nerval
| Gabriel Cheminal | Arnaud Sélignac | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=11|1999
| Maxime Nassieff |
| Romance
| Robert | |
| Bad Company
| René | |
| One 4 All
| Unpleasant passenger | |
| Innocent
| Jean-René | Costa Natsis | |
| Le plus beau pays du monde
| Brafort | |
| La débandade
| Doctor Nataf | |
| Le sourire du clown
| Drouot | Éric Besnard | |
| L'homme de ma vie
| Frydman | Stéphane Kurc | |
| Fleurs de sel
| Edouard de Renoncourt | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| Le boiteux
| Granier | Paule Zajdermann | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=12|2000
| Actors | François Nègre | |
| Stardom
| Nigel Pope's associate | |
| Deep in the Woods
| Axel de Fersen | Lionel Delplanque | |
| Six-Pack
| Thomas | |
| Le prince du Pacifique
| Commandant Lefèvre | |
| Grand oral
| President of the jury | Short |
| Trait d'union
| Monsieur Théo | Bruno Garcia | Short |
| Liste rouge
| The taxi driver | Jérôme Bonnell | Short |
| Un morceau de soleil
| Louis | Dominique Cheminal | TV movie |
| Ces forces obscures qui nous gouvernent
| Professor William Guety | Olivier Doran | TV movie |
| Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes
| Doctor Treves | TV mini-series |
| Passeur d'enfants
| Jean | Franck Apprederis | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=7|2001
| The patient | |
| HS - hors service
| Louis | |
| La fille de son père
| Henri | Jacques Deschamps | |
| Les âmes câlines
| Jacques | Thomas Bardinet | |
| Cyrano
| The father | Short |
| Requiem(s)
| The man with the gun | Short |
| Recrutement
| Corbi | Didier Lauret | Short |
| rowspan=10|2002
| Jean-Louis Broustal | Étoiles d'Or for Best Actor |
| The Adversary
| Rémi | |
| The Transporter
| Inspector Tarconi | Corey Yuen & Louis Leterrier | |
| The Code
| The man in contract with Yanis | Manuel Boursinhac | |
| Le frère du guerrier
| The priest | |
| Féroce
| Police Inspector | |
| Vivante
| The father | Sandrine Ray | |
| Une employée modèle
| François Maurey | Jacques Otmezguine | |
| Il giovane Casanova
| Louis XV | TV movie |
| L'héritière
| Bordier | TV movie |
| rowspan=6|2003
| Mermot | |
| Remake
| Francois-Charles Leconte | Dino Mustafić | |
| En territoire indien
| Jean-Claude Adam | Lionel Epp | |
| Les amateurs
| Monsieur Meinau | Martin Valente | |
| La chaîne du froid
| The client | Hervé Lavayssière | Short |
| Les parents terribles
| Georges | TV movie |
| rowspan=10|2004
| Rachin | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Cash Truck
| Bernard | |
| Me and My Sister
| Pierre Demouthy | |
| Narco
| Guy Bennet | Gilles Lellouche & Tristan Aurouet | |
| Le grand rôle
| Benny Schwarz | |
| Pour le plaisir
| François | |
| Eros thérapie
| Adam Corbeau | Danièle Dubroux | |
| Une vie à t'attendre
| Simon | Thierry Klifa | |
| Le plus beau jour de ma vie
| Valentin | Julie Lipinski | |
| Toi, vieux
| The visitor from the future | Pierre Coré & Michaël Mitz | Short |
| rowspan=3|2005
| Inspector Tarconi | |
| Quartier V.I.P.
| Bertrand Fussac | |
| Edy
| Edy Saïovici | |
| rowspan=5|2006
| Michel Humeau | |
| Tell No One
| Eric Levkowitch | |
| Aurore
| The King | |
| Le passager de l'été
| Maurice Lecouvey | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | |
| Le Bureau
| Gilles Triquet | TV mini-series |
| rowspan=5|2007
| Roland Christin | |
| A Girl Cut in Two
| Charles Saint-Denis | |
| Pur week-end
| Commandant Papan | Olivier Doran | |
| Fragile(s)
| Paul | Martin Valente | |
| Faisons un rêve
| The husband | Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| rowspan=6|2008
| Inspector Tarconi | |
| Ca$h
| François | Éric Besnard | |
| 15 ans et demi
| François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| Tailleur pour dames
| Bassinet | Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| Le gendre idéal
| Max | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| Chez Maupassant
| Prosper Chicot | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=5|2009
| Olivier Morne Duplessis | |
| Le siffleur
| Armand / Maurice Teillard | |
| La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil
| Sylvain | Pascal Laëthier | |
| L'évasion
| Colonel Von Deck | Laurence Katrian | TV movie |
| Les associés
| Raymond Rosen | TV movie |
| rowspan=5|2010
| Vieilles canailles | J.P. | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| Le pot de colle
| Richard Maurand | Julien Seri | TV movie |
| Le gendre idéal 2
| Max | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| Le grand restaurant
| A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| Main basse sur une île
| The Angel | Antoine Santana | TV movie |
| rowspan=4|2011
| Au bistro du coin | François | Charles Nemes | |
| Escalade
| Noé | Charlotte Silvera | |
| Une vie de chien
| Monsieur Schartz | Cyril Ethan Robert | Short |
| Insoupçonnable
| Pierre Jourdan | Benoît d'Aubert | TV movie |
| rowspan=7|2012
| Alain Posche | |
| Another Woman's Life
| Lawyer Volin | |
| Dead Man Talking
| Karl Raven | Patrick Ridremont | |
| The Stroller Strategy
| Jean-Luc Hamory | Clément Michel | |
| Un jour mon père viendra
| Bernard Bleu | Martin Valente | |
| Max
| Police Inspector | Stéphanie Murat | |
| La certosa di Parma
| Prince of Parme | Cinzia Th. Torrini | TV movie |
| 2012–2014
| Inspector Tarconi | Brad Turner, Andy Mikita, ... | TV series (14 episodes) |
| rowspan=4|2013
| 12 ans d'âge | Charles | Frédéric Proust | |
| Blanche nuit
| La Malice | Fabrice Sébille | |
| Crime d'État
| Robert Boulin | Pierre Aknine | TV movie |
| Surveillance
| JC Dedieu | Sébastien Grall | TV movie |
| rowspan=2|2014
| Palais de justesse | The President | Short |
| La clef des champs
| Fred | TV movie |
| rowspan=5|2015
| Philippe | |
| The Art Dealer
| Simon | François Margolin | |
| Vicky
| Albert Bonhomme | Denis Imbert | |
| Call My Agent !
| Himself | TV series (1 episode) |
| Peplum
| Senator | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016
| La main du mal | Lucien Smadja | Pierre Aknine | TV series (2 episodes) |
| rowspan=3|2017
| Count of Fresnaye | |
| I Feel Better
| Audibert | |
| C'est tout pour moi
| Fabrice | Ludovic Colbeau-Justin & Nawell Madani | |
| 2017–2018
| Les Chamois | Étienne Leroy | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 2018
| Alexander | |
| rowspan=2|2019
| L'esprit de famille | Jacques | Éric Besnard | Post-production |
| La vérité si je mens ! Les débuts
| | Gérard Bitton & Michel Munz | Post-production |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|François Berléand}}
- {{IMDb name|0075710}}
- [http://www.lecoinducinephage.com/?p=1416 Le coin du cinéphage]
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{{César Award for Best Supporting Actor}}
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