François Berléand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
François Berléand (born April 22, 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, the French version of The Office, produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 film The Transporter as the French commissaire named Tarconi, an active and honest police officer who is an acquaintance of Frank Martin (Jason Statham). He reprised the role in the sequels Transporter 2 and Transporter 3 and the TV series. Berléand was born in Paris, France. The son of a Russian-Armenian father and a French mother, until the age of eleven he found his childhood traumatic after being told by his father that Berléand was the son of the Invisible Man. While studying at business school, he trained as an actor, somewhat against his will; his first stage role was in a play called Sur une plage de l'Ouest (On a beach in the West). After graduation, he enrolled in drama classes with Tania Balachova and then met Daniel, a director under whose auspices he worked from 1974 to 1981, participating in a dozen productions, mainly of contemporary classics. Berléand began his film career in 1978 with supporting roles in successful comedies throughout the 1980s. After a series of highly acclaimed supporting roles, including My Small Business for which he won the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2000, he won his first major role in the film My Idol by Guillaume Canet which brought his name and face to the wider public. For this, Berléand thanks his former girlfriend, actress-director Nicole Garcia. In Martin et Léa, he plays a police inspector, a role he went on to perform many times on screen (La Balance, Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (based on the novel The Devil's Home on Leave by Derek Raymond), Marche à l'ombre (Walking in the Shade), The Bait, The Death the Chinese, Fred, The Smile of the Clown, Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), Transporter 1, 2, and 3) thanks in part to a cold, distant, and piercing gaze. Berléand often plays military characters (The Hostage of Europe, Stella, Les Milles, Captain Conan, The Prince of the Pacific); he has also played a detective (Follow This Plane), pastor (Au revoir les enfants) and psychiatrist in Seventh Heaven, the film that really showed his talents to the public in late 1997. He released a book about his childhood in 2006, Le fils de l'homme invisible (The son of the invisible man). Berléand was in a relationship with French actress, film director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia for twelve years. He has been in a long-term relationship with Alexia Stresi; their twins Adèle and Lucy were born in December 2008. He is also the father of two grown children, Martin (born 1978) and Fanny (born 1983). He is the grandfather of Elios (born 2013), son of Martin. Description above from the Wikipedia article François Berléand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Les Talents d’Achille
Movie
Johnny Biloute
TV · 6 eps
Rimbaud-Verlaine, une saison en enfer
TV · as Théodore Serstevens · 4 eps
Somnambule
Movie
Les jours d'après
Movie · as Henri
5H48, Place des Martyrs
Movie · as Mr Defiandre
Avis de tempête
Movie · as Captain
The Man of Signs
Movie
Phoenix
TV · as Jean Humbel · 6 eps
Angels & Co.
Movie · as Cupidon
The Boy
Movie · as Le père
Colours of Time
Movie · as Victor Hugo
McWalter
Movie · as Chef Sorkin
Santé mentale, briser le tabou
Movie · as Self
Dans la peau de McWalter
Movie · as Self - Actor
Murder party au musée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La Roue de la fortune : Célébrités
TV · 1 ep
Girl for a Day
Movie · as Judge Genoud
Père Noël à domicile
Movie · as François
Fêlés
Movie · as Directeur de l'usine
The World Upside Down
Movie · as Le grand-père
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Movie · as Self
Up All Night
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Boire et à Manger
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Panique au 31
TV · as François · 2 eps
Last Dance
Movie · as Germain
Magnificat
Movie · as Monseigneur Mével
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème
Movie · as Self
En Bande Organisée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
À mon tour
Movie · as Jean-Charles de Ponte
Champagne !
Movie · as Le Maître de la Confrérie
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Movie · as Franck
Par le bout du nez
Movie · as The Psychiatrist
Le souffle du dragon
Movie · as Papi
Tous Inconnus
Movie · as ("Les Chasseurs" segment)
The Grand Restaurant IV
Movie · as Christian, a client
Two Much for the Job
Movie · as M. Picard
Love (and Trouble) In Paris
TV · as Georges · 6 eps
Christmas with the Tuches
Movie · as Pierre Noël
The Grand Restaurant III
Movie · as Christian, a client
Hear Me Out
Movie · as Francis Samier
Nine Women
Movie
Le Grand Quiz
TV · as Self - Acteur · 1 ep
Je te promets
TV · as Alexandre Gallo · 2 eps
Le Remplaçant
TV · as Bernard Audoin · 6 eps
Ramsès II
Movie · as Jean
L'Esprit de famille
Movie · as Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
How to Be a Good Wife
Movie · as Robert Van der Beck
Lucky
Movie · as Le commissaire Daran
I Love You Coiffure
Movie · as Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
La troupe à Palmade s'amuse avec...François Berléand
Movie · as Self
Une heure de tranquillité
Movie · as Michel
Grand Oral
Movie · as Le président du jury
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Someone, Somewhere
Movie · as Psy de Rémy
Would I Lie to You: The Beginning
Movie · as Max
Encore un instant
Movie · as Julien
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
Movie · as Professeur Pascal Bernel
Disturbing Disappearances
TV · as Yves Perez · 1 ep
La Boîte à secrets
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La Fête du Cinéma
Movie
Family Is Family
Movie · as Alexander, Constance's father
Je vais mieux
Movie · as Audibert
Passage des arts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alexandra Ehle
TV · as Robin Desnoyeux · 1 ep
Stand Up Girl
Movie · as Fabrice
School of Life
Movie · as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
Les Chamois
TV · as Etienne Leroy · 8 eps
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
Movie · as Self
Vicky
Movie · as Albert Bonhomme
Du vent dans les branches de sassafras
Movie · as John Emery Rockefelle
Moi, moi et François B.
Movie
Amanda
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté
Movie · as Self
Among Friends
Movie · as Philippe
The Art Dealer
Movie · as Simon
Peplum
TV · as Titus · 1 ep
Call My Agent!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deux hommes tout nus
Movie · as Alain Kramer
La clef des champs
Movie · as Fred
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Débarquement
Movie
Max
Movie · as Le commissaire de police
Blanche Nuit
Movie · as La Malice
60 Going On 12
Movie · as Charles
State Crime
Movie · as Robert Boulin
Le Parc, Prince des stades
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Quadrille
Movie · as Philippe de Morannes
Closed Circuit
Movie · as Jean-Claude Dedieu
The Okinaway of Life
Movie · as Narrator
Transporter: The Series
TV · as Tarconi · 16 eps
Le Débarquement
TV · 1 ep
Jusqu'ici tout va bien
TV · as Self - Contributor · 18 eps
One Day My Father Will Come
Movie · as Bernard Bleu
Happiness Never Comes Alone
Movie · as Alain Posche
Dead Man Talking
Movie · as Karl Raven
The Stroller Strategy
Movie · as Jean-Luc Hamory
Another Woman's Life
Movie · as Maître Volin
Le Dindon
Movie · as Vatelin
The Unexpected Getaway
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Charterhouse of Parma
TV · as The Prince of Parma · 2 eps
Escalade
Movie · as Noe
Above Suspicion
Movie · as Pierre Jourdan
Main basse sur une île
Movie · as "Der Engel"
Plus si affinités & Friends
Movie · as Self
Au bistro du coin
Movie · as François
The Whistler
Movie · as Armand / Maurice Teillard
Vieilles canailles
Movie · as JP
Le Gendre idéal 2
Movie · as Max
Le pot de colle
Movie · as Richard Maurand
Sentiments provisoires
Movie · as Félix
The Concert
Movie · as Olivier Morne Duplessis
La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil
Movie · as Sylvain
Les Associés
Movie · as Raymond Rosen
Mot de Passe
TV · as Self · 2 eps
L'Évasion
TV · as Colonel Von Deck · 1 ep
C à vous
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Transporter 3
Movie · as Inspector Tarconi
Ca$h
Movie · as François
Le Gendre idéal
Movie · as Max
Le Petit Fût
Movie · as Prosper Chicot
L'Arbre de joie
Movie · as Professeor Lacombe
Daddy Cool
Movie · as Albert Einstein
Batailles
Movie
Tailleur pour dames
Movie · as Bassinet
Could This Be Love?
Movie · as Roland
A Girl Cut in Two
Movie · as Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
Fragile(s)
Movie · as Paul
Faisons un rêve
Movie · as Le mari
Pur week-end
Movie · as Commissioner Papan
Tell No One: The B-Side
Movie · as Self
Chez Maupassant
TV · as Prosper Chicot · 1 ep
Tell No One
Movie · as Eric Levkowitch
Comedy of Power
Movie · as Michel Humeau
One Summer
Movie · as Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
Aurore
Movie · as Le Roi
Le Bureau
TV · as Gilles Triquet, Directeur Régional de la Cogirep sur Villepinte · 6 eps
Salut les Terriens !
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Transporter 2
Movie · as Inspector Tarconi
Edy
Movie · as Edy Saïovici
The Best Day of My Life
Movie · as Valentin
Quartier V.I.P.
Movie · as Bertrand Fussac
Me and My Sister
Movie · as Pierre Demouthy
Narco
Movie · as Guy Bennet
The Chorus
Movie · as Rachin
Cash Truck
Movie · as Bernard
Everybody Is a Killer
Movie · as François, le garagiste
Eros Therapy
Movie · as Adam Corbeau
Les Amateurs
Movie · as Monsieur Meinau
The Great Role
Movie · as Benny Schwarz
I've Been Waiting So Long
Movie · as Simon
Only Girls
Movie · as Mermot
A Model Employee
Movie · as François Maurey
En territoire indien
Movie · as Jean-Claude Adam
Remake
Movie · as François Charles-Leconte
Hot House
Movie · as Georges
The Transporter
Movie · as Tarconi
Whatever You Say
Movie · as jean-Louis Broustal
The Warrior's Brother
Movie · as Le curé
The Adversary
Movie · as Rémi
Alive
Movie · as Father
Féroce
Movie · as Inspecteur de police
The Young Casanova
Movie · as Louis XV
L'Héritière
Movie · as Bordier
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Movie · as Self
How I Killed My Father
Movie · as un patient
Hors Service
Movie · as Louis
La fille de son père
Movie · as Henri
Tender Souls
Movie · as Jacques
Cyrano
Movie
Recrutement
Movie · as Corbi, the recruiter
Don't Make Trouble!
Movie · as (segment "Cyrano")
L'Année des Guignols - Je peux dire une connerie ?
Movie · as (voice)
Six-Pack
Movie · as Thomas
Deep in the Woods
Movie · as Baron Axel de Fersen
Actors
Movie · as François Nègre
The Prince of the Pacific
Movie · as le commandant Lefèvre
Stardom
Movie · as Nigel Pope's Associate
Romance
Movie · as Robert
Le sourire du clown
Movie · as Drouot
Innocent
Movie · as Jean-René
My Little Business
Movie · as Maxime Nassieff
Hard Off
Movie · as Le docteur Nataf
Bad Company
Movie · as René
Baby Blues
Movie · as Granier
Stop
Movie · as Laurent's brother
One 4 All
Movie · as Le passager désagréable
Man of My Life
Movie · as Frydman
The Happiest Place on Earth
Movie · as Brafort
Romance 1999
Movie · as Robert
Place Vendôme
Movie · as Eric Malivert
In All Innocence
Movie · as Antoine
The School of Flesh
Movie · as Soukaz
La Mort du Chinois
Movie · as Inspector Chevalot
Un flic presque parfait
Movie · as Génaro
Dormez, je le veux!
Movie · as Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father
L'Année des Guignols - Y'a paaas de méthode
Movie · as (voice)
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Seventh Heaven
Movie · as Le docteur
Fred
Movie · as Barrère
Le garçon d'orage
Movie · as Le boiteux
Pardaillan
Movie · as Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
Captain Conan
Movie · as Commander Bouvier
A Self-Made Hero
Movie · as Monsieur Jo
Madame le Consul
TV · as Ambassador Delaunay · 8 eps
La fidèle infidèle
Movie · as Robert
Les Milles
Movie · as Lt. Boisset
Runaways
Movie · as Nicolas
Un si joli bouquet
Movie · as Antoine
Fresh Bait
Movie · as Insp. Durieux
Cherche famille désespérément
Movie
The Violin Player
Movie · as Charles
The Goldfish
Movie · as Pharmacist
Les Cordier, juge et flic
TV · as Lansac · 1 ep
The Screw
Movie · as Un vendeur
Trapped by a Dream
Movie · as Le cousin
Tableau d'honneur
Movie · as Alain Denizet
Feu Adrien Muset
Movie · as Edgar
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Movie
La Femme de l'amant
Movie · as Marc
May Fools
Movie · as Daniel
Sans rires
Movie · as Roger
The Hostage of Europe
Movie · as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
Suivez cet avion
Movie · as Combette
Poker
Movie · as Lawyer
Camille Claudel
Movie · as Docteur Michaux
Au Revoir les Enfants
Movie · as Father Michel
The Murderous Months of April
Movie · as Baumann
Make It Mine
Movie · as Le beau-frère de Loïc
The Secret Wife
Movie · as Zaccharia Pasdeloup
Strictement personnel
Movie · as Gérard
Sincerely Charlotte
Movie · as postal worker, Le préposé PTT soupçonneux
Télématin
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Marche à l'ombre
Movie · as Police inspector receiver
Stella
Movie · as Captain in the hangar
La Balance
Movie · as Inspecteur de la Mondaine
Un étrange voyage
Movie · as Le témoin escroc
Men Prefer Fat Girls
Movie · as Julien
Martin and Lea
Movie · as l'inspecteur