Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet (born 3 September 1955, in

Bayonne Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...

) is a French actor, and the twin brother of actor

Pierre Malet Pierre Malet (born 3 September 1955 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French actor. He is the twin brother of Laurent Malet. Filmography * 1976 : '' Le Siècle des lumières'' (TV) : ''A page'' * 1976 : '' Comme un boomerang'' : ''Othe ...

Life

Malet's stage debut came in ''

La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu ''The Trojan War Will Not Take Place'' (, ) is a play written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. In 1955 it was translated into English by Christopher Fry with the title ''Tiger at the Gates''. The play has two acts and follows the conve ...

'' as Troilus alongside

Claude Jade Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade (; 8 October 1948 – 1 December 2006), was a French actress. She starred as Antoine Doinel#Christine Darbon, Christine in François Truffaut's three films ''Stolen Kisses'' (1968), ''Bed and B ...

in 1975. In 1978 he was made famous by his role as ''Andrew'' alongside

Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades, he received List of awards and nominations received by Donald Sutherland, numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award ...

Lisa Langlois Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress, who has appeared in movies, television and theater. Life and career Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French ...

and

Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French film actress. She was known for her performances in the films of her husband Claude Chabrol, including '' Les Biches'' (1968) and '' Le Bou ...

in '' Les Liens de Sang'' by

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...

. That same year,

Gilles Béhat Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor. Biography Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated ...

gave him the lead role in '' Haro''. En 1979, he starred alongside

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

in '' Les Routes du sud'' by

Joseph Losey Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Hollywood ...

and played

Lino Ventura Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...

's son in '' Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère)''. He also played ''Roger Bataille'' in

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema moveme ...

's ''

Querelle ''Querelle'' is a 1982 English-language erotic art film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Brad Davis and was adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel '' Querelle of Brest''. The plot centers on the Belgian sailor G ...

'' (after

Jean Genet Jean Genet (; ; – ) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels '' The Th ...

), and starred alongside

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actre ...

in 1984's '' Tir à vue'', directed by

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. In 1995 he played

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he s ...

Marc Rivière Marc Rivière is a French film director, director, actor and screenwriter. He has worked extensively in French television. He directed the 2009 historic television drama La reine et le cardinal set during the early years of the reign of Louis XI ...

's ''

L'Homme aux semelles de vent ''L'Homme. Revue française d'anthropologie'', is a French anthropological journal established in 1961 by Émile Benveniste, Pierre Gourou, and Claude Lévi-Strauss at the École pratique des hautes études, as a French counterpart to ''Man'' an ...

''. Highly attached to his brother and mother, he feels asked by the latter (in the terminal stages of a

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) to put an end to her sufferings. He writes of this in his 2006 book ''En attendant la suite'', in which he calls on the candidates in the presidential election to bring the state to legislate on euthanasia.

Filmography

* '' Haro'' (1978), by

* '' Les Liens de Sang'' (1978), by

* '' Les Routes du Sud'' (1978), by

* ''

Comme un boomerang ''Boomerang'' (, ) is a 1976 French-Italian crime film starring Alain Delon, Carla Gravina and Charles Vanel and directed by José Giovanni. It recorded admissions of 787,208 in France.José Giovanni José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationi ...

* ''

Bobo Jacco Bobo may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Comic strips * ''Bobo'' (Belgian comics) * ''Bobo'' (Italian comics) * ''Bobo'' (Swedish comics) Fictional characters * Bobo the Bear, in ''The Muppets'' series * Professor Bobo, from ''My ...

'' (1979), by

Walter Bal Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

* '' Le Cœur à l'envers'' (1980), by Franck Apprédéris * ''

La Légion saute sur Kolwezi ''La légion saute sur Kolwezi'', also known as ''Operation Leopard'', is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard and filmed in French Guiana. The script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978. It was diligen ...

'' (1980), by

Raoul Coutard Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the French New Wave (''Nouvelle Vague'') period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard, which include ...

* ''

'' (1982), by

* ''

Invitation au voyage ''Invitation au voyage'' is a 1982 French drama film directed by Peter Del Monte. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution. Cast * Laurent Malet - Lucien * Aurore Clément - Th ...

'' (1982), by

Peter Del Monte Peter Del Monte (29 July 1943 – 31 May 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed fifteen films between 1969 and 2021. His 1982 film ''Invitation au voyage'' won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1982 Ca ...

* '' A mort l'arbitre !'' (1983), by

Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Early life and education Mocky was born on 6 July 1929 in Nice, France, to Polish immigra ...

* '' Tir à vue'' (1984), by

* ''

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'' (1984), by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical ...

* ''

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'' (1985), by

Jacques Demy Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated ...

* '' La Puritaine'' (1986), by

Jacques Doillon Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director and screenwriter. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche. Earl ...

* '' Charlie Dingo'' (1987), by

* '' Les Possédés'' (1988), by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...

* '' Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent'' (1995), by

* '' Le Plus beau pays du monde'' (1999), by

Marcel Bluwal Marcel Bluwal (25 May 1925 – 23 October 2021) was a French film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as sc ...

* '' Ce jour-là'' (2003), by

Raoul Ruiz __NOTOC__ Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph. Raoul may also refer to: Given name * Raoul André (1916–1992), French director and screenwriter * Raoul Anglès (1887–1967), French politician * Raoul Aragon, ...

TV

*1976: ''Le siècle des lumières'' by Claude Brulé *1977: ''La foire'' by Roland Vincent *1981: ''Les avocats du diable'' d'

André Cayatte André Cayatte (; 3 February 1909 – 6 February 1989) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Biography Cayatte began his directoral career at ...

*1981: ''Confusion of Feelings'' *1982: ''Pleine lune'' by

Jean-Pierre Richard Jean-Pierre Richard (15 July 1922 – 15 March 2019) was a French literary critic. Biography Jean-Pierre Richard began his advanced studies at the École normale supérieure, at the time a school of the University of Paris, in 1941, passed the ...

*1984: ''Cuore'' by

Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the "commedia all'italiana" genre. His daughters Cristina Comencin ...

*1985: ''La part de l'autre'' by

Jeanne Labrune Jeanne Labrune (born 21 June 1950) is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film '' Sand and Blood'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Fes ...

*1986: ''Sword of Gideon'' by Michael Anderson *1991: ''The First Circle'' by Sheldon Larry *1993: ''Monsieur Ripois'' by Luc Béraud *1994: ''Le feu follet'' by

Gérard Vergez Gérard (French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constitue ...

*1995: ''L'homme aux semelles de vent'' by

*1997: ''Marion du Faouët'' by

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*2001: ''Des croix sur la mer'' by

Luc Béraud Luc Béraud (born 30 October 1945) is a French director, screenwriter and actor. Career He started as assistant director for Patrice Leconte, Jean Eustache and Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) ...

*2001: ''Le Prix de la vérité'' by

Joël Santoni Joël Santoni (5 November 1943 – 18 April 2018) was a French film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known ...

*2004: ''Les amants du bagne'' by Thierry Binisti *2005: ''Galilée ou l'amour de Dieu'' by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe

Réalisateur/Scénariste

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: '' Au nom d'un chien'' ( short)

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