Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon (; born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker. For his role in the film The Measure of a Man, Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the 41st César Awards and the IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.

Lindon was selected as the president of the jury for the main competition section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2024, Lindon was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.

Early life and education Vincent Lindon is the son of Laurent Lindon, who was director of the company Audioline. He is the grandson of Raymond Lindon, who served as the magistrate and mayor of Étretat between 1929 and 1959, as well as the nephew of Jérôme Lindon, director of Les Éditions de Minuit. He is also the great-grandson of Fernande Citroën, the older sister of André Citroën and wife of Alfred Lindon (born Abner Lindenbaum), a Jewish jeweler and modern art collector originally from Kraków, Poland. Through his mother, Alix Dufaure, a journalist for Marie Claire, Lindon is a descendant of French Prime minister Jules Dufaure and Marshal Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans. where he obtained a baccalauréat scientifique. He then enrolled in an école supérieure de commerce, but lost interest in his studies after 22 days. In 1979, his mother secured an internship for him as a costume design assistant on the set of Alain Resnais' film My American Uncle (1980), on which he worked with actor Gérard Depardieu. He then spent six months in New York working as an assistant in charge of radio promotion with his uncle, Eric Dufaure, founder of the label Cachalot Records (Ian North, Die Hausfrauen, Medium Medium, Malaria, Stars of the Streets, Comateens, Made in France, Personal Effects). When he returned to Paris, his father-in-law Pierre Bénichou secured a position for him managing the microphones for the tour of comedian Coluche in 1981. He was also a courier for the newspaper Le Matin de Paris before entering the Cours Florent drama school.

Career Since 1980, Vincent Lindon has worked with renowned film directors Claude Sautet, Claude Lelouch, Coline Serreau, Bertrand Blier, Claire Denis, Emmanuel Carrère, Nicole Garcia, Stéphane Brizé, Jacques Doillon, Xavier Giannoli, Julia Ducournau, Alain Cavalier, Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoît Jacquot, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Diane Kurys, Claude Pinoteau, Pierre Jolivet.

In 2005, he won the Swann d'Or for best actor at the Cabourg Film Festival for La Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère.

In 2013, he chaired the jury of the 39th Deauville American Film Festival.

In 2015, he earned the Best Actor Award at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and then the César Award for Best Actor at the 41st ceremony for the film The Measure of a Man directed by Stéphane Brizé.

In May 2022, he was appointed as president of the jury for the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, succeeding Spike Lee.

In 2024, he starred in the film Le Deuxième Acte directed by Quentin Dupieux, which was the opening film for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival

Lindon was also awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.

Personal life In the 1980s, Lindon was in a relationship with Claude Chirac, daughter of President Jacques Chirac, for nearly ten years. Lindon later had a highly-publicised relationship with Caroline, Princess of Monaco. Lindon has a son, Marcel, born in 1996. They separated in 2003. Lindon later dated Chiara Mastroianni after playing the love interest of her mother Catherine Deneuve in Belle maman.

Selected filmography

Year Title avec amour et acharnement Role Jean Notes 1982 Guy de Maupassant Un mec sur la plage Uncredited 1983 Le Faucon the inspector 1984 L'Addition Magnum Notre histoire Brechet 1985 Parole de flic Dax 1986 Betty Blue Richard Suivez mon regard a scoundrel Prunelle Blues Fernand Half Moon Street Sonny Yiddish Connection Zvi 1987 Dernier été à Tanger Roland Barrès A Man in Love Bruno Schlosser 1988Quelques jours avec moi Fernand L'Étudiante Ned 1990 La Baule-les-Pins Jean-Claude Il y a des jours... et des lunes The innkeeper Gaspard et Robinson Robinson 1991 Netchaïev est de retour Daniel Laurencon / Netchaiev La Cabine Short 1992La Belle Histoire Simon Choulel La Crise Victor Barelle 1993 Tout ça... pour ça ! Lino 1994 L'Irrésolu François 1995 La Haine A very drunk man 1996 Vite strozzate Francesco Les Victimes Pierre Duval La Belle Verte Max 1997 Fred Fred Seventh Heaven Nico 1998 Paparazzi Michel Verdier The School of Flesh Chris 1999 Belle maman Antoine My Little Business Ivan Lansi Pas de scandale Louis Jeancourt 2001 Mercredi, folle journée! Martin Socoa Chaos Paul 2002 Le Frère du guerrier Thomas Vendredi soir Jean 2003 Sole Sisters Bruno The Cost of Living Coway Les Clefs de bagnole the actor who refuses to work with Laurent 2004 La Confiance règne Christophe Gérard 2005 The Moustache Marc Thiriez L'Avion Pierre 2006 Charlie Says Serge 2007 Je crois que je l'aime Lucas Ceux qui restent Bertrand Liévain 2008 London mon amour Mathias Chasseurs de dragons Lian-Chu French version, voice Anything for Her Julien Auclert 2009 Welcome Simon Calmat Mademoiselle Chambon Jean 2011 Un coeur qui bat The narrator Television film La permission de minuit David Pater Vincent Lindon All Our Desires Stéphane Complices Vincent Lindon Video short 2012 Augustine Professeur Jean-Martin Charcot A Few Hours of Spring Alain Évrard 2013 Bastards Marco Silvestri 2014 Mea Culpa Simon 2015 Diary of a Chambermaid Joseph The Measure of a Man Thierry Taugourdeau The Little Prince Businessman French version, voice The White Knights Jacques Arnault 2017 Rodin Auguste Rodin 2018 Isle of Dogs Chief French version, voice The Apparition Jacques Mayano At War Laurent Amédéo 2019 Casanova, Last Love Casanova 2021 Titane Vincent Legrand Another World Philippe Lemesle Enquête sur un scandale d'État Jacques Billard 2022 Both Sides of the Blade Jean 2023 Of Money and Blood Simon Weynachter Television series 2024 The Second Act Guillaume The Quiet Son Pierre 2026 Les Misérables Jean Valjean TBA Post-production

Awards and nominations