Alexis Michalik
Alexis Michalik, born 13 December 1982, is a Franco-British actor, scriptwriter and director. He adapted Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into his play R&J and he has written and staged his own plays, including Le Porteur d'histoire, Le Cercle des illusionnistes, Edmond and Intra Muros. He has acted in a number of films, including Sagan by Diane Kurys and Le Chant du loup by Abel Lanzac and he has acted in a number of TV series, mini-series, and TV films, including the series Kaboul Kitchen by Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. He has received various Molière awards for his plays. He is the son of a Polish father, an artist, and a British mother. He was raised in the quartier des Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. He studied at the collège Jules-Ferry, and at the conservatoire in the 19th arrondissement, and he passed the entrance examination for the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. His first stage role was as Roméo in 2001, in the play Juliette et Roméo directed by Irina Brook at the théâtre de Chaillot. In 2003, he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) in Paris. However, he gave up his place to stage his first show, Une folle journée, an adaptation of Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais. He created the show in 2005 at the Festival d'Avignon Off in the théâtre des Corps Saints, playing the role of the Count. Michalik used the name of his source material to name his theatre company, Los Figaros. In 2006, he created La Mégère à peu près apprivoisée at Théâtre La Luna (Buffon), a musical comedy adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, in which he played the role of Petruchio. He met Arthur Jugnot, who produced the play in Avignon in 2007 et 2008, at the théâtre des Béliers, then in 2009 at the Vingtième Théâtre and then in 2010 at Le Splendid. The adaption was then put on television on the show Paris Première. During this show, he met Dominique Besnehard, the show's host, who would later produce two of Michalik's first short films. In 2008, he created R&J, an adaptation of Roméo et Juliette by Shakespeare for three actors. In this production, he played various roles, including Romeo. The play was done in the théâtre des Béliers in Avignon, and then at the Ciné 13 Théâtre and at Studio des Champs-Elysées. In 2010, he adapted and directed the second act of Carmen by Bizet, in a show titled Carmen Rock & Soul Opéra. The show, which was put on at the Festival des Mises en capsules, starred the singer Julie Zenatti in the title role and Christophe Mali (Tryo) playing Don José, and 20 other actors, singers, dancers and musicians. The show as done at Ciné 13 Théâtre. Then Benjamin Bellecour, co-director of Ciné 13 Théâtre, invited Michalik to write and direct Michalik's first play, Le Porteur d'histoire. The play was done in a shortened form at the Festival Faits d'Hiver. In July 2011, the play was done in its current form at Théâtre des Béliers . The play came back to Avignon in 2012 and also was done in Paris at Théâtre 13 Jardin, where it was received well by the public and critics. His play was done again at the Studio des Champs-Élysées in February 2013 and at Théâtre des Béliers in 2017. ... Source: Article "Alexis Michalik" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2023 · The Three Musketeers: Milady as Villeneuve de Radis
- 2023 · Flo as Olivier de Kersauson
- 2023 · How to Survive Without Mum as Di Caprio
- 2023 · A Love Story as William Markowitz
- 2023 · The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan as Villeneuve de Radis
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Un dimanche à la campagne as Self
- 2022 · Dangerous Liaisons as Christophe
- 2022 · À la folie as Damien Joly
- 2021 · Venice Doesn't Exist as Charles
- 2021 · Mention particulière : Bienvenue dans l'âge adulte as Romain
- 2020 · A Mermaid in Paris as Victor
- 2020 · 10 Days with Dad as Thierry Di Caprio
- 2020 · Tolo Tolo as Alexandre Lemaitre
- 2020 · Alexandre Dumas, le Flamboyant as Self
- 2019 · The Wolf's Call as Second SNLE-B2R
- 2018 · At Eternity's Gate as Artists Tambourin
- 2018 · Little Tickles as Le père de Sonia
- 2018 · Cyrano, My Love as Georges Feydeau
- 2017 · Family Heist as Guillaume
- 2016 · Our Fallen Heroes as
- 2016 · Dad in Training as Guillaume
- 2015 · Versailles as Louis de Rohan
- 2014 · La Trouvaille de Juliette as Pierrot
- 2014 · 24 Days as Lieutenant Joubert
- 2013 · La banda Picasso as Géry 'Le Baron' Piéret
- 2013 · It Happened in Saint-Tropez as Daniel Touré
- 2012 · Kaboul Kitchen as Damien
- 2011 · The End of Silence as Luc
- 2010 · Holiday Camp as Jordan
- 2010 · Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy as Jean-Didier (segment "Far West")
- 2010 · With Love... from the Age of Reason as L'assistant de Margaret
- 2010 · The Other Dumas as Jean-Baptiste Béraud
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Richard, le chauffeur de la famille, fils de Monsieur Paul
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Jules Lavigne
- 2008 · Terre de lumière as Arnaud
- 2008 · Sagan as Denis Westhoff 23 / 33ans
- 2007 · Monsieur Max as Jean Marais
- 2006 · Petits Meurtres en famille as Richard
- 2006 · Les Amants de la Dent Blanche as Théophile
- 2003 · Far West as Jean-Didier
- 2000 · Ladies of the Law as Franck Montero
- 1994 · ER as Michel Timbaud
- 1987 · La nuit des molières as Self (host)
- 1985 · Télématin as Self
- Future · Log-Out as David