François Berléand
Acting
Born: April 22, 1952 (age 74) · Paris, France
Highest Rated
Biography
François Berléand (born April 22, 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, the French version of The Office, produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 film The Transporter as the French commissaire named Tarconi, an active and honest police officer who is an acquaintance of Frank Martin (Jason Statham). He reprised the role in the sequels Transporter 2 and Transporter 3 and the TV series. Berléand was born in Paris, France. The son of a Russian-Armenian father and a French mother, until the age of eleven he found his childhood traumatic after being told by his father that Berléand was the son of the Invisible Man. While studying at business school, he trained as an actor, somewhat against his will; his first stage role was in a play called Sur une plage de l'Ouest (On a beach in the West). After graduation, he enrolled in drama classes with Tania Balachova and then met Daniel, a director under whose auspices he worked from 1974 to 1981, participating in a dozen productions, mainly of contemporary classics. Berléand began his film career in 1978 with supporting roles in successful comedies throughout the 1980s. After a series of highly acclaimed supporting roles, including My Small Business for which he won the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2000, he won his first major role in the film My Idol by Guillaume Canet which brought his name and face to the wider public. For this, Berléand thanks his former girlfriend, actress-director Nicole Garcia. In Martin et Léa, he plays a police inspector, a role he went on to perform many times on screen (La Balance, Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (based on the novel The Devil's Home on Leave by Derek Raymond), Marche à l'ombre (Walking in the Shade), The Bait, The Death the Chinese, Fred, The Smile of the Clown, Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), Transporter 1, 2, and 3) thanks in part to a cold, distant, and piercing gaze. Berléand often plays military characters (The Hostage of Europe, Stella, Les Milles, Captain Conan, The Prince of the Pacific); he has also played a detective (Follow This Plane), pastor (Au revoir les enfants) and psychiatrist in Seventh Heaven, the film that really showed his talents to the public in late 1997. He released a book about his childhood in 2006, Le fils de l'homme invisible (The son of the invisible man). Berléand was in a relationship with French actress, film director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia for twelve years. He has been in a long-term relationship with Alexia Stresi; their twins Adèle and Lucy were born in December 2008. He is also the father of two grown children, Martin (born 1978) and Fanny (born 1983). He is the grandfather of Elios (born 2013), son of Martin. Description above from the Wikipedia article François Berléand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movies (177)
The Transporter
Tarconi
In All Innocence
Antoine
Transporter 2
Inspector Tarconi
Transporter 3
Inspector Tarconi
The Chorus
Rachin
Colours of Time
Victor Hugo
Tell No One
Eric Levkowitch
Romance
Robert
Au Revoir les Enfants
Father Michel
Cash Truck
Bernard
Place Vendôme
Eric Malivert
The Great Role
Benny Schwarz
Eros Therapy
Adam Corbeau
Actors
François Nègre
The Concert
Olivier Morne Duplessis
Someone, Somewhere
Psy de Rémy
School of Life
Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
McWalter
Chef Sorkin
Angels & Co.
Cupidon
Ca$h
François
How to Be a Good Wife
Robert Van der Beck
A Model Employee
François Maurey
Narco
Guy Bennet
Family Is Family
Alexander, Constance's father
Hear Me Out
Francis Samier
Camille Claudel
Docteur Michaux
A Self-Made Hero
Monsieur Jo
The Whistler
Armand / Maurice Teillard
Edy
Edy Saïovici
The Adversary
Rémi
Batailles
2008
Stardom
Nigel Pope's Associate
Whatever You Say
jean-Louis Broustal
Faisons un rêve
Le mari
Could This Be Love?
Roland
Me and My Sister
Pierre Demouthy
Above Suspicion
Pierre Jourdan
Hard Off
Le docteur Nataf
Last Dance
Germain
May Fools
Daniel
Among Friends
Philippe
A Girl Cut in Two
Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
Closed Circuit
Jean-Claude Dedieu
Deep in the Woods
Baron Axel de Fersen
Ramsès II
Jean
Happiness Never Comes Alone
Alain Posche
Le Petit Fût
Prosper Chicot
Le Dindon
Vatelin
Sincerely Charlotte
postal worker
Sincerely Charlotte
Le préposé PTT soupçonneux
Aurore
Le Roi
Captain Conan
Commander Bouvier
Sentiments provisoires
Félix
Romance 1999
Robert
Fred
Barrère
Les Amateurs
Monsieur Meinau
Marche à l'ombre
Police inspector receiver
One 4 All
Le passager désagréable
Escalade
Noe
Quadrille
Philippe de Morannes
The Secret Wife
Zaccharia Pasdeloup
Champagne !
Le Maître de la Confrérie
Six-Pack
Thomas
Les Milles
Lt. Boisset
Christmas with the Tuches
Pierre Noël
Lucky
Le commissaire Daran
The Grand Restaurant III
Christian, a client
Max
Le commissaire de police
Comedy of Power
Michel Humeau
Grand Oral
Le président du jury
Tous Inconnus
("Les Chasseurs" segment)
Poker
Lawyer
L'Arbre de joie
Professeor Lacombe
The School of Flesh
Soukaz
The Warrior's Brother
Le curé
Pardaillan
Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
I Love You Coiffure
Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
La Balance
Inspecteur de la Mondaine
Girl for a Day
Judge Genoud
The Stroller Strategy
Jean-Luc Hamory
Stand Up Girl
Fabrice
Pur week-end
Commissioner Papan
Innocent
Jean-René
Hors Service
Louis
Fresh Bait
Insp. Durieux
Seventh Heaven
Le docteur
La Chartreuse de Parme
The Prince of Parma
Nine Women
2021
Magnificat
Monseigneur Mével
The World Upside Down
Le grand-père
Tableau d'honneur
Alain Denizet
Alive
Father
Père Noël à domicile
François
Moi, moi et François B.
