Denis Ménochet

Denis Ménochet
Ménochet at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival
Born (1976-09-18) 18 September 1976 (age 48)[1]
Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Denis Ménochet (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor.[1][2] Ménochet is best known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds. In 2023, he won the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Beasts.[3] His performances in Custody, By the Grace of God and Peter von Kant, each saw him receive nominations for the César Award for Best Actor.

Career

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Elizabeth Weitzman, a film critic for New York Daily News, praised Ménochet's work opposite Christoph Waltz in the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds. Weitzman wrote in August 2009, "The terrific opening, for example, does feature a hailstorm of bullets. What you'll remember best, though, is the haunted silence of actor Denis Ménochet, playing a French farmer accused of harboring Jews."[4]

In 2018, Ménochet appeared as Daniel in the film Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson.[5][6]

In 2022, Ménochet co-starred opposite Zar Amir Ebrahimi in the thriller White Paradise, directed by Guillaume Renusson.[7]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2003 Adventure Inc. Nikos Dennis Berry TV series (1 Episode)
Caméra Café Patrick Francis Duquet TV series (2 Episodes)
2004 Mot compte double Denis Cécile Vernant
Automne The bodyguard Ra'up McGee
Split The man Matthieu Vollaire Short
2005 The Moustache The server Emmanuel Carrère
Foon Harry Several
Appel d'air Vincent Lucie Duchêne Short
Les vagues The coach Frédéric Carpentier TV movie
2006 L'État de Grace Taxi driver Pascal Chaumeil TV Mini-Series
2007 Hannibal Rising Chief of Police Peter Webber
La Vie en rose Journalist in Orly Olivier Dahan
Trivial Jean-Luc Sophie Marceau
Mélodie de la dernière pluie Xavier De Choudens
Ma place au soleil Eric de Montalier
La 17ème marche Talkie man Karim Adda Short
Light My Fire The man Matthieu Vollaire Short
J'ai plein de projets Karim Adda Short
Rendez-moi justice Gilbert Jourdan Denys Granier-Deferre TV movie
Poison d'avril Sound engineer William Karel TV movie
2008 La très très grande entreprise Gilles Pierre Jolivet
À sa place Jean-Michel Marc Guilbert Short
Coco Chanel Christian Duguay TV movie
Julie Lescaut Patrick Eric Summer TV series (1 Episode)
Duval et Moretti Alex Jean-Pierre Prévost TV series (1 Episode)
2009 Inglourious Basterds Perrier LaPadite Quentin Tarantino
Je te mangerais Yves's friend Sophie Laloy
L'école du pouvoir The intern Raoul Peck TV movie
Brigade Navarro Captain Le Mat Philippe Davin TV series (1 Episode)
2010 Robin Hood Adhemar Ridley Scott
The Round Up Corot Rose Bosch
Pieds nus sur les limaces Pierre Fabienne Berthaud
Joseph et la fille Franck Xavier De Choudens
Agatha Christie's Poirot Pierre Michel Philip Martin TV series (1 Episode)
2011 The Adopted Alex Mélanie Laurent
Forces spéciales Lucas Stéphane Rybojad
Le Skylab Uncle Roger Julie Delpy
2012 In the House Rapha Artole François Ozon
Je me suis fait tout petit Yvan Le Doze Cécilia Rouaud
Ablations Pastor Cartalas Arnold de Parscau Short
2013 Grand Central Toni Rebecca Zlotowski
Eyjafjallajökull Ezéchiel Alexandre Coffre
Le temps de l'aventure Antoine Jérôme Bonnell
Nos héros sont morts ce soir Victor David Perrault
Just Before Losing Everything Antoine Xavier Legrand Short
Faim de vie Jessica-Salomé Grunwald Short
2014 Ablations Pastor Cartalas Arnold de Parscau
T'étais où quand Michael
Jackson est mort ? 		The man Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux Short
2015 The Program Johan Bruyneel Stephen Frears
Norfolk The man Martin Radich
Spotless Martin Bastière Several TV series (10 Episodes)
2016 The Dancer Ruben - le père de Loïe Stéphanie Di Giusto
Assassin's Creed McGowen Justin Kurzel
2017 Custody Antoine Besson Xavier Legrand
2018 Entebbe Jacques Le Moine José Padilha
Mary Magdalene Daniel Garth Davis
The Emperor of Paris Dubillard Jean-François Richet
2019 By the Grace of God François François Ozon
Only the Animals Michel
2021 The Mauritanian Emmanuel Kevin Macdonald
The French Dispatch Prison Guard Wes Anderson
2022 Peter von Kant Peter von Kant François Ozon
The Beasts Antoine Rodrigo Sorogoyen
White Dog (Chien blanc) Romain Gary Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
White Paradise Samuel Guillaume Renusson
2023 Beau Is Afraid Jeeves Ari Aster
2024 Monsieur Spade Chief of Police Patrice Michaud Scott Frank 6 episodes
Rumours French President Sylvain Broulez Guy Maddin
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Inglourious Basterds Won [8]
2012 Lumières Award Most Promising Actor The Adopted Won [9]
2015 ACS Awards Best Actor Spotless Nominated [10]
2019 César Awards Best Actor Custody Nominated [11]
Lumières Award Best Actor Nominated [12]
2020 César Awards Best Actor By the Grace of God Nominated [11]
Globes de Cristal Award Best Actor Nominated [13]
2022 28th Forqué Awards Best Actor in a Film The Beasts Won [14]
Tokyo Film Festival Best Actor Won [15]
2023 10th Feroz Awards Best Actor in a Film Nominated [16]
37th Goya Awards Best Actor Won [17]
28th Lumières Awards Best Actor Nominated [18]
CEC Awards Best Actor Won [19]
31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Actor Won [20]
César Awards Best Actor Peter von Kant Nominated [11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c de Bodinat, Caroline (14 February 2019). "Portrait: Denis Ménochet, toujours y croire". Libération (in French).
  2. ^ "Denis Ménochet". Unifrance.
  3. ^ "Denis Ménochet Is Your Favourite Filmmaker's Favourite Actor". AnOther. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Weitzman, Elizabeth (20 August 2009). "'Inglourious Basterds': Quentin Tarantino grows up in bloody movie with more humanity than shock". New York Daily News. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  5. ^ "'Mary Magdalene' Trailer: A Familiar Story Seen Through Different Eyes". 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Mary Magdalene movie review & film summary (2019) | Roger Ebert".
  7. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (13 December 2022). "Review: White Paradise". Cineuropa.
  8. ^ "Screen Actors Guild Honors Outstanding Film And Television Performances at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®". SAG-AFTRA. 23 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Prix et nominations : Lumières de la presse étrangère 2012". AlloCiné (in French). 13 January 2012.
  10. ^ https://acseries.net/ [bare URL]
  11. ^ a b c "Denis Ménochet". Académie des César (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  12. ^ "24èmes Lumières de la presse internationale – Les Nominations". Canal Plus (in French). 17 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Les nominations pour Les Globes 2020". Globes de Cristal. 29 January 2020.
  14. ^ "'As bestas' triunfa en los Forqué y pone al rojo vivo la lucha por los Goya". rtve.es. 17 December 2022.
  15. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (2 November 2022). "Tokyo Film Festival 2022: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.
  16. ^ "Premios Feroz 2023 | Palmarés completo: empatan 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' en cine y 'La ruta' y 'No me gusta conducir' en series". Cinemanía. 29 January 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
  17. ^ "Ganadoras Premios Goya 2023 en directo". Fotogramas. 11 February 2023.
  18. ^ "La Nuit du 12 consacré aux Prix Lumières 2023, Pacifiction triplement primé". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 17 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Palmarés Medallas CEC 2023: 'As bestas' arrasa con 9 premios". Cine con Ñ (in Spanish). 7 February 2023.
  20. ^ Aller, María (14 March 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas". Fotogramas.
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