François Berléand
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-04-22 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
François Berléand
Biography
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.
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Acting
(2027)
(2025)
McWalter
as Chef Sorkin
(2025)
Colours of Time
as Victor Hugo
(2025)
Angels & Co.
as Cupidon
(2025)
(2025)
The Boy
as Le père
(2024)
The World Upside Down
as Le grand-père
(2024)
Fêlés
as Directeur de l'usine
(2024)
Père Noël à domicile
as François
(2024)
Girl for a Day
as Judge Genoud
(2024)
(2023)
Magnificat
as Monseigneur Mével
(2023)
Last Dance
as Germain
(2023)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2022)
The Grand Restaurant IV
as Christian, a client
(2022)
Le souffle du dragon
as Papi
(2022)
Champagne !
as Le Maître de la Confrérie
(2022)
Tous Inconnus
as ("Les Chasseurs" segment)
(2022)
À mon tour
as Jean-Charles de Ponte
(2022)
Par le bout du nez
as The Psychiatrist
(2022)
Two Much for the Job
as M. Picard
(2022)
(2021)
Christmas with the Tuches
as Pierre Noël
(2021)
Hear Me Out
as Francis Samier
(2021)
The Grand Restaurant III
as Christian, a client
(2020)
L'Esprit de famille
as Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
(2020)
How to Be a Good Wife
as Robert Van der Beck
(2020)
Lucky
as Le commissaire Daran
(2020)
(2020)
Ramsès II
as Jean
(2020)
Grand Oral
as Le président du jury
(2020)
I Love You Coiffure
as Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
(2020)
Une heure de tranquillité
as Michel
(2019)
Someone, Somewhere
as Psy de Rémy
(2019)
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
as Professeur Pascal Bernel
(2019)
(2019)
Encore un instant
as Julien
(2018)
Family Is Family
as Alexander, Constance's father
(2018)
Je vais mieux
as Audibert
(2018)
(2017)
School of Life
as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
(2017)
Stand Up Girl
as Fabrice
(2016)
Vicky
as Albert Bonhomme
(2016)
(2016)
Du vent dans les branches de sassafras
as John Emery Rockefelle
(2015)
The Art Dealer
as Simon
(2015)
Among Friends
as Philippe
(2015)
(2014)
La clef des champs
as Fred
(2014)
Deux hommes tout nus
as Alain Kramer
(2013)
(2013)
The Okinaway of Life
as Narrator
(2013)
Closed Circuit
as Jean-Claude Dedieu
(2013)
State Crime
as Robert Boulin
(2013)
Blanche Nuit
as La Malice
(2013)
Max
as Le commissaire de police
(2013)
Quadrille
as Philippe de Morannes
(2013)
60 Going On 12
as Charles
(2013)
Le Parc, Prince des stades
as François Berléand (voice)
(2012)
The Lorax
as (voice) (uncredited)
(2012)
Dead Man Talking
as Karl Raven
(2012)
Happiness Never Comes Alone
as Alain Posche
(2012)
La Chartreuse de Parme
as The Prince of Parma
(2012)
One Day My Father Will Come
as Bernard Bleu
(2012)
The Stroller Strategy
as Jean-Luc Hamory
(2012)
Another Woman's Life
as Maître Volin
(2012)
Le Dindon
as Vatelin
(2011)
Au bistro du coin
as François
(2011)
Above Suspicion
as Pierre Jourdan
(2011)
Escalade
as Noe
(2011)
Main basse sur une île
as "Der Engel"
(2011)
Plus si affinités & Friends
as Self
(2010)
Vieilles canailles
as JP
(2010)
Le pot de colle
as Richard Maurand
(2010)
The Whistler
as Armand / Maurice Teillard
(2010)
Le Gendre idéal 2
as Max
(2010)
Sentiments provisoires
as Félix
(2009)
Les Associés
as Raymond Rosen
(2009)
The Concert
as Olivier Morne Duplessis
(2009)
(2008)
Transporter 3
as Inspector Tarconi
(2008)
Daddy Cool
as Albert Einstein
(2008)
Ca$h
as François
(2008)
(2008)
L'Arbre de joie
as Professeor Lacombe
(2008)
Le Gendre idéal
as Max
(2008)
Tailleur pour dames
as Bassinet
(2008)
Le Petit Fût
as Prosper Chicot
(2007)
Tell No One: The B-Side
as Self
(2007)
Could This Be Love?
as Roland
(2007)
A Girl Cut in Two
as Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
(2007)
Pur week-end
as Commissioner Papan
(2007)
Fragile(s)
as Paul
(2007)
Faisons un rêve
as Le mari
(2006)
Tell No One
as Eric Levkowitch
(2006)
Comedy of Power
as Michel Humeau
(2006)
One Summer
as Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
(2006)
Aurore
as Le Roi
(2005)
Transporter 2
as Inspector Tarconi
(2005)
Edy
as Edy Saïovici
(2005)
Quartier V.I.P.