2016
Another Woman's Life
Maître Volin
The Young Casanova
Louis XV
Féroce
Inspecteur de police
Stella
Captain in the hangar
En territoire indien
Jean-Claude Adam
The Art Dealer
Simon
The Grand Restaurant IV
Christian, a client
I've Been Waiting So Long
Simon
Two Much for the Job
M. Picard
Le Débarquement
2013
The Goldfish
Pharmacist
Martin and Lea
l'inspecteur
The Boy
Le père
Suivez cet avion
Combette
Tailleur pour dames
Bassinet
Vicky
Albert Bonhomme
Everybody Is a Killer
François, le garagiste
La fidèle infidèle
Robert
Would I Lie to You: The Beginning
Max
Une heure de tranquillité
Michel
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Franck
Man of My Life
Frydman
Fragile(s)
Paul
Je vais mieux
Audibert
The Hostage of Europe
Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
Le sourire du clown
Drouot
Remake
François Charles-Leconte
The Murderous Months of April
Baumann
Le pot de colle
Richard Maurand
Jeanne, Marie et les autres
Gédéon
La Fête du Cinéma
2018
One Day My Father Will Come
Bernard Bleu
How I Killed My Father
un patient
The Violin Player
Charles
L'Héritière
Bordier
Dead Man Talking
Karl Raven
Daddy Cool
Albert Einstein
Deux hommes tout nus
Alain Kramer
À mon tour
Jean-Charles de Ponte
Le Gendre idéal
Max
Quartier V.I.P.
Bertrand Fussac
L'Esprit de famille
Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
L'Année des Guignols - Je peux dire une connerie ?
(voice)
La Femme de l'amant
Marc
The Best Day of My Life
Valentin
Bad Company
René
Fêlés
Directeur de l'usine
The Prince of the Pacific
le commandant Lefèvre
State Crime
Robert Boulin
Les Associés
Raymond Rosen
One Summer
Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
Strictement personnel
Gérard
Don't Make Trouble!
(segment "Cyrano")
Le souffle du dragon
Papi
My Little Business
Maxime Nassieff
Baby Blues
Granier
60 Going On 12
Charles
Un étrange voyage
Le témoin escroc
Tender Souls
Jacques
Only Girls
Mermot
Make It Mine
Le beau-frère de Loïc
Encore un instant
Julien
Le Gendre idéal 2
Max
La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil
Sylvain
Feu Adrien Muset
Edgar
Au bistro du coin
François
Trapped by a Dream
Le cousin
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
Professeur Pascal Bernel
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
1992
Hot House
Georges
Runaways
Nicolas
La fille de son père
Henri
La Mort du Chinois
Inspector Chevalot
Vieilles canailles
JP
Blanche Nuit
La Malice
The Happiest Place on Earth
Brafort
The Okinaway of Life
Narrator
La clef des champs
Fred
Par le bout du nez
The Psychiatrist
L'Année des Guignols - Y'a paaas de méthode
(voice)
Un si joli bouquet
Antoine
Stop
Laurent's brother
Du vent dans les branches de sassafras
John Emery Rockefelle
TV Shows (18)
Transporter: The Series
Tarconi · 16 eps
Chez Maupassant
Prosper Chicot · 1 eps
Phoenix
Jean Humbel · 6 eps
Les Cordier, juge et flic
Lansac · 1 eps
Disturbing Disappearances
Yves Perez · 1 eps
Le Débarquement
1 eps
Alexandra Ehle
Robin Desnoyeux · 1 eps
Les Chamois
Etienne Leroy · 8 eps
Je te promets
Alexandre Gallo · 2 eps
Love (and Trouble) In Paris
Georges · 6 eps
La Roue de la fortune : Célébrités
1 eps
L'Évasion
Colonel Von Deck · 1 eps
Peplum
Titus · 1 eps
Madame le Consul
Ambassador Delaunay · 8 eps
Le Bureau
Gilles Triquet, Directeur Régional de la Cogirep sur Villepinte · 6 eps
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Prince of Parma · 2 eps
Le Remplaçant
Bernard Audoin · 6 eps
Panique au 31
François · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
Vivement dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Télématin
Self · 2 eps
C à vous
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Call My Agent!
Self · 1 eps
The Unexpected Getaway
Self · 1 eps
Salut les Terriens !
Self - Guest · 5 eps
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties
Self · 1 eps
Mot de Passe
Self · 2 eps
La Boîte à secrets
Self · 1 eps
Jusqu'ici tout va bien
Self - Contributor · 18 eps
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
Self · 1 eps
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
Self
En Bande Organisée
Self · 1 eps
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
A Boire et à Manger
Self · 1 eps
Dans la peau de McWalter
Self - Actor
Up All Night
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Le Grand Quiz
Self - Acteur · 1 eps
Murder party au musée
Self · 1 eps
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Self
Plus si affinités & Friends
Self
Passage des arts
Self · 1 eps
La troupe à Palmade s'amuse avec...François Berléand
Self
Le Parc, Prince des stades
Self - Narrator (voice)
93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème
Self
Santé mentale, briser le tabou
Self
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté
Self
