
François Berléand
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article François Berléand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2027 · Somnanbule as
- 2025 · McWalter as Chef Sorkin
- 2025 · Murder party au musée as Self
- 2025 · Santé mentale, briser le tabou as Self
- 2025 · The Boy as Le père
- 2024 · Panique au 31 as François
- 2024 · Père Noël à domicile as François
- 2024 · A Boire et à Manger as Self
- 2024 · Girl for a Day as Judge Genoud
- 2024 · Bertrand n'a pas sommeil as Self
- 2023 · En Bande Organisée as Self
- 2022 · The Grand Restaurant IV as Christian, a client
- 2022 · Two Much for the Job as M. Picard
- 2022 · They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! as Franck
- 2021 · Hear Me Out as Francis Samier
- 2021 · Le Grand Quiz as Self - Acteur
- 2021 · The Grand Restaurant III as Christian, a client
- 2019 · Encore un instant as Julien
- 2018 · Passage des arts as Self
- 2016 · Sur la route de la grande vadrouille as Self
- 2013 · Closed Circuit as Jean-Claude Dedieu
- 2013 · Jusqu'ici tout va bien as Self - Contributor
- 2013 · 60 Going On 12 as Charles
- 2013 · State Crime as Robert Boulin
- 2013 · The Okinaway of Life as Narrator
- 2013 · Max as Le commissaire de police
- 2012 · The Stroller Strategy as Jean-Luc Hamory
- 2012 · Le Dindon as Vatelin
- 2012 · Another Woman's Life as Maître Volin
- 2011 · Above Suspicion as Pierre Jourdan
- 2011 · Au bistro du coin as François
- 2010 · Le pot de colle as Richard Maurand
- 2010 · The Whistler as Armand / Maurice Teillard
- 2009 · L'Évasion as Colonel Von Deck
- 2008 · Batailles as
- 2006 · One Summer as Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
- 2006 · Le Bureau as Gilles Triquet, Directeur Régional de la Cogirep sur Villepinte
- 2005 · Edy as Edy Saïovici
- 2005 · Quartier V.I.P. as Bertrand Fussac
- 2004 · Me and My Sister as Pierre Demouthy
- 2004 · Everybody Is a Killer as François, le garagiste
- 2003 · A Model Employee as François Maurey
- 2002 · The Young Casanova as Louis XV
- 2001 · How I Killed My Father as un patient
- 2000 · Jeanne, Marie et les autres as Gédéon
- 2000 · Actors as François Nègre
- 1999 · Man of My Life as Frydman
- 1999 · Le sourire du clown as Drouot
- 1999 · Hard Off as Le docteur Nataf
- 1999 · Stop as Laurent's brother
- 1999 · The Happiest Place on Earth as Brafort
- 1997 · Le garçon d'orage as Le boiteux
- 1996 · Madame le Consul as Ambassador Delaunay
- 1994 · The Violin Player as Charles
- 1992 · Tableau d'honneur as Alain Denizet
- 1986 · The Secret Wife as Zaccharia Pasdeloup
- 1985 · Sincerely Charlotte as postal worker
- 1979 · Martin and Lea as l'inspecteur
- Future · Génération Alpha as Jean Humbel
- Future · Les Talents d’Achille as
- 2025 · Dans la peau de McWalter as Self - Actor
- 2025 · Colours of Time as Victor Hugo
- 2025 · Angels & Co. as Cupidon
- 2024 · Poiret Serrault extraits extra as Self
- 2024 · The World Upside Down as Le grand-père
- 2024 · Fêlés as Directeur de l'usine
- 2023 · 93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème as Self
- 2023 · Magnificat as Monseigneur Mével
- 2023 · L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Last Dance as Germain
- 2022 · Tous Inconnus as ("Les Chasseurs" segment)
- 2022 · Le souffle du dragon as Papi
- 2022 · Champagne ! as Le Maître de la Confrérie
- 2022 · Par le bout du nez as The Psychiatrist
- 2022 · Love (and Trouble) In Paris as Georges
- 2022 · À mon tour as Jean-Charles de Ponte
- 2021 · Christmas with the Tuches as Pierre Noël
- 2021 · Le Remplaçant as Bernard Audoin
- 2021 · Je te promets as Alexandre Gallo
- 2020 · Une heure de tranquillité as Michel
- 2020 · I Love You Coiffure as Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
- 2020 · The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties as Self
- 2020 · Grand Oral as Le président du jury
- 2020 · La troupe à Palmade s'amuse avec...François Berléand as Self
- 2020 · How to Be a Good Wife as Robert Van der Beck
- 2020 · Lucky as Le commissaire Daran
- 2020 · Ramsès II as Jean
- 2020 · L'Esprit de famille as Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
- 2019 · La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux as Professeur Pascal Bernel
- 2019 · Would I Lie to You: The Beginning as Max
- 2019 · Someone, Somewhere as Psy de Rémy
- 2019 · Disturbing Disappearances as Yves Perez
- 2018 · Je vais mieux as Audibert
- 2018 · La Fête du Cinéma as
- 2018 · Alexandra Ehle as Robin Desnoyeux
- 2018 · Family Is Family as Alexander, Constance's father
- 2017 · Les Chamois as Etienne Leroy
- 2017 · Stand Up Girl as Fabrice
- 2017 · School of Life as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
- 2016 · Amanda as Self
- 2016 · Du vent dans les branches de sassafras as John Emery Rockefelle
- 2016 · Vicky as Albert Bonhomme
- 2015 · Call My Agent! as Self
