Francis Leplay
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-07-25 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
Francis Leplay
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.
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Acting
(2025)
(2025)
Fils de
as Guy
(2025)
The End of the Iron Age
as Le Président de la République
(2024)
(2024)
The Good Teacher
as Mr. Musil, principal of the college
(2022)
Not My Type
as Le cadre Sacem
(2022)
Brother and Sister
as André Borkman
(2020)
(2019)
Who You Think I Am
as Serge
(2019)
Opération Finot
as Philippe Rivera
(2018)
Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen
as Fouqier
(2018)
A Violent Desire for Joy
as The Abbot
(2018)
Ce que vivent les roses
as Yahn Quemener
(2017)
Jealous
as Nathalie's doctor
(2017)
Nelly
as Mathieu
(2017)
Tomorrow and Thereafter
as Monsieur Lesieur
(2016)
Kill Skills
as Our Friend
(2015)
Les Cowboys
as Train man
(2015)
The Clearstream Affair
as Lawyer Denis Robert & Les Arènes
(2014)
3 Hearts
as Le médecin
(2013)
Bright Days Ahead
as Le prof d'oenologie
(2013)
Youth
as Frédéric
(2012)
Farewell, My Queen
as Le comte d'Artois
(2012)
Looking for Hortense
as Marco
(2012)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Le Maître de philosophie
(2008)
Seule
as Antoine Nardier
(2008)
Intrusions
as Maître Pierre Marsac
(2008)
(2008)
Modern Love
as Hervé
(2008)
Rien dans les poches
as 'Le lézard' #1
(2008)
The Resistance: Live Free or Die
as Gilbert Lesage
(2007)
The Price to Pay
as Agent immobilier
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
as Doctor Delivery Provence
(2005)
Zim and Co
as Inspecteur commissariat
(2004)
Kings & Queen
as Christian, le félon
(2003)
Only Girls
as Philippe Jean
(2003)
Clémence
as Alain Dorcières
(2002)
Ma caméra et moi
as Le jeune homme
(2001)
Love Bites
as Photographer
(1999)
Time Regained
as Employee Jupien
(1999)
Jamel Show
as Self
(1997)
I Hate Love
as Association Member
(1995)
Crew
(2021)
Acts of Love
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer