Laurent Lafitte

{{Short description|French actor and director}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Laurent Lafitte

| image = Laurent Lafitte at 2025 Cannes Red Carpet 2.jpg

| caption = Lafitte at 2025 Cannes Film Festival

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|8|22}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| occupation = Actor

| alma_mater =

| years_active = 1992–present

| parents =

}}

Laurent Lafitte (born 22 August 1973) is a French actor. He is known for playing the role of Patrick in Elle. In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. {{cite web|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Laurent-Lafitte-maitre-du-Festival-de-Cannes-928185|title=Laurent Lafitte maître du Festival de Cannes|accessdate=11 March 2016|work=Paris Match|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311114453/http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Laurent-Lafitte-maitre-du-Festival-de-Cannes-928185|archivedate=11 March 2016}} In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series Class Act (original name "Tapie") as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie.

Filmography

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|+Film

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1998

| Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas)

| A guest

| Nicolas Boukhrief

|

1999

| Belle maman

| Franck

| Gabriel Aghion

|

2000

| The Crimson Rivers

| Hubert

| Mathieu Kassovitz

|

2001

| Boomer

| Didier

| Karim Adda

| Short

2002

| Whatever You Say

| Fabrice

| Guillaume Canet

|

2003

| Les gaous

| Bertrand

| Igor Sekulic

|

rowspan=2| 2004

| The Role of Her Life

| Arnaud

| François Favrat

|

Narco

| The host

| Tristan Aurouet &
Gilles Lellouche

|

rowspan=2| 2006

| Tell No One

| The Basque

| Guillaume Canet

|

Président

| Deputy

| Lionel Delplanque

|

rowspan=4| 2007

| A Secret

| The cop

| Claude Miller

|

Ma place au soleil

|

| Eric de Montalier

|

La 17ème marche

| Lieutenant

| Karim Adda

| Short

J'ai plein de projets

|

| Karim Adda

| Short

2008

| Le bruit des gens autour

| Philippe

| Diastème

|

rowspan=3| 2010

| Little White Lies

| Antoine

| Guillaume Canet

|

L'amour, c'est mieux à deux

| Sylvain

| Dominique Farrugia
& Arnaud Lemort

|

Ensemble, c'est trop

| Hervé

| Léa Fazer

|

rowspan=2| 2011

| Une pure affaire

| Brice Teller

| Alexandre Coffre

|

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde

| Joseph Klein

| Stéphane Kazandjian

|

rowspan=2| 2012

| On the Other Side of the Tracks

| François Monge

| David Charhon

| Also writer

Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose?

| Perkins

| Olivier Baroux
& Kad Merad

|

rowspan=6| 2013

| Bright Days Ahead

| Julien

| Marion Vernoux

|

The Love Punch

| Vincent Kruger

| Joel Hopkins

|

Mood Indigo

| Society's owner

| Michel Gondry

|

16 ans ou presque

| Arnaud Mustier

| Tristan Séguéla

|

Clean

| Eric

| Benjamin Bouhana

| Short

Turbo

| Theo / Turbo

| David Soren

| French voice

rowspan=5| 2014

| Asterix: The Land of the Gods

| Duplicatha

| Alexandre Astier
& Louis Clichy

|

Fool Circle

| Léon Camus

| Vincent Mariette

|

Number One Fan

| Vincent Lacroix

| Jeanne Herry

|

The Easy Way Out

| Antoine

| Brice Cauvin

|

Monstre

| The man

| Stéphen Méance

| Short

rowspan=3| 2015

| Boomerang

| Antoine Rey

| François Favrat

|

Daddy or Mommy

| Vincent Leroy

| Martin Bourboulon

|

The Little Prince

| The Conceited Man

| Mark Osborne

| Voice; French version

rowspan=2| 2016

| Elle

| Patrick

| Paul Verhoeven

|

Daddy or Mommy 2

| Vincent Leroy

| Martin Bourboulon

|

rowspan=3| 2017

| See You Up There

| Captain Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle

| Albert Dupontel

|

The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir

|

| Ken Scott

|

K.O.

| Antoine

| Fabrice Gobert

|

rowspan=3 | 2018

| Paul Sanchez est revenu!

