Acting
Guillaume de Tonquédec
FR, IT cinema · 57 credits
Born
18 October 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Guillaume de Tonquedec
Guillaume Emmanuel Marie de Quengo de Tonquédec (born 18 October 1966) is a French stage, television and film actor. He first earned fame in his homeland for his role as Renaud Lepic in the TV series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007–2017) on France 2, before winning the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in What's in a Name? in 2013. De Tonquédec was made a Knight in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015 by Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin. A native of Paris, Guillaume de Tonquédec grew up in Louveciennes. He studied economics and English at Paris Nanterre University until he joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris in 1986 for a three-year programme. In 1989, he began his stage career with a national tour in John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. He gained recognition in film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Double Life of Veronique (1991), followed by his role as Claude Jade's son Jules Martin in List of Merite (1992). In 1996, he starred in Raúl Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death. In 2007, De Tonquédec started starring in the successful TV series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, which propelled him to stardom in France alongside fellow actors Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Gélinas and Bruno Salomone. In 2013, he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Claude Gatignol in What's in a Name?. Co-star Valérie Benguigui won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Élisabeth Garraud-Larchet. De Tonquédec had been nominated two years prior for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role he held in the eponymous play in Paris's Théâtre Édouard VII, upon which the film was based. He was subsequently nominated twice for the Molière Award for Best Actor, in 2017 and 2020. Guillaume de Tonquédec, whose ancestors owned the Château de Tonquédec in Brittany from 1626 to 1801 and again from 1828 until 1878, is married to interior designer Christèle Marchal. They reside in L'Étang-la-Ville, Yvelines. They have three children: Amaury, Timothé and Victoire. Source: Article "Guillaume de Tonquédec" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Filmography
Mon Jour de chance
as Sébastien
U.S. Palmese
as Gilbert Desagnat
Dracula
as Dumont
Les Blagues de Toto 2 - Classe verte
as Jérôme (le papa de Toto)
Lie with Me
as Stéphane Belcourt
Coup de chance
as Marcel Blanc
Times Square
as Matt Donovan
Happy 50
as Yves
The Time of Secrets
as Joseph Pagnol
J'irai au bout de mes rêves
as Patrick
Delicious
as Hyacinthe
Sept ans de réflexion
as Richard Sherman
L'Esprit de famille
as Alexandre, l'écrivain
Les Blagues de Toto
as Jérôme (le papa de Toto)
Let's Dance
as Rémi
Roxane
as Raymond Leroux
Victorious Square
as Bruno
La Garçonnière
as Monsieur Baxter
Nobody's Perfect!
as Monsieur le Maire Levergeon
Coexist
as Benoît
Airnadette : la comédie musiculte
as Moche Pitt
Families
as Jean-Michel Varenne
The Student and Mister Henri
as Paul Voizot
Barbecue
as Yves
SMS
as Laurent
Divin enfant
as Eric
Summer Nights
as Michel Aubertin/Mylène
Un diner d'adieu
as Antoine
La vie à l'envers
as Stéphane
The Scapegoat
as Sainclair
Wild France
as Narrator (French)
What's in a Name
as Claude
Qui a envie d'être aimé ?
as Sylvain
Mike
as M. Lejeune, le banquier
Best Friends Forever
as Édouard Teston
Camus
as Michel Gallimard
Les diamants de la victoire
as Comte de Jobourg
Love Me No More
as Sébastien
Let It Rain
as Stéphane
The House
as L'avocat
Ruby & Quentin
as Prison hospital intern
Le Marathon du lit
as Jean-Claude
La voleuse de Saint-Lubin
as Monsieur Mangeot
Marie's Counter
as Paul
Tableau d'honneur
as Jules Martin
Deux
as Olivier Muller
Romuald & Juliette
as l'amant de Nicole
