Romain Duris

Romain Duris (; born 28 May 1974) is a French actor.

Personal life and education Duris was born in Paris, son of a father who is an engineer-architect and a mother who is a dancer. His father is related to Armand-Gaston Camus, an archivist who founded the Archives nationales. His mother is a descendant of 18th-century Swedish painter Alexander Roslin and his wife. Duris has a sister, pianist Caroline Duris, who played on the soundtrack of the film The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), in which he acted.

Duris studied arts at university but first decided to follow a career in music, forming a jazz-funk band. Music remains a major interest. Before going into acting, he started an acid-jazz band in which he was a drummer. In 1995, he was featured in a pop video for singer Princess Erika, "Faut qu'j'travaille" (I Need To Work), where he played the role of a small-time gangster.

Film career In 1993, Duris was noticed by a casting director who saw him waiting in a queue. He offered the younger man a part in the Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune (1994).

Duris's additional collaborations with Klapisch include the Spanish Apartment Trilogy (L'Auberge Espagnole, The Russian Dolls, and Chinese Puzzle). He played a French exchange student Xavier Rousseau, which was one of his best-known roles because of the trilogy.

Duris gained international recognition for his performance in the film The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), directed by Jacques Audiard. He won the Lumière Award for Best Actor and received his first nomination for the César Award for Best Actor.

He has since gone onto become a major star in the French film industry and has starred in many successful and critically acclaimed films: Dans Paris (2006), Paris (2008), Heartbreaker (2010), The Big Picture (2010), Populaire (2012), Mood Indigo (2013), The New Girlfriend (2014), All the Money in the World (2017), The Animal Kingdom (2023), The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) and The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023).

His roles have ranged from gangsters, as in Dobermann through romantic leads as in Heartbreaker, to action heroes as in Arsène Lupin.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Source 1994 Le péril jeune Tomasi 1994 Frères: La roulette rouge Marco 1996 56 fois par semaine Short film 1996 Mémoires d'un jeune con Luc 1996 When the Cat's Away Le joueur de batterie 1997 Dobermann Manu 1997 Gadjo dilo Stéphane Nominated – Acteurs à l'Écran for Best ActorNominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor 1998 Déjà mort Romain 1998 Les Kidnappeurs Zero 1999 Peut-être Arthur Lumière Award for Most Promising ActorNominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor 1999 Je suis né d'une cigogne Otto 2001 CQ Hippie Filmmaker 2001 Le Petit poucet Un garde de la reine 2001 Being Light Maxime Lecocq 2002 Filles perdues, cheveux gras Mathieu 2002 The Spanish Apartment Xavier Rousseau 2002 17 fois Cécile Cassard Matthieu 2002 Adolphe D'Erfeuil 2003 Pas si grâve Léo 2003 Osmose Rémi 2003 Schimkent Hotel Romain 2003 Le Divorce Yves 2003 Les Clefs de bagnole 2004 Exils Zano 2004 Arsène Lupin Arsène Lupin 2017 The Confession Father Léon Morin 2016 Iris Max Lopez 2017 Madame HydeLe proviseur 2017 All the Money in the World Cinquanta 2018 Isle of Dogs Rex French voice 2018 Just a Breath Away Mathieu 2018 Black Tide Yann Bellaile 2018 Our Struggles OlivierNominated - César Award for Best ActorNominated—Lumière Award for Best Actor 2021 Eiffel Gustave Eiffel 2022 Final Cut Rémi 2022 Waiting for Bojangles Georges Fouquet 2023 The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan Aramis The Animal Kingdom François Daaaaaalí! editor The Three Musketeers: Milady Aramis 2024 Night Call Yannick A Missing Part Jay 2027 Fantômas: The New World JuveFilming