Biography
Guillaume Canet (born 10 April 1973) is a French actor and film director. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach. In 2006, he turned to writing and directing with Tell No One and won a César Award for Best Director. Canet has also received attention because of his personal life. He was formerly married to actress Diane Kruger. After they divorced