Stanislas Merhar (born 24 January 1971) is a French actor. He was born in

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in a family of immigrants from

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. He works in cinema, television and theatre. In 1998 Merhar won the

César Award for Most Promising Actor Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar Department, Colombia * Cesar River, in Colombia * Cesar ...

for his role in the film ''

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''.

Filmography

:1997 : '' Nettoyage à sec (Dry Cleaning)'' by

Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a Luxembourgish film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She lives and works in France. Life and career Born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor ...

:1998 : ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' (TV miniseries, played the role of Albert de Morcerf) by

Josée Dayan Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television direc ...

:1999 : '' La Lettre'' by

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wor ...

:1999 : '' Furia'' by

Alexandre Aja Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja (; born 7 August 1978), is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film '' Haute Tension'' (known as ''Hi ...

:2000 : ''Franck Spadone'' by Richard Bean :2000 : ''

La Captive ''The Captive'' (''La Captive'') is a 2000 drama film written and directed by Chantal Akerman and featuring Olivia Bonamy, Sylvie Testud and Stanislas Merhar. This French-language film is loosely based on Marcel Proust's novel '' La Prisonni ...

'' by

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:2000 : '' Les Savates du bon Dieu'' by

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:2001 : ''Nobel'' by Fabio Carpi :2001 : '' The Knights of the Quest'' by

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:2002 : ''

Almost Peaceful ''Almost Peaceful'' () is a 2002 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Michel Deville. The film entered the main competition at the 59th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot Cast * Simon Abkarian as Monsieur Albert ...

'' by

Michel Deville Michel Deville (13 April 1931 – 16 February 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level o ...

:2002 : '' Merci Docteur Rey'' by Andrew Litvack :2003 : ''Courtes Histoires de train court métrage'' by François Aunay :2003 : ''

Adolphe ''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illici ...

'' by

Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having cont ...

:2003 : ''L'Enfance de Catherine'' by Anne Baudry, short film :2005 : ' by

:2005 : ''Code 68'' de Jean-Henri Roger :2006 : ''Comme un chat noir au fond d'un sac'' by

Stéphane Elmadjian Stéphane is a French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. The word derives from the Greek word "''στεφάνι''" (stefáni) n (plural στεφάνια), meaning wreath, garland (of flowers), and the verb "στέφω" (stéfo), meaning "t ...

:2006 : ''Müetter'' de Dominique Lienhard :2006 : ''L'Héritage'' by Géla Babluani and Temur Babluani :2011 : '' En ville'' by Valérie Mréjen and Bertrand Schefer :2011 : '' The Art of Love'' by

Emmanuel Mouret Emmanuel Mouret (born 30 June 1970) is a French actor, Film director, director and screenwriter. Life and career He was born on 30 June 1970 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. He graduated from La Fémis (9th ...

:2011 : '' Almayer's Folly'' by

:2012 : ''Climats'' by Caroline Huppert :2013 : ''Left Foot Right Foot'' by Germinal Roaux :2014 : ''Rosenn'' by Yvan Le Moine :2015 : '' L'Ombre des femmes'' by Philippe Garrel :2017 : '' Madame'' by Amanda Sthers :2018 : '' The Black Book'' :2023 : ''

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'' by Virginie Brac :2024 : '' Being Maria'' by Jessica Palud

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merhar, Stanislas 1971 births Living people Male actors from Paris French people of Slovenian descent French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors Most Promising Actor César Award winners 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors