Guillaume Gallienne

{{Short description|French actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1972)}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|8|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

|occupation = Actor, screenwriter, director, producer

|years_active = 1992–present

|spouse = {{marriage|Amandine Gallienne|2005}}

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Guillaume Gallienne (born 8 February 1972) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He has received two Molière Awards for his stagework and has won two César Awards, one for writing and the other for his performance in his autobiographical comedy film Me, Myself and Mum (2013).

Early life

Gallienne was born in Paris to French businessman Jean-Claude and Russian-Georgian aristocrat Melitta Gallienne, the third of four sons.{{cite news|last1=Savigneau|first1=Josyane|title=Guillaume Gallienne, le mélange des genres|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/le-magazine/article/2013/10/11/guillaume-gallienne-le-melange-des-genres_3493089_1616923.html|access-date=14 December 2014|work=Le Monde|date=11 October 2013|language=fr}} From the age of 10, he attended La Salle Passy Buzenval where he was bullied for his effeminate personality.{{cite news|last1=Aubel|first1=François|title=Guillaume Gallienne, le rôle de sa vie|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2013/11/19/03002-20131119ARTFIG00212-guillaume-gallienne-le-role-de-sa-vie.php|access-date=19 December 2014|work=Le Figaro|date=19 November 2013|language=fr}} Two years later, after a nervous breakdown, he was sent to St John's College near Portsmouth in England.{{cite news|last1=Despina|first1=Ladi|title=My mother insisted I was gay – but I'm not|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/13/my-mother-insisted-i-was-gay-but-im-not|access-date=13 December 2014|work=The Guardian|date=13 December 2014}} The death of a close cousin convinced him to take up acting at the age of 19.{{cite news|last1=Rochmann|first1=Caroline|title=Guillaume Gallienne: "Amandine donne ses couleurs à ma vie"|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Cinema/Guillaume-Gallienne-Amandine-donne-ses-couleurs-a-ma-vie-157437|access-date=19 December 2014|work=Paris Match|date=20 October 2012|language=fr}} He attended Cours Florent for three years before studying under Daniel Mesguich, Stéphane Braunschweig and Dominique Valadié at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1998.{{cite news|last1=Rocher|first1=Bertrand|title=Mais pour qui se prend Guillaume Gallienne?|url=http://www.grazia.fr/culture/persona-grazia/articles/mais-pour-qui-se-prend-guillaume-gallienne-577238|access-date=14 December 2014|work=Grazia|date=20 November 2013|language=fr}}

Career

Gallienne made his film debut in 1992 in Tableau d'honneur and he has starred in Sofia Coppola's 2006 film Marie Antoinette. Between 2008 and 2010, he had a short sketch segment entitled Les Bonus de Guillaume on Le Grand Journal, parodying DVD bonus features.{{cite news |author-link=Nathalie Petrowski |last1=Petrowski |first1=Nathalie|title=Guillaume Gallienne: à table avec Guillaume sans les garçons|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/entrevues/201403/10/01-4746358-guillaume-gallienne-a-table-avec-guillaume-sans-les-garcons.php|access-date=19 December 2014|work=La Presse|date=10 March 2014|language=fr}} He won a Molière Award for Best Newcomer in 2010 in his one-man stage show Boys and Guillaume, to the table! (Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table!) and another for Best Supporting Actor in 2011 in Un fil à la patte.{{cite web|title=PALMARES DE LA CEREMONIE DES MOLIERES 1987–2010|url=http://www.lesmolieres.com/Websites/lesmolieres/Images/archives/palmares1987_2010.pdf|publisher=Les Molières|access-date=16 December 2014|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709055252/http://www.lesmolieres.com/Websites/lesmolieres/Images/archives/palmares1987_2010.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2013}}{{cite web|title=Palmarès 2011|url=http://www.lesmolieres.com/Websites/lesmolieres/images/palmares2011.pdf|publisher=Les Molières|access-date=16 December 2014|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619201606/http://www.lesmolieres.com/Websites/lesmolieres/images/palmares2011.pdf|archive-date=19 June 2013}} He collaborated with choreographer Nicolas Le Riche to write the libretto for the 2011 Paris Opera Ballet production of Caligula.{{cite news|last1=Liban|first1=Laurence|title=Un ballet pour Caligula|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/scene/un-ballet-pour-caligula_955931.html|access-date=17 December 2014|work=L'Express|date=31 January 2011|language=fr}} He adapted Bolshoi Ballet's 2014 Parisian production of Illusions perdues, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.{{cite news|last1=Bavelier|first1=Ariane|title=Le Bolchoï retrouve ses illusions à Paris|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2014/01/03/03004-20140103ARTFIG00417-le-bolchoi-retrouve-ses-illusions-a-paris.php|access-date=17 December 2014|work=Le Figaro|date=3 January 2014|language=fr}}

His 2013 film Me, Myself and Mum, an adaptation of his stage show, was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the top prize (Art Cinema Award) and the Prix SACD.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-me-myself-mum-takes-558296 |title=Cannes: 'Me, Myself and Mum' Takes Home Two Awards From Directors' Fortnight |date=26 May 2013|access-date=26 May 2013|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} The film was nominated for ten César Awards, the most in 2014, winning five in total. Individually, he was awarded the César Award for Best Actor and the César Award for Best Adaptation.{{cite web|title=Palmares 2014 – 39th Cesar Award Ceremony|url=http://www.academie-cinema.org/en/ceremony/awards.html|publisher=Académie des César|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-date=4 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130804161808/http://www.academie-cinema.org/en/ceremony/awards.html|url-status=dead}}

Gallienne has been a member (Sociétaire) of the Comédie-Française company since 2005, having first entered in 1998.{{cite web|title=Guillaume Gallienne|url=http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/comedien.php?&id=512&idcom=1167|publisher=Comédie-Française|access-date=16 December 2014|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055602/http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/comedien.php?&id=512&idcom=1167|archive-date=1 April 2017}} He became a Knight of the National Order of Merit in November 2008 and an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters at the start of 2013.{{cite web|title=Décret du 14 novembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019761701&fastPos=1&fastReqId=240133202&categorieLien=id&oldAction=rechTexte|publisher=Légifrance|access-date=17 December 2014|language=fr}}{{cite web|url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Les-services-rattaches-a-la-Ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques2/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2013|title=Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2013|publisher=Ministry of Culture and Communication|date=5 March 2013|access-date=21 May 2013|language=fr|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213151943/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Les-services-rattaches-a-la-Ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques2/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2013|url-status=dead}} He has hosted a weekly literature show Ça peut pas faire de mal on France Inter since September 2009.{{cite web|title=Guillaume Gallienne|url=http://www.franceinter.fr/personne-guillaume-gallienne|publisher=France Inter|access-date=19 December 2014|language=fr}}

Personal life

In 2001, Guillaume met his wife Amandine, a stylist, whom he married in 2005.

Filmography

= As actor =

==Film==

1992: Tableau d'honneur (by Charles Nemes): Castagnier
1995: Sabrina (by Sydney Pollack): Assistant
1996: Un samedi sur la terre (by Diane Bertrand): Apprenti bijoutier
1997: Jeunesse (by Noël Alpi): Le lyonnais
1997: La Leçon de tango (The Tango Lesson) (by Sally Potter): Pablo's Friend
1999: Monsieur Naphtali by Olivier Schatzky: Sommergan
1999: Une pour toutes by Claude Lelouch: L'agent immobilier
2000: Jet Set by Fabien Onteniente: Evrard Sainte-Croix
2003: Fanfan la tulipe by Gérard Krawczyk: Aimé Bonaventure Claudion Dominique de La Houlette
2003: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by François Dupeyron: Le Vendeur de voitures
2004: Narco by Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche: Samuel Pupkin
2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel: Pierre-Louis
2006: Fauteuils d'orchestre by Danièle Thompson: Pascal
2006: Marie-Antoinette by Sofia Coppola: Comte Vergennes
2006: La Jungle by Mathieu Delaporte: Mathias Warkhevytch
2006: Mon colonel (by Laurent Herbiet) - Sous-préfet
2007: Le Candidat by Niels Arestrup: Sam
2007: Benjamin Gates et le livre des secrets (National Treasure 2) by Jon Turteltaub: Un officier de police à bicyclette
2008: Sagan by Diane Kurys: Jacques Quoirez
2008: Musée haut, musée bas by Jean-Michel Ribes: Max Perdelli
2009: Le Concert by Radu Mihaileanu: un critique
2010: Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... by Pascal Thomas: Hubert
2010: L'Italien by Olivier Baroux: Jacques
2012: Confession d'un enfant du siècle by Sylvie Verheyde: Mercanson
2012: Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté by Laurent Tirard: Jolitorax
2013: Les garçons et Guillaume, à table ! by Guillaume Gallienne: Guillaume et la mère de Guillaume
2014: Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert: Pierre Bergé
2016: Down by Love by Pierre Godeau: Jean Firmino
2016: Cézanne and I by Danièle Thompson: Paul Cézanne
2021: Kaamelott: The First Chapter by Alexandre Astier: Alzagar
2021: The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson: Mr. B

