Urbain Cancelier

Urbain Cancelier (born 2 August 1959) is a French comedian and actor, primarily known for his collaborations with French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and for playing Collignon in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain.

Career As a theater actor, he has not left the stage since the beginning of the 1980s. He worked several times with Bernard Murat, who made him the ideal interpreter of Georges Feydeau. Overall, he acted in more than thirty plays

In 2015, he received a nomination at the Molière Award for his role in the play Le Système, directed by Didier Long.

Spotted by Jean-Michel Ribes, he joined the series Palace in 1988.

But it was his role as the grocer Collignon in Amélie that popularised him. Since then, he became a regular supporting actor in French cinema.

Personal life He lives in Chalo-Saint-Mars with his wife. He has been elected to the municipal council for 3 terms in his commune.

Theater

Filmography Xavier Danan Denis Amar TV series (1 episode) Femmes de loi| Deslandes Denis Amar TV series (1 episode)

Les gaous| Police Chief Igor Sekulic L'adorable femme des neiges| Adrien Jean-Marc Vervoort TV Movie Josephine, Guardian Angel| Stéphane Kurc TV series (1 episode)

Malabar Princess| Gaston Gilles Legrand Intimate Strangers| Chatel Patrice Leconte A Very Long Engagement| The monk Jean-Pierre Jeunet

13 Tzameti| Train controller Géla Babluani

Les aristos| Réginald Saumur Chantilly Charlotte de Turckheim Incontrôlable| The producer Raffy Shart Le phénomène Paul-Émile Raoul| Peter Zbrig Audrey Najar & Frédéric Perrot Short Passés troubles| Chardin Serge Meynard TV Movie

The Red Inn| Philippe de Marcillac Gérard Krawczyk Mr. Bean's Holiday| Bus Driver Steve Bendelack

A Day at the Museum| Bernard Jean-Michel Ribes The Maiden and the Wolves| The doctor Gilles Legrand À droite toute| The doctor Marcel Bluwal TV Mini-series

Micmacs| Urbain Jean-Pierre Jeunet Clara, une passion française| Émile Sébastien Grall TV Movie

Voir la mer| The driver Patrice Leconte You Will Be My Son| Lacourt Gilles Legrand La pisseuse| Ignace Ronan Denecé & Jean-Baptiste Legrand Short Bas les coeurs| Barbier Robin Davis TV Movie Tout est bon dans le cochon| Mr. Paquet David Delrieux TV Movie

The Suicide Shop| The gynecologist Patrice Leconte Bienvenue parmi nous| The butcher Jean Becker Les pirogues des hautes terres| René Barthes Olivier Langlois TV Movie 2013 Belle and Sebastian| The Mayor Nicolas Vanier 2014 La séance| Victor Edouard de La Poëze Short

The Scent of Mandarin| Sergeant Gilles Legrand Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues| The Mayor Christian Duguay

Raid dingue| President of France Dany Boon The Visitors: Bastille Day| The Prison Chief Jean-Marie Poiré Deux escargots s'en vont| Voice Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Romain Segaud Short 2017 L'école buissonnière| Lucien Nicolas Vanier 2018 Les bonnes intentions| The uncle Gilles Legrand

La Belle Époque| Villemain Nicolas Bedos Le Mari au collège| Casimir Alberic Saint Martin Short 2020 Das Boot| Father Michel Matthias Glasner TV series (1 episode)

Eugénie Grandet| The stone merchant Marc Dugain Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century'' Secretary General Parquet Olivier Dahan