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Melvil Poupaud
Poupaud in 2006
Born	Melvil Matthias Julien Poupaud (1973-01-26) 26 January 1973 (age 51) Paris, France
Occupations	Actor writer director
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Georgina Tacou ​ ​(m. 1999, divorced)​
Children	1
Mother	Chantal Poupaud

Melvil Matthias Julien Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor.

Early life

Poupaud was born in Paris, the son of Michel Poupaud and publicist Chantal Poupaud. He has an elder brother, Yarol, who is a musician.

Career

Poupaud made his film debut at the age of 10 in Raúl Ruiz's City of Pirates (1983), whom he met through his mother. He subsequently appeared in nine more of Ruiz's films, including The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985), Treasure Island (1986), Genealogies of a Crime (1997), Time Regained (1999) and Love Torn in a Dream (2000). For his roles in Jacques Doillon's The 15 Year Old Girl (1989) and Laurence Ferreira Barbosa's Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional (1993), Poupaud received two nominations for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.

He starred in François Ozon's Time to Leave, and co-starred with Parker Posey in Zoe Cassavetes' Broken English.

He also appeared in films such as Eric Rohmer's A Summer's Tale, Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale, and François Ozon's The Refuge.

He co-starred with Suzanne Clément in Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways.

Personal life

Poupaud dated actress Chiara Mastroianni for four years from the age of 16 to 20. Though the two split up they remained friends and collaborators for decades with Mastroianni crediting Poupaud with encouraging her to pursue acting as a career and Poupaud crediting Mastroianni for his friendship with her ex-husband Benjamin Biolay.

Poupaud was previously married to writer Georgina Tacou, with whom he has a daughter.

Filmography

As actor

As filmmaker

Bibliography

Melvil Poupaud, Quel est Mon noM, Paris, Éditions Stock, coll. « La Bleue », 7 septembre 2011, 288 p. (ISBN 978-2-23407-030-1).

Other awards

• 1998: Berlin International Film Festival – Shooting Stars Award

References

1. Chang, Kee (7 March 2016). "Rendezvous with Melvil Poupaud". Anthem.
2. "Melvil Poupaud : "Raoul Ruiz restera toujours un grand mystère pour moi"". Radio France (in French). 7 June 2022.
3. Philip French (14 May 2006). "Time to Leave - Film - The Observer". The Guardian.
4. Jason Clark (17 June 2007). "Broken English - Film Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.
5. Andrew Pulver (29 July 2005). "A Summer's Tale - From The Guardian - The Guardian". The Guardian.
6. Robert Bell (November 2009). "Un Conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) Directed by Arnaud Desplechin". Exclaim!.
7. Philip French (12 August 2010). "The Refuge - Film Review - Film - The Observer". The Guardian.
8. Philip Concannon (26 October 2012). "Un Certain Regard: Interview with Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément". The Skinny.
9. "Benjamin Biolay et Melvil Poupaud, amoureux de Chiara Mastroianni". 6 July 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
10. "Benjamin Biolay et Melvil Poupaud évoquent la très célèbre ex-compagne qu'ils ont en commun". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
11. Leyris, Raphaëlle (6 October 2011). "Le making of de Melvil Poupaud" (in French).
12. Raup, Jordan (12 April 2021). "Arnaud Desplechin to Direct Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud in New Film Brother and Sister". The Film Stage.
13. "Quel est Mon nom ?, Melvil Poupaud". 17 September 2011.

External links

• Melvil Poupaud at IMDb
• Melvil Poupaud at Bonus Tracks Records

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