Guillaume Canet

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Guillaume Canet
Born April 10, 1973 (1973-04-10) (age 35)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Spouse(s) Diane Kruger (2001-2006).
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Guillaume Canet (born April 10, 1973) is a French actor and César Award winning film director.

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[edit] Personal

He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt.

After dating since 1999, he married married German model-actress Diane Kruger on September 1, 2001. They divorced in 2006. He is currently dating and living with Academy Award winning French actress, Marion Cotillard. The two met when they co-starred in 2003's Love me if you dare.

[edit] Awards

He won the César Award for Best Director in 2007 for his film Ne le dis à personne (Tell no one). It is based upon the novel by Harlan Coben and starred François Cluzet as the leading part. February 25th, 2007.

[edit] Filmography as an actor

He is mainly known internationally for his performance as Étienne for Danny Boyle's The Beach (2000).

  • 1995 : Fils unique, directed by Philippe Landoulsi (short-film).
  • 1997 : Barracuda, directed by Philippe Haïm, prix d'interprétation au Festival de Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
  • 1998 : Sentimental Education, directed by C. S. Leigh.
  • 1998 : Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
  • 1998 : En plein cœur, directed by Pierre Jolivet, adapted from the novel by Georges Simenon, En cas de malheur.
  • 1999 : Trait d'union, directed by Bruno García (short-film).
  • 1999 : Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père, directed by Rémi Waterhouse.
  • 2000 : J'peux pas dormir..., directed by Guillaume Canet (short-film).
  • 2000 : The Beach (La Plage), directed by Danny Boyle.
  • 2000 : La Fidélité, directed by Andrzej Żuławski.
  • 2000 : The Day the Ponies Come Back, directed by Jerry Schatzberg.
  • 2001 : Les Morsures de l'aube, directed by Antoine de Caunes.
  • 2001 : Vidocq, directed by Pitof.
  • 2002 : Le Frère du guerrier, directed by Pierre Jolivet.
  • 2002 : Mille millièmes, directed by Rémi Waterhouse.
  • 2002 : Mon idole, directed by Guillaume Canet.
  • 2003 : Love me if you dare (Jeux d'enfants), directed by Yann Samuell.
  • 2003 : Les Clefs de bagnole, directed by Laurent Baffie (only a cameo, as himself).
  • 2004 : Narco, directed by Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche.
  • 2005 : Joyeux Noël, directed by Christian Carion.
  • 2005 : Hell (L'Enfer), directed by Danis Tanovic.
  • 2005 : Un ticket pour l'espace, directed by Éric Lartigau.
  • 2006 : Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne), directed by Guillaume Canet.
  • 2006 : Cars (French voice of Flash McQueen).
  • 2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout, directed by Claude Berri.
  • 2007 : Darling, directed by Christine Carrière.
  • 2007 : La Clef, directed by Guillaume Nicloux.
  • 2008 : Les Liens du sang, directed by Jacques Maillot.

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