Guillaume de Tonquédec
Born: 1966-10-18 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Dracula as Dumont
- U.S. Palmese as Gilbert Desagnat
2024
- Cat's Eyes as Dalembert
- Fais pas ci, fais pas ça - On va marcher sur la Lune as Renaud Lepic
2023
- Legend as Self - Guest
- Coup de Chance as Marcel Blanc
- Lie with Me as Stéphane Belcourt
- Filles du feu as D'Urtubie
- Kôkôrikô !
- Past Forward as Henri Sax
- Les Blagues de Toto 2 - Classe verte as Jérôme (le papa de Toto)
- Les Vacances de Camille & images as Self - Invité
2022
- The Time of Secrets as Joseph Pagnol
- Following My Dreams as Patrick
- Happy 50 as Yves
- J'irai au bout de mes rêves as Patrick
- Times Square as Matt Donovan
2021
- Germinal as Philippe Hennebeau
- Delicious as Hyacinthe
- They Were Ten as Gilles Delfour
- A French Case as Le gendarme Sesmat
- Sept ans de réflexion as Richard Sherman
2020
- L'Esprit de famille as Alexandre, l'écrivain
- Les Blagues de Toto as Jérôme (le papa de Toto)
- Fais pas ci, fais pas ça : Y aura-t-il Noël à Noël ? as Renaud Lepic
2019
- Roxane as Raymond Leroux
- Let's Dance as Rémi
- Victorious Square as Bruno
2018
- Speakerine as Pierre Beauval
- Mentalistes : Dans la tête des stars as Self
- La Garçonnière as Monsieur Baxter
2017
- Diversion as Self
- Nobody's Perfect! as Monsieur le Maire Levergeon
- Coexist as Benoît
- La Comédie presque française : Les Feux de l'amour et du hasard
2016
- Quotidien as Self - Guest
- La Comédie presque française : Dom Juan les Pins
- Airnadette : la comédie musiculte as Moche Pitt
2015
- The Student and Mister Henri as Paul Voizot
- Families as Jean-Michel Varenne
2014
- Barbecue as Yves
- Summer Nights as Michel Aubertin/Mylène
- SMS as Laurent
- Divin enfant as Eric
- La vie à l'envers as Stéphane
- Un diner d'adieu as Antoine
2013
- The Scapegoat as Sainclair
- Wild France as Narrator (French)
2012
- What's in a Name as Claude
- Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre as Claude
2011
- Mike as M. Lejeune, le banquier
- Qui a envie d'être aimé ? as Sylvain
2010
- La Case du siècle as Arnaud de Roquefeuil (young) (voice)
- Best Friends Forever as Édouard Teston
- Camus as Michel Gallimard
- Les diamants de la victoire as Comte de Jobourg
2009
- Profiling Paris as Bérénice "La doc"
2008
- Love Me No More as Sébastien
- Let It Rain as Stéphane
2007
- Fais pas ci, fais pas ça as Renaud Lepic
- The House as L'avocat
2006
- Camping Paradis as Paul
- Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
2004
2003
- Ruby & Quentin as Prison hospital intern
2002
- Le Marathon du lit as Jean-Claude
2001
- The Apartment as Self - Guest
- La voleuse de Saint-Lubin as Monsieur Mangeot
1999
- Chère Marianne as Dimitri
1998
- Marie's Counter as Paul
1996
- Three Lives and Only One Death as Piotr
1992
- Tableau d'honneur as Jules Martin
1991
- The Double Life of Véronique as Serge
1989
- Deux as Olivier Muller
1985
- Télématin as Self