Laurent Lafitte

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Laurent Lafitte
Lafitte at the 2018 César Awards ceremony
Born (1973-08-22) 22 August 1973 (age 50)
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present

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. [1] In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series Class Act (original name "Tapie") as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director 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
2004 The Role of Her Life Arnaud François Favrat
Narco The host Tristan Aurouet &
Gilles Lellouche
2006 Tell No One The Basque Guillaume Canet
Président Deputy Lionel Delplanque
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
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
2011 Une pure affaire Brice Teller Alexandre Coffre
Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde Joseph Klein Stéphane Kazandjian
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
2013 Bright Days Ahead Julien Marion Vernoux
The Love Punch Vincent Kruger Joel Hopkins
Mood Indigo The 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
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
2015 Boomerang Antoine Rey François Favrat
Daddy or Mommy Vincent Leroy Martin Bourboulon
The Little Prince The Conceited Man Mark Osborne French version
2016 Elle Patrick Paul Verhoeven
Daddy or Mommy 2 Vincent Leroy Martin Bourboulon
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
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
2022 Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be Jean-Jacques Sempé Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre voice
The Takedown
François Monge Louis Leterrier Netflix
Everybody Loves Jeanne Jean Céline Devaux
Television
Year Title Role Director Notes
1992 Premiers baisers The man Jacques Samyn TV series (1 episode)
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)
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)
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

Theater

Year Title Author Director
1994 The Miser Molière Jacqueline Bœuf
Jeffrey Paul Rudnick Raymond Acquaviva
1995 Croque-monsieur Marcel Mithois Raymond Acquaviva
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
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
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
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

Year Award Nominated work Result
2017 César Award for Best Supporting Actor Elle Nominated
2018 César Award for Best Supporting Actor See You up There Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Laurent Lafitte maître du Festival de Cannes". Paris Match. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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