* TOP 30 OF THE MOST HANDSOME FRENCH ACTORS *
My homage to French men! These are my favorite ones!
I love cinema and television and therefore I really enjoy making lists here! Although you might disagree with a few things in my lists, my main reason to do these is to have fun!
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Obs.: Names here may vary as time goes by, as new actors are always emerging and becoming famous world-wide.
I love cinema and television and therefore I really enjoy making lists here! Although you might disagree with a few things in my lists, my main reason to do these is to have fun!
So, enjoy and check out my other lists! Thanks!
Profitez-vous! Merci!
iDisfrútalo! iGracias!
Obs.: Names here may vary as time goes by, as new actors are always emerging and becoming famous world-wide.
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Marmaï Pio, born 13 July 1984 in Strasbourg, is a French actor. Coming from an artistic background (his mother is a former costume designer at the Strasbourg Opera and his father is an emigrated Italian designer), Pio Marmaï followed the course of the Scuola Commedia dell'Arte Antonio Fava, The Theatre School Enfants Terribles, the conservatory of Créteil and the National Drama Centre of Saint-Etienne .Looove him.- Touted as a rebel, Duvauchelle seem to be one of the most promising young actors in France and Europe. While studying to become a pharmacy employee, he was discovered in a boxing club in Paris. After some auditions, he starred in Le petit voleur (1999), and many other films such as Snowboarder (2003), an action movie, and Trouble Every Day (2001) with 'Beatrice Dalle'. Thanks to his handsome appearance, he became a male-model, and starred in a TV ad for Levi's jeans, and became Hugo Boss perfume's supermodel. Nicolas was brought to stardom by Les corps impatients (2003) with Laura Smet. He confirmed his status of rebel actor playing in Lightweight (2004), a movie where he played a boxer.Handsome as hell.
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Son of horse breeders, the young man spent his childhood in the countryside near Paris. In his youth, Guillaume wanted to be a horse-rider, and briefly followed a professional career in the sport. A bad fall broke his dreams, but is at the origin of his acting career, and success. After briefly studying acting, he started his career. Eclectic and moving, Canet is also a successful director, he has directed movies like Tell No One (2006) and Little White Lies (2010)
In 2015, after 20 years of career, he received his first important nod as an actor for playing a serial killer in Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (2014). He was nominated to Cesar Awards but eventually lost to Pierre Niney. Before that, he received a nod as Breakout Actor in 1998.A babe!- Actor
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Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet was born on 4 December 1987 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Fool Moon (2016), Love Songs (2007) and The Princess of Montpensier (2010).The cutest.- Actor
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Raphaël Personnaz was born on 23 July 1981 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Anna Karenina (2012), The Princess of Montpensier (2010) and Marius (2013).A "prince".- Actor
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Aurelien began to work in the cinema at the age of 12 in Cache Cash, of Claude Pinoteau. Aurelien stopped his studies at the age of 16 to work full time in the theater and the cinema. He has Norwegian origins by his father and has an older brother, named Benjamin. He writes and realizes short films.Attirant...- Olivier Martinez comes from a working-class family, raised in the Paris suburbs. He left school at an early age, holding various pick-up jobs such as salesman for jeans. Friends urged him to try acting, and at age 23 he enrolled in the International Conservatory of Paris. After several television shows, he reached the international market with The Horseman on the Roof (1995), billed in his American promotional tour for that movie as "the French Brad Pitt".Beau!
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In 1995 he began his first one man show, the same year he met Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massot with whom he created the "Nous Ç Nous". In 1999, he became "Loulou" in Un gars, une fille (1999). This part permitted him to show his talent to a larger public. Since the end of "Un gars, une fille" in 2003, he has appeared in many films.Amazing smile...- Gilles Marini exploded onto the scene as "Dante", the Casanova living in the beach house next door to Kim Cattrall's "Samantha" on the Sex and the City (2008) movie, a role which has earned him international recognition. Though people went to the theatres to see Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, they left with one thing on their mind....Gilles's shower scene.
Gilles has been seen on television on Ugly Betty (2006), Dirty Sexy Money (2007), Criminal Minds (2005), Windfall (2006) and in several soap operas, including The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and Passions (1999). His recent film credits include "One and the Other" (L'Une et L'Autre (2007)), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006).
Gilles has appeared in many television commercials and print ads for companies like Budweiser, Clairol, Coca Cola, Ross, Chrysler, Fila, GNC, Infiniti, Mervins, Avon, Lord and Taylor, Robinsons May, etc.
Gilles was born in Grasse, France. After working as a baker in his father's bakery since he was 8-years-old and graduating from high school, Gilles joined the French army and was stationed in Paris, where he acted as a fireman for the famous Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris. It was in Paris where Gilles met Fred Goudon, a famous photographer who introduced Gilles to the world of modeling. After fulfilling his military duties, Gilles decided to go to the United States to learn English while working as a model.
In his spare time, Gilles enjoys playing soccer as part of a neighborhood team. He also teaches martial arts to his son, Georges Marini.
Gilles currently resides in California with his wife Carole, son Georges, and daughter Juliana.Sexy... - Actor
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Stanley Weber was born on 13 July 1986 in Paris, France. He is an actor and producer, known for Outlander (2014), Borgia (2011) and Pilgrimage (2017).Lovable!- Actor
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Jean-Pierre Martins was born on 29 October 1971. He is an actor and composer, known for La Vie En Rose (2007), The Gilded Cage (2013) and Empire of the Wolves (2005).J'adooore!- Actor
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Melvil Poupaud was born on 26 January 1973 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Laurence Anyways (2012), Speed Racer (2008) and Time to Leave (2005).Séduisant...- Actor
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Julien Béramis was born on 17 November 1983 in Villiers-le-Bel, Val-d'Oise, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Paris, I Love You (2006), Happy End (2009) and Sauveur Giordano (2001).Endearing.- Actor
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Becker attended the Conservatory of dramatic art in France, the court Florent (Olga Hörstig Prize) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London.
He was part of the promotion of Young Talents Cannes in 2010. That same year, he made his debut on screen in a variety of roles. He played a young politician in L'Assaut, directed by Julien Leclercq, an alcoholic hitchhiker in La Proie, directed by Eric Valette, a student in Marie-Castille Mention Schaar's Ma Première Fois and a young businessman in La Croisière, by Pascale Pouzadoux.
In 2010, he made his debut in Hollywood, playing Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in the CW drama Gossip Girl. Initially, he signed on for two episodes in the fourth season. Later, his role was extended for another eighteen episodes.
In 2011, he played Xavier in the American film Damsels in Distress, directed by Whit Stillman (Oscar nominated for his film Metropolitan). The film closed the 68th Venice Film Festival and was selected at the Toronto Film Festival.
In 2012, Becker starred as Antoine Lavoisier in the American docufiction Mystery of the Matter, directed by Mr. Meyer. In 2013, Hugo played Isaac Dreyfuss, a football star involved in a terrorist affair, for two episodes of a BBC3 series.
In 2014, he played the role of Romain in the 6 episodes of the miniseries Chefs alongside Clovis Cornillac, for which he received the Adami Prize for the best promising actor at the Luchon festival.
In 2015, he played the lead role in the 12 episodes French series entitled Au service de la France, written by Jean-François Halin, for the role of André Merlaux, a young recruit of the French secret service, in the year 1960.
In 2016, he began playing the role of Cyril Balsan in the political drama series Baron Noir alongside Niels Arestrup, Kad Merad and Anna Mouglalis. In the same year, he starred in a main role alongside Yon González and Lluís Homar in the Spanish crime drama series Bajo sospecha. He played the role of a police officer infiltrated to find a missing person in a hospital in Madrid. He also played the role of Guillaume in the comedy Un jour mon prince!, by Flavia Coste.
In 2018, he starred in Xavier Durringer's Paradise Beach alongside Sami Bouajila, Kool Shen, Seth Gueko and Tewfik Jallab. In the same year, he starred in Jusqu'ici tout va bien, by Mohamed Hamidi, alongside Gilles Lellouche, Malik Bentalha and Sabrina Ouazani.
In 2019, he starred as Paul Vanhove in the Netflix science fiction series Osmosis. He is set to play a role as Paul WR in Le dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R. by Romain Quirot and as Max in the film Döner directed by Jean-Luc Herbulot.
Hugo Becker is fluent in English and Spanish.
Since 2014, he is one of the producers at Nouvelle Donne Productions.Lovely...- Actor
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Gaspard Ulliel's dream had always been to direct a movie, and after completing his studies at the lycée (French high school), he majored in cinema at the University of Saint-Denis, and began his acting career.
He was born in Paris, to Christine, a stylist and runway show producer, and Serge Ulliel, a fashion designer. One of his first professional performances came when he was twelve, in the TV film Une femme en blanc (1997). During the following years, Ulliel continued working on television and was cast in short films such as Alias (1999). He played a young shepherd who was injured by The Beast in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and was then discovered by director Michel Blanc, who offered him a part in Summer Things (2002) which also starred veteran actress Charlotte Rampling. Ulliel then took summer stages at Les Cours Florent and was asked by director André Téchiné to star in Strayed (2003) as Emmanuelle Béart's over. His role as Manech opposite Audrey Tautou in A Very Long Engagement (2004) brought him to stardom. He was nominated thrice for Most Promising Male Newcomer at the César Awards (the equivalent of the Oscars in France) in 2003, 2004 and 2005; he won the last one. Ulliel's lead roles include The Last Day (2004), Jacquou le croquant (2007) and Hannibal Rising (2007), his first major English-language film.
He had a son with his former partner, model and singer Gaëlle Piétri, born in January 2016. They split up in 2020. Gaspard died on 19 January, 2022, in La Tronche, Isère, France, after a skiing accident.Most amazing eyes...- Actor
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Jocelyn Quivrin was born on 14 February 1979 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France. He was an actor and writer, known for 99 Francs (2007), Syriana (2005) and Jacquou le croquant (2007). He was married to Alice Taglioni. He died on 15 November 2009 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France.Miss him.- Actor
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Mathieu Kassovitz was born on 3 August 1967 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Amélie (2001), La haine (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997).Really adore him!- Actor
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Pierre Perrier was born on 9 August 1984 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France. He is an actor and director, known for Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012), American Translation (2011) and The Returned (2012).Like him.- Actor
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Clément Sibony was born on 30 November 1976 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), French Kiss (1995) and The Tourist (2010).Handsome.- Actor
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Michaël Cohen was born on 13 December 1970 in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France. He is an actor and writer, known for It Begins with the End (2010), Them (2006) and The Invitation (2016).Charmant.- Actor
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Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother, Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La haine (1995), the young actor, actually coming from upper classes, succeeded to express the despair of a social class living in the suburbs of towns. This veracity in his play comes from the fact that he was in fact since years in connection with many hip-hop artists from the rising generation, (his own brother was leader of a legendary french rap group). Then the success of The Crimson Rivers (2000), where he plays a young French cop alongside Jean Reno, made of him "the man to count on." He never hid his taste for rap music, break dance, Capoeira, Brasil and his endless energy, but Vincent is also a family man, married to Monica Bellucci, his Italian co-star from The Apartment (1996) (aka The Apartment); and recently a father.Élégant!- Actor
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Louis Garrel was born on 14 June 1983 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Dreamers (2003), Little Women (2019) and The Innocent (2022). He has been married to Laetitia Casta since 10 June 2017. They have one child. He was previously married to Golshifteh Farahani.Fierce!- Actor
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Smiling, talented, eclectic actor Samuel Le Bihan seems to be one of the most popular actors in France and Europe. He acceded to stardom thanks to movies like Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Jet Set (2000), Shooting Stars (2002) ('Shooting Stars'), The Code (2002) ('The Code') and He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002), but Samuel also showed his ability to play deeper roles in less commercial movies like Peau neuve (1999) ('New Dawn'), Le cousin (1997) ('The Cousin'), Captain Conan (1996) ('Captain Conan'), Venus Beauty Institute (1999) ('Venus Beauty Institute') and Fureur (2003) ('Rage'). After having played with Samy Naceri, Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci, and twice alongside Audrey Tautou, Le Bihan is now aspiring to international stardom by playing alongside Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.Great man.- Actor
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Appealing actor Romain Duris is the exact example of those who arrived in the movie industry by chance, and to stardom without really desiring it. Discovered by a casting director while he was waiting in front of a high school in Paris, he was offered a role. Between popular successes such as Good Old Daze (1994), Dobermann (1997), Tom Thumb (2001), The Spanish Apartment (2002) or Arsène Lupin (2004), and independent films like Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002), Exils (2004), The Crazy Stranger (1997), Being Light (2001), Déjà mort (1998) or When the Cat's Away (1996), Duris proves to be versatile enough to be credible as a bandit, as a homosexual, or simply as a French student in the streets of Barcelona. The consecration has been The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005); now Duris is seen as an excellent and touching actor by the critics and by the audience.Mysterious...- Actor
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Mathieu Demy is a French filmmaker and actor. He is the son of renowned filmmakers Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda. Demy has directed several acclaimed films, including "Americano" (2011), "Lola Pater" (2017), and "Three Songs for Benazir" (2021).
