Francois Berléand

After having frequented the Splendid team, François Berléand began his career by appearing in Martin and Léa by Alain Cavalier in 1979. The actor then played small roles in the 80s, illustrating himself in successful comedies like On is not angels ... they either (1981), Men prefer fat (id.) or Walk in the shade (1984). His meeting with director Pierre Jolivet will be decisive for the rest of his career.

The two men will thus collaborate on several films among which Strictement personnel (1985), Le Complexe du kangourou (1986), At the time when the big cats will drink (1993), Fred (1997), In the heart (1998) , The Warrior Brother (2002), Unique Girls (2003), I Believe I Love Him (2006) and especially My Small Business (1999), a comedy thanks to which François Berléand received the César for Best Supporting Actor for his poor insurer service. This award therefore appears to be the culmination of a prolific work of appearances in the most diverse works under the direction of renowned directors such as Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants, Milou en mai), Bruno Nuytten (Camille Claudel) , Bertrand Tavernier (L'Appât, Capitaine Conan), Jacques Audiard (A very discreet hero),

At the turn of the 2000s, François Berléand turned more to popular cinema, adding a pinch of humor to the bastard and grumpy characters he loved so much. Ignoble and greedy French commander in Le Prince du Pacifique (2000), paranoid killer in HS Hors Service (2001) or authoritarian headmaster in Les Choristes (2004), he also excels in the roles of clumsy and overwhelmed forty-something years old, as in testify to his compositions as a seductive painter in Les Ames Câlines (2001), as a "nice cop" in the saga Le Transporteur (role he takes over for the series inspired by the films, in 2012) or as a computer engineer next door of the plaque in A Model Employee (2003).

A prolific and almost omnipresent actor on the French cinematographic scene, François Berléand also finds his happiness in quirky works like Narco (2004) and Mon idole (2002) by Guillaume Canet, who directs him again in 2006 for the thriller Ne le dis to no one. Switching with exemplary ease from the darkest thriller (The Conveyor, Edy) to the lightest comedy (Angry Sisters, The Most Beautiful Day of My Life, Pur week-end ...), the man with the beard of three days later became the star of a short series, Le Bureau, and offered a nice collaboration with filmmaker Claude Chabrol, who alternately imagines him as a rogue CEO in L'Ivresse duouvoir (2006) and as a prestigious and perverse writer in La Fille coupée en deux (2007). He also participated in the much celebrated Radu Mihaileanu Concert in 2009.

Since the start of his career, when he is not occupied by the big screen, François Berléand has participated in numerous television productions. In 2010, he was part of the cast of six television films but did not neglect the cinema, the actor illustrated himself especially in comedies: 15 years and a half (2008), Ca $ h (id.) And Le Siffleur (2010) ), first film by actor Philippe Lefebvre. He also accompanies the debuts behind the camera of Sylvie Testud for which he plays the lawyer of Juliette Binoche in La Vie d'une autre (2012) and those in front of the camera of Olivia Ruiz in Un jour mon père viendra (id.) , where he finds himself in competition with Gérard Jugnot to become the ideal father of the beautiful. The same year, he is the ex-husband of Sophie Marceau in A happiness never comes alone,

Prison director in the original Dead Man Talking by Patrick Ridremont, François Berléand plays a commissioner in Max, a judge in Crawl, the friend of Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Jugnot in Between friends, Vicky's father in Vicky or even Le Comte de la Fresnaye in L'Ecole buissonnière.