---
name: "Guillaume Canet"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/guillaume-canet"
fi1m_id: "guillaume-canet"
imdb_id: "nm0133899"
tmdb_id: 19866
wikidata_id: "Q314403"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 April 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T00:05:57.420200+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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# Guillaume Canet

## Identity

Guillaume Canet

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/guillaume-canet
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** guillaume-canet
- **IMDb ID:** nm0133899
- **TMDB ID:** 19866
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314403
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Canet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133899/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19866

Actor. Born 10 April 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 April 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Also known as:** 기욤 카네, Гійом Кане, گیوم کنه, 吉翁卡列
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Canet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133899/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19866

## Coming up

- *Forty Love* (2026-11-25)
- *Fantomas: The New World* (2027-02-10), as Fantômas

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Beach*](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Guillaume Canet is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Born on 10 April 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, he trained at the Cours Florent and began his career in theatre and television before moving into film.

He gained international recognition for his role as Étienne in Danny Boyle's *The Beach* (2000). Other notable performances include *Love Me If You Dare* (2003), *Joyeux Noël* (2005) and *La Belle Époque* (2019). As a director, his second feature *Tell No One* (2006) won the César Award for Best Director; he has also directed *Little White Lies* (2010) and *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023). He was married to actress Diane Kruger from 2001 to 2006.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Beach* (2000), Fi1m 55, as Étienne — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

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

- *Fantomas: The New World* (2027), as Fantômas
- *Forty Love* (2026), Actor
- *Karma* (2026), Director, Screenplay
- *Belle* (2025), as Pierre
- *Ad Vitam* (2025), as Franck Lazareff · Producer, Screenplay
- *The Flood* (2024), as Louis XVI
- *Out of Season* (2024), as Mathieu
- *Breaking Point* (2024), as Vincent
- *All-Time High* (2023), as Yaël's father
- *Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret* (2023), as Vincent (voice)
- *Acid* (2023), as Michal
- *La Grande Ourse* (2023), Co-Producer
- *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023), as Astérix · Director, Writer
- *Him* (2021), as Him · Writer, Director
- *Nous paysans* (2021), as Narrateur
- *La Belle Époque* (2019), as Antoine
- *In the Name of the Land* (2019), as Pierre Jarjeau · Producer
- *Girls with Balls* (2019), as Chef Scout
- *Little White Lies 2* (2019), Co-Producer, Director, Writer
- *Sink or Swim* (2018), as Laurent
- *Non-Fiction* (2018), as Alain
- *Paris Pigalle* (2018), as Franck / Martin
- *My Son* (2017), as Julien Perrin
- *Cannes Off* (2017), series, as Yannick Noah
- *Rock'n Roll* (2017), as Guillaume Canet · Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *Cezanne and I* (2016), as Emile Zola
- *The Siege of Jadotville* (2016), as Rene Faulques
- *Arctic Heart* (2016), as Quignard
- *The Program* (2015), as Dr. Ferrari
- *Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart* (2014), as Franck
- *In the Name of My Daughter* (2014), as Maurice Agnelet · Producer
- *Le Débarquement 2* (2013), as Various Characters
- *Ivresse* (2013), Director
- *Turning Tide* (2013), as Frank Drevil
- *Blood Ties* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Jappeloup* (2013), as Pierre Durand · Screenplay
- *Le Débarquement* (2013), as Various Characters
- *Le Débarquement* (2013), series, as Various Characters
- *The Players* (2012), as Thibault
- *A Better Life* (2011), as Yann
- *War of the Buttons* (2011), as L'instituteur
- *Platane* (2011), series, as Guillaume Canet
- *Last Night* (2010), as Alex Mann
- *Little White Lies* (2010), Writer, Director
- *The Last Flight* (2009), as Antoine Chauvet
- *Farewell* (2009), as Pierre Froment
- *Spy(ies)* (2009), as Vincent
- *The Business Trip* (2008), as Jean-Paul Clément
- *The Meerkats* (2008), as Le narrateur (voix française)
- *La clef du problème* (2008), as Pierre
- *Rivals* (2008), as François
- *The Key* (2007), as Éric Vincent
- *Darling* (2007), as Joël Epine dit 'Roméo'
- *Hunting & Gathering* (2007), as Franck
- *Tell No One* (2006), as Philippe Neuville · Director, Screenplay
- *A Ticket to Space* (2006), as Yonis / Bernard Guérin
- *Hell* (2005), as Sébastien
- *Joyeux Noel* (2005), as Audebert
- *Narco* (2004), as Gustave Klopp
- *The Car Keys* (2003), as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
- *Love Me If You Dare* (2003), as Julien Janvier
- *Whatever You Say* (2002), as Bastien · Dialogue, Director, Writer
- *The Landlords* (2002), as Josselin
- *The Warrior's Brother* (2002), as Arnaud
- *Vidocq* (2001), as Etienne Boisset
- *Love Bites* (2001), as Antoine
- *The Day the Ponies Come Back* (2001), as Daniel Moulin
- *Fidelity* (2000), as Némo
- *The Beach* (2000), as Étienne — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)
- *I Can't Sleep* (2000), as One of the bunch of friends · Writer, Director
- *Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père* (1999), as Sauveur
- *In All Innocence* (1998), as Vincent Mazet
- *Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train* (1998), as L'auto-stoppeur
- *Sentimental Education* (1998), as Guy
- *Je taim* (1998), Director, Writer
- *La Vocation d'Adrienne* (1997), series, as Ferdinand
- *Barracuda* (1997), as Luc
- *Pardaillan* (1997), as Jean de Pardaillan
- *Je m'appelle Régine* (1996), as Antoine
- *The Voyage of Penelope* (1996), as Maxime
- *Fils unique* (1995), Actor
- *Ils n'ont pas vingt ans* (1995), as Michel
- *Jeanne* (1994), as Mathieu
- *Le Chambon* (1994), as Frédéric
- *Florence Larrieu : Le juge est une femme* (1993), series, as Julien
- *Premiers Baisers* (1991), series, as Guillaume
- *Badinter*, as Robert Badinter
- *Ad Vitam Eternam*, as Franck Lazareff · Writer, Producer

