Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric
File:Dominic Greene.jpg Mathieu Amalric as the Bond villain Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace (2008).
Occupation(s)	Actor, Film director
Years active	1984–present

Mathieu Amalric (born 25 October 1965) is a three-time César Award winning French actor and film director, perhaps best known in America for his lead role in the four-time Academy Award nominated 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He also has won the Étoile d'or and the Lumiere Award.

Amalric was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde, and Jacques Amalric, who has worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération. Mathieu Amalric's mother was born in Poland to Jewish parents, and moved to France before World War II; she originates from the same village as director Roman Polanski's family. Amalric first gained fame in the film Ma Vie Sexuelle (My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument), for which he won a César Award. Amalric was selected to play the newest Bond villain Dominic Greene, and stars alongside Daniel Craig in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace, the sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale. The villain Greene is plotting to take control of Bolivia's water supply through the Quantum Organization, and intending to stage a coup d'etat.

Amalric dated Lenny Von Dohlen's ex-wife, famous Russian model and writer Marina Von Dohlen.

Awards

• 1997 — César Award for Most Promising Actor — Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle) (My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument)
• 2005 — César Award for Best Actor — Rois et Reine (Kings and Queen)
• 2005 — Runner-up for Best Supporting Actor — National Society of Film Critics Awards — Munich
• 2008 — César Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Filmography

As actor

• Favourites of the Moon (Les Favoris de la lune) (1984)
• The Sentinelle (La Sentinelle) (1992)
• Diary of a Seducer (Le Journal du séducteur) (1996)
• My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle)) (1996)
• Late August, Early September (Fin août, début septembre) (1998)
• Alice et Martin (1998)
• The False Servant (La Fausse suivante) (2000)
• Roland's Pass (La Brèche de Roland) (2000)
• The Marcorelle Affair (L'Affaire Marcorelle) (2000)
• Boyhood Loves (Amour d'enfance) (2001)
• Special Delivery (C'est le bouquet!) (2002)
• A Man, a Real One (Un homme, un vrai) (2003)
• Kings and Queen (Rois et reine) (2004)
• I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka) (2005)
• La Moustache (2005)
• Munich (2005)
• Marie Antoinette (2006)
• The Singer (Quand j'étais chanteur) (2006)
• The Very Big Apartment (Le Grand appartement) (2006)
• Michou d'Auber (2007)
• Heartbeat Detector (La Question humaine) (2007)
• Actresses (Actrices) (2007)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) (2007)
• The Story of Richard O (L' Histoire de Richard O.) (2007)
• Un secret (2007)
• 57,000 Kilometers Between Us (57000 km entre nous) (2008)
• Un conte de Noël (2008)
• De la guerre (2008)
• Ennemi public n° 1, L' (2008)
• Les Herbes folles (2008)
• Quantum of Solace (2008)

As director

• Mange ta soupe (1997)
• Le Stade de Wimbledon (Wimbledon Stadium) (2001)
• La Chose publique (2003)

External links

• Mathieu Amalric at IMDb