Benjamin Lavernhe

Benjamin Lavernhe (, born 14 August 1984) is a French actor.

Career After attending evening classes at Cours Florent, a private drama school in Paris, France, Lavernhe began taking free classes at Cours Florent, studying under the direction of, among others, Jean-Pierre Garnier and Loïc Corbery.

He began his acting career in 2008 by entering the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. His first major role in theater came in 2011 when he played the role of Benvolio in a staging of the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by Olivier Py.

Since 2012, he has been a resident of the Comédie-Française.

He was nominated for two Molière Award: in 2018 for his lead role in Scapin the Schemer, directed by Denis Podalydès and in 2023 for his supporting role in The Lady from the Sea, directed by Géraldine Martineau.

He was also nominated three times for a César Award: once in the category Most Promising Actor for playing Pierre in C'est la vie!, directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, and twice in the category Best Supporting Actor for Love at Second Sight directed by Hugo Gélin and My Donkey, My Lover & I directed by Caroline Vignal.

Theater Year Title Author Director Notes 2007 L’Opéra du dragon Heiner Müller Joséphine Serre 2010 Les Prétendants Jean-Luc Lagarce Mario Gonzalez 2011-12 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Olivier Py 2012-13 La Place royale Pierre Corneille Anne-Laure Liégeois 2013 Three Sisters Anton Chekhov Alain Françon Un fil à la patte Georges Feydeau Jérôme Deschamps Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Jean-Yves Ruf The Imaginary Invalid Molière Claude Stratz 2013-14 Phèdre Jean Racine Michael Marmarinos 2013-15 Hamlet William Shakespeare Dan Jemmett 2014 Dom Juan Molière Jean-Pierre Vincent 2014-15 The Misanthrope Molière Clément Hervieu-Léger A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Muriel Mayette-Holtz 2014-16 The Italian Straw Hat Eugène Labiche Giorgio Barberio Corsetti 2014-19 Lucrezia Borgia Victor Hugo Denis Podalydès 2015 La Dame aux jambes d’azur Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel Jean-Pierre Vincent 2016 Britannicus Jean Racine Stéphane Braunschweig L’Interlope Serge Bagdassarian Serge Bagdassarian Un fil à la patte Georges Feydeau Jérôme Deschamps Le Chant du cygne / L’Ours Anton Chekhov Maëlle Poésy 2016-17 La Ronde Arthur Schnitzler Anne Kessler 2017-18 The Tempest William Shakespeare Robert Carsen The Rules of the Game Jean Renoir Christiane Jatahy 2017-20 Scapin the Schemer Molière Denis Podalydès Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor 2018 Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Valentine Losseau & Raphaël Navarro L’Interlope Serge Bagdassarian Serge Bagdassarian 2019 The Misanthrope Molière Clément Hervieu-Léger 2019-20 Electra Euripides Ivo Van Hove 2022 Cellule 107 Robert Badinter Bernard Murat Le Mariage forcé Molière Louis Arene Scapin the Schemer Molière Denis Podalydès 2023 The Lady from the Sea Henrik Ibsen Géraldine Martineau Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor The Threepenny Opera Bertolt Brecht Thomas Ostermeier

Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 2009 La cagnotte Benjamin Philippe Monnier TV movie 2010 Les méchantes Monsieur de la Resnois Philippe Monnier TV movie 2012 Radiostars Smiters Romain Levy Pourquoi je fais ça? Raphaël Olivier Rosemberg Short 2013 The Marchers Thomas Nabil Ben Yadir Prenez une grande grande respiration Caméron Java Jacobs Short 2013-15 Casting(s) Benjamin Pierre Niney & Hugo Gélin TV series (11 episodes) 2014 Going Away Thomas Cambière Nicole Garcia Libre et assoupi Alexandre Benjamin Guedj Number One Fan Guillaume Jeanne Herry France KBEK Louis Jonathan Cohen & Jérémie Galan TV series (1 episode) 2015 SK1 Frédéric Brunet Frédéric Tellier The Sweet Escape Bernard Bruno Podalydès The Sense of Wonder Pierre Éric Besnard Ictus érotique Alain Keren Marciano Short 2016 The Odyssey Jean-Michel Cousteau Jérôme Salle Rupture pour tous Mathias Éric Capitaine Un entretien The HRD Julien Patry Short L'âge de raison George Mathilde Petit Short 2017 C'est la vie ! Pierre Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor 2018-21 Un entretien The HRD Julien Patry TV series (30 episodes) 2019 Curiosa Henri de Régnier Lou Jeunet Love at Second Sight Félix Hugo Gélin Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor 2020 My Donkey, My Lover & I Vladimir Loubier Caroline Vignal Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere Mathieu Armanville Arnaud Viard 2021 Delicious Duc de Chamfort Éric Besnard The Speech Adrien Laurent Tirard The Accusation Maître Arthur Célerier Yvan Attal The French Dispatch Toothpowder Spokesman Wes Anderson 2022 Les engagés David Vérand Emilie Frèche The Sixth Child Julien Verlet Léopold Legrand Moitié.e.s Benjamin Félix Guimard TV series (1 episode) 2023 Jeanne du Barry Jean-Benjamin de La Borde Maïwenn Grand Expectations Antoine Mandeville Sylvain Desclous Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion Abbé Pierre Frédéric Tellier 2024 Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness Monsieur Petit Johnny Depp En Fanfare Thibaut Emmanuel Courcol 2026 Les Misérables Thénardiers Fred CavayéAdaptation of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo