---
name: "Samuel Theis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-theis"
fi1m_id: "samuel-theis"
imdb_id: "nm2707986"
tmdb_id: 1312061
wikidata_id: "Q3471241"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 November 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:18:04.156849+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."
---

# Samuel Theis

## Identity

Samuel Theis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-theis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-theis
- **IMDb ID:** nm2707986
- **TMDB ID:** 1312061
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3471241
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Theis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3471241, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2707986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1312061

Actor. Born 12 November 1978 in Forbach, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 November 1978, Forbach, France
- **Also known as:** 山繆·賽斯
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Theis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3471241, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2707986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1312061

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Anatomy of a Fall*](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md) (86)

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## Biography

Samuel Theis is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He trained in dramatic art at the École Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre in Lyon and began appearing in films and television in the late 2000s.

He is known for his supporting role as Samuel Maleski in *Anatomy of a Fall* (2023). Earlier screen credits include La Valette in *The Princess of Montpensier* (2010), Sacha Hartman in the series *Call My Agent!* (2015) and Arnaud in *Paris by Night* (2012). As a director he co-directed *Party Girl* (2014), which shared the Camera d'Or at Cannes, and directed *Softie* (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Anatomy of a Fall* (2023), Fi1m 86, as Samuel Maleski — [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *I Swear* (2025), Director, Writer
- *Foreign Language* (2024), Actor
- *Haven of Grace* (2024), series, as Julien D'Entrecasteaux
- *Anatomy of a Fall* (2023), as Samuel Maleski — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md)
- *Building Versailles: A King’s Obsession For Magnificence | Rise & Fall Of Versailles | Real Royalty* (2022), as Louis XIV
- *Softie* (2022), Writer, Director
- *The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders* (2020), as Francis
- *Inside* (2019), series, as Simon Elsenberg
- *Due West* (2019), as Mathilde's Father
- *Gotta Get Down to It* (2019), Sound Mixer
- *Play It Like a Man* (2018), as Coach
- *Mother Is Wrong* (2018), series, as Vasile
- *Proud* (2018), series, as Victor
- *Call My Agent!* (2015), series, as Sacha Hartman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md)
- *Our Futures* (2015), as Le Pere de Yann
- *Party Girl* (2014), as Samuel · Writer, Director
- *Manon Lescaut* (2013), as Le Chevaliers Des Grieux
- *Paris by Night* (2012), as Arnaud, le dealer au Banana Café
- *Beautiful Bitch* (2011), as Client Alfa
- *The Princess of Montpensier* (2010), as La Valette
- *Drôle de famille !* (2009), series, as Matthieu, papa d'Apolline et Tom
- *A French Village* (2009), series, as Kurt
- *The Odyssey of Love* (2009), as John
- *Versailles: The Dream of a King* (2008), as Louis XIV

## Gallery

- ![Samuel Theis](https://film.one/media/person/15552/gallery-e90466b469d2.jpg) Samuel Theis — Joost Pauwels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Samuel_Theis_%282021%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Samuel Theis](https://film.one/media/person/15552/gallery-c47f9dd525d4.jpg) Samuel Theis — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2014: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (nominated), for *Party Girl*

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

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