Acting
François Berléand
FR, AR, EN, BS cinema · 202 credits
Born
22 April 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as François Berleand
François Berléand (born April 22, 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, the French version of The Office, produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 film The Transporter as the French commissaire named Tarconi, an active and honest police officer who is an acquaintance of Frank Martin (Jason Statham). He reprised the role in the sequels Transporter 2 and Transporter 3 and the TV series. Berléand was born in Paris, France. The son of a Russian-Armenian father and a French mother, until the age of eleven he found his childhood traumatic after being told by his father that Berléand was the son of the Invisible Man. While studying at business school, he trained as an actor, somewhat against his will; his first stage role was in a play called Sur une plage de l'Ouest (On a beach in the West). After graduation, he enrolled in drama classes with Tania Balachova and then met Daniel, a director under whose auspices he worked from 1974 to 1981, participating in a dozen productions, mainly of contemporary classics. Berléand began his film career in 1978 with supporting roles in successful comedies throughout the 1980s. After a series of highly acclaimed supporting roles, including My Small Business for which he won the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2000, he won his first major role in the film My Idol by Guillaume Canet which brought his name and face to the wider public. For this, Berléand thanks his former girlfriend, actress-director Nicole Garcia. In Martin et Léa, he plays a police inspector, a role he went on to perform many times on screen (La Balance, Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (based on the novel The Devil's Home on Leave by Derek Raymond), Marche à l'ombre (Walking in the Shade), The Bait, The Death the Chinese, Fred, The Smile of the Clown, Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), Transporter 1, 2, and 3) thanks in part to a cold, distant, and piercing gaze. Berléand often plays military characters (The Hostage of Europe, Stella, Les Milles, Captain Conan, The Prince of the Pacific); he has also played a detective (Follow This Plane), pastor (Au revoir les enfants) and psychiatrist in Seventh Heaven, the film that really showed his talents to the public in late 1997. He released a book about his childhood in 2006, Le fils de l'homme invisible (The son of the invisible man). Berléand was in a relationship with French actress, film director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia for twelve years. He has been in a long-term relationship with Alexia Stresi; their twins Adèle and Lucy were born in December 2008. He is also the father of two grown children, Martin (born 1978) and Fanny (born 1983). He is the grandfather of Elios (born 2013), son of Martin. Description above from the Wikipedia article François Berléand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
5H48, Place des Martyrs
as Mr Defiandre
Avis de tempête
as Captain
Angels & Co.
as Cupidon
The Boy
as Le père
Colours of Time
as Victor Hugo
McWalter
as Chef Sorkin
Dans la peau de McWalter
as Self - Actor
Girl for a Day
as Judge Genoud
Père Noël à domicile
as François
Fêlés
as Directeur de l'usine
The World Upside Down
as Le grand-père
Last Dance
as Germain
Magnificat
as Monseigneur Mével
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
À mon tour
as Jean-Charles de Ponte
Champagne !
as Le Maître de la Confrérie
Par le bout du nez
as The Psychiatrist
Tous Inconnus
as ("Les Chasseurs" segment)
The Grand Restaurant IV
as Christian, a client
Two Much for the Job
as M. Picard
Christmas with the Tuches
as Pierre Noël
The Grand Restaurant III
as Christian, a client
Hear Me Out
as Francis Samier
Ramsès II
as Jean
L'Esprit de famille
as Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
How to Be a Good Wife
as Robert Van der Beck
Lucky
as Le commissaire Daran
I Love You Coiffure
as Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
Grand Oral
as Le président du jury
Someone, Somewhere
as Psy de Rémy
Encore un instant
as Julien
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
as Professeur Pascal Bernel
Family Is Family
as Alexander, Constance's father
Je vais mieux
as Audibert
Stand Up Girl
as Fabrice
School of Life
as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
Vicky
as Albert Bonhomme
Du vent dans les branches de sassafras
as John Emery Rockefelle
Among Friends
as Philippe
The Art Dealer
as Simon
Deux hommes tout nus
as Alain Kramer
Max
as Le commissaire de police
Blanche Nuit
as La Malice
60 Going On 12
as Charles
State Crime
as Robert Boulin
Le Parc, Prince des stades
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Quadrille
as Philippe de Morannes
Closed Circuit
as Jean-Claude Dedieu
The Okinaway of Life
as Narrator
One Day My Father Will Come
as Bernard Bleu
Happiness Never Comes Alone
as Alain Posche
Dead Man Talking
as Karl Raven
The Stroller Strategy
as Jean-Luc Hamory
Another Woman's Life
as Maître Volin
Le Dindon
as Vatelin
Escalade
as Noe
Above Suspicion
as Pierre Jourdan
Au bistro du coin
as François
The Whistler
as Armand / Maurice Teillard
Le pot de colle
as Richard Maurand
The Concert
as Olivier Morne Duplessis
Les Associés
as Raymond Rosen
Transporter 3
as Inspector Tarconi
Ca$h
as François
Le Petit Fût
as Prosper Chicot
L'Arbre de joie
as Professeor Lacombe
Daddy Cool
as Albert Einstein
Tailleur pour dames
as Bassinet
Could This Be Love?
