François Berléand
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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
In All Innocence (1998)
as Antoine
A Model Employee (2003)
as François Maurey
The Transporter (2002)
as Tarconi
The Chorus (2004)
as Rachin
Transporter 3 (2008)
as Inspector Tarconi
Transporter 2 (2005)
as Inspector Tarconi
Colours of Time (2025)
as Victor Hugo
Tell No One (2006)
as Eric Levkowitch
Cash Truck (2004)
as Bernard
Eros Therapy (2004)
as Adam Corbeau
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
as Father Michel
Angels & Co. (2025)
as Cupidon
Faisons un rêve (2007)
as Le mari
Recrutement (2001)
as Corbi, the recruiter
Actors (2000)
as François Nègre
Whatever You Say (2002)
as jean-Louis Broustal
The Murderous Months of April (1987)
as Baumann
Batailles (2008)
Actor
Sans rires (1990)
as Roger
Sincerely Charlotte (1985)
as postal worker
Romance (1999)
as Robert
Among Friends (2015)
as Philippe
Above Suspicion (2011)
as Pierre Jourdan
Le Petit Fût (2008)
as Prosper Chicot
The Great Role (2004)
as Benny Schwarz
Innocent (1999)
as Jean-René
Aurore (2006)
as Le Roi
Hard Off (1999)
as Le docteur Nataf
Somnambule (2027)
Actor
Edy (2005)
as Edy Saïovici
The Whistler (2010)
as Armand / Maurice Teillard
The Concert (2009)
as Olivier Morne Duplessis
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille (2016)
as Self
Ramsès II (2020)
as Jean
Camille Claudel (1988)
as Docteur Michaux
Seventh Heaven (1997)
as Le docteur
Closed Circuit (2013)
as Jean-Claude Dedieu
The Screw (1993)
as Un vendeur
Max (2013)
as Le commissaire de police
Les Amateurs (2004)
as Monsieur Meinau
Marche à l'ombre (1984)
as Police inspector receiver
Ca$h (2008)
as François
A Girl Cut in Two (2007)
as Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
Narco (2004)
as Guy Bennet
Les Talents d’Achille (—)
Actor
Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
as Alain Posche
How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
as Robert Van der Beck
Stardom (2000)
as Nigel Pope's Associate
5H48, Place des Martyrs (2027)
as Monsieur Defiandre
Someone, Somewhere (2019)
as Psy de Rémy
Fred (1997)
as Barrère
The Adversary (2002)
as Rémi
Sentiments provisoires (2010)
as Félix
Me and My Sister (2004)
as Pierre Demouthy
La Fête du Cinéma (2018)
Actor
Le Dindon (2012)
as Vatelin
Family Is Family (2018)
as Alexander, Constance's father
Lucky (2020)
as Le commissaire Daran
A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self
Moi, moi et François B. (2016)
Actor
Le pot de colle (2010)
as Richard Maurand
The Young Casanova (2002)
as Louis XV
Deep in the Woods (2000)
as Baron Axel de Fersen
Grand Oral (2020)
as Le président du jury
Last Dance (2023)
as Germain
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra (2024)
as Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
May Fools (1990)
as Daniel
The Secret Wife (1986)
as Zaccharia Pasdeloup
I've Been Waiting So Long (2004)
as Simon
School of Life (2017)
as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
Escalade (2011)
as Noe
Je vais mieux (2018)
as Audibert
Un étrange voyage (1981)
as Le témoin escroc
Cyrano (2001)
Actor
The School of Flesh (1998)
as Soukaz
L'Arbre de joie (2008)
as Professeor Lacombe
Captain Conan (1996)
as Commander Bouvier
Tell No One: The B-Side (2007)
as Self
Martin and Lea (1979)
as l'inspecteur
Another Woman's Life (2012)
as Maître Volin
Place Vendôme (1998)
as Eric Malivert
Comedy of Power (2006)
as Michel Humeau
Père Noël à domicile (2024)
as François
McWalter (2025)
as Chef Sorkin
La Femme de l'amant (1992)
as Marc
60 Going On 12 (2013)
as Charles
One Day My Father Will Come (2012)
as Bernard Bleu
Bad Company (1999)
as René
La fidèle infidèle (1995)
as Robert
One 4 All (1999)
as Le passager désagréable
The Goldfish (1994)
as Pharmacist
Une heure de tranquillité (2020)
as Michel
La Balance (1982)
as Inspecteur de la Mondaine
Quadrille (2013)
as Philippe de Morannes
Cherche famille désespérément (1994)
Actor
Avis de tempête (2026)
as Commandant de bord
Fresh Bait (1995)
as Insp. Durieux
Pur week-end (2007)
as Commissioner Papan
Jeanne, Marie et les autres (2000)
as Gédéon
Le Débarquement (2013)
Actor
Everybody Is a Killer (2004)
as François, le garagiste
Girl for a Day (2024)
as Judge Genoud
Féroce (2002)
as Inspecteur de police
Dans la peau de McWalter (2025)
as Self - Actor
Alive (2002)
as Father
Strictement personnel (1985)
as Gérard
Suivez cet avion (1989)
as Combette
The Warrior's Brother (2002)
as Le curé
Plus si affinités & Friends (2011)
as Self
A Self-Made Hero (1996)
as Monsieur Jo
Christmas with the Tuches (2021)
as Pierre Noël
Tailleur pour dames (2008)
as Bassinet
Hear Me Out (2021)
as Francis Samier
Six-Pack (2000)
as Thomas
Stand Up Girl (2017)
as Fabrice
The Best Day of My Life (2005)
as Valentin
Le Gendre idéal 2 (2010)
as Max
Could This Be Love? (2007)
as Roland
One Summer (2006)
as Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
The Prince of the Pacific (2000)
as le commandant Lefèvre
Only Girls (2003)
as Mermot
Fêlés (2024)
as Directeur de l'usine
My Little Business (1999)
as Maxime Nassieff
En territoire indien (2003)
as Jean-Claude Adam
Pardaillan (1997)
as Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
The Violin Player (1994)
as Charles
Poker (1988)
as Lawyer
Quartier V.I.P. (2005)
as Bertrand Fussac
Au bistro du coin (2011)
as François
Hors Service (2001)
as Louis
I Love You Coiffure (2020)
as Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
Les Associés (2009)
as Raymond Rosen
Daddy Cool (2008)
as Albert Einstein
Fragile(s) (2007)
as Paul
La fille de son père (2001)
as Henri
Dormez, je le veux! (1998)
as Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father
Stop (1999)
as Laurent's brother
Les Milles (1995)
as Lt. Boisset
Runaways (1995)
as Nicolas
The Stroller Strategy (2012)
as Jean-Luc Hamory
How I Killed My Father (2001)
as un patient
Le sourire du clown (1999)
as Drouot
Trapped by a Dream (1993)
as Le cousin
L'Esprit de famille (2020)
as Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
Santé mentale, briser le tabou (2025)
as Self
Magnificat (2023)
as Monseigneur Mével
Make It Mine (1986)
as Le beau-frère de Loïc
Two Much for the Job (2022)
as M. Picard
Would I Lie to You: The Beginning (2019)
as Max
Don't Make Trouble! (2001)
as (segment "Cyrano")
La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil (2009)
as Sylvain
The Grand Restaurant IV (2022)
as Christian, a client
The World Upside Down (2024)
as Le grand-père
State Crime (2013)
as Robert Boulin
La Chartreuse de Parme (2012)
as The Prince of Parma
Du vent dans les branches de sassafras (2016)
as John Emery Rockefelle
Man of My Life (1999)
as Frydman
Tableau d'honneur (1992)
as Alain Denizet
L'Héritière (2002)
as Bordier
La Mort du Chinois (1998)
as Inspector Chevalot
Les jours d'après (2026)
Actor
Main basse sur une île (2011)
as "Der Engel"
Baby Blues (1999)
as Granier
Tender Souls (2001)
as Jacques
L'Année des Guignols - Y'a paaas de méthode (1998)
as (voice)
Dead Man Talking (2012)
as Karl Raven
The Hostage of Europe (1989)
as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
The Boy (2025)
as Le père
Champagne ! (2022)
as Le Maître de la Confrérie
Blanche Nuit (2013)
as La Malice
Nine Women (2021)
Actor
Tous Inconnus (2022)
as ("Les Chasseurs" segment)
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015)
as Self
Vicky (2016)
as Albert Bonhomme
Vieilles canailles (2010)
as JP
Le garçon d'orage (1997)
as Le boiteux
The Grand Restaurant III (2021)
as Christian, a client
Encore un instant (2019)
as Julien
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! (2022)
as Franck
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux (2019)
as Professeur Pascal Bernel
Stella (1983)
as Captain in the hangar
Un si joli bouquet (1995)
as Antoine
L'Année des Guignols - Je peux dire une connerie ? (2001)
as (voice)
Un flic presque parfait (1998)
as Génaro
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse (1992)
Actor
Le Gendre idéal (2008)
as Max
Hot House (2003)
as Georges
Deux hommes tout nus (2014)
as Alain Kramer
La troupe à Palmade s'amuse avec...François Berléand (2020)
as Self
Par le bout du nez (2022)
as The Psychiatrist
Feu Adrien Muset (1992)
as Edgar
93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème (2023)
as Self
The Art Dealer (2015)
as Simon
La clef des champs (2014)
as Fred
Le Parc, Prince des stades (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
À mon tour (2022)
as Jean-Charles de Ponte
Le souffle du dragon (2022)
as Papi
The Happiest Place on Earth (1999)
as Brafort
Remake (2003)
as François Charles-Leconte
The Okinaway of Life (2013)
as Narrator