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Benoît Magimel is a French actor whose career in film and television began in 1988. Born Benoist René Christian Magimel in Paris, he speaks and writes in French. He has worked in the field of acting, with notable roles in productions such as *The Piano Teacher*, *A Single Girl*, *Headwinds*, and *Le Roi danse*.
Magimel has received several awards, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He also won César Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. Additionally, he has been nominated for the Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor and the European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film.
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Benoît Magimel is a French actor. A prolific actor who was 14 when he appeared in his first film, Magimel has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. For a number of years, he lived with French actress Juliette Binoche, with whom he co-starred in 1999's Children of the Century and later had a daughter, Hana, born in 1999. The relationship ended in 2003.
Known for
- De Gaulle: Tilting Iron — Koenig2026
- De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2) — Koenig2026
- Mi Amor — Vincent2026
- Greenland2026
- The Birthday Party — Franck2026
- The Hunt — Franck2026
- No Chains, No Masters — Eugène Larcenet2024
- Rosalie — Abel2024
- Saint-Exupéry — Directeur de l'Aéropostale (voix)2024
- The King of Algiers — Roger2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Life Is a Long Quiet River
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Benoit Magimel César 2016.jpg
- Height
- 1.76
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- Commons category
- Benoît Magimel
- date of birth
- 1974-05-11
- name in native language
- Benoît Magimel
- unmarried partner
- Juliette Binoche
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- ethnic group
- white people
- sexual orientation
- heterosexuality
- birth name
- Benoist René Christian Magimel
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