Hippolyte Girardot
Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. A loner, Hippolyte Girardot set out to be an illustrator. He dreamt of working as production designer on the film set and tempted his chance at the entrance exam to the Arts Déco. While there, he was offered the project of a series of shorts working with a group of adolescents from the suburbs in a workshop setting. Even if he made his first appearance on the silver screen as the son of actor Claude Rich in "John's Wife" by Yannick Bellon, who was a friend of his mother's, he still had no intention of becoming an actor and continued to take on the various jobs proposed. Hippolyte Girardot developed a taste for acting while filming "The Destiny of Juliette" (1983) by Aline Issermann, and again with the same director for "L'Amant magnifique". He got his first nods from the profession when he was nominated for Most Promising Young Actor in 1985 for "Le Bon Plaisir", continuing his career with Godard ("First Name: Carmen") and other A film projects, notably in "Fort Saganne" and "Jean de Florette II" in which he plays a school teacher in love with Emmanuelle Beart. His film acclaim arrived in 1990 with "A World Without Pity", a disenchanted observation of society by Eric Rochant; his character Hippo resonated with an entire generation: ironically aimless yet charming. The following year, Girardot landed the lead role playing a photographer taken hostage in Lebanon in "Out of Life" by Maroun Bagdadi. He incarnated the mysterious seducer ("After Love", "The Scent of Yvonne"), but more often found himself performing in comedies: completely crazy in "Barjo" and unemployed in "Long Live the Republic" (1997) by close collaborator, Eric Rochant. After working for the television for a few years, his return to film was acclaimed in "Rashevski's Tango" in 2003. Joining the Desplechin film universe, Hippolyte Girardot gave notable performances as a business man in "Playing 'In the Company of Men'", a crooked lawyer involved in drugs in "Kings and Queen" (2004) and Anne Consigny's husband in "A Christmas Tale". Other renowned directors with whom he has collaborated include Pascal Bonitzer and Pascale Ferran ("Lady Chatterley"), and in 2006, he juggled a formidable acting career, appearing in no less than six films. After his role as a shaddy doctor in "Crime Is Our Business", his roles began to become more and more original: the alter ego of Jerome Clement in "Later" by Amos Gitai and Nanni Moretti's partner in "Quiet Chaos". He had a spell at co-directing with Nobuhiro Suwa for the film "Yuki & Nina", a touchy look at childhood that was presented at the Directors' Fortnight in 2009. Continuing to accept roles in films with a political message, he will appear in "Les Mains en l'air", which denounces Italian fascism in the year 2067, and take the lead in the dark comedy "Dernier étage gauche gauche" in which he plays a bailiff taken hostage in a housing projects building, both films to be released in 2010.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Bardot as Louis Bardot
- 2022 · Irma Vep as Robert Danjou
- 2021 · The French Dispatch as Chou-fleur
- 2021 · Voltaire in Love as Duc de Sully
- 2020 · Mama Weed as Philippe
- 2020 · Grand Hôtel as Paul Andrieux
- 2019 · Inside as Raphaël Santi
- 2019 · Thanksgiving as L'homme de Mobun
- 2018 · Patrick Melrose as Jacques D'Alantour
- 2017 · Paris etc. as Bruno
- 2017 · Ismael's Ghosts as Zwy
- 2016 · Munch as Mathieu
- 2016 · Marseille as Le docteur Osmond
- 2016 · Marseille as Le docteur Osmond (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Girl King as Ambassador Pierre Hector Chanut
- 2015 · Occupied as French EU Commissioner
- 2015 · No Second Chance as Tessier
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Pierre Claudel
- 2014 · Lanester as Professeur Vincent Gerhardt
- 2013 · Murders in... as Demeziere
- 2012 · Haute Cuisine as David Azoulay
- 2008 · A Christmas Tale as Claude Dédalus
- 2007 · Off Prime as
- 2006 · Lady Chatterley as Clifford
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as Le père (Place des Victoires)
- 2005 · House of 9 as Francis
- 2005 · Dolmen as Pierre-Marie de Kersaint
- 1999 · Chère Marianne as Legarrec
- 1986 · Manon of the Spring as Bernard Olivier, teacher
