
Daniel Mesguich
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Daniel Mesguich (born 15 July 1952) is a French actor and director in theater and opera, and professor of stage acting school. In 1970, he was admitted into the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, after which he opened the Théâtre du Miroir ("Mirror Theater"), with whom he opened a course in drama. After ten years, he returned to the school to teach at the request of Jean-Pierre Miquel, becoming the youngest professor on campus. He is currently the director of the school. He has acted in over a hundred plays, fifty operas in France and abroad, and some 40 movies and television pieces. The actor William Mesguich is his son. Source: Article "Daniel Mesguich" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Credits

The Lady Banker (1980)
as Rémy Lecoudray

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
as Sulfurix (voice)

Molière (1978)
as Monsieur, frère du Roi

The Elegant Criminal (1990)
as Ida's husband

The Musketeer (2001)
as King Louis XIII

The Austrian (1990)
as Fouquier-Tinville

Everything Went Fine (2021)
as Me Georges Kiejman
The Satin Spider (1986)
as Le prêtre

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II) (2026)
as Conle le Fameux

The Beautiful Prisoner (1983)
as Walter Raim

Love on the Run (1979)
as Xavier Barnerias

La Garçonne (1988)
as Lucien

Le Bon Plaisir (1984)
as L'amant de Claire (voice)

L'Affaire Dreyfus (1995)
as Léon Blum

Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as Mesmer

Quartet (1981)
as Pierre Schlamovitz

Womanlight (1979)
as Commissioner Curbec

La Vie de Berlioz (1983)
as Hector Berlioz

The Rashevski Tango (2003)
as David Rashevski

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) (2025)
as Conle le Fameux

The Boy Soldier (1981)
as Capitaine Mourre

Dossier 51 (1978)
as Esculape 4

Limited Edition (1997)
as Nicolas Fabry

Le radeau de la Méduse (1998)
as Coudein

La Chanson du mal-aimé (1982)
as Franz Kafka
Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été (1979)
Actor

Dom Juan (2005)
as Dom Juan

Les Îles (1983)
as Mathieu

La Femme fardée (1990)
as Eric Lethuillier

The Sorceress (1982)
as Le génie
Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979)
as Napoléon Bonaparte

Un pique-nique chez Osiris (2001)
as Paul-Louis Gérard

Les Mots pour le dire (1983)
as Psychoanalyst

L'Affaire Salengro (2009)
as Léon Blum

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme (1980)
as The guest socialite evening / The client of the luxury brothel

La fille de Prague avec un sac très lourd (1979)
as Nicolas

Den döende dandyn (1989)
as Jules Pascin

L’enfer de Matignon (2008)
as Narrator (voice)

Charter 2020 (1980)
as Christophe Le Kerlec





