French actor (born 1963)
Denis Podalydès |
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![]() Podalydès in 2018 |
| Born | (1963-04-22) 22 April 1963 (age 61)
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| Occupation | Actor |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Relatives | Bruno Podalydès (brother) |
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Denis Podalydès (French: [dəni pɔdalidɛs]; born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent.[1] Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in The Officers' Ward, which was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Podalydès has been nominated for four César Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Summer Things, The Conquest, and Sorry Angel, and Best Original Screenplay for Granny's Funeral. He is the younger brother of filmmaker Bruno Podalydès, with whom he frequently collaborates.
Career
He is a former student of the Paris Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, and became a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française in 1997, and then a sociétaire in 2000, now considered as one of their major actors.[3][4] He became the 505th sociétaire on 1st January 2000.[5] Before joining that company he had appeared in Sophonisbe by Corneille (1988), L'Épreuve and Les Sincères by Marivaux (1989), La Double Inconstance by Marivaux and Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo (1990), Le Misanthrope by Molière, and Bérénice by Racine (1992), Les Fausses Confidences by Marivaux (1992), and Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler in 1995.
Director
From 2006, he began directing for the stage, with several classics: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, then in 2008 Fantasio by Alfred de Musset.
In 2011, with Emmanuel Bourdieu and Éric Ruf, staged Le Cas Jekyll by Christine Montalbetti[6] In 2012, he directed the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.[7] In February 2013, he directed L'Homme qui se hait, by Emmanuel Bourdieu at the Théâtre national de Chaillot.[8][9]
In the world of opera, Podalydès directed the 2017 production of Rossini's Le Comte Ory at the Opéra Comique, Paris, [10] and Falstaff at the Opéra de Lille conducted by Antonello Allemandi in May 2023.[11]
Filmography
Theater
He was a Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1997 to 2000.
References
- ^ "Greek-French Actor Denis Podalydès Stars as Sarkozy in "La Conquête"". greekreporter.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Officers' Ward". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ Du rififi au Français, France Culture, Revue de presse culturelle 16 January 2012.
- ^ Le Parisien: L'argent fâche la Comédie Française (13 January 2012).
- ^ "Denis Podalydès". comedie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Le Cas Jekyll
- ^ Denis Podalydès rend justice à la folie de Donizetti, Le Monde, 16 February 2012
- ^ L'Homme qui se hait, La Terrasse, No. 205, 18 December 2013
- ^ "au Théâtre de Chaillot". Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Blanmont, Nicholas. Report from Paris. Opera, March 2018, Vol.69 No.3, p296-7.
- ^ Feggetter, Graeme. Report from Lille. Opera, July 2023, Vol.74 No.7, p813-4.
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