Denis Ménochet (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor.[1][2] Ménochet is known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds. In 2023, he won the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Beasts.[3] His performances in Custody, By the Grace of God and Peter von Kant, each saw him receive nominations for the César Award for Best Actor.
Denis Ménochet | |
|---|---|
 Ménochet at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival | |
| Born | 18 September 1976[1] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Career
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Elizabeth Weitzman, a film critic for New York Daily News, praised Ménochet's work opposite Christoph Waltz in the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds. Weitzman wrote in August 2009, "The terrific opening, for example, does feature a hailstorm of bullets. What you'll remember best, though, is the haunted silence of actor Denis Ménochet, playing a French farmer accused of harboring Jews."[4]
In 2018, Ménochet appeared as Daniel in the film Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson.[5][6]
In 2022, Ménochet co-starred opposite Zar Amir Ebrahimi in the thriller White Paradise, directed by Guillaume Renusson.[7]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Adventure Inc. | Nikos | Dennis Berry | TV series (1 Episode) |
| Caméra Café | Patrick | Francis Duquet | TV series (2 Episodes) | |
| 2004 | Mot compte double | Denis | Cécile Vernant | |
| Automne | The bodyguard | Ra'up McGee | ||
| Split | The man | Matthieu Vollaire | Short | |
| 2005 | The Moustache | The server | Emmanuel Carrère | |
| Foon | Harry | Several | ||
| Appel d'air | Vincent | Lucie Duchêne | Short | |
| Les vagues | The coach | Frédéric Carpentier | TV movie | |
| 2006 | L'État de Grace | Taxi driver | Pascal Chaumeil | TV Mini-Series |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Chief of Police | Peter Webber | |
| La Vie en rose | Journalist in Orly | Olivier Dahan | ||
| Trivial | Jean-Luc | Sophie Marceau | ||
| Mélodie de la dernière pluie | Xavier De Choudens | |||
| Ma place au soleil | Eric de Montalier | |||
| La 17ème marche | Talkie man | Karim Adda | Short | |
| Light My Fire | The man | Matthieu Vollaire | Short | |
| J'ai plein de projets | Karim Adda | Short | ||
| Rendez-moi justice | Gilbert Jourdan | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV movie | |
| Poison d'avril | Sound engineer | William Karel | TV movie | |
| 2008 | La très très grande entreprise | Gilles | Pierre Jolivet | |
| À sa place | Jean-Michel | Marc Guilbert | Short | |
| Coco Chanel | Christian Duguay | TV movie | ||
| Julie Lescaut | Patrick | Eric Summer | TV series (1 Episode) | |
| Duval et Moretti | Alex | Jean-Pierre Prévost | TV series (1 Episode) | |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Perrier LaPadite | Quentin Tarantino | |
| Je te mangerais | Yves's friend | Sophie Laloy | ||
| L'école du pouvoir | The intern | Raoul Peck | TV movie | |
| Brigade Navarro | Captain Le Mat | Philippe Davin | TV series (1 Episode) | |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Adhemar | Ridley Scott | |
| The Round Up | Corot | Rose Bosch | ||
| Pieds nus sur les limaces | Pierre | Fabienne Berthaud | ||
| Joseph et la fille | Franck | Xavier De Choudens | ||
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Pierre Michel | Philip Martin | TV series (1 Episode) | |
| 2011 | The Adopted | Alex | Mélanie Laurent | |
| Forces spéciales | Lucas | Stéphane Rybojad | ||
| Le Skylab | Uncle Roger | Julie Delpy | ||
| 2012 | In the House | Rapha Artole | François Ozon | |
| Je me suis fait tout petit | Yvan Le Doze | Cécilia Rouaud | ||
| Ablations | Pastor Cartalas | Arnold de Parscau | Short | |
| 2013 | Grand Central | Toni | Rebecca Zlotowski | |
| Eyjafjallajökull | Ezéchiel | Alexandre Coffre | ||
| Le temps de l'aventure | Antoine | Jérôme Bonnell | ||
| Nos héros sont morts ce soir | Victor | David Perrault | ||
| Just Before Losing Everything | Antoine | Xavier Legrand | Short | |
| Faim de vie | Jessica-Salomé Grunwald | Short | ||
| 2014 | Ablations | Pastor Cartalas | Arnold de Parscau | |
| T'étais où quand Michael Jackson est mort ? |
The man | Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux | Short | |
| 2015 | The Program | Johan Bruyneel | Stephen Frears | |
| Norfolk | The man | Martin Radich | ||
| Spotless | Martin Bastière | Several | TV series (10 Episodes) | |