- 2015 · Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté as Self
- 2015 · Among Friends as Philippe
- 2015 · The Art Dealer as Simon
- 2015 · Peplum as Titus
- 2014 · Un soir à la tour Eiffel as Self
- 2014 · Deux hommes tout nus as Alain Kramer
- 2014 · La clef des champs as Fred
- 2013 · Quadrille as Philippe de Morannes
- 2013 · Blanche Nuit as La Malice
- 2013 · Le Parc, Prince des stades as François Berléand (voice)
- 2013 · Le Débarquement as
- 2013 · Le Débarquement as
- 2013 · Transporter: The Series as Tarconi
- 2012 · The Unexpected Getaway as Self
- 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 · The Lorax as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2012 · One Day My Father Will Come as Bernard Bleu
- 2011 · Escalade as Noe
- 2011 · Main basse sur une île as "Der Engel"
- 2011 · Plus si affinités & Friends as Self
- 2010 · Le Gendre idéal 2 as Max
- 2010 · Vieilles canailles as JP
- 2010 · Sentiments provisoires as Félix
- 2009 · The Concert as Olivier Morne Duplessis
- 2009 · Les Associés as Raymond Rosen
- 2009 · C à vous as Self - Guest
- 2009 · La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil as Sylvain
- 2009 · Mot de Passe as Self
- 2008 · Transporter 3 as Inspector Tarconi
- 2008 · Le Gendre idéal as Max
- 2008 · L'Arbre de joie as Professeor Lacombe
- 2008 · Tailleur pour dames as Bassinet
- 2008 · Daddy Cool as Albert Einstein
- 2008 · Ca$h as François
- 2008 · Le Petit Fût as Prosper Chicot
- 2007 · Faisons un rêve as Le mari
- 2007 · Tell No One: The B-Side as Self
- 2007 · A Girl Cut in Two as Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
- 2007 · Fragile(s) as Paul
- 2007 · Pur week-end as Commissioner Papan
- 2007 · Chez Maupassant as Prosper Chicot
- 2007 · Could This Be Love? as Roland
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Tell No One as Eric Levkowitch
- 2006 · Aurore as Le Roi
- 2006 · Comedy of Power as Michel Humeau
- 2005 · Transporter 2 as Inspector Tarconi
- 2005 · The Best Day of My Life as Valentin
- 2004 · Narco as Guy Bennet
- 2004 · The Great Role as Benny Schwarz
- 2004 · Eros Therapy as Adam Corbeau
- 2004 · Cash Truck as Bernard
- 2004 · The Chorus as Rachin
- 2004 · I've Been Waiting So Long as Simon
- 2004 · Les amateurs as Monsieur Meinau
- 2003 · Hot House as Georges
- 2003 · Only Girls as Mermot
- 2003 · En territoire indien as Jean-Claude Adam
- 2003 · Remake as François Charles-Leconte
- 2002 · Whatever You Say as jean-Louis Broustal
- 2002 · The Transporter as Tarconi
- 2002 · The Adversary as Rémi
- 2002 · A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 2002 · Féroce as Inspecteur de police
- 2002 · The Warrior's Brother as Le curé
- 2002 · Alive as Father
- 2002 · L'Héritière as Bordier
- 2001 · Tender Souls as Jacques
- 2001 · La fille de son père as Henri
- 2001 · L'Année des Guignols - Je peux dire une connerie ? as (voice)
- 2001 · Hors Service as Louis
- 2001 · Recrutement as Corbi, the recruiter
- 2001 · Don't Make Trouble! as (segment "Cyrano")
- 2001 · Cyrano as
- 2000 · The Prince of the Pacific as le commandant Lefèvre
- 2000 · Stardom as Nigel Pope's Associate
- 2000 · Deep in the Woods as Baron Axel de Fersen
- 2000 · Six-Pack as Thomas
- 1999 · One 4 All as Le passager désagréable
- 1999 · Bad Company as René
- 1999 · My Little Business as Maxime Nassieff
- 1999 · Innocent as Jean-René
- 1999 · Romance as Robert
- 1999 · Baby Blues as Granier
- 1998 · In All Innocence as Antoine
- 1998 · The School of Flesh as Soukaz
- 1998 · Place Vendôme as Eric Malivert
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Dormez, je le veux! as Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father
- 1998 · L'Année des Guignols - Y'a paaas de méthode as (voice)
- 1998 · La Mort du Chinois as Inspecteur Chevalot
- 1998 · Un flic presque parfait as Génaro
- 1997 · Seventh Heaven as Le docteur
- 1997 · Fred as Barrère
- 1997 · Pardaillan as Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
- 1996 · Captain Conan as Commander Bouvier
- 1996 · A Self-Made Hero as Monsieur Jo
- 1995 · Un si joli bouquet as Antoine
- 1995 · Runaways as Nicolas
- 1995 · Les Milles as Lt. Boisset
- 1995 · Fresh Bait as Insp. Durieux
- 1995 · La fidèle infidèle as Robert
- 1994 · Les Cordier, juge et flic as Lansac
- 1994 · Cherche famille désespérément as
- 1994 · Le Poisson rouge as Pharmacist
- 1993 · The Screw as Un vendeur
- 1993 · Trapped by a Dream as Le cousin
- 1992 · Feu Adrien Muset as Edgar
- 1990 · May Fools as Daniel
- 1990 · Sans rires as Roger
- 1989 · The Hostage of Europe as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
- 1989 · Suivez cet avion as Combette
- 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
- 1985 · Strictement personnel as Gérard
- 1985 · Télématin as Self
- 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
- Future · Les jours d'après as