Francis Leplay
Born: 1967-07-25 in Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
Known For: Acting
Biography
Francis Leplay is a French actor, film director and novelist. An alumnus of France's National Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences Po, Leplay began acting on television in episodes of the French detective series Julie Lescaut and Navarro. His first film role was in Laurence Ferreira Barbosa's J'ai horreur de l'amour (I Hate Love) in 1997. His career took off in the 2000s, and he soon started acting in films by directors including Sofia Coppola, Noémie Lvovsky, Arnaud Desplechin, and Benoît Jacquot as well as in the television series Spiral. Leplay has also acted in theater productions with directors Denis Podalydès and Lambert Wilson in venues including Lincoln Center, the Mossovet Theatre, and the Bouffes du Nord. The Éditions du Seuil published two of his novels, 2006's Après le spectacle, a work of autofiction comparing intermittent acting work and romantic uncertainty, and 2009's Samuel et Alexandre, which follows two men staking out the bounds of their friendship. In 2021, Leplay and French-American filmmaker Isidore Bethel co-directed the docufiction hybrid film Acts of Love, which premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Source: Article "Francis Leplay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
2026
- The Money Maker as Victor
- Mitterrand confidentiel as Pierre Pingeot
2025
- The Sentinels as Le Ministre de la Guerre, Millerand
- Prime Rush as Guy
- Frotter, frotter as Lazare Masurel
- The End of the Iron Age as Le Président de la République
- Cerfa
2024
- Cristóbal Balenciaga as Lucien LeLong
- The Good Teacher as Mr. Musil
- Robespierre
2022
- Brother and Sister as André Borkman
- Not My Type as Le cadre Sacem
2021
- Voltaire High as Rene Hermen
- Acts of Love ... (Director)
2020
2019
- Who You Think I Am as Serge
- Opération Finot as Philippe Rivera
2018
- Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen as Fouqier
- Ce que vivent les roses as Yahn Quemener
- A Violent Desire for Joy as The Abbot
2017
- Jealous as Nathalie's doctor
- Nelly as Mathieu
- Tomorrow and Thereafter as Monsieur Lesieur
2016
- Kill Skills as Our Friend
2015
- Les Cowboys as Train man
- The Clearstream Affair as Lawyer Denis Robert & Les Arènes
2014
- 3 Hearts as Le médecin
- The Cosmopolitans as Philippe
- The Cosmopolitans as Philippe
2013
- Bright Days Ahead as Le prof d'oenologie
- Youth as Frédéric
2012
- Farewell, My Queen as Le comte d'Artois
- Looking for Hortense as Marco
- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme as Le Maître de philosophie
2010
- Imogène McCarthery as Gowen Ross
2008
- Modern Love as Hervé
- Seule as Antoine Nardier
- Rien dans les poches as 'Le lézard' #1
- Intrusions as Maître Pierre Marsac
- Le Mental de l'équipe
- The Resistance: Live Free or Die as Gilbert Lesage
2007
- Fais pas ci, fais pas ça as plaignant
- The Price to Pay as Agent immobilier
2006
- Marie Antoinette as Doctor Delivery Provence
- L'État de Grace as Cédric Pierrot
2005
- Zim and Co as Inspecteur commissariat
2004
- Kings & Queen as Christian, le félon
2003
- Only Girls as Philippe Jean
- Clémence as Alain Dorcières
2002
- Ma caméra et moi as Le jeune homme
2001
- Love Bites as Photographer
1999
- Time Regained as Employee Jupien
- Jamel Show as Self
1997
- I Hate Love as Association Member