Michel Fau
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Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director. At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and Pierre Vial. He has appeared on stage regularly in works directed by Olivier Py and he also worked with Olivier Desbordes, Jean Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Ladesou, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ... In cinema, he worked with directors like Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ... He occasionally directs an interpretation workshop at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. During the Night of the 2011 Molière Award, he made a cover of Carla Bruni's song Quelqu'un m'a dit in a parody of classical singer. Source: Article "Michel Fau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Credits

Swimming Pool (2003)
as First Man

Paris Pigalle (2018)
as Maurice Vogel

The Great Arch (2025)
as François Mitterrand

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
as Ragueneau's 2nd Poet

The Crime Is Mine (2023)
as Attorney General

Borgo (2024)
as Le commissaire

9 Month Stretch (2013)
as Gynécologue

Lorsque l'enfant paraît (2025)
as Charles Jacquet

Le Créateur (1999)
as Nicolas

La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris (2025)
as Self : Guest

Marguerite (2015)
as Atos Pezzini / Divo

With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
as Eric

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
as André

Golden Years (2017)
as Samuel

Open at Night (2017)
as Directeur bar branché

I Love You Coiffure (2020)
as Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")

Requiem for a Killer (2011)
as Le Chef d'orchestre

Ordeal (2017)
as Karl Kaplan

Amor maman (2019)
as Michel

Brèves de comptoir (2014)
as L'écrivain

Foon (2005)
as Miss Petchers

Habib (2023)
as Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024)
as Jean-Pierre Léaud

Arletty: A Guilty Passion (2015)
as Sacha Guitry

Fleur de cactus (2017)
as Julien Deforges

Ciboulette (2013)
as La Comtesse de Castiglione

Les Heureux (2021)
as Victor Hugo

La fuite (2020)
as Uncle

Muriel Robin, oser être soi... (2018)
as Self

Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023)
as Honoré de Balzac

Le Soulier de satin (2009)
Actor

Les Enfants de Saturne (2010)
as Ré

Gaspard le bandit (2006)
as Riboux

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles (2023)
as Self / Speakerine

Closed Eyes (2000)
as Michel

L'Orestie (2010)
Actor

Alien Crystal Palace (2018)
as Hambourg

On refait le boulevard (2016)
Actor

Not Now, Darling (2023)
as Steve Bodley

Le petit vélo dans la tête (2002)
as (voice)

Un amour qui ne finit pas (2015)
as Jean

L'Odyssée Offenbach (2019)
as Hippolyte de Villemessant

Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut (2024)
as Self

L'échappée, à la poursuite d'Annie Le Brun (2015)
as Self

Illusions comiques (2007)
Actor

La Belle Hélène (2019)
as Ménélas

Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (2020)
as Rose
Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena (2019)
as Menelaos

Michel Fau - Récital emphatique (2011)
as Self





