Laurent Lafitte

Laurent Lafitte
Lafitte at 2025 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1973-08-22) 22 August 1973 (age 51) 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.

Filmography

Film

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

Television

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

Theater

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2017	César Award for Best Supporting Actor	Elle	Nominated
2018	César Award for Best Supporting Actor	See You up There	Nominated

References

1. "Laurent Lafitte maître du Festival de Cannes". Paris Match. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

External links

• Laurent Lafitte at IMDb