Biography
Alexis Manenti (born 12 February 1982) is a French actor and screenwriter, most noted for the 2019 film Les Misérables. He was the winner of the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 45th César Awards, and the Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation at the 25th Lumières Awards, for his performance. With co-writers Ladj Ly and Giordano Gederlini, he won the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay, and was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay and the European Film Award for...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Banger
2025
as Molotov
When cops recruit a has-been DJ to bust a quirky criminal gang with ties to his rival, he spots a chance to mix his way back to the top with a banger.

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
2025
as Commander
1993. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, ...

The Mohican
2025
as Joseph
Joseph is one of the last coastal shepherds in Corsica. His land is coveted by the underworld for a real estate project but he chooses not to give in....

Maldoror
2025
as Luis Catano
When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a ...

Ad Vitam
2025
as Nico
When he and his pregnant wife are attacked in their home, a former elite agent becomes trapped in a deadly manhunt tied to his own painful past.

Wild Diamond
2024
as Nathan
Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with bea...

In His Own Image
2024
as Dragan
Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with th...

Karmapolice
2024
After a tragedy, Angelo, an idealistic cop throws himself into the troubled life of his new neighborhood of Château Rouge, Paris. But one case, for wh...

Guardians of the Formula
2024
as Doctor Mate
In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds, and two ideologies faced a race for survival at the Vinca Scientific Institute near Belgrade...

Hood Witch
2024
as Father Sebastian, the exorcist
A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one...

Les Indésirables
2023
as Pierre Forges
A local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.

The Rapture
2023
as Milos
Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup. At the same time, her best friend, Salomé, announces to her that she is pre...

Love According to Dalva
2023
as Jayden Dorkel
One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Sam...
Derive
2023
as Florian
A discarded toilet seat is thrown into the river, drifting through La Seine from paris to le havre, two bin collectors, a couple in crisis and three c...

Athena
2022
as Sébastien
Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Brick Head
2022
Director, Writer
In an Eastern town, a young gang leader is terrorizing his neighbourhood. He forces everyone to carry a brick as a sign of submission. One day, an ado...

Undercover
2022
as Alexis Novinard
October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past...

Fake News
2021
as Alex
After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So far, nothing too serious. But when a rapper strai...

Third Grade
2021
After being constantly bullied at school by her classmate Kevin, 8-year-old Claire discovers that the boy who is giving her hard time is also sufferin...

Zanaar
2021
Director, Writer

Mab an Tarz : fils de l’écume
2021
as Thomas

Sororité
2020
Djéné is a 45-year-old chambermaid employed by a subcontracting agency, working in a large Parisian hotel with deplorable working conditions. One even...

Fishlove
2020
as Éric
Daniel, a biologist studying the disappearance of fish, is haunted by paternity. It is by looking for a woman who could be the mother of his children ...

Lady Dallas
2020
Lucas lives in a farm in southwest France. For his 17th birthday, his uncle Nico offers him a special surprise : a trip to Lady Dallas.

A Rising Star
2019
as Cédric

Les Misérables
2019
as Chris
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserabl...

Les Misérables
2019
Writer
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserabl...

Nogochi
2019
NOGOCHI is the story of three protagonists who share an extraordinary past. SIBIRI is a young emancipated slave who fails on the African coastline aft...

The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady
2019
as Jean-Jacques (voice)
Tired of being a banal architectural ornamental, a sculpture runs from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.

The Truk
2018
as David
Fresh out of jail, Ulysse has only one idea in mind: making money. Confronted by his depressed mother, Gabrielle, the bills that never stop piling up ...

The World Is Yours
2018
as Uber Driver
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother...

The Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin
2018
as Nicolas Chauvin
During his acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award, Nicolas Chauvin – a farmer-soldier, a veteran of the Revolutionary Army and the Napoleo...

Just a Breath Away
2018
as Drunk Policeman
When a deadly mist engulfs Paris, people find refuge in the upper floors of the buildings. With no information, no electricity and hardly any supplies...

9 Fingers
2018
as Springer
In the middle of the night, Magloire is smoking a cigarette in an abandoned train station when the police shows up for an ID check. He starts running ...

Waiting for Jupiter
2018
as Le petit ami
Twenty-one-year-old Liane has just learnt that she has been accepted to participate in a reality TV program. Convinced that her real life is about to ...

Marry Me, Dude
2017
as Chris
Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...

Orphan
2017
A young woman moves to Paris and has a brush with disaster. Grown-up at last, an accomplished woman thought she was safe from her own past. Gradually,...

Les Misérables
2017
as Chris
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops sp...

Les Misérables
2017
Scenario Writer
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops sp...

Stalin's Couch
2016
as Tchirikov
Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin's monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.

The Stopover
2016
as Jonathan
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their u...

Vicky
2016
as Christophe régisseur théâtre
A 30-year-old woman, Victoire, the youngest member of the famous Bonhomme family and the tribe's well-behaved child, finally decides to emancipate her...
Violence en réunion
2015
as Policier 1
Every night, a mysterious woman wearing a burka taunts police officers patrolling the projects. Meanwhile, Vince, a former street legend, must face hi...

Ghettotube
2015
Sofiane, a high school student from the projects who is mad about movies, decides to create an internet site where he posts fake news videos in order ...

Mea Culpa
2014
as Slobodan
Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A fe...

Easy Pizza Riderz
2002
In Easy Pizza Riders, an urban spoof western where people would kill for a pair of silver Reebok, the beloved French youth culture of the time is on f...
Si je tombe, tu tombes
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Les Cigognes
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Du fioul dans les artères
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as Étienne
Pieces of a Foreign Life
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Woman flees war-torn Syria, leaving family behind. Seeking asylum in Bordeaux, she meets French lawyer who helps her rebuild life. Unexpected relation...
Le faux soir
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