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Alexis Michalik (born 13 December 1982) is a Franco-British actor, scriptwriter and director. He adapted Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' into his play ''R & J'' and he has written and staged his own plays, including '' Le Porteur d'histoire'', '' Le Cercle des illusionnistes'', '' Edmond'' and ''Intra Muros''. He has acted in a number of films, including '' Sagan'' by
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and '' Le Chant du loup'' by Abel Lanzac and he has acted in a number of TV series, mini-series, and TV films, including the series '' Kaboul Kitchen'' by Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. He has received various Molière awards for his plays.


Education

He is the son of a Polish father, an artist, and a British mother. He was raised in the quartier des Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. He studied at the collège Jules-Ferry, and at the conservatoire in the 19th arrondissement, and he passed the entrance examination for the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique.


Career


Theatre director and scriptwriter

His first stage role was as Roméo in 2001, in the play ''Juliette et Roméo'' directed by Irina Brook at the théâtre de Chaillot. In 2003, he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique ( CNSAD) in Paris. However, he gave up his place to stage his first show, ''Une folle journée'', an adaptation of Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais. He created the show in 2005 at the
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Off in the théâtre des Corps Saints, playing the role of the Count. Michalik used the name of his source material to name his theatre company, ''Los Figaros''. In 2006, he created ''La Mégère à peu près apprivoisée'' at Théâtre La Luna (Buffon), a musical comedy adaptation of the play by
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, in which he played the role of Petruchio. He met Arthur Jugnot, who produced the play in Avignon in 2007 et 2008, at the théâtre des Béliers, then in 2009 at the Vingtième Théâtre and then in 2010 at Le Splendid. The adaption was then put on television on the show
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. During this show, he met Dominique Besnehard, the show's host, who would later produce two of Michalik's first short films. In 2008, he created ''R&J'', an adaptation of '' Roméo et Juliette'' by
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for three actors. In this production, he played various roles, including Romeo. The play was done in the théâtre des Béliers in Avignon, and then at the Ciné 13 Théâtre and at Studio des Champs-Elysées. In 2010, he adapted and directed the second act of '' Carmen'' by Bizet, in a show titled ''Carmen Rock & Soul Opéra.'' The show, which was put on at the ''Festival des Mises en capsules'', starred the singer Julie Zenatti in the title role and Christophe Mali ('' Tryo'') playing Don José, and 20 other actors, singers, dancers and musicians. The show as done at Ciné 13 Théâtre. Then Benjamin Bellecour, co-director of Ciné 13 Théâtre, invited Michalik to write and direct Michalik's first play, ''Le Porteur d'histoire.'' The play was done in a shortened form at the ''Festival Faits d'Hiver.'' In July 2011, the play was done in its current form at Théâtre des Béliers . The play came back to Avignon in 2012 and also was done in Paris at Théâtre 13 Jardin, where it was received well by the public and critics. His play was done again at the Studio des Champs-Élysées in February 2013 and at Théâtre des Béliers in 2017. In January 2014, he wrote his second play, ''Le Cercle des illusionnistes'', which was produced at the théâtre de La Pépinière in Paris. The play blends fictional elements with the biography o Robert-Houdin and filmmaker
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. It was performed in 2014 and it was also performed at the Théâtre des Béliers parisiens. ''Le Porteur d'histoire'' and ''Le cercle des illusionnistes'' were both nominated for the Molières 2014 award in the categories of ''Meilleur Spectacle de Théâtre Privé'', ''Meilleur Auteur Francophone Vivant'', and ''Meilleur Metteur en Scène de Théâtre Privé''. Le cercle des illusionnistes was also nominated for ''Molière de la révélation féminine'' (by Jeanne Arènes) and ''Molière de la Création Visuelle'' (by Marion Rebmann, Olivier Roset, and Pascal Sautelet)''.'' Alexis Michalik won two Molière awards in 2014 : ''Auteur'' et ''Metteur en scène''. Jeanne Arènes was also recognized. In 2016, he created ''Edmond'' at Théâtre du Palais-Royal, a play that explored that challenging creation of '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' by Edmond Rostand. The dramaturg was played by the comedian Guillaume Sentou. In the 2017 Molière awards, ''Edmond'' got seven nominations : Molière du Théâtre privé, Molière de la Comédie, Molière du Comédien dans un second rôle, Molière de la Révélation masculine, Molière de l'auteur francophone vivant, Molière du Metteur en scène d'un spectacle de Théâtre privé and Molière de la Création visuelle. In 2017, he created ''Intra Muros'' at Théâtre 13, a play that was part of a theatre course in a prison; it examined the history of various characters. The play's lead actors included Jeanne Arènes, Bernard Blancan, Alice de Lencquesaing, Paul Jeanson and Faycal Safi.The music and soundtrack were done on stage by Raphaël Charpentier.


Television and film acting

Michalik appeared in the television series ''Diane, femme flic'' on
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between 2002 and 2004, playing the role of lieutenant Sam. He then had roles in a number of TV films, series and sagas, including ''Petits meurtres en famille'' and ''Terre de lumière'' on France 2''.'' He acted in the films '' Sagan'' by
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, '' L'Autre Dumas'' by Safy Nebbou, '' L'Âge de raison'' by
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, ''Des gens qui s'embrassent'' by Danièle Thompson, ''La Banda de Picasso'' by Fernando Colomo, and '' 24 jours, la vérité sur l'affaire Ilan Halimi'' by
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... Since 2012, he has played the role of Damien in the series ''Kaboul Kitchen'' on Canal+. In 2015, he was part of the Anglophone cast of ''
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'', for Canal+.


Director and screenwriter

In 2013, Michalik did his first short film, ''Au Sol'', which drew on the blog ''Rue89''. The film, which was released in September 2014 on France 2, garnered 30 selections and 15 festival prizes. In 2014, he did his second short film, ''Pim-Poum le petit Panda'' for the ''Talents Cannes Adami''. This musical comedy was co-written with Benjamin Bellecour. In January 2019, he directed his first full-length film, an adaptation of his play ''Edmond''. He took on a musical comedy for the first time in 2021 by directing a stage production of '' The Producers'' at the Théâtre de Paris; at the time of its premiere Michalik had six of his productions on stage in Paris concurrently. The show received five nominations for the French ''Trophées de la comédie musicale'', winning the best production.Les Trophées de la comédie musicale consacrent Les Producteurs Le Figaro, 21 June 2022
accessed 21 June 2022.


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