as Bertrand Fussac
(2005)
The Best Day of My Life
as Valentin
(2004)
The Chorus
as Rachin
(2004)
I've Been Waiting So Long
as Simon
(2004)
The Great Role
as Benny Schwarz
(2004)
Me and My Sister
as Pierre Demouthy
(2004)
Cash Truck
as Bernard
(2004)
Narco
as Guy Bennet
(2004)
Everybody Is a Killer
as François, le garagiste
(2004)
Eros Therapy
as Adam Corbeau
(2004)
Les amateurs
as Monsieur Meinau
(2003)
Hot House
as Georges
(2003)
Remake
as François Charles-Leconte
(2003)
Only Girls
as Mermot
(2003)
A Model Employee
as François Maurey
(2003)
En territoire indien
as Jean-Claude Adam
(2002)
The Transporter
as Tarconi
(2002)
(2002)
The Warrior's Brother
as Le curé
(2002)
Alive
as Father
(2002)
The Adversary
as Rémi
(2002)
L'Héritière
as Bordier
(2002)
The Young Casanova
as Louis XV
(2002)
Whatever You Say
as jean-Louis Broustal
(2002)
Féroce
as Inspecteur de police
(2001)
Don't Make Trouble!
as (segment "Cyrano")
(2001)
La fille de son père
as Henri
(2001)
(2001)
How I Killed My Father
as un patient
(2001)
(2001)
Recrutement
as Corbi, the recruiter
(2001)
Hors Service
as Louis
(2001)
Tender Souls
as Jacques
(2000)
Stardom
as Nigel Pope's Associate
(2000)
Six-Pack
as Thomas
(2000)
The Prince of the Pacific
as le commandant Lefèvre
(2000)
Actors
as François Nègre
(2000)
Deep in the Woods
as Baron Axel de Fersen
(2000)
Jeanne, Marie et les autres
as Gédéon
(1999)
Romance
as Robert
(1999)
Baby Blues
as Granier
(1999)
My Little Business
as Maxime Nassieff
(1999)
Bad Company
as René
(1999)
One 4 All
as Le passager désagréable
(1999)
Stop
as Laurent's brother
(1999)
The Happiest Place on Earth
as Brafort
(1999)
Hard Off
as Le docteur Nataf
(1999)
Le sourire du clown
as Drouot
(1999)
Man of My Life
as Frydman
(1999)
Innocent
as Jean-René
(1998)
The School of Flesh
as Soukaz
(1998)
Place Vendôme
as Eric Malivert
(1998)
La Mort du Chinois
as Inspecteur Chevalot
(1998)
Un flic presque parfait
as Génaro
(1998)
(1998)
In All Innocence
as Antoine
(1998)
Dormez, je le veux!
as Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father
(1997)
Fred
as Barrère
(1997)
Le garçon d'orage
as Le boiteux
(1997)
Pardaillan
as Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
(1997)
Seventh Heaven
as Le docteur
(1996)
A Self-Made Hero
as Monsieur Jo
(1996)
Captain Conan
as Commander Bouvier
(1995)
Runaways
as Nicolas
(1995)
Les Milles
as Lt. Boisset
(1995)
Fresh Bait
as Insp. Durieux
(1995)
La fidèle infidèle
as Robert
(1995)
Un si joli bouquet
as Antoine
(1994)
The Violin Player
as Charles
(1994)
(1994)
Le Poisson rouge
as Pharmacist
(1993)
Trapped by a Dream
as Le cousin
(1993)
The Screw
as Un vendeur
(1992)
Feu Adrien Muset
as Edgar
(1992)
Tableau d'honneur
as Alain Denizet
(1990)
May Fools
as Daniel
(1990)
Sans rires
as Roger
(1989)
Suivez cet avion
as Combette
(1989)
The Hostage of Europe
as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
(1988)
Camille Claudel
as Docteur Michaux
(1988)
Poker
as Lawyer
(1987)
Au Revoir les Enfants
as Father Michel
(1987)
The Murderous Months of April
as Baumann
(1986)
Make It Mine
as Le beau-frère de Loïc
(1986)
The Secret Wife
as Zaccharia Pasdeloup
(1985)
Strictement personnel
as Gérard
(1985)
Sincerely Charlotte
as postal worker
(1984)
Marche à l'ombre
as Police inspector receiver
(1983)
Stella
as Captain in the hangar
(1982)
La Balance
as Inspecteur de la Mondaine
(1981)
Un étrange voyage
as Le témoin escroc
(1979)
Martin and Lea
as l'inspecteur