as Roland
A Girl Cut in Two
as Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
Fragile(s)
as Paul
Faisons un rêve
as Le mari
Pur week-end
as Commissioner Papan
Tell No One
as Eric Levkowitch
Comedy of Power
as Michel Humeau
One Summer
as Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
Aurore
as Le Roi
Transporter 2
as Inspector Tarconi
Edy
as Edy Saïovici
The Best Day of My Life
as Valentin
Quartier V.I.P.
as Bertrand Fussac
Me and My Sister
as Pierre Demouthy
Narco
as Guy Bennet
The Chorus
as Rachin
Cash Truck
as Bernard
Everybody Is a Killer
as François, le garagiste
Eros Therapy
as Adam Corbeau
Les Amateurs
as Monsieur Meinau
The Great Role
as Benny Schwarz
Only Girls
as Mermot
A Model Employee
as François Maurey
En territoire indien
as Jean-Claude Adam
Remake
as François Charles-Leconte
Hot House
as Georges
The Transporter
as Tarconi
Whatever You Say
as jean-Louis Broustal
The Warrior's Brother
as Le curé
The Adversary
as Rémi
Alive
as Father
Féroce
as Inspecteur de police
The Young Casanova
as Louis XV
L'Héritière
as Bordier
How I Killed My Father
as un patient
Hors Service
as Louis
Tender Souls
as Jacques
Recrutement
2001
Recrutement
as Corbi, the recruiter
Don't Make Trouble!
as (segment "Cyrano")
Six-Pack
as Thomas
Deep in the Woods
as Baron Axel de Fersen
Actors
as François Nègre
The Prince of the Pacific
as le commandant Lefèvre
Stardom
as Nigel Pope's Associate
Romance
as Robert
Le sourire du clown
as Drouot
Innocent
as Jean-René
My Little Business
as Maxime Nassieff
Hard Off
as Le docteur Nataf
Bad Company
as René
Baby Blues
as Granier
Stop
as Laurent's brother
One 4 All
as Le passager désagréable
Man of My Life
as Frydman
The Happiest Place on Earth
as Brafort
Romance 1999
as Robert
Place Vendôme
as Eric Malivert
In All Innocence
as Antoine
The School of Flesh
as Soukaz
La Mort du Chinois
as Inspector Chevalot
Dormez, je le veux!
1998
Dormez, je le veux!
as Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father
Seventh Heaven
as Le docteur
Fred
as Barrère
Le garçon d'orage
1997
Le garçon d'orage
as Le boiteux
Pardaillan
as Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
Captain Conan
as Commander Bouvier
A Self-Made Hero
as Monsieur Jo
La fidèle infidèle
as Robert
Les Milles
as Lt. Boisset
Runaways
as Nicolas
Un si joli bouquet
as Antoine
Fresh Bait
as Insp. Durieux
The Violin Player
as Charles
The Goldfish
as Pharmacist
The Screw
as Un vendeur
Trapped by a Dream
as Le cousin
Tableau d'honneur
as Alain Denizet
Feu Adrien Muset
as Edgar
May Fools
as Daniel
The Hostage of Europe
as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
Suivez cet avion
as Combette
Poker
as Lawyer
Camille Claudel
as Docteur Michaux
Au Revoir les Enfants
as Father Michel
Make It Mine
as Le beau-frère de Loïc
The Secret Wife
as Zaccharia Pasdeloup
Strictement personnel
as Gérard
Sincerely Charlotte
as postal worker, as Le préposé PTT soupçonneux
Marche à l'ombre
as Police inspector receiver
Stella
as Captain in the hangar
La Balance
as Inspecteur de la Mondaine
Un étrange voyage
as Le témoin escroc
Men Prefer Fat Girls
as Julien
Martin and Lea
as l'inspecteur