
Denis Podalydès
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Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Podalydès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

The Da Vinci Code (2006)
as Flight Controller

In All Innocence (1998)
as Martorel

La Belle Verte (1996)
as Papapote

Skirt Day (2008)
as Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator

Caché (2005)
as Yvon

Maigret and the Dead Lover (2026)
as Commissaire Jules Maigret

An Officer and a Spy (2019)
as Maître Demange

Comédie-Française (2026)
as La voix de Radio Molière (voice)

See You Up There (2017)
as The Minister (voice)

La Belle Époque (2019)
as François

The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024)
as Man with the Broken Face (voice)

To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
as The manager (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")

All Your Faces (2023)
as Paul

Max & Co (2007)
as Martin (voice)

Sagan (2008)
as Guy Schoeller

Deception (2021)
as Philip

Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936 (2016)
as Narrator (voice)

Mr & Mme Adelman (2017)
as Le Psy

A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self

Freedom-Oleron (2001)
as Jacques Monot

Mother (1991)
as Soghomon Tehlirian

Disclaimer (2019)
as Julien Demaistre

The Unloved (1995)
as Le jeune père

The Conquest (2011)
as Nicolas Sarkozy

Chocolat (2016)
as Louis Lumière

Sorry Angel (2018)
as Mathieu

Fantasies (2021)
as Vincent Lebrun (sketch 'Ludophilie')

The Forest (2014)
as Arkadi

Quiet Chaos (2008)
as Thierry

Rise (2022)
as Henri Gautier

Bloody Oranges (2021)
as Le ténor du barreau

Omar Killed Me (2011)
as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard

Camille Rewinds (2012)
as Alphonse Da Costa - le prof de physique

Making Of (2024)
as Simon

Eleanor's Secret (2009)
as Le Père - dad (voice)

Presidents (2021)
as Le psy

Bécassine ! (2018)
as M. Proey-Minans

Safe Conduct (2002)
as Jean Aurenche

The Children of the Century (1999)
as Sainte-Beuve

Anaïs in Love (2021)
as Daniel

French Tech (2021)
as Alexandre Duveteux

Scribe (2016)
as Clément

Wow! (2023)
as Le client silencieux

Apollo 11 : Retour vers la lune (2019)
as Narrator

The President's Wife (2023)
as Bernard Niquet

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
as Antoine

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
as Jean-Jacques

Coupable (2008)
as Louis Berger

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998)
as Julien

The Jews (2016)
as Talmudiste #2

The Assembly Line (2023)
as Junot

Summer Things (2002)
as Jérôme

Mortal Transfer (2001)
as Inspector Chapireau

Before What Comes After (2025)
as Fabrice Toussaint

Le misanthrope (2000)
as Alceste

For a Woman (2013)
as Maurice

Delete History (2020)
as Bertrand

Homecoming (2023)
as Marc

Love Boat (2024)
as Albin

Coluche (2008)
as Jacques Attali

Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! (2018)
as Stanislas de Chazelle

Park Benches (2009)
as Aimé Mermot

Grand amour (2020)
Actor

L'Avare (2009)
as Harpagon

The Conquerors (2013)
as Galaad

Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
as Stanislas de Chazelle

Royal Palace (2005)
as Titi

Architecture (2019)
Actor

The Teacher (2017)
as François Foucault

Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça! (2013)
as Barry

L'École de Danse (2026)
Actor

State Affairs (2009)
as Flandin

Julia(s) (2022)
as Victor Massenet

Green Paradise (2004)
as Lucas

The Sweet Escape (2015)
as Rémi

The Rembrandt Syndrome (2025)
as Gregory

The Officers' Ward (2001)
as Henri

Marie-Francine (2017)
as Emmanuel Doublet

Something Fishy (1994)
as Martin

Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
5H48, Place des Martyrs (—)
as Marc Vadé

Figaro (2008)
as Figaro

Nice and Easy (2014)
as Richard

The Dandelions (2012)
as Michel Gladstein

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003)
as Joseph Rouletabille

La Vie d'artiste (2007)
as Bertrand

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005)
as Joseph "Rouletabille" Joséphin

