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Mathieu Amalric (born 25 October 1965) is a three-time César Award winning French actor and film director, perhaps best known internationally for his lead role in Quantum Of Solace (film). He also has won the Étoile d'or and the Lumiere Award.

Life and career

Amalric was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde, and Jacques Amalric, who has worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération. Mathieu Amalric's mother was born in Poland to Jewish parents, and moved to France before World War II; she originates from the same village as director Roman Polanski's family.^[1][2] Amalric first gained fame in the film Ma Vie Sexuelle (My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument), for which he won a César Award.

Amalric was selected to play the newest Bond villain Dominic Greene, and stars alongside Daniel Craig in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace, the sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale. The villain Greene is plotting to take control of Bolivia's water supply through the Quantum Organization, and intending to stage a fake coup d'etat.^[3]

He has 3 sons. Two with Jeanne Balibar his ex-wife. He is currently located in Belleville, Paris; where he lives with his girlfriend, a writer, with whom he has a son.

Awards

• 1997:
  • César Award for Most Promising Actor — My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé...(ma vie sexuelle))
• 2005:
  • César Award for Best Actor — Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • Lumiere Award for Best Actor — Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • Runner-up for Best Supporting Actor — National Society of Film Critics Awards — Munich
• 2008:
  • Étoiles d’Or Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • César Award for Best Actor — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Filmography

As actor

As director

• Mange ta soupe (1997)
• Le Stade de Wimbledon (Wimbledon Stadium) (2001)
• La Chose publique (2003)

References

External links

• Mathieu Amalric at the Internet Movie Database

César Award for Best Actor 1976: Philippe Noiret • 1977: Michel Galabru • 1978: Jean Rochefort • 1979: Michel Serrault • 1980: Claude Brasseur • 1981: Gérard Depardieu • 1982: Michel Serrault • 1983: Philippe Léotard • 1984: Coluche • 1985: Alain Delon • 1986: Christophe Lambert • 1987: Daniel Auteuil • 1988: Richard Bohringer • 1989: Jean-Paul Belmondo • 1990: Philippe Noiret • 1991: Gérard Depardieu • 1992: Jacques Dutronc • 1993: Claude Rich • 1994: Pierre Arditi • 1995: Gérard Lanvin • 1996: Michel Serrault • 1997: Philippe Torreton • 1998: André Dussollier • 1999: Jacques Villeret • 2000: Daniel Auteuil • 2001: Sergi López • 2002: Michel Bouquet • 2003: Adrien Brody • 2004: Omar Sharif • 2005: Mathieu Amalric • 2006: Michel Bouquet • 2007: François Cluzet • 2008: Mathieu Amalric • 2009: Vincent Cassel