Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.

The son of an engineer, Caravaca (of Spanish origin) studied literature while taking acting lessons. After obtaining his degree, he left for Paris, where he joined l'École nationale supérieure d'arts et techniques du théâtre, and completed his formation at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. He then went to New York City in 1993, where he studied at the Actors Studio for a year.

Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He made his film debut in 1996, in Un samedi sur la terre by Diane Bertrand. He played mostly small roles until C'est quoi la vie?, directed by François Dupeyron in 1999, which earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He worked again with Dupeyron in La chambre des officiers in 2001, and appeared as Luc in Patrice Chéreau's film Son frère in 2003, opposite Bruno Todeschini.

He directed his first film The Passenger in 2005, in which he also played a role (Thomas), opposite Julie Depardieu, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival.

Selected filmography 1998 - La voie est libre, directed by Stéphane Clavier 1999 - Empty Days, directed by Marion Vernoux 1999 - La vie ne me fait pas peur, directed by Noémie Lvovsky 1999 - C'est quoi la vie? 2000 - La parenthèse enchantée, directed by Michel Spinosa 2000 - Sans plomb, director Muriel Téodori 2001 - The Officers' Ward, directed by François Dupeyron 2002 - Les amants du Nil, directed by Eric Heumann 2002 - Novo, directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin 2003 - Son frère, directed by Patrice Chéreau 2003 - That Woman, directed by Guillaume Nicloux 2004 - Inguelezi, directed by François Dupeyron 2005 - The Passenger 2006 - La Raison du plus faible, directed by Lucas Belvaux 2007 - Mon colonel, directed by Laurent Herbiet 2008 - Cliente, directed by Josiane Balasko 2009 - Eden à l'ouest , directed by Costas Gavras 2009 - Une petite zone de turbulences, directed by Alfred Lot 2010 - La petite chambre, directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond 2011 - Chicken with Plums directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud 2015 - Prejudice directed by Antoine Cuypers 2017 - Back to Burgundy directed by Cédric Klapisch 2017 - Lover for a Day 2018 – Hippocrate, directed by Thomas Lilti 2019 - By the Grace of God directed by François Ozon 2021 - Everything Went Fine directed by François Ozon 2023 - Année Zéro, directed by 2024 - Three Friends, directed by Emmanuel Mouret