Guillaume Gallienne

Guillaume Jean-Claude Pierre Gallienne (; born 8 February 1972) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He has received two Molière Awards for his stagework and has won two César Awards, one for writing and the other for his performance in his autobiographical comedy film Me, Myself and Mum.

Early life Gallienne was born in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine to French businessman Jean-Claude and Russian-Georgian aristocrat Melitta Gallienne, the third of four sons. From the age of 10, he attended La Salle Passy Buzenval in Rueil-Malmaison where he was bullied for his effeminate personality. Two years later, after a nervous breakdown, he was sent to St John's College near Portsmouth in England. The death of a close cousin convinced him to take up acting at the age of 19. He attended Cours Florent for three years before studying under Daniel Mesguich, Stéphane Braunschweig and Dominique Valadié at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1998.

Career Gallienne made his film debut in 1992 in Tableau d'honneur and he has starred in Sofia Coppola's 2006 film Marie Antoinette. Between 2008 and 2010, he had a short sketch segment entitled Les Bonus de Guillaume on Le Grand Journal, parodying DVD bonus features. He won a Molière Award for Best Newcomer in 2010 in his one-man stage show Boys and Guillaume, to the table! (Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table!) and another for Best Supporting Actor in 2011 in Un fil à la patte. He collaborated with choreographer Nicolas Le Riche to write the libretto for the 2011 Paris Opera Ballet production of Caligula. He adapted Bolshoi Ballet's 2014 Parisian production of Illusions perdues, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.

His 2013 film Me, Myself and Mum, an adaptation of his stage show, was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the top prize (Art Cinema Award) and the Prix SACD. The film was nominated for ten César Awards, the most in 2014, winning five in total. Individually, he was awarded the César Award for Best Actor and the César Award for Best Adaptation. He also won the César Award for Best Film and César Award for Best First Film with producers.

Gallienne has been a member (Sociétaire) of the Comédie-Française company since 2005, having first entered in 1998. He became a Knight of the National Order of Merit in November 2008 and an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters at the start of 2013. He has hosted a weekly literature show Ça peut pas faire de mal on France Inter since September 2009.

Personal life In 2001, Guillaume met his wife Amandine, a stylist, whom he married in 2005.

Filmography As actor Film 1992: Tableau d'honneur (by Charles Nemes): Castagnier 1995: Sabrina (by Sydney Pollack): Assistant 1996: Un samedi sur la terre (by Diane Bertrand): Apprenti bijoutier 1997: Jeunesse (by Noël Alpi): Le lyonnais 1997: La Leçon de tango (The Tango Lesson) (by Sally Potter): Pablo's Friend 1999: Monsieur Naphtali by Olivier Schatzky: Sommergan 1999: Une pour toutes by Claude Lelouch: L'agent immobilier 2000: Jet Set by Fabien Onteniente: Evrard Sainte-Croix 2003: Fanfan la tulipe by Gérard Krawczyk: Aimé Bonaventure Claudion Dominique de La Houlette 2003: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by François Dupeyron: Le Vendeur de voitures 2004: Narco by Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche: Samuel Pupkin 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel: Pierre-Louis 2006: Fauteuils d'orchestre by Danièle Thompson: Pascal 2006: Marie-Antoinette by Sofia Coppola: Comte Vergennes 2006: La Jungle by Mathieu Delaporte: Mathias Warkhevytch 2006: Mon colonel (by Laurent Herbiet) - Sous-préfet 2007: Le Candidat by Niels Arestrup: Sam 2007: Benjamin Gates et le livre des secrets (National Treasure 2) by Jon Turteltaub: Un officier de police à bicyclette 2008: Sagan by Diane Kurys: Jacques Quoirez 2008: Musée haut, musée bas by Jean-Michel Ribes: Max Perdelli 2009: Le Concert by Radu Mihaileanu: un critique 2010: Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... by Pascal Thomas: Hubert 2010: L'Italien by Olivier Baroux: Jacques 2012: Confession d'un enfant du siècle by Sylvie Verheyde: Mercanson 2012: Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté by Laurent Tirard: Jolitorax 2013: Les garçons et Guillaume, à table ! by Guillaume Gallienne: Guillaume et la mère de Guillaume 2014: Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert: Pierre Bergé 2016: Down by Love by Pierre Godeau: Jean Firmino 2016: Cézanne and I by Danièle Thompson: Paul Cézanne 2021: Kaamelott: The First Chapter by Alexandre Astier: Alzagar 2021: The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson: Mr. B

Short films 1994: Les Flammes du désespoir by Guillaume Husson 1996: Putain de voleuses by Edy Garbarski 1996: Sans doute lui by Shiri Tsour 1997: Fils de personne by Niels Dubost 1998: Pop-corn by Yannick Rolandeau: Troisième badaud 1999: Mon plus beau mariage by Guillaume Husson: Le prêtre 2001: Le Cœur sur la main by Marie-Anne Chazel: Le snob 2001: En scène ! by Yvon Marciano 2001: L'Élu de Fouad Benamou 2006: Le Dernier Épisode de Dallas by Guillaume Husson: François 2009: L'Invitation by Niels Arestrup

Television 1995: Navarro (1 episode) 2002: Patron sur mesure by Stéphane Clavier: Leduc 2002: Les Frangines by Laurence Katrian: Edouard 2003: La Bête du Gévaudan by Patrick Volson: L'abbé Pourcher 2003: Maigret (1 episode) 2006: Monsieur Max by Gabriel Aghion: Max Jacob jeune 2007: Elles et moi by Bernard Stora: Robert 2008: Adieu De Gaulle, adieu by Laurent Herbiet: Bernard Tricot 2008–2010: Les Bonus de Guillaume (short program on Canal+) 2011: Hard (TV series – season 2) by Cathy Verney: himself 2017: Oblomov: Oblomov. He was also the director of the film 2021: La Vengeance au Triple Galop (TV film) by Alex Lutz and Arthur Sanigou: Claude Marquinnier 2024: The Regime (HBO Miniseries) by Will Tracy

DVD 2009: Les Bonus de Guillaume 2011: Les Bonus de Guillaume, Volume 2

Voice over 2005: L'homme de la lune (short film) by Serge Elissalde: voice of Lazare 2006: U by Serge Elissalde & Grégoire Solotareff: voice of Lazare 2010: Le Voyage extraordinaire de Samy by Ben Stassen: voice of Alphonse le chat 2010–2013: The Little Prince (TV series) by Pierre Alain Chartier: voice of Serpent 2012: Sammy 2 by Ben Stassen: voice of Lulu la moustache 2014: M. Peabody et Sherman: Les Voyages dans le temps by Rob Minkoff: voice of M. Peabody (V. F. de Ty Burrell) 2014: Paddington: voice of the bear: Paddington (V. 0. by Ben Whishaw)

Honours Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite (2008) Molière Award for Best Newcomer in Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table! (2010) Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor in Un fil à la patte (2011) Lumière Award for Best Actor in Me, Myself and Mum (2014) César Award for Best Actor in Me, Myself and Mum (2014) César Award for Best Adaptation in Me, Myself and Mum (2014) Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor in Me, Myself and Mum (2014) Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2022) Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite culturel (2022) Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (2025)