Biography
Melvil Poupaud is a French actor. He was born on 26 January 1973 in Paris and made his screen debut at the age of ten in Raúl Ruiz's City of Pirates (1983), after being introduced to the director by his mother, the filmmaker Chantal Poupaud. He went on to appear in nine further films by Ruiz.
Poupaud received César Award nominations for Most Promising Actor for his roles in The 15 Year Old Girl (1989) and Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional (1993). His credits include The Lover (1992), Laurence Anyways (2012), Speed Racer (2008), An Officer and a Spy (2019), Summer of 85 (2020) and Jeanne du Barry (2023). He played Clément in Mia Hansen-Løve's One Fine Morning (2022). He has also worked as a director and writer.
