---
name: "Albert Dupontel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-dupontel"
fi1m_id: "albert-dupontel"
imdb_id: "nm0243355"
tmdb_id: 14606
wikidata_id: "Q124389"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T20:30:04.630494+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Albert Dupontel

## Identity

Albert Dupontel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-dupontel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-dupontel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0243355
- **TMDB ID:** 14606
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124389
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Dupontel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243355/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14606

Actor. Born 11 January 1964 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 January 1964, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
- **Also known as:** Philippe Guillaume
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Dupontel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243355/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14606

## Coming up

- *Il faut brûler maman* (2026-11-11), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Irreversible*](https://film.one/film/irreversible.md) (55)

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## Biography

Albert Dupontel is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Born on 11 January 1964 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he initially studied medicine before training at the Théâtre National de Chaillot under Antoine Vitez and later with Ariane Mnouchkine. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, performing one-man shows such as *Sale spectacle* in the early 1990s.

Dupontel made his film acting debut in the late 1980s and gained recognition for roles including Pierre in *Irreversible* (2002). He has directed and written several of his own films, including *Bernie* (1996), *9 Month Stretch* (2013), *See You Up There* (2017) and *Bye Bye Morons* (2020), in which he also starred. His other notable acting credits include *A Very Long Engagement* (2004) and *The Prey* (2011).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Irreversible* (2002), Fi1m 55, as Pierre — [page](https://film.one/film/irreversible.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Il faut brûler maman* (2026), Director, Writer
- *Jean Valjean* (2025), as Claude Gueux
- *Second Tour* (2023), as Le candidat · Director, Writer
- *Bigbug* (2022), as L'homme à la prothèse (uncredited)
- *Bye Bye Morons* (2020), as Jean-Baptiste 'JB' Cuchas · Director, Writer
- *See You Up There* (2017), as Albert Maillard · Director, Screenplay
- *Two Snails Set Off* (2017), as (voice)
- *The First, the Last* (2016), as Cochise
- *In Harmony* (2015), as Marc Guermont
- *Le Débarquement 2* (2013), as Various Characters
- *9 Month Stretch* (2013), as Bob Nolan · Writer, Director
- *Le Débarquement* (2013), Actor
- *Le Débarquement* (2013), series, Actor
- *The Big Night* (2012), as Jean-Pierre Bonzini
- *The Prey* (2011), as Franck Adrien
- *The Clink of Ice* (2010), as Le cancer de Charles
- *Le vilain : Instantanés* (2010), as Sidney Thomas · Actor's Assistant, Script, Screenplay
- *The Villain* (2009), as Sidney Thomas · Director, Writer
- *Louise-Michel* (2008), as Miro
- *Love Me No More* (2008), as Antoine Méliot
- *Paris* (2008), as Jean
- *Intimate Enemies* (2007), as Dougnac
- *Chrysalis* (2007), as David Hoffman
- *Odette Toulemonde* (2007), as Balthazar Balsan
- *Jacquou the Rebel* (2007), as Le père de Jacquou
- *President* (2006), as Le Président
- *Avida* (2006), as Le garde du corps maladroit
- *Locked Out* (2006), as Roland · Director, Writer
- *Avenue Montaigne* (2006), as Jean-François Lefort
- *Albert Dupontel - Le Sale DVD* (2005), Actor
- *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), as Célestin Poux
- *Cash Truck* (2004), as Alexandre Demarre
- *The Car Keys* (2003), as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
- *Monique* (2002), as Alex
- *Irreversible* (2002), as Pierre — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/irreversible.md)
- *Dead Man's Hand* (2002), as Jean
- *L'origine du monde* (2001), as Transvestite
- *Actors* (2000), as Police officer
- *Blue Away to America* (1999), as Professeur Helpos
- *Sachs' Disease* (1999), as Doctor Bruno Sachs
- *Le Créateur* (1999), as Darius · Director, Screenplay
- *Serial Lover* (1998), as Eric Cellier
- *Bernie* (1996), as Bernie Noël · Screenplay, Director
- *I Am Your Punishment* (1996), as The Strangler
- *A Self-Made Hero* (1996), as Dionnet
- *Giorgino* (1994), as Invalid Male Nurse
- *Every Man for Yourself* (1994), as Gustave / Gus
- *Désiré* (1993), as Le médecin · Director, Writer
- *Albert Dupontel à l'Olympia* (1992), Actor
- *Albert Dupontel au Tristan Bernard* (1991), Actor
- *Gang of Four* (1989), as Un (faux) voyou
- *La Nuit Du Doute* (1989), Actor
- *Once More* (1988), as Alain

## Gallery

- ![Albert Dupontel](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-0c246fd06e5b.jpg) Albert Dupontel — Christophe Brachet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Albert_Dupontel_%28c%29_Chistophe_Brachet.JPG/1280px-Albert_Dupontel_%28c%29_Chistophe_Brachet.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Albert Dupontel, le 18 septembre 2006 à Paris.](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-9a13a9edb0b0.jpg) Albert Dupontel, le 18 septembre 2006 à Paris. — Nicolas Richoffer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Albert_Dupontel_2006.jpg/1280px-Albert_Dupontel_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Albert Dupontel lors d'une séance de dédicace à la Fnac de Ternes, en mars 2024.](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-1d611a0d2e8c.jpg) Albert Dupontel lors d'une séance de dédicace à la Fnac de Ternes, en mars 2024. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Albert_Dupontel_2024_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lors de l'avant première du film Neuf Mois Ferme, à Lyon le 17/09/2013](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-b3e4fa988105.jpg) Lors de l'avant première du film Neuf Mois Ferme, à Lyon le 17/09/2013 — Philippe Dulac, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_neuf_mois_ferme.JPG/1280px-Avant_premi%C3%A8re_du_film_neuf_mois_ferme.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Albert Dupontel](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-21b4b07b35f3.jpg) Albert Dupontel — Image via TMDB
- ![Albert Dupontel](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-c825fbbcb5e9.jpg) Albert Dupontel — Image via TMDB
- ![Albert Dupontel](https://film.one/media/person/3933498/gallery-dfe331baae99.jpg) Albert Dupontel — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won, 8 nominated

- César Award for Best Actor 2021: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Bye Bye Morons*
- César Award for Best Director 2021: César Award for Best Director (won), for *Bye Bye Morons*
- César Award for Best Original Screenplay 2021: César Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *Bye Bye Morons*
- César Award for Best Actor 2018: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *See You Up There*
- César Award for Best Adaptation 2018: César Award for Best Adaptation (won), for *See You Up There*
- César Award for Best Director 2018: César Award for Best Director (won), for *See You Up There*
- César Award for Best Actor 2014: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Neuf mois ferme*
- César Award for Best Director 2014: César Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Neuf mois ferme*
- César Award for Best Original Screenplay 2014: César Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *Neuf mois ferme*
- César Award for Best Actor 2009: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Love Me No More*
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2007: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- César Award for Best Actor 2000: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Sachs' Disease*
- César Award for Best First Film 1997: César Award for Best First Film (nominated), for *Bernie*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actor 1997: César Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *A Self Made Hero*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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