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Grégoire Colin

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Grégoire Colin
Born (1975-07-25) 25 July 1975 (age 49)
Occupation(s)Actor, filmmaker
Years active1990–present

Grégoire Colin (born 25 July 1975)[1] is a French actor.

Career

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Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama Olivier, Olivier when he was just 17. He co-starred in Adela (2000), Beau travail (1999) and the Macedonian film Before the Rain (1994), among many others. Colin is set for the lead role in the French thriller film Proie.[2][3]

In 1998, he participated in the internationally celebrated La Vie Rêvée Des Anges, better known to international audiences as The Dreamlife of Angels, in which he played a ruthless club owner. In 2009, Colin's first short film La Baie Du Renard was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.[4][5][6] In 2009, he started his own production company Tsilaosa Films.

Grégoire won the Best Actor Award at the Locarno International Film Festival for his role in the film Nénette et Boni.

Filmography

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As actor

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As director

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  • 2010 : La Baie du renard (short film)[7]

References

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  1. ^ Birth certificate 754/1975, according to Les Gens du cinéma.
  2. ^ IFC Midnight Hunts Creature Feature 'Prey'
  3. ^ "The invariably naked Gregoire Colin - Salon.com". Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  4. ^ Colin, Gregoire. "Les célébrités liées à La Baie du renard". Evene.fr. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Colin, Gregoire. "Gregoire Colin". allrovi.com. Retrieved June 1, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Colin, Gregoire. "The 10 French Film Stars You Should Know". IFC.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved June 1, 2001.
  7. ^ Part of the programme Courts d'aujourd'hui by Les Cahiers du cinéma and l'Agence du court métrage à partir des films lauréats du Prix Qualité du CNC, shown in Paris 29 September 2010 (Thierry Méranger, Cahiers du cinéma, n° 659, p. 59)
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