La Mort du Chinois (1998)
as Gérard

Love Is the Perfect Crime (2013)
as Richard

Grey Souls (2005)
as Le policier

Welcome to Switzerland (2004)
as Thierry

The Gods Must Be Daring (1997)
as Marc

Meurtre en trois actes (2013)
as Philippe Laclanche

L'Échappée belle (1996)
as Sanchez

The Field of Enchantment (2011)
as Le narrateur (voice)

Malraux, the Daring Dreamer (2001)
Actor

Le passe-muraille (2016)
as Émile Dutilleul

Almost Peaceful (2002)
as Charles

Candidature (2001)
as Jean Dupuis

Les Damnés de la Commune (2021)
as Georges Clemenceau (voice)

Inner City (1995)
as Employé de l'ANPE

De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant (2020)
as (voice)

The Big Bad Wolf (2013)
as Dr. Stanislas de Lastic

L'écologie des sentiments (2026)
Actor

Granny's Funeral (2012)
as Armand

Guess Who's Calling! (2025)
as Pierre Chozène

L'homme qui a fait de Gaulle (2026)
as Paul Reynaud

Comedy of Innocence (2000)
as Pierre

The World of Yesterday (2022)
as Franck L’Herbier

Only God Sees Me (1998)
as Albert

Nothing About Robert (1999)
as Martin

A Night in Versailles (1992)
as Arnaud

Hamlet (Comédie-Française) (2026)
as Polonius, seigneur

George et Fanchette (2010)
as Agricol Thiercellin

The First Man (2011)
as Professor Bernard

Un crime très populaire (2008)
as André Malraux

An Ordinary Execution (2010)
as Le concierge

Classico (2022)
as Le président de l’OM

The Ordinary People (2009)
as Gilles Bergerat
Hamlet (—)
Actor

The Screen Illusion (2010)
as Matamore

Les Damnés (2016)
Actor

The Bridge of Arts (2004)
as Guigui, alias l'Innomable

The Great Magic (2023)
as Charles

I Am Your Punishment (1996)
as The Failed Killer

It's Easier for a Camel... (2003)
as Philippe

A Year in My Life (2006)
as Falmin

Charge! (2000)
as Yvan

Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen (2018)
as Narrator
Voilà (1994)
Actor

Xenia (1989)
as Matthieu

King Lear (2023)
as Lear

A Village Almost Perfect! (2014)
as Henri

The Soeur Brothers (2000)
as Jacques Sœur

Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran (2015)
as Self

The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019)
as Reciter (voice)

The Black Book (2020)
as (voice)

Les Fourberies de Scapin (1998)
as Octave
Même quand nous dormons (2017)
as (voice)

Napoleon: Destiny and Death (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Conversation with Romy Schneider (2018)
as Narrator (voice)

Sartre, Years of Passion (2006)
as Jean-Paul Sartre
Jealous White Men (—)
Actor

Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance (2001)
as Thomas Meils

Marie Curie, une femme sur le front (2014)
as Narrator (voice)

Diary of a Seducer (1996)
as Accompanying Male Nurse

C'est pas grave d'aimer le football ! (2020)
as Self

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Business is Booming (2002)
as Claude Carle

Sarah Bernhardt, With Heart and Soul (2023)
as Self
Le Pendu (2007)
as Legoff

Hécube, pas Hécube (2024)
Actor

8 Times Up (2010)
as Mathieu

Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite (2022)
as Orgon, mari d’Elmire

La voleuse de Saint-Lubin (2001)
as L'avocat

Intrusions (2008)
as Alexis Taget

Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Céline : les derniers secrets (2021)
as Self

Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français (2013)
as Édouard Drumont

120 ans d'inventions au cinéma (2016)
as Narrator (voice)

Électre / Oreste (2019)
as Ménélas

La Nuit des Rois ou Tout Ce Que Vous Voulez (—)
as Orsino

La Tragédie du roi Richard II (2015)
as Richard II

La Comédie-Française - Le Malade Imaginaire (2020)
Actor

Un an (2006)
as Louis-Philippe

Le 4ème Morceau de la femme coupée en 3 (2006)
as Dominique, le professeur d'auto-école
Ces murs qui nous font signe (2021)
as Narrator (voice)

PSG : Ce club qui a failli ne pas exister ! (2017)
as Self





