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name: "Benoît Magimel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benoit-magimel"
fi1m_id: "benoit-magimel"
imdb_id: "nm0536095"
tmdb_id: 5442
wikidata_id: "Q539703"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 May 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T11:52:03.049400+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."
---

# Benoît Magimel

## Identity

Benoît Magimel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benoit-magimel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benoit-magimel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0536095
- **TMDB ID:** 5442
- **Wikidata ID:** Q539703
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Magimel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536095/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5442

Actor. Born 11 May 1974 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 May 1974, Paris, France
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Benoit Magimel, بنوآ ماژیمل, بنوا ماژیمل, בנואה מז'ימל
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 90 (1), 2000s 82 (1), 2020s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, History 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $61m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Magimel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536095/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5442

## Coming up

- *Greenland* (2027-02-17)
- *Nana* (2027-10-27)

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Taste of Things*](https://film.one/film/the-taste-of-things.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Piano Teacher*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Benoît Magimel is a French actor. Born in Paris on 11 May 1974, he began acting as a child, appearing at the age of 12 as Momo Groseille in *Life Is a Long Quiet River* (1988). He left school at 16 to pursue a career in film.

Magimel has worked with directors including André Téchiné, Michael Haneke and Emmanuelle Bercot. He won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 for his role in *The Piano Teacher* and received César Awards for Best Actor for *Peaceful* (2021) and *Pacifiction* (2022). Other credits include *La Haine* (1995), *The Connection* (2014) and *The Taste of Things* (2023), in which he played Dodin Bouffant.

He was in a relationship with actress Juliette Binoche from 1998 to 2003; they have a daughter, Hana, born in 1999. Magimel married screenwriter Margot Pelletier in 2018.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *De Gaulle: Liberté* (2026), Fi1m 72, as General Pierre Koenig — [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-liberte.md)
- *De Gaulle: Résistance* (2026), Fi1m 70, as Koenig — [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-resistance.md)
- *The Taste of Things* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Dodin Bouffant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-taste-of-things.md)
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Fi1m 82, as Walter Klemmer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *La Haine* (1995), Fi1m 90, as Benoît — [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