Demy began his career as an actor, appearing in several films directed by his parents. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the short film "The Girl from the Train." His first feature film, "Americano," was a critically acclaimed drama about a young French woman who travels to Los Angeles to find her estranged father.
Demy's films are often characterized by their personal and intimate style. He frequently explores themes of family, relationships, and loss. His films have been praised for their emotional honesty and visual beauty.
In addition to his work as a director, Demy has also written several screenplays and acted in several films. He is a regular collaborator with his wife, the actress Chiara Mastroianni.
Demy is a rising star in French cinema. His films have been shown at major film festivals around the world, and he has won several awards for his work. He is a talented filmmaker with a unique vision, and he is sure to continue to make acclaimed films for many years to come.
Demy is a significant figure in contemporary French cinema. His films are personal, intimate, and visually beautiful. He is a talented filmmaker with a unique vision, and he is sure to continue to make acclaimed films for many years to come.Adorable...- Actor
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Omar Sy was born on 20 January 1978 in Trappes, Yvelines, France. He is an actor and producer, known for The Intouchables (2011), Jurassic World (2015) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Hélène Sy since 6 July 2007. They have four children.The best!- Actor
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Nicolas Maury was born on 14 October 1980 in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Haute-Vienne. He is an actor and director, known for My Best Part (2020), Paris, I Love You (2006) and Knife + Heart (2018).Charming.- Actor
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Guillaume Gouix grew up in the community of Cabriès, which is in the department Bouches-Du-Rhône, where he spent his childhood. After a brief appearance in a TV-movie he started to study acting at the Conservatory of Marseille. Later on he continued his studies at a regional drama school in Cannes, until 2004,where he finally graduated.Awn...- Actor
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Nicolas Giraud was born on 12 November 1978 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Taken (2008), The Astronaut (2022) and High Lane (2009).The sweetest!- Actor
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Emmanuel Leconte was born on 11 October 1982 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), Je Suis Charlie (2015) and Le big bang, mes ancêtres et moi (2009).The greatest!- Cyril Mourali was born in 1979 in Bondy, France. He is an actor, known for Samouraïs (2002), Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006) and Au suivant! (2005).+ BONUS
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Nicolas Cazalé was born on 24 April 1977 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Great Journey (2004), Three Dancing Slaves (2004) and The Grocer's Son (2007).+ BONUS
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Adrien Jolivet was born on 20 December 1981 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and composer, known for Le rouge à levres (2013), Zim and Co. (2005) and In the Arms of My Enemy (2007).+ BONUS
Unfortunately no picture, strongly recommend you to check it out!- Sagamore Stévenin began his career in cinema in 1991 in "La Totale" by Claude Zidi (the film that inspired "True Lies"). He then accepted roles both in feature films and TV movies and is rapidly offered starring roles, especially in "La Cible" and "Comme une bête".
Sagamore Stevenin became famous in 1999 by playing in the film by Catherine Breillat "Romance". This film, where he plays with Caroline Ducey and porn-star Rocco Siffredi, made a huge scandal.
Sagamore Stévenin never hesitates to explore different genres: from the pre-war years cinema in "Lisa" by Pierre Grimblat with Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard, to thrillers such as "Sueurs" and the adaptation of the comic book "Michel Vaillant" by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire and produced by Luc Besson.
Sagamore Stévenin also stars in pure comedies like "Tu vas rire mais je te quitte" (2004) by Philippe Harel with Judith Godrèche.+ BONUS
Unfortunately no picture, strongly recommend you to check it out! - Vincent Lecoeur is a French actor born in La Roche sur Foron, in the borough of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie in 1974. From La Roche sur Foron, Vincent Lecoeur moved to Paris at the age of 20. Vincent knew from a young age that he wanted to pursue an interest in theater. Before his film career began, he completed a DEUG (Diploma of General University Studies) in "Performing Arts" at the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis.+ BONUS
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