Benoît Magimel (; born 11 May 1974) is a French

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in

French cinema French cinema consists of the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe; with primary influ ...

. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Actor award at the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

for his role in

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...

's '' The Piano Teacher'' as well as in 2022 for his role in '' Peaceful''. He also starred in Claude Chabrol's '' La Demoiselle d'honneur''.

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* Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male film actors French male television actors French male child actors Male actors from Paris Best Supporting Actor César Award winners Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners 1974 births {{france-film-actor-stub