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

- *Nana* (2027), Actor
- *Greenland* (2027), Actor
- *The Birthday Party* (2026), as Franck
- *De Gaulle: Liberté* (2026), as General Pierre Koenig — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-liberte.md)
- *De Gaulle: Résistance* (2026), as Koenig — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-resistance.md)
- *Mi Amor* (2026), as Vincent
- *The Hunt* (2026), series, as Franck
- *Saint-Exupéry* (2024), as Directeur de l'Aéropostale (voix)
- *No Chains, No Masters* (2024), as Eugène Larcenet
- *Rosalie* (2024), as Abel
- *The Taste of Things* (2023), as Dodin Bouffant — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-taste-of-things.md)
- *The King of Algiers* (2023), as Roger
- *Le Marchand de sable* (2023), as Yvan
- *Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde* (2022), as Jonas Anatoli
- *Revoir Paris* (2022), as Thomas
- *Pacifiction* (2022), as De Roller
- *Incredible But True* (2022), as Gérard
- *It Was the War of Algeria* (2022), series, as Narrator
- *Filmoteca de Catalunya 10 anys al Raval* (2022), Actor
- *Lovers* (2021), as Léo Redler
- *Peaceful* (2021), as Benjamin
- *Dune Dreams* (2021), as Simon
- *Lola and the Sea* (2019), as Philippe
- *An Easy Girl* (2019), as Philippe
- *Little White Lies 2* (2019), as Vincent Ribaud
- *Carbone* (2017), as Antoine Roca
- *Money* (2017), as Vincent
- *The Piano Teacher: Behind the Scenes - Postsync Sessions* (2017), as Walter Klemmer (archive footage)
- *Memoir of War* (2017), as Pierre Rabier
- *Anatomy of Betrayal* (2017), Actor
- *150 Milligrams* (2016), as Dr Antoine Le Bihan, professor
- *Marseille* (2016), series, as Lucas Barres
- *Fast Convoy* (2016), as Alex
- *Cafard* (2015), as Jean Mordant (voice)
- *We Were Young* (2015), as Gérôme
- *Standing Tall* (2015), as Yann
- *The Connection* (2014), as 'Le Fou'
- *For a Woman* (2013), as Michel
- *My Way* (2012), as Paul Lederman
- *Headwinds* (2011), as Paul Anderen
- *Special Forces* (2011), as Captain 'Tic-Tac '
- *Mon pote* (2010), as Bruno Duchêne, former robber and car fan
- *Little White Lies* (2010), as Vincent Ribaud
- *The Counsel* (2010), as Léo Demarsan
- *Traceless* (2010), as Étienne Meunier
- *Resolution 819* (2008), as Jacques Calvez
- *Possibility of an Island* (2008), as Daniel
- *Inju: The Beast in the Shadow* (2008), as Alex Fayard
- *2 Alone in Paris* (2008), as Le commissaire
- *24 Bars* (2007), as Didier
- *Intimate Enemies* (2007), as Terrien
- *A Girl Cut in Two* (2007), as Paul Andre Claude Gaudens
- *Crime Insiders* (2007), as Frank
- *Fair Play* (2006), as Jean-Claude
- *Charlie Says* (2006), as Pierre
- *Sky Fighters* (2005), as Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli
- *Trouble* (2005), as Matyas / Thomas
- *The Bridesmaid* (2004), as Philippe Tardieu
- *Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse* (2004), as Capitaine Reda
- *Errance* (2003), as Jacques
- *Strange Gardens* (2003), as Emile Bailleul
- *The Flower of Evil* (2003), as François Vasseur
- *The Nest* (2002), as Santino
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), as Walter Klemmer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer* (2001), as Walter Klemmer (archive footage)
- *To Mathieu* (2001), as Matthieu
- *Lisa* (2001), as Sam
- *The King Is Dancing* (2000), as Louis XIV
- *The Children of the Century* (1999), as Alfred de Musset
- *A Minute of Silence* (1998), as Marek
- *Already Dead* (1998), as David
- *No happy end* (1998), Actor
- *Thieves* (1996), as Jimmy Fontana
- *A Single Girl* (1995), as Rémi
- *La Haine* (1995), as Benoît — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)
- *Le Chambon* (1994), as René
- *Jalna* (1994), series, as Eden Whiteoak
- *Putain de porte* (1994), Actor
- *The Stolen Diary* (1993), as Maurice
- *The Country Years* (1992), as Jules
- *Sweetheart* (1992), as Thomas
- *Les Ritals* (1991), as François jeune
- *Dad Is Gone, Mom Also* (1989), as Jérôme
- *Life Is a Long Quiet River* (1988), as Momo Groseille
- *Gabin, un héros français*, as Jean Gabin
- *La vie obstinée*, as Joseph
- *L'Enragé*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Benoît Magimel](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-46c37944f825.jpg) Benoît Magimel — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Benoit_Magimel_C%C3%A9sar_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![benoit m cb sw (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-9ffaec598126.jpg) benoit m cb sw (2015) — Mathis Desperrois, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BenoitMagimel2015.jpg/1280px-BenoitMagimel2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benoit Magimel au festival du film 2012](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-79e7341a9578.jpg) Benoit Magimel au festival du film 2012 — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Benoit_Magimel_2012.jpg/1280px-Benoit_Magimel_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benoit Magimel au Festival international du film francophone de Namur 2012](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-d8f80fef0d82.jpg) Benoit Magimel au Festival international du film francophone de Namur 2012 — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Benoit_Magimel_au_FIFF_2012.jpg/1280px-Benoit_Magimel_au_FIFF_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benoît Magimel](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-5d655e69a87b.jpg) Benoît Magimel — Image via TMDB
- ![Benoît Magimel](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-72c405ea4692.jpg) Benoît Magimel — Image via TMDB
- ![Benoît Magimel](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-f48c397f8d70.jpg) Benoît Magimel — Image via TMDB
- ![第36回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングイベント レッドカーペット ブノワ・マジメル (ポトフ) (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-2734a156678f.jpg) 第36回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングイベント レッドカーペット ブノワ・マジメル (ポトフ) (2023) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Benoit_Magimel_from_%22The_Pot-au-Feu%22_at_Red_Carpet_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2023_%2853348083601%29.jpg/1280px-Benoit_Magimel_from_%22The_Pot-au-Feu%22_at_Red_Carpet_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2023_%2853348083601%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![20 mai 2006 Cannes](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-1bb499b17a50.jpg) 20 mai 2006 Cannes — photographe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Beno%C3%AEt_Magimel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Benoît Magimel](https://film.one/media/person/12027/gallery-b81223b70be0.jpg) Benoît Magimel — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2001: Best Actor (won), for *The Piano Teacher*

### Other awards — 6 won, 2 nominated

- César Award for Best Actor 2023: César Award for Best Actor (won), for *Pacifiction*
- César Award for Best Actor 2022: César Award for Best Actor (won), for *Peaceful*
- Lumière Award for Best Actor 2022: Lumière Award for Best Actor (won), for *Peaceful*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actor 2016: César Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Standing Tall*
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2013: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2011: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Little White Lies*
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2006: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Piano Teacher*

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

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