| Paul Sanchez

| Patricia Mazuy

|

One Nation, One King

| Louis XVI

| Pierre Schoeller

|

School's Out

| Pierre Hoffman

| Sébastien Marnier

|

2020

| Dear Mother

| Jean-Louis Bordier

| Laurent Lafitte

|

rowspan=4 | 2022

| Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be

| Jean-Jacques Sempé

| Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre

| Voice

The Takedown

| François Monge

| Louis Leterrier

|

Everybody Loves Jeanne

| Jean

| Céline Devaux

|

For My Country

| General Caillard

| Rachid Hami

|

rowspan=2 | 2024

| The Count of Monte Cristo

| Gérard de Villefort

| Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière

Meet the Barbarians

| Hervé Riou

| Julie Delpy

2025

| A Magnificent Life

| Marcel Pagnol

| Sylvain Chomet

| Voice

TBA

| The Bitter End

|

| Mike Newell

| Filming

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|+Television

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| Premiers baisers

| The man

| Jacques Samyn

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=2|1993

| Seconde B

| Patrick

| Christophe Gregeois

| TV series (1 episode)

Classe mannequin

| Juan

| Several

| TV series (35 episodes)

1998

| Avocats & associés

| The lawyer

| Philippe Triboit

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=2| 1999

| Bonne Nuit

| Jan Lucas

|

| TV movie

Coronation Street

| Sacha

| Adrian Bean

| TV series (2 episodes)

2002

| Caméra Café

| Nicolas Carton

| Francis Duquet

| TV series (1 episode)

2003

| Julie Lescaut

| Valérie's husband

| Bernard Uzan

| TV series (1 episode)

2004

| Joe Pollox et les mauvais esprits

| Julien

| Jérôme Foulon

| TV movie

2005

| Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux

| Manu

| Olivier Guignard

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=2| 2008

| Voici venir l'orage...

| Andrei Kovner

| Nina Companeez

| TV mini-series

Section de recherches

| Paul Mathieu

| Gérard Marx

| TV series (1 episode)

2012

| Birdsong

| René Azaire

| Philip Martin

| TV mini-series

2013

| Le débarquement

| Various

| Renaud Le Van Kim

| TV series (1 episode)

2023

| Class Act

| Bernard Tapie

| Tristan Séguéla

| TV mini-series

2025

| Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight

| Julius Caesar (voice)

| Alain Chabat

| Animated mini-series

Theater

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! Year

! Title

! Author

! Director

rowspan=2|1994

| The Miser

| Molière

| Jacqueline Bœuf

Jeffrey

| Paul Rudnick

| Raymond Acquaviva

1995

| Croque-monsieur

| Marcel Mithois

| Raymond Acquaviva

rowspan=2|1999

| Much Ado About Nothing

| William Shakespeare

| Ben Duke

Damn Yankees

| Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

| Gerry Tubbet

2000

| Davina's Landed

| Ben Duke

| Ben Duke

2001

| Célibataires

| Rodolphe Sand & David Talbot

| Rodolphe Sand

rowspan=2|2003

| The Imaginary Invalid

| Molière

| Gildas Bourdet

Le Jour du destin

| Michel del Castillo

| Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Désveaux

2004

| How the Other Half Loves

| Alan Ayckbourn

| Gildas Bourdet

2006

| Un cheval

| Jean-Marie Besset & Christophe Donner

| Gilbert Désveaux

rowspan=2|2007

| Des gens

| Raymond Depardon

| Zabou Breitman

Qu'elle aille au diable, Meryl Streep !

| Mohamed Kacimi & Rachid El-Daïf

| Laurent Lafitte

2008-11

| Laurent Lafitte, comme son nom l'indique

| Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin

| Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin

2010

| Rendez-vous

| Miklós László

| Jean-Luc Revol

2012

| Le Mariage

| Nicolas Gogol

| Lilo Baur

rowspan=3|2013

| Le Système Ribadier

| Georges Feydeau

| Zabou Breitman

Candide

| Voltaire

| Emmanuel Daumas

Other People's Heads

| Marcel Aymé

| Lilo Baur

2014

| A Midsummer Night's Dream

| William Shakespeare

| Muriel Mayette

2015

| Romeo and Juliet

| William Shakespeare

| Eric Ruf

Awards and nominations

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! Year

! Award

! Nominated work

! Result

2017

| César Award for Best Supporting Actor

| Elle

| {{nom}}

2018

| César Award for Best Supporting Actor

| See You up There

| {{nom}}

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