Urbain Cancelier

Urbain Cancelier
Cancelier in 2018
Born (1959-08-02) 2 August 1959 (age 65)
Paris, France
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present

Urbain Cancelier (born 2 August 1959) is a French comedian and actor, primarily known for his collaborations with French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and for playing Collignon in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain.[1]

Career

As a theater actor, he has not left the stage since the beginning of the 1980s. He worked several times with Bernard Murat, who made him the ideal interpreter of Georges Feydeau. Overall, he acted in more than thirty plays

In 2015, he received a nomination at the Molière Award for his role in the play Le Système, directed by Didier Long.

Spotted by Jean-Michel Ribes, he joined the series Palace in 1988.

But it was his role as the grocer Collignon in Amélie that popularized him. Since then, he became a figure of the french cinema who appears often on screen in memorable supporting roles.

Personal life

He lives in Chalo-Saint-Mars with his wife. He has been elected to the municipal council for 3 terms in his commune.[2]

Theater

Year Title Author Director Notes
1985 Les Fourberies de Scapin Molière Jacques Bachelier
1987 Une femme est un Diable Prosper Mérimée Frédérique Aufort
1988 Les Cannibales George Tabori Wolfram Mhering
1989 Séance de nuit Georges Feydeau Jean-Baptiste Fronty
C'est une femme du monde Georges Feydeau Jean-Baptiste Fronty
1990 La Dame de chez Maxim Georges Feydeau Bernard Murat
1992 Nina André Roussin Bernard Murat
A Flea in Her Ear Georges Feydeau Jean-Claude Brialy
1993 Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw Bernard Murat
Tailleur pour dames Georges Feydeau Bernard Murat
1994 On purge bébé Georges Feydeau Bernard Murat
1995 Monsieur de Saint-Futile Françoise Dorin Jean-Luc Moreau
1996-97 A Flea in Her Ear Georges Feydeau Bernard Murat
1997 The Imaginary Invalid Molière Richard Taxy
1998 Le Mari, la femme et l'amant Sacha Guitry Bernard Murat
1998-99 Frédérick ou le boulevard du crime Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Bernard Murat
1999-2002 Frou-Frou les Bains Patrick Haudecœur Jacques Décombe
2003-05 Devinez Qui ? Dix petits nègres Agatha Christie Bernard Murat
2005 Amadeus Peter Shaffer Stéphane Hillel
2007 Victor, or Power to the Children Roger Vitrac Alain Sachs
2008-10 César, Fanny, Marius Marcel Pagnol Francis Huster
2009 Les Deux Canards Tristan Bernard & Alfred dAthis Alain Sachs
2010 Boubouroche Georges Courteline Nicolas Briançon
2011 Kingdom on Earth Tennessee Williams Bernard Murat
Kramer vs. Kramer Avery Corman Didier Caron
2012 Le Dindon Georges Feydeau Bernard Murat
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Nicolas Briançon
2013-14 Thé à la menthe ou t'es citron ? Patrick Haudecœur Patrick Haudecœur
2015 Le Système Antoine Rault Didier Long Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor
2016 Peau de Vache Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy Michel Fau
Du vent dans les branches de Sassafras René de Obaldia Bernard Murat
2019-20 Frou-Frou les Bains Patrick Haudecœur Patrick Haudecœur
2023 La Présidente Maurice Hennequin & Pierre Veber Jeoffrey Bourdenet

