---
name: "François Négret"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francois-negret"
fi1m_id: "francois-negret"
imdb_id: "nm0639054"
tmdb_id: 19076
wikidata_id: "Q3085479"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 October 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:44:52.275410+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."
---

# François Négret

## Identity

François Négret

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-negret
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francois-negret
- **IMDb ID:** nm0639054
- **TMDB ID:** 19076
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3085479
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19076

Actor. Born 15 October 1966 in Versailles, Yvelines, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 October 1966, Versailles, Yvelines, France
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2000s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19076

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Au Revoir les Enfants*](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md) (90)

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

## Biography

François Négret is a French actor born on 15 October 1966 in Versailles, Yvelines. He first appeared on screen in the mid-1980s.

He played Joseph in Louis Malle’s *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987) and received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor. The following year he took a leading role in Jean-Claude Brisseau’s *De bruit et de fureur* (1988). Subsequent credits include *Noce blanche* (1989), *Caché* (2005), *Grand Central* (2013) and *Mrs. Hyde* (2018).

Négret has continued to work in film and television and, since 2014, has directed a hybrid performance piece combining poetry, music and languages.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), Fi1m 90, as Joseph — [page](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

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

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *De Big Fuck-up* (2025), series, Actor
- *Bonus Malus* (2024), Actor
- *Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara* (2024), as Antonin Artaud
- *Scarlet* (2023), as Fernand
- *Spare Keys* (2022), as Beau père Fifi
- *Correspondance Mélodrame* (2020), Actor
- *To the Ends of the World* (2018), as Doctor
- *The Immortal* (2018), as DeBray
- *The Summer House* (2018), as Jean-Pierre
- *Mrs. Hyde* (2018), as Collègue
- *Graziella* (2015), Actor
- *Tip Top* (2013), as Nadal
- *Grand Central* (2013), as François
- *The Nun* (2013), as Maître Manouri
- *Dans la tourmente* (2012), as Homme DCRI
- *Les Nuits de sister Welsh* (2010), as Paul
- *Family Tree* (2010), as Guillame
- *Regrets* (2009), as Antoine
- *La France* (2007), as Jacques
- *A City Is Beautiful at Night* (2006), as Richard jeune
- *The Exterminating Angels* (2006), as Stéphane's friend
- *Komma* (2006), as Edward
- *Caché* (2005), as Man in Elevator (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Jean Moulin* (2002), series, as Lunel
- *Those Facing Us* (2001), Actor
- *Les Misérables* (2000), series, as Claquesous
- *Hantises* (1997), as Vincent
- *La rançon du chien* (1996), as César Amaros
- *Les enfants du diable* (1994), as The teacher
- *Poorly Extinguished Fires* (1994), as Seb
- *Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun* (1994), as Akhematon
- *La Légende* (1993), as Rubis
- *Dien Bien Phu* (1992), as Corporal
- *Red Fox* (1991), as Louis
- *Les paroles invisibles* (1991), Actor
- *Night and Day* (1991), as Joseph
- *Alcyon* (1990), as Fabien
- *Plein fer* (1990), as Jean
- *Mr. Frost* (1990), as Christopher Kovac
- *White Wedding* (1989), as Carpentier
- *Les Jupons de la révolution* (1989), series, as Marat (jeune)
- *Snack Bar Budapest* (1988), as Molecola
- *Sound and Fury* (1988), as Jean-Roger
- *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), as Joseph — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md)
- *Mauvais Sang* (1986), Actor
- *Family Business* (1986), Actor
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, as Jacobi
- *Icelandic Fisherman*, as Charlot

## Gallery

- ![François Négret](https://film.one/media/person/119062/gallery-2b56d48c0413.png) François Négret — AloisLoizeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/FrancoisNegretportrait.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![François Négret](https://film.one/media/person/119062/gallery-e807a00ce45b.jpg) François Négret — Image via TMDB

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