- 1984 · Fort Saganne as Courette
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Paul
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- Future · Sud-est as
- 2025 · Deux pianos as
- 2024 · Le Voyage en pyjama as Vladimir Desrosiers
- 2021 · That's Fine as Paul
- 2020 · An Irrepressible Woman as Léon Blum
- 2017 · Where I've Never Lived as Benoît
- 2017 · Le Viol as Président cour d’assises
- 2016 · La face as Serge Vauban
- 2014 · Benedict Ironbreaker: The Red Taxis as Le Commissaire
- 2013 · La rupture as Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
- 2011 · Sleeping Sickness as Gaspard Signac
- 2011 · The Edge as Sam
- 2010 · Hands in the Air as Rodolphe
- 2009 · Yuki & Nina as Frédéric
- 2008 · Resolution 819 as Lherbier
- 2008 · Off and Running as L'homme à la chemise blanche
- 2008 · L'Affaire Ben Barka as Georges Figon, voyou au cœur du complot, ami du réalisateur Georges Franju
- 2007 · My Place in the Sun as François
- 2007 · Parallel Parking as Hervé
- 2006 · Premonition as Marc Bénesteau
- 2006 · Un an as Félix
- 2006 · Incontrôlable as Roger
- 2004 · Si j'étais elle as Alex
- 2003 · The Rashevski Tango as Antoine
- 1997 · The Target as Stan
- 1996 · 1914 the Glorious Summer as Pierre Mercadier
- 1994 · When I Was 5, I Killed Myself as Dr. Edouard Valmont
- 1993 · Toxic Affair as Georges
- 1992 · The Girl in the Air as Philippe
- 1992 · Barjo as Barjo
- 1992 · Love After Love as Tom
- 1988 · Les pyramides bleues as Mark
- 1985 · L'Amour ou presque as Luc
- 1981 · L'Amour nu as Hervé
- Future · The Prominents as Leon Blum
- 2025 · Nous voilà grands ! as (Voice)
- 2024 · Just a Couple of Days as Laurent
- 2023 · The Astronaut as Monsieur Dominique, Jim's superior at Arianespace
- 2023 · Babyphone as Le Maire
- 2021 · Les Héritiers as Vaillant
- 2020 · The Black Book as (voice)
- 2018 · On the Sly as Yves, le patron du club
- 2014 · To Life as Henri
- 2014 · Bird People as Vengers
- 2014 · Life of Riley as Colin
- 2013 · Kidon as Monsieur Garnier
- 2013 · L'Aurore boréale as Le père
- 2012 · Capital as Raphaël Sieg
- 2012 · You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet as Dulac
- 2012 · An Open Heart as Marc
- 2012 · La Chartreuse de Parme as Count Mosca
- 2011 · The Robin Hoods of the Poor as le commandant Viennot
- 2011 · The Conquest as Claude Guéant
- 2010 · Top Floor Left Wing as François Etcheveria
- 2009 · Des gens qui passent as Grabely
- 2009 · Park Benches as Executive # 1
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as Simon
- 2008 · Crime Is Our Business as le docteur François Lagarde
- 2008 · Quiet Chaos as Jean Claude
- 2008 · Où avais-je la tête ? as Paul-Vincent
- 2008 · One Day You'll Understand as Victor
- 2007 · The Dinner Guest as Pontignac
- 2007 · Flight of the Red Balloon as Marc
- 2007 · Gustave Courbet, the Origins of His World as (voice)
- 2006 · Made in Paris as Antoine Carré
- 2006 · Vivre c'est mieux que mourir as Callaghan
- 2005 · Adèle et Kamel as
- 2005 · The Moustache as Bruno
- 2005 · Trois couples en quête d'orages as Jean-Xavier
- 2005 · 2018 Der Ölcrash as Paul
- 2004 · Kings & Queen as Maître Marc Mamanne
- 2004 · Nos amis les flics as Fatouche
- 2004 · Modigliani as Maurice Utrillo
- 2003 · Virus au paradis as Le ministre de la Santé
- 2003 · Playing 'In the Company of Men' as Willian De Lille
- 2003 · Drôle de genre as Camille Bazin
- 2001 · Jump Tomorrow as Gérard
- 2001 · L'Oiseau rare as Marc
- 1999 · Jésus as Judas
- 1997 · Long Live the Republic as Henri
- 1986 · Un moment d'inattention as Laurent
- Future · It Will Happen Tonight as
- 1997 · I Got a Woman as L'acteur
- 1994 · The Patriots as Daniel
- 1994 · The Perfume of Yvonne as Victor Chmara
- 1991 · Out of Life as Patrick Perrault
- 1989 · Love Without Pity as Hippo
- 1986 · Descent Into Hell as Philippe Devignat
- 1986 · L'amant magnifique as Vincent
- 1986 · Follow My Gaze as Le reporter en Afrique
- 1985 · Comme les doigts de la main as The narrator
- 1985 · French Lovers as
- 1984 · Le Bon Plaisir as Pierre
- 1983 · First Name: Carmen as Fred
- 1983 · Le Destin de Juliette as Pierre
- 1982 · Le Tigre du Jardin des plantes as Robinson
- 1980 · Inspector Blunder as Friend of Michel Clément (uncredited)
- 1974 · La femme de Jean as Rémi