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1984 Jeans Tonic A customer Michel Patient
Quidam Gérard Marx TV Movie
1988-89 Palace Various characters Jean-Michel Ribes TV Series
1989 Le voisin de Paul A passer Jean-Marie Gigon Short
Comme d'habitude Bruno Herbulot Short
1991 Pierre qui roule The chief Marion Vernoux TV Movie
Le gorille Jean-Claude Sussfeld TV series (1 episode)
1994 La Vengeance d'une blonde The delivery guy Jeannot Szwarc
1995 Saint-Exupéry: La dernière mission Barman Robert Enrico TV Movie
1996 Ridicule Louis XVI Patrice Leconte
Le bourgeois se rebiffe Goubi Jean-Pierre Alessandri TV Movie
1997 On Guard Argenson Philippe de Broca
Tenue correcte exigée Raoul Duchemin Philippe Lioret
1998 Riches, belles, etc. Bunny Godillot
Le monde d'Angelo Judge Pascal Kané TV Movie
La dame aux camélias Saint Gaudens Jean-Claude Brialy TV Movie
2000 H Jean-Luc Moreau TV series (1 episode)
Chercheur d'héritiers Marcel Williams Crépin TV series (1 episode)
2001 Amélie Collignon Jean-Pierre Jeunet
L'emmerdeuse Mr. Duringer Michaël Perrotta TV series (2 episodes)
2002 Ma femme s'appelle Maurice Poilard Jean-Marie Poiré
Passage du bac Chardon Olivier Langlois TV Movie
La crim' Xavier Danan Denis Amar TV series (1 episode)
Femmes de loi Deslandes Denis Amar TV series (1 episode)
2003 Les gaous Police Chief Igor Sekulic
L'adorable femme des neiges Adrien Jean-Marc Vervoort TV Movie
Josephine, Guardian Angel Stéphane Kurc TV series (1 episode)
2004 Malabar Princess Gaston Gilles Legrand
Intimate Strangers Chatel Patrice Leconte
A Very Long Engagement The monk Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2005 13 Tzameti Train controller Géla Babluani
2006 Les aristos Réginald Saumur Chantilly Charlotte de Turckheim
Incontrôlable The producer Raffy Shart
Le phénomène Paul-Émile Raoul Peter Zbrig Audrey Najar
& Frédéric Perrot
Short
Passés troubles Chardin Serge Meynard TV Movie
2007 The Red Inn Philippe de Marcillac Gérard Krawczyk
Mr. Bean's Holiday Bus Driver Steve Bendelack
2008 A Day at the Museum Bernard Jean-Michel Ribes
La jeune fille et les loups The doctor Gilles Legrand
À droite toute The doctor Marcel Bluwal TV Mini-series
2009 Micmacs Urbain Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Clara, une passion française Émile Sébastien Grall TV Movie
2011 Voir la mer The driver Patrice Leconte
You Will Be My Son Lacourt Gilles Legrand
La pisseuse Ignace Ronan Denecé
& Jean-Baptiste Legrand
Short
Bas les coeurs Barbier Robin Davis TV Movie
Tout est bon dans le cochon Mr. Paquet David Delrieux TV Movie
2012 The Suicide Shop The gynecologist Patrice Leconte
Bienvenue parmi nous The butcher Jean Becker
Les pirogues des hautes terres René Barthes Olivier Langlois TV Movie
2013 Belle and Sebastian The Mayor Nicolas Vanier
2014 La séance Victor Edouard de La Poëze Short
2015 The Scent of Mandarin Sergeant Gilles Legrand
Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues The Mayor Christian Duguay
2016 Raid dingue President of France Dany Boon
The Visitors: Bastille Day The Prison Chief Jean-Marie Poiré
Deux escargots s'en vont Voice Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Romain Segaud Short
2017 L'école buissonnière Lucien Nicolas Vanier
2018 Les bonnes intentions The uncle Gilles Legrand
2019 La Belle Époque Villemain Nicolas Bedos
Le Mari au collège Casimir Alberic Saint Martin Short
2020 Das Boot Father Michel Matthias Glasner TV series (1 episode)
2021 Eugénie Grandet The stone merchant Marc Dugain
Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century Secretary General Parquet Olivier Dahan

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Films - review - Amelie".
  2. ^ "Essonne. Urbain Cancelier, le visage familier du cinéma français". 21 October 2019.