| 2016 | The Dancer | Ruben - le père de Loïe | Stéphanie Di Giusto | |
| Assassin's Creed | McGowen | Justin Kurzel | ||
| 2017 | Custody | Antoine Besson | Xavier Legrand | |
| 2018 | Entebbe | Jacques Le Moine | José Padilha | |
| Mary Magdalene | Daniel | Garth Davis | ||
| The Emperor of Paris | Dubillard | Jean-François Richet | ||
| 2019 | By the Grace of God | François | François Ozon | |
| Only the Animals | Michel | |||
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | Emmanuel | Kevin Macdonald | |
| The French Dispatch | Prison Guard | Wes Anderson | ||
| 2022 | Peter von Kant | Peter von Kant | François Ozon | |
| The Beasts | Antoine | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | ||
| White Dog (Chien blanc) | Romain Gary | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | ||
| White Paradise | Samuel | Guillaume Renusson | ||
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Jeeves | Ari Aster | |
| 2024 | Monsieur Spade | Chief of Police Patrice Michaud | Scott Frank | 6 episodes |
| Rumours | French President Sylvain Broulez | Guy Maddin |
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Inglourious Basterds | Won | [8] |
| 2012 | Lumières Award | Most Promising Actor | The Adopted | Won | [9] |
| 2015 | ACS Awards | Best Actor | Spotless | Nominated | [10] |
| 2019 | César Awards | Best Actor | Custody | Nominated | [11] |
| Lumières Award | Best Actor | Nominated | [12] | ||
| 2020 | César Awards | Best Actor | By the Grace of God | Nominated | [11] |
| Globes de Cristal Award | Best Actor | Nominated | [13] | ||
| 2022 | 28th Forqué Awards | Best Actor in a Film | The Beasts | Won | [14] |
| Tokyo Film Festival | Best Actor | Won | [15] | ||
| 2023 | 10th Feroz Awards | Best Actor in a Film | Nominated | [16] | |
| 37th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Won | [17] | ||
| 28th Lumières Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [18] | ||
| CEC Awards | Best Actor | Won | [19] | ||
| 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Actor | Won | [20] | ||
| César Awards | Best Actor | Peter von Kant | Nominated | [11] |
References
edit- ^ a b c de Bodinat, Caroline (14 February 2019). "Portrait: Denis Ménochet, toujours y croire". Libération (in French).
- ^ "Denis Ménochet". Unifrance.
- ^ "Denis Ménochet Is Your Favourite Filmmaker's Favourite Actor". AnOther. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Weitzman, Elizabeth (20 August 2009). "'Inglourious Basterds': Quentin Tarantino grows up in bloody movie with more humanity than shock". New York Daily News. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "'Mary Magdalene' Trailer: A Familiar Story Seen Through Different Eyes". 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Mary Magdalene movie review & film summary (2019) | Roger Ebert".
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (13 December 2022). "Review: White Paradise". Cineuropa.
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild Honors Outstanding Film And Television Performances at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®". SAG-AFTRA. 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Prix et nominations : Lumières de la presse étrangère 2012". AlloCiné (in French). 13 January 2012.
- ^ https://acseries.net/ [bare URL]
- ^ a b c "Denis Ménochet". Académie des César (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "24èmes Lumières de la presse internationale – Les Nominations". Canal Plus (in French). 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Les nominations pour Les Globes 2020". Globes de Cristal. 29 January 2020.
- ^ "'As bestas' triunfa en los Forqué y pone al rojo vivo la lucha por los Goya". rtve.es. 17 December 2022.
- ^ Brzeski, Patrick (2 November 2022). "Tokyo Film Festival 2022: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Premios Feroz 2023 | Palmarés completo: empatan 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' en cine y 'La ruta' y 'No me gusta conducir' en series". Cinemanía. 29 January 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Ganadoras Premios Goya 2023 en directo". Fotogramas. 11 February 2023.
- ^ "La Nuit du 12 consacré aux Prix Lumières 2023, Pacifiction triplement primé". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Palmarés Medallas CEC 2023: 'As bestas' arrasa con 9 premios". Cine con Ñ (in Spanish). 7 February 2023.
- ^ Aller, María (14 March 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas". Fotogramas.
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