## Gallery

- ![2013 Longines Global Champions - Lausanne - 14-09-2013 - Guillaume Canet](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-b8847ce979b6.jpg) 2013 Longines Global Champions - Lausanne - 14-09-2013 - Guillaume Canet — Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2013_Longines_Global_Champions_-_Lausanne_-_14-09-2013_-_Guillaume_Canet.jpg/1280px-2013_Longines_Global_Champions_-_Lausanne_-_14-09-2013_-_Guillaume_Canet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Gilles Lellouche, Virginie Efira et Benoît Poelvoorde lors de la présentation du film "Le Grand bain" au festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-2be9579d91a9.jpg) Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Gilles Lellouche, Virginie Efira et Benoît Poelvoorde lors de la présentation du film "Le Grand bain" au festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Cannes_2018_7.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![François FLORENT et Guillaume CANET à l' école FLORENT (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-62c0d19a13f4.jpg) François FLORENT et Guillaume CANET à l' école FLORENT (2007) — Swandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Fran%C3%A7ois_FLORENT_et_Guillaume_CANET.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_FLORENT_et_Guillaume_CANET.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Guillaume Canet](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-5b8884e7bd02.jpg) Guillaume Canet — Gilzetbase, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Guillaume_Canet.jpg/1280px-Guillaume_Canet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Guillaume Canet](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-9ea2ff36b590.jpg) Guillaume Canet — Image via TMDB
- ![Guillaume Canet](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-f868ad3e7d19.jpg) Guillaume Canet — Image via TMDB
- ![Guillaume Canet](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-6fb9b07c1b02.jpg) Guillaume Canet — Image via TMDB
- ![Guillaume Canet aux obsèques de Nathalie Baye à l'église Saint-Sulpice de Paris, le 24 avril 2026.](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-ac47c59db46b.jpg) Guillaume Canet aux obsèques de Nathalie Baye à l'église Saint-Sulpice de Paris, le 24 avril 2026. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Guillaume_Canet_2026.jpg/1280px-Guillaume_Canet_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Guillaume Canet](https://film.one/media/person/152221/gallery-5173520cd873.jpg) Guillaume Canet — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 3 nominated

- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2025: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Sink or Swim*
- 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*
- César Award for Best Director 2007: César Award for Best Director (won), for *Tell No One*
- Lumière Award for Best Film 2007: Lumière Award for Best Film (won), for *Tell No One*
- European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2003: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (nominated), for *Whatever You Say*
- Prix Jean Gabin 2000: Prix Jean Gabin (won)

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

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