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name: "Denis Podalydès"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/denis-podalydes"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 April 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:04.149866+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."
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# Denis Podalydès

Actor. Born 22 April 1963 in Versailles, Yvelines, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 April 1963, Versailles, Yvelines, France
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Denis Podalydes

## Biography

Denis Podalydès is a French actor, screenwriter and theatre director. Born on 22 April 1963 in Versailles, he trained at the Cours Florent and the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique before making his stage debut in 1988.

He joined the Comédie-Française as a pensionnaire in 1997 and became a sociétaire in 2000. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television productions since 1989, including *Caché* (2005) as Yvon, *The Da Vinci Code* (2006) and *The Conquest* (2011) as Nicolas Sarkozy. He frequently collaborates with his brother, director Bruno Podalydès.

He has received César Award nominations for supporting roles and for original screenplay, and Molière Awards for theatre work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Caché* (2005), Fi1m 88, as Yvon — [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Comédie-Française* (2026), Actor

## Also known for

- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), Flight Controller
- *An Officer and a Spy* (2019), Maître Demange
- *See You Up There* (2017), The Minister (voice)
- *La Belle Époque* (2019), François
- *Neuilly Yo Mama!* (2009), Stanislas de Chazelle
- *Chocolat* (2016), Louis Lumière
- *All Your Faces* (2023), Paul
- *Mr & Mme Adelman* (2017), Le Psy

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