Gilles Cohen

Gilles Cohen, born on August 15, 1963, in Paris, France, is a French actor with over 60 movie credits. Recognized for his versatility, he has taken on roles in a variety of genres, from drama to thrillers, in film, television and theater. He is known in particular for his roles in The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet (2009), and the TV series The Bureau (2015).

Early life Cohen studied at Lycée Voltaire in Paris, where he developed an interest in theater. After obtaining his baccalaureate, he enrolled in the Cours Florent under the direction of Francis Huster.

Career Cohen began his acting career in theater, working both as an actor and a director. He made his film debut in 1985 and has since appeared in numerous French films and television series.

Filmography

Cinema

Feature Films – Role

1978: La Clé sur la porte by Yves Boisset – A teenager 1985: Parking by Jacques Demy – The man at Bercy 1985: Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) by Coline Serreau – The second thug 1985: L'Affaire des divisions Morituri by F. J. Ossang – The Bentley driver 1989: Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (Romuald et Juliette )by Coline Serreau – A driver 1992: Un vampire au paradis by Abdelkrim Bahloul 2001: Chaos by Coline Serreau – A doctor 2004: Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine) by Arnaud Desplechin – Simon, the cousin 2005: The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté) by Jacques Audiard – Sami 2005: Good Girl (Gentille) by Sophie Fillières – Hugues 2006: Les Ambitieux by Catherine Corsini – Simon 2006: L'École pour tous by Éric Rochant – Jean-Christophe Despalin 2007: Ma place au soleil by Éric de Montalier 2007: Actrices by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Jean-Luc 2007: Le Temps d'un regard by Ilan Flammer – The pharmacist 2007: The Key (La Clef) by Guillaume Nicloux – Larue 2008: Le Nouveau Protocole by Thomas Vincent – William 2008: The Girl from Monaco (La Fille de Monaco) by Anne Fontaine – Louis Lassalle 2009: La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil by Pascal Laëthier – Georges 2009: Sweet Valentine by Emma Luchini – Aronne 2009: A Prophet (Un prophète) by Jacques Audiard – Prof 2009: Persécution by Patrice Chéreau – Michel 2010: Sans queue ni tête by Jeanne Labrune – The violent man 2010: Pauline et François by Renaud Fély – Serge 2011: Une pure affaire by Alexandre Coffre – The boss 2011: Légitime Défense by Pierre Lacan – Zamanski 2011: My Wife's Romance (Le Roman de ma femme) by Jamshed Usmonov – The policeman 2011: Les Yeux de sa mère by Thierry Klifa – Antoine 2011: Voir la mer by Patrice Leconte – Max 2011: Les Tribulations d'une caissière by Pierre Rambaldi – Fred 2013: It Boy (20 ans d'écart) by David Moreau – Vincent Kahn 2013: The Nun (La Religieuse) by Guillaume Nicloux – Suzanne's father 2013: Crawl by Hervé Lasgouttes – Jean 2014: Mea Culpa by Fred Cavayé – Pastor 2014: Brèves de comptoir by Jean-Michel Ribes – The anesthesiologist 2015: The Final Lesson (La Dernière Leçon) by Pascale Pouzadoux – Clovis 2015: Stop Me Here (Arrêtez-moi là) by Gilles Bannier – Maître Portal 2015: My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) by Arnaud Desplechin – Elie 2016: Parenthèse by Bernard Tanguy – Delalande 2017: La Vie de château by Mody Barry and Cédric Ido – Dan 2018: Le Poulain by Mathieu Sapin – Pascal Prenois 2019: Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu?) by Philippe de Chauveron – Patrick 2019: Persona non grata by Roschdy Zem – Jérôme 2020: De Gaulle by Gabriel Le Bomin – Georges Mandel 2021: Comment je suis devenu super-héros by Douglas Attal – Commissioner Chairmont 2021: OSS 117: From Africa with Love (OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire) by Nicolas Bedos – Roland Lépervier 2021: Lui by Guillaume Canet – The doctor 2022: The New Toy (Le Nouveau Jouet) by James Huth – Monsieur Pouzier 2023: Vaincre ou mourir by Paul Mignot and Vincent Mottez – Jean-Baptiste de Couëtus 2023: The Sitting Duck (La Syndicaliste by Jean-Paul Salomé – Hervé Temime 2024: Six Jours by Juan Carlos Medina

Short films

2005: Comme James Dean 2007: Un bébé tout neuf 2009: Cavalier seul

Television

2008: Vénus et Apollon (Season 2) by Pascal Lahmani – Chassard 2009: Des gens qui passent by Alain Nahum – Ansart 2010: Spiral (Engrenages Season 3) by Manuel Boursinhac – Martin Roban 2015–2020: The Bureau (Le Bureau des légendes – Seasons 1 to 5) by Éric Rochant – Marc Lauré, also known as "Moule à gaufres" 2016: Damoclès by Manuel Schapira – Richard 2017: Robin by Alice Douard – Lawrence 2018: Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent – Episode: Béatrice) – Pascal Birague 2018: Les Fantômes du Havre by Thierry Binisti – Commissioner Maxime Cartier 2019: Le Voyageur by Stéphanie Murat – Raphaël Cesnat 2019: Le Bazar de la Charité by Alexandre Laurent – Prefect Leblanc 2020: Paris-Brest by Philippe Lioret – Éric 2020: Si tu vois ma mère by Nathanaël Guedj – Philippe 2022: Oussekine by Antoine Chevrollier – Maître Garraud 2024: Mercato by David Hourrègue – Alain Cherki 2024: Cat's Eyes by Alexandre Laurent – Thomas Godard

Theater

1985: Le Cid by Corneille, directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault 1989: Richard II (Richard Gloucester) by William Shakespeare, directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault 1988: La Pièce de Chambertin and Un mouton à l'entresol by Eugène Labiche, directed by Gilles Cohen, Théâtre de la Tempête 1990: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Le Mystère de la chambre jaune) by Gaston Leroux, adapted and directed by Gilles Cohen with Dominique Thomas, Théâtre de la Tempête 1992: Les Petits Marteaux, written and directed by Gilles Cohen, Théâtre de la Tempête 1994: Quisaitout et Grobêta by Coline Serreau, directed by Benno Besson, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 2007: La Mémoire de l'eau by Shelach Stephenso n, directed by Bernard Murat 2011: Mer by Tino Caspanello, directed by Jean-Louis Benoît, Théâtre de l'Atelier 2013: Hughie by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Jean-Yves Ruf, Espace des Arts (Chalon-sur-Saône), touring production 2014: Tartuffe (Le Tartuffe) by Molière, directed by Luc Bondy, Théâtre de l'Odéon 2016: Revenez demain by Blandine Costaz, directed by Laurent Fréchuret, touring production and Théâtre du Rond-Point 2019: Mon dîner avec Winston by Hervé Le Tellier, directed by Gilles Cohen, touring production 2020: Mon dîner avec Winston by Hervé Le Tellier, directed by Gilles Cohen, Théâtre du Rond-Point 2022: Mon dîner avec Winston by Hervé Le Tellier, directed by Gilles Cohen, Théâtre de l'Atelier 2025: Un château de cartes by Hadrien Raccah, directed by Serge Postigo, in touring

Honors

Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2021)

Personal life Gilles Cohen is married to Karine Paschal. He has two sons, Raphaël and Samuel Cohen from his previous marriage to actress Emmanuelle Devos.