Benoît Magimel

Son of a nurse and a bank employee, 'Benoît Magimel' (qv) was born in Paris and grew up there. At age 12, he played Momo in _Das Leben ist ein langer ruhiger Fluß (1988)_ (qv) by 'Étienne Chatiliez' (qv). He stopped his studies at age 16 to become an actor.But he had a dual personality: on one hand the man of low budget films like _A Single Girl (1995)_ (qv), _Ende der Geduld (1998)_ (qv), _Der König tanzt (2000)_ (qv), _Déjà mort (1998)_ (qv), _Thieves (1996)_ (qv), _Die Frau des Chefs (2000)_ (qv) alongside 'Nathalie Baye' (qv), _The Flower of Evil (2003)_ (qv), _Errances (2003)_ (qv), _The Children of the Century (1999)_ (qv) with 'Juliette Binoche' (qv), _Die Brautjungfer (2004)_ (qv) with 'Laura Smet' (qv), _The Piano Teacher (2001)_ (qv) alongside 'Isabelle Huppert' (qv), and on the other hand also wide audience releases like _Das tödliche Wespennest (2002)_ (qv), _Die purpurnen Flüsse 2 - Die Engel der Apokalypse (2004)_ (qv), _Duplicity - Deine Familie gehört mir (2005)_ (qv), _Strange Gardens (2003)_ (qv), and _Sky Fighters (2005)_ (qv).Charming, ambiguous, talented Benoit Magimel will probably illuminate the next decade, and more.::a fan