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name: "Benjamin Millepied"
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tmdb_id: 970088
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 June 1977"
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updated: "2026-09-17T23:33:42.309393+00:00"
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# Benjamin Millepied

## Identity

Benjamin Millepied

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benjamin-millepied
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benjamin-millepied
- **IMDb ID:** nm1018521
- **TMDB ID:** 970088
- **Wikidata ID:** Q583186
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Millepied, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1018521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/970088

Actor. Born 15 June 1977 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 June 1977, Bordeaux, Gironde, France
- **Also known as:** Ben Millepied
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Millepied, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1018521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/970088

## Biography

Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer, choreographer and occasional actor. Born on 10 June 1977 in Bordeaux, he trained at the School of American Ballet and joined New York City Ballet in 1995, becoming a soloist in 1998 and principal dancer in 2002.

He choreographed and appeared in the 2010 film *Black Swan*, playing the role of David Moreau/The Prince opposite Natalie Portman. Millepied has created choreography for major ballet companies and films including *Dune* (2024), and directed the 2023 feature *Carmen*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Swan* (2010), Fi1m 82, as David Moreau / The Prince — [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Romeo + Juliet* (2026), Director, Producer, Adaptation, Writer
- *Rituel: Boulez & Millepied With Orchestre de Paris L.A Dance Project* (2025), Choreographer
- *Dune: Part Two* (2024), Choreographer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dune-part-two.md)
- *Carmen* (2023), Choreographer, Screenplay, Director
- *Romeo and Juliet: Benjamin Millepied* (2022), Choreographer
- *Vox Lux* (2018), Choreographer
- *Why Can't We Get Along* (2018), Director
- *Reset* (2016), Actor
- *CANAL+'s 30th anniversary* (2014), Choreographer
- *Aria* (2012), Director
- *Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins* (2011), Choreographer
- *Black Swan* (2010), as David Moreau / The Prince · Choreographer, Other — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Barbie of Swan Lake* (2003), as New York City Ballet Dancer
- *Barbie in the Nutcracker* (2001), as New York City Ballet Dancer
- *Joséphine Baker*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Benjamin Millepied](https://film.one/media/person/106866/gallery-a9116007f705.jpg) Benjamin Millepied — U.S. Embassy photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Benjamin_Millepied_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Benjamin Millepied - Cérémonie mondiale du Prix Versailles, 2 décembre 2024](https://film.one/media/person/106866/gallery-be26f59ec1e5.jpg) Benjamin Millepied - Cérémonie mondiale du Prix Versailles, 2 décembre 2024 — Guillaume Ombreux, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Benjamin_Millepied_-_C%C3%A9r%C3%A9monie_mondiale_du_Prix_Versailles%2C_2_d%C3%A9cembre_2024.jpg/1280px-Benjamin_Millepied_-_C%C3%A9r%C3%A9monie_mondiale_du_Prix_Versailles%2C_2_d%C3%A9cembre_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Natalie Portman attends at Golden Globes ceremony in 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/106866/gallery-f24ea6b3e40c.jpg) Actress Natalie Portman attends at Golden Globes ceremony in 2012. — Jenn Deering Davis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Natalie_Portman_-_Golden_Globes_2012.jpg/1280px-Natalie_Portman_-_Golden_Globes_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2024: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2015: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2009: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won)

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

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