Richard Anconina

Richard Anconina (; born 28 January 1953) is a French actor. He won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1983, and for Best Actor in 1989.

Biography Richard Anconina was born in Paris to a working-class family. His parents were Moroccan Jews of Spanish descent. He worked several odd jobs, including delivery man and hospital orderly, before turning to acting.

Anconina had his breakthrough role in 1983 with the film So Long, Stooge (Tchao Pantin), directed by Claude Berri, where he co-starred with Coluche. For his performance as a petty, doomed drug dealer, Anconina received the César Award for Best Supporting Actor and the César Award for Best Male Revelation.

In the course of the 1980s, Anconina appeared in several other successful films. He notably co-starred with Christopher Lambert and Catherine Deneuve in Love Songs (1984), with Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985) and with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988). During the 1990s, several of his films were box-office failures but he achieved success again in 1997 by starring in the comedy Would I Lie to You?. He reprised his role in two sequels to that film, released in 2001 and 2012.

Filmography 1977 : Comment se faire réformer directed by Philippe Clair 1978 : Les Réformés se portent bien directed by Philippe Clair 1979 : Démons de midi directed by Christian Paureilhe 1980 : Le Bar du téléphone directed by Claude Barrois – Boum-Boum 1980 : À vingt minutes par le R.E.R. 1980 : Inspecteur la Bavure directed by Claude Zidi – Philou 1981 : L'Arme au bleu 1981 : Asphalte directed by Denis Amar – un pilleur 1981 : La Provinciale directed by Claude Goretta 1981 : Le Petit Pommier directed by Liliane de Kermadec 1981 : Une robe noire pour un tueur directed by José Giovanni – un jeune drogué 1981 : Le Choix des armes directed by Alain Corneau – Dany 1982 : Emmenez-moi au théâtre : L'étrangleur s'excite 1983 : Le Battant directed by Alain Delon – Samatan 1983 : Cap Canaille directed by Juliet Berto – Mayolles 1983 : Le Jeune Marié directed by Bernard Stora – Baptiste 1983 : Une pierre dans la bouche directed by Jean-Louis Leconte – Marc 1983 : So Long, Stooge (Tchao Pantin) directed by Claude Berri – Bensoussan 1984 : L'Intrus directed by Irène Jouannet – Gilles 1984 : Love Songs (Paroles et musique) directed by Elie Chouraqui – Michel 1985 : Partir, revenir directed by Claude Lelouch – Vincent Rivière 1985 : Police directed by Maurice Pialat – Lambert 1986 : directed by Robert Enrico – Jeff Montelier 1986 : directed by Alain Corneau – Willie 1987 : directed by Gérard Oury – Moïse Levy 1988 : What if Gargiulo Finds Out? directed by Elvio Porta – Ferdinando 1988 : Envoyez les violons directed by Roger Andrieux – Frédéric Segal 1988 : Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté) directed by Claude Lelouch – Albert Duvivier 1990 : Miss Missouri directed by Elie Chouraqui – Nathan Leven 1990 : The Little Gangster (Le Petit criminel) directed by Jacques Doillon – le flic 1991 : A quoi tu penses-tu? directed by Didier Kaminka – Pierre 1992 : La Place du père 1994 : Fall from Grace (TV) 1994 : Coma – Julien 1996 : Hercule et Sherlock directed by Jeannot Szwarc – Bruno 1997 : Would I Lie to You? (La Vérité si je mens!) directed by Thomas Gilou – Eddie Vuibert 1997 : Les Héritiers 2000 : Six-Pack directed by Alain Berbérian – Nathan 2001 : Would I Lie to You? 2 (La Vérité si je mens ! 2) directed by Thomas Gilou – Eddie Vuibert 2002 : Gangsters directed by Olivier Marchal – Franck Chaïevski 2004 : Alive directed by Frédéric Berthe – Alex Meyer 2007 : Dans les cordes directed by Magaly Richard-Serrano – Joseph 2010 : Camping 2 directed by Fabien Onteniente – Jean-Pierre Savelli 2012 : Would I Lie to You? 3 (La vérité si je mens! 3) directed by Thomas Gilou – Eddie Vuibert 2012 : Stars 80 directed by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann – Vincent 2016 : The law of Christophe, TV Movie directed by Jacques Malaterre – Christophe Vitari 2017 : Stars 80 la suite, directed by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann – Vincent 2020 : Un mauvais garçon, directed by Xavier Durringer (TV)