Francis Leplay
Known For
Acting
Born
1967-07-25 in Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
Biography
Francis Leplay is a French actor, film director and novelist. An alumnus of France's National Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences Po, Leplay began acting on television in episodes of the French detective series Julie Lescaut and Navarro. His first film role was in Laurence Ferreira Barbosa's J'ai horreur de l'amour (I Hate Love) in 1997. His career took off in the 2000s, and he soon started acting in films by directors including Sofia Coppola, Noémie Lvovsky, Arnaud Desplechin, and Benoît Jacquot as well as in the television series Spiral. Leplay has also acted in theater productions with directors Denis Podalydès and Lambert Wilson in venues including Lincoln Center, the Mossovet Theatre, and the Bouffes du Nord. The Éditions du Seuil published two of his novels, 2006's Après le spectacle, a work of autofiction comparing intermittent acting work and romantic uncertainty, and 2009's Samuel et Alexandre, which follows two men staking out the bounds of their friendship. In 2021, Leplay and French-American filmmaker Isidore Bethel co-directed the docufiction hybrid film Acts of Love, which premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Source: Article "Francis Leplay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Most Known For
The Sentinels
as Le Ministre de la Guerre, Millerand
Voltaire High
as Rene Hermen
Marie Antoinette
as Doctor Delivery Provence
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
as plaignant
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
as l'ex-animateur
Modern Love
as Hervé
Cristóbal Balenciaga
as Lucien LeLong
3 Hearts
as Le médecin
The Money Maker
as Victor
The Good Teacher
as Mr. Musil
Kill Skills
as Our Friend
Brother and Sister
as André Borkman
Love Bites
as Photographer
Frotter, frotter
as Lazare Masurel
L'État de Grace
as Cédric Pierrot
Time Regained
as Employee Jupien
Who You Think I Am
as Serge
Farewell, My Queen
as Le comte d'Artois
Nelly
as Mathieu
Les Cowboys
as Train man