Denis Ménochet

Denis Ménochet (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor.^[1][2] Ménochet is known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds. In 2023, he won the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Beasts.^[3] His performances in Custody, By the Grace of God and Peter von Kant, each saw him receive nominations for the César Award for Best Actor.

Denis Ménochet
Ménochet at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival
Born	(1976-09-18) 18 September 1976 (age 48)[1] Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Career

Elizabeth Weitzman, a film critic for New York Daily News, praised Ménochet's work opposite Christoph Waltz in the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds. Weitzman wrote in August 2009, "The terrific opening, for example, does feature a hailstorm of bullets. What you'll remember best, though, is the haunted silence of actor Denis Ménochet, playing a French farmer accused of harboring Jews."^[4]

In 2018, Ménochet appeared as Daniel in the film Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson.^[5][6]

In 2022, Ménochet co-starred opposite Zar Amir Ebrahimi in the thriller White Paradise, directed by Guillaume Renusson.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2003	Adventure Inc.	Nikos	Dennis Berry	TV series (1 Episode)
	Caméra Café	Patrick	Francis Duquet	TV series (2 Episodes)
2004	Mot compte double	Denis	Cécile Vernant
	Automne	The bodyguard	Ra'up McGee
	Split	The man	Matthieu Vollaire	Short
2005	The Moustache	The server	Emmanuel Carrère
	Foon	Harry	Several
	Appel d'air	Vincent	Lucie Duchêne	Short
	Les vagues	The coach	Frédéric Carpentier	TV movie
2006	L'État de Grace	Taxi driver	Pascal Chaumeil	TV Mini-Series
2007	Hannibal Rising	Chief of Police	Peter Webber
	La Vie en rose	Journalist in Orly	Olivier Dahan
	Trivial	Jean-Luc	Sophie Marceau
	Mélodie de la dernière pluie		Xavier De Choudens
	Ma place au soleil		Eric de Montalier
	La 17ème marche	Talkie man	Karim Adda	Short
	Light My Fire	The man	Matthieu Vollaire	Short
	J'ai plein de projets		Karim Adda	Short
	Rendez-moi justice	Gilbert Jourdan	Denys Granier-Deferre	TV movie
	Poison d'avril	Sound engineer	William Karel	TV movie
2008	La très très grande entreprise	Gilles	Pierre Jolivet
	À sa place	Jean-Michel	Marc Guilbert	Short
	Coco Chanel		Christian Duguay	TV movie
	Julie Lescaut	Patrick	Eric Summer	TV series (1 Episode)
	Duval et Moretti	Alex	Jean-Pierre Prévost	TV series (1 Episode)
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Perrier LaPadite	Quentin Tarantino
	Je te mangerais	Yves's friend	Sophie Laloy
	L'école du pouvoir	The intern	Raoul Peck	TV movie
	Brigade Navarro	Captain Le Mat	Philippe Davin	TV series (1 Episode)
2010	Robin Hood	Adhemar	Ridley Scott
	The Round Up	Corot	Rose Bosch
	Pieds nus sur les limaces	Pierre	Fabienne Berthaud
	Joseph et la fille	Franck	Xavier De Choudens
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Pierre Michel	Philip Martin	TV series (1 Episode)
2011	The Adopted	Alex	Mélanie Laurent
	Forces spéciales	Lucas	Stéphane Rybojad
	Le Skylab	Uncle Roger	Julie Delpy
2012	In the House	Rapha Artole	François Ozon
	Je me suis fait tout petit	Yvan Le Doze	Cécilia Rouaud
	Ablations	Pastor Cartalas	Arnold de Parscau	Short
2013	Grand Central	Toni	Rebecca Zlotowski
	Eyjafjallajökull	Ezéchiel	Alexandre Coffre
	Le temps de l'aventure	Antoine	Jérôme Bonnell
	Nos héros sont morts ce soir	Victor	David Perrault
	Just Before Losing Everything	Antoine	Xavier Legrand	Short
	Faim de vie		Jessica-Salomé Grunwald	Short
2014	Ablations	Pastor Cartalas	Arnold de Parscau
	T'étais où quand Michael Jackson est mort ?	The man	Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux	Short
2015	The Program	Johan Bruyneel	Stephen Frears
	Norfolk	The man	Martin Radich
	Spotless	Martin Bastière	Several	TV series (10 Episodes)
2016	The Dancer	Ruben - le père de Loïe	Stéphanie Di Giusto
	Assassin's Creed	McGowen	Justin Kurzel
2017	Custody	Antoine Besson	Xavier Legrand
2018	Entebbe	Jacques Le Moine	José Padilha
	Mary Magdalene	Daniel	Garth Davis
	The Emperor of Paris	Dubillard	Jean-François Richet
2019	By the Grace of God	François	François Ozon
	Only the Animals	Michel
2021	The Mauritanian	Emmanuel	Kevin Macdonald
	The French Dispatch	Prison Guard	Wes Anderson
2022	Peter von Kant	Peter von Kant	François Ozon
	The Beasts	Antoine	Rodrigo Sorogoyen
	White Dog (Chien blanc)	Romain Gary	Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
	White Paradise	Samuel	Guillaume Renusson
2023	Beau Is Afraid	Jeeves	Ari Aster
2024	Monsieur Spade	Chief of Police Patrice Michaud	Scott Frank	6 episodes
	Rumours	French President Sylvain Broulez	Guy Maddin

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Inglourious Basterds	Won	[8]
2012	Lumières Award	Most Promising Actor	The Adopted	Won	[9]
2015	ACS Awards	Best Actor	Spotless	Nominated	[10]
2019	César Awards	Best Actor	Custody	Nominated	[11]
	Lumières Award	Best Actor		Nominated	[12]
2020	César Awards	Best Actor	By the Grace of God	Nominated	[11]
	Globes de Cristal Award	Best Actor		Nominated	[13]
2022	28th Forqué Awards	Best Actor in a Film	The Beasts	Won	[14]
	Tokyo Film Festival	Best Actor		Won	[15]
2023	10th Feroz Awards	Best Actor in a Film		Nominated	[16]
	37th Goya Awards	Best Actor		Won	[17]
	28th Lumières Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[18]
	CEC Awards	Best Actor		Won	[19]
	31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Actor		Won	[20]
	César Awards	Best Actor	Peter von Kant	Nominated	[11]

References

1. de Bodinat, Caroline (14 February 2019). "Portrait: Denis Ménochet, toujours y croire". Libération (in French).
2. "Denis Ménochet". Unifrance.
3. "Denis Ménochet Is Your Favourite Filmmaker's Favourite Actor". AnOther. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
4. Weitzman, Elizabeth (20 August 2009). "'Inglourious Basterds': Quentin Tarantino grows up in bloody movie with more humanity than shock". New York Daily News. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
5. "'Mary Magdalene' Trailer: A Familiar Story Seen Through Different Eyes". 27 March 2019.
6. "Mary Magdalene movie review & film summary (2019) | Roger Ebert".
7. Lemercier, Fabien (13 December 2022). "Review: White Paradise". Cineuropa.
8. "Screen Actors Guild Honors Outstanding Film And Television Performances at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®". SAG-AFTRA. 23 January 2010.
9. "Prix et nominations : Lumières de la presse étrangère 2012". AlloCiné (in French). 13 January 2012.
10. https://acseries.net/ ^{[bare URL]}
11. "Denis Ménochet". Académie des César (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
12. "24èmes Lumières de la presse internationale – Les Nominations". Canal Plus (in French). 17 December 2018.
13. "Les nominations pour Les Globes 2020". Globes de Cristal. 29 January 2020.
14. "'As bestas' triunfa en los Forqué y pone al rojo vivo la lucha por los Goya". rtve.es. 17 December 2022.
15. Brzeski, Patrick (2 November 2022). "Tokyo Film Festival 2022: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.
16. "Premios Feroz 2023 | Palmarés completo: empatan 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' en cine y 'La ruta' y 'No me gusta conducir' en series". Cinemanía. 29 January 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
17. "Ganadoras Premios Goya 2023 en directo". Fotogramas. 11 February 2023.
18. "La Nuit du 12 consacré aux Prix Lumières 2023, Pacifiction triplement primé". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 17 January 2023.
19. "Palmarés Medallas CEC 2023: 'As bestas' arrasa con 9 premios". Cine con Ñ (in Spanish). 7 February 2023.
20. Aller, María (14 March 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas". Fotogramas.

External links

• Denis Ménochet at IMDb
• Denis Ménochet at TV Guide
• Denis Ménochet at Rotten Tomatoes
• Denis Ménochet at Metacritic
• Denis Ménochet at Cineuropa