--- name: "José Garcia" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jose-garcia" fi1m_id: "jose-garcia" imdb_id: "nm0305296" tmdb_id: 24895 wikidata_id: "Q778451" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 March 1966" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-05T13:07:08.336218+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." --- # José Garcia ## Identity José Garcia - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jose-garcia - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jose-garcia - **IMDb ID:** nm0305296 - **TMDB ID:** 24895 - **Wikidata ID:** Q778451 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Garcia_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778451, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24895 Actor. Born 17 March 1966 in Paris, France. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 March 1966, Paris, France - **Active:** 2013–present - **Also known as:** José Luis Garcia, José Doval, José Doval Garcia - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Garcia_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778451, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24895 ## Coming up - *12 12 12* (2026-11-12) — [page](https://film.one/tv/12-12-12.md) - *A double tour* (2027-03-17) ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Now You See Me*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md) (53) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography José Garcia, also credited as José Luis Garcia or José Doval Garcia, is a Spanish-French actor. Born José Doval in Paris on 17 March 1966, he trained at the Cours Florent with Francis Huster, the Annie Fratellini Circus School and an Actors Studio course in France. He holds an accounting qualification and began his career in 1989. Garcia first gained prominence through television appearances, notably alongside Antoine de Caunes on the Canal+ programme *Nulle Part Ailleurs*. He is known for his roles as Serge Benhamou in the *Would I Lie to You?* films (1997 and 2001), Couverdepus in *Asterix at the Olympic Games* (2008), Etienne Forcier in *Now You See Me* (2013), Victor Gamieux in *Bastille Day* (2016) and Biopix in *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023). He has appeared in more than forty-five films and over twenty television productions. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Now You See Me* (2013), Fi1m 53, as Etienne Forcier — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Call My Agent!* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md) ## Complete filmography (81) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A double tour* (2027), Actor - *12 12 12* (2026), series, Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/12-12-12.md) - *Vanishing Goats* (2026), as Léopold - *Sur la Terre des Dinosaures* (2025), series, as Commentateur - *I Love Peru* (2025), Actor - *Fox Hunt* (2025), Actor - *Out of Control* (2025), as Thomas - *Hear Me Love* (2024), as Klaus - *Speak Out* (2024), as Mr. Devarseau - *In the Sub for Love* (2024), as Benazech - *Escape* (2024), as Marco Aurelio - *Into the Wonderwoods* (2024), as Ultra (voice) - *Jus d'orange* (2024), Actor - *Meet the Leroys* (2024), as Christophe Leroy - *3 Days Max* (2023), as 'Le Rat' - *Waiting for Dali* (2023), Actor - *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023), as Biopix - *Le Torrent* (2022), as Alexandre - *Biographie - Un jeu* (2022), as Le professeur Kurmann - *Canailles* (2022), as Elias - *Totems* (2022), series, as Virgile Hiriart - *Canal+ Replay* (2021), as Bref - *30 Days Max* (2020), as Le Rat - *Little White Lies 2* (2019), as Alain - *No Filter* (2019), as Frédéric Mazuret - *For the Ones We Loved* (2019), as Daniele Lewkowicz - *Lola and Her Brothers* (2018), as Pierre Esnard - *Mrs. Hyde* (2018), as Monsieur Géquil - *The Mansion* (2017), as Le sanglier espagnol - *Full Speed* (2016), as Tom - *Bastille Day* (2016), as Victor Gamieux - *Tout schuss* (2016), as Max Salinger - *Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui* (2014), Actor - *Fonzy* (2013), as Diego · Writer - *Now You See Me* (2013), as Etienne Forcier — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md) - *Vive la France* (2013), as Muzafar - *The Dream Team* (2012), as Patrick Orbéra - *Would I Lie to You? 3* (2012), as Serge Benhamou - *Chez Gino* (2011), as Gino Roma - *The Pimp* (2010), as Ace / Chapelle - *A Man and His Dog* (2009), as un voyageur du tramway - *Asterix at the Olympic Games* (2008), as Couverdepus - *His Majesty Minor* (2007), as Minor - *Have Mercy on Us All* (2007), as Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg - *GAL* (2006), as Manuel Mallo - *Quatre étoiles* (2006), as Stéphane - *Black Box* (2005), as Arthur Seligman - *De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin !* (2005), as Various characters - *The Ax* (2005), as Bruno Davert - *De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs* (2004), as Various (archive footage) - *People : Jet Set 2* (2004), as John John - *The 7th Day* (2004), as José - *After You* (2003), as Louis - *Utopia* (2003), as Comandante - *Laughter and Punishment* (2003), as Vincent Roméro - *Slice of Life* (2002), as Paul - *Blanche* (2002), as Louis XIV - *Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale* (2002), Actor - *Dead Weight* (2002), as Mustapha Amel, aka "The Turk" - *Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle* (2001), as Claude Lambert - *Trouble Every Day* (2001), as Dr. Choart - *Love Bites* (2001), as Caniveau - *Would I Lie to You? 2* (2001), as Serge Benhamou - *The Soeur Brothers* (2000), as Charlie Sœur - *Jet Set* (2000), as Mellor da Silva - *Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000* (2000), Actor - *Across the Road* (2000), as Hugo - *Whatever* (1999), as Tisserand - *Like a Fish Out of Water* (1999), Actor - *Let There Be Light!* (1998), as le journaliste - *La Mort du Chinois* (1998), as Michel Passepont - *Keo* (1997), Actor - *Would I Lie to You?* (1997), as Serge Benhamou - *Everything Must Disappear* (1997), as Colle, le détective - *Les Démons de Jésus* (1997), as Bruno Piacentini - *Chameleon* (1996), as Little cop - *Beaumarchais the Scoundrel* (1996), as Figaro - *Élisa* (1995), as Taxi Passenger - *Les Derniers Mots* (1995), as L'homme à l'urne - *Romuald & Juliette* (1989), as l'ouvrier d'ascenseur - *Stunt*, Actor ## Gallery - ![José Garcia au dîner des révélations des César du cinéma (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/899969/gallery-d8fa19501521.jpg) José Garcia au dîner des révélations des César du cinéma (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Jos%C3%A9_Garcia_C%C3%A9sar_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![José Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/899969/gallery-2a12c2f6ea34.jpg) José Garcia — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Jos%C3%A9_Garcia_micro.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![José Garcia en 2012](https://film.one/media/person/899969/gallery-6244963f2016.jpg) José Garcia en 2012 — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Jos%C3%A9_Garcia_en_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![José Garcia au mondial du vent le 14 Avril 2012 pour WIKIPEDIA à la demande de l'artiste.](https://film.one/media/person/899969/gallery-6a34438665b8.jpg) José Garcia au mondial du vent le 14 Avril 2012 pour WIKIPEDIA à la demande de l'artiste. — Erio Tac France, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/JOSE_GARCIA_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![José Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/899969/gallery-e455057d1fef.jpg) José Garcia — Image via TMDB - ![José Garcia](https://film.one/media/person/899969/gallery-00229b61e2c6.jpg) José Garcia — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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