=== Short films ===

1994: Les Flammes du désespoir by Guillaume Husson
1996: Putain de voleuses by Edy Garbarski
1996: Sans doute lui by Shiri Tsour
1997: Fils de personne by Niels Dubost
1998: Pop-corn by Yannick Rolandeau: Troisième badaud
1999: Mon plus beau mariage by Guillaume Husson: Le prêtre
2001: Le Cœur sur la main by Marie-Anne Chazel: Le snob
2001: En scène ! by Yvon Marciano
2001: L'Élu de Fouad Benamou
2006: Le Dernier Épisode de Dallas by Guillaume Husson: François
2009: L'Invitation by Niels Arestrup

== Television ==

1995: Navarro (1 episode)
2002: Patron sur mesure by Stéphane Clavier: Leduc
2002: Les Frangines by Laurence Katrian: Edouard
2003: La Bête du Gévaudan by Patrick Volson: L'abbé Pourcher
2003: Maigret (1 episode)
2006: Monsieur Max by Gabriel Aghion: Max Jacob jeune
2007: Elles et moi by Bernard Stora: Robert
2008: Adieu De Gaulle, adieu by Laurent Herbiet: Bernard Tricot
2008–2010: Les Bonus de Guillaume (short program on Canal+)
2011: Hard (TV series – season 2) by Cathy Verney: himself
2017: Oblomov: Oblomov. He was also the director of the film
2021: La Vengeance au Triple Galop (TV film) by Alex Lutz and Arthur Sanigou: Claude Marquinnier
2024: The Regime (HBO Miniseries) by Will Tracy

== DVD ==

2009: Les Bonus de Guillaume
2011: Les Bonus de Guillaume, Volume 2

== Voice over ==

2005: L'homme de la lune (short film) by Serge Elissalde: voice of Lazare
2006: U by Serge Elissalde & Grégoire Solotareff: voice of Lazare
2010: Le Voyage extraordinaire de Samy by Ben Stassen: voice of Alphonse le chat
2010–2013: The Little Prince (TV series) by Pierre Alain Chartier: voice of Serpent
2012: Sammy 2 by Ben Stassen: voice of Lulu la moustache
2014: M. Peabody et Sherman: Les Voyages dans le temps by Rob Minkoff: voice of M. Peabody (V. F. de Ty Burrell)
2014: Paddington: voice of the bear: Paddington (V. 0. by Ben Whishaw)

Honours

Chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite (2008)
Molière Award for Best Newcomer in Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table! (2010)
Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor in Un fil à la patte (2011)
Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2013)
Lumière Award for Best Actor in Me, Myself and Mum (2014){{cite web|title=19e Cérémonie des Lumières|url=http://www.academiedeslumieres.com/index.php?page=palmares#pave_3|publisher=Academie des Lumieres|access-date=17 December 2014|language=fr|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073624/http://www.academiedeslumieres.com/index.php?page=palmares#pave_3|url-status=dead}}
César Award for Best Actor in Me, Myself and Mum (2014)
César Award for Best Adaptation in Me, Myself and Mum (2014)
Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor in Me, Myself and Mum (2014)