Laurent Lafitte | |
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 Lafitte at 2025 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 22 August 1973 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Laurent Lafitte (born 22 August 1973) is a French actor. He is known for playing the role of Patrick in Elle . In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. [1] In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series Class Act (original name "Tapie") as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas) | A guest | Nicolas Boukhrief | |
| 1999 | Belle maman | Franck | Gabriel Aghion | |
| 2000 | The Crimson Rivers | Hubert | Mathieu Kassovitz | |
| 2001 | Boomer | Didier | Karim Adda | Short |
| 2002 | Whatever You Say | Fabrice | Guillaume Canet | |
| 2003 | Les gaous | Bertrand | Igor Sekulic | |
| 2004 | The Role of Her Life | Arnaud | François Favrat | |
| Narco | The host | Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche | ||
| 2006 | Tell No One | The Basque | Guillaume Canet | |
| Président | Deputy | Lionel Delplanque | ||
| 2007 | A Secret | The cop | Claude Miller | |
| Ma place au soleil | Eric de Montalier | |||
| La 17ème marche | Lieutenant | Karim Adda | Short | |
| J'ai plein de projets | Karim Adda | Short | ||
| 2008 | Le bruit des gens autour | Philippe | Diastème | |
| 2010 | Little White Lies | Antoine | Guillaume Canet | |
| L'amour, c'est mieux à deux | Sylvain | Dominique Farrugia & Arnaud Lemort | ||
| Ensemble, c'est trop | Hervé | Léa Fazer | ||
| 2011 | Une pure affaire | Brice Teller | Alexandre Coffre | |
| Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde | Joseph Klein | Stéphane Kazandjian | ||
| 2012 | On the Other Side of the Tracks | François Monge | David Charhon | Also writer |
| Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose? | Perkins | Olivier Baroux & Kad Merad | ||
| 2013 | Bright Days Ahead | Julien | Marion Vernoux | |
| The Love Punch | Vincent Kruger | Joel Hopkins | ||
| Mood Indigo | CEO | Michel Gondry | ||
| 16 ans ou presque | Arnaud Mustier | Tristan Séguéla | ||
| Clean | Eric | Benjamin Bouhana | Short | |
| Turbo | Theo / Turbo | David Soren | French voice | |
| 2014 | Asterix: The Land of the Gods | Duplicatha | Alexandre Astier & Louis Clichy | Voice; French version |
| Fool Circle | Léon Camus | Vincent Mariette | ||
| Number One Fan | Vincent Lacroix | Jeanne Herry | ||
| The Easy Way Out | Antoine | Brice Cauvin | ||
| Monstre | The man | Stéphen Méance | Short | |
| 2015 | Boomerang | Antoine Rey | François Favrat | |
| Daddy or Mommy | Vincent Leroy | Martin Bourboulon | ||
| The Little Prince | The Conceited Man | Mark Osborne | Voice; French version | |
| 2016 | Elle | Patrick | Paul Verhoeven | |
| Daddy or Mommy 2 | Vincent Leroy | Martin Bourboulon | ||
| 2017 | See You Up There | Captain Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle | Albert Dupontel | |
| The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir | Ken Scott | |||
| K.O. | Antoine | Fabrice Gobert | ||
| 2018 | Paul Sanchez est revenu! | Paul Sanchez | Patricia Mazuy | |
| One Nation, One King | Louis XVI | Pierre Schoeller | ||
| School's Out | Pierre Hoffman | Sébastien Marnier | ||
| 2020 | Dear Mother | Jean-Louis Bordier | Laurent Lafitte | |
| 2022 | Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be | Jean-Jacques Sempé | Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre | Voice |
| The Takedown | François Monge | Louis Leterrier | ||
| Everybody Loves Jeanne | Jean | Céline Devaux | ||
| For My Country | General Caillard | Rachid Hami | ||
| 2024 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Gérard de Villefort | Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière | |
| Meet the Barbarians | Hervé Riou | Julie Delpy | ||
| 2025 | A Magnificent Life | Marcel Pagnol | Sylvain Chomet | Voice |
| TBA | The Bitter End | Mike Newell | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Premiers baisers | The man | Jacques Samyn | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Seconde B | Patrick | Christophe Gregeois | TV series (1 episode) |
| Classe mannequin | Juan | Several | TV series (35 episodes) | |
| 1998 | Avocats & associés | The lawyer | Philippe Triboit | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | Bonne Nuit | Jan Lucas | TV movie | |
| Coronation Street | Sacha | Adrian Bean | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2002 | Caméra Café | Nicolas Carton | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Julie Lescaut | Valérie's husband | Bernard Uzan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Joe Pollox et les mauvais esprits | Julien | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| 2005 | Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux | Manu | Olivier Guignard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Voici venir l'orage... | Andrei Kovner | Nina Companeez | TV mini-series |
| Section de recherches | Paul Mathieu | Gérard Marx | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2012 | Birdsong | René Azaire | Philip Martin | TV mini-series |
| 2013 | Le débarquement | Various | Renaud Le Van Kim | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2023 | Class Act | Bernard Tapie | Tristan Séguéla | TV mini-series |
| 2025 | Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight | Julius Caesar (voice) | Alain Chabat | Animated mini-series |
| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Miser | Molière | Jacqueline Bœuf |
| Jeffrey | Paul Rudnick | Raymond Acquaviva | |
| 1995 | Croque-monsieur | Marcel Mithois | Raymond Acquaviva |
| 1999 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | Ben Duke |
| Damn Yankees | Richard Adler & Jerry Ross | Gerry Tubbet | |
| 2000 | Davina's Landed | Ben Duke | Ben Duke |
| 2001 | Célibataires | Rodolphe Sand & David Talbot | Rodolphe Sand |
| 2003 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Gildas Bourdet |
| Le Jour du destin | Michel del Castillo | Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Désveaux | |
| 2004 | How the Other Half Loves | Alan Ayckbourn | Gildas Bourdet |
| 2006 | Un cheval | Jean-Marie Besset & Christophe Donner | Gilbert Désveaux |
| 2007 | Des gens | Raymond Depardon | Zabou Breitman |
| Qu'elle aille au diable, Meryl Streep ! | Mohamed Kacimi & Rachid El-Daïf | Laurent Lafitte | |
| 2008-11 | Laurent Lafitte, comme son nom l'indique | Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin | Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin |
| 2010 | Rendez-vous | Miklós László | Jean-Luc Revol |
| 2012 | Le Mariage | Nicolas Gogol | Lilo Baur |
| 2013 | Le Système Ribadier | Georges Feydeau | Zabou Breitman |
| Candide | Voltaire | Emmanuel Daumas | |
| Other People's Heads | Marcel Aymé | Lilo Baur | |
| 2014 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Muriel Mayette |
| 2015 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Eric Ruf |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2024 | British Academy Television Awards | Best International Programme | Class Act | Won | |
| 2017 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Elle | Nominated | |
| 2018 | See You up There | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | International Emmy Awards | Best Actor | Class Act | Nominated | |
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