Vincent Lindon

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Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ lɛ̃dɔ̃]; born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker.[2] For his role in the film The Measure of a Man (2015), Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival,[3][4] Best Actor at the 41st César Awards[5] and the IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.[6]

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Vincent Lindon
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Born (1959-07-15) 15 July 1959 (age 65)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, screenwriter
Years active1983–present
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(m. 19982003)
Children2, including Suzanne
RelativesPierre Bénichou (stepfather)[1]
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Lindon was selected as the president of the jury for the main competition section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[7]

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.[8]

Early life and education

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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.[9] Through his mother, Alix Dufaure, a journalist for Marie Claire,[10][11] Lindon is a descendant of French Prime minister Jules Dufaure and Marshal Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans.[9]

Lindon completed studies at the Lycée Victor-Duruy,[12] 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.[13] 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).[14] 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.[15] He was also a courier for the newspaper Le Matin de Paris before entering the Cours Florent drama school.[16]

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.[17]

In May 2022, he was appointed as president of the jury for the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, succeeding Spike Lee. [18]

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[19]

Lindon was also awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.[20]

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.[21] Lindon has a son, Marcel, born in 1996.[10] He married actress Sandrine Kiberlain in 1998, with whom he has a daughter, Suzanne, born in 2000.[22][9] The couple met in 1993 on the set of the film L'Irrésolu (1994).[23] They separated in 2003.[24]

Selected filmography

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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
1988 Quelques 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
1992 La 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[25]
2024 The Second Act Guillaume
The Quiet Son Pierre
TBA The Entertainment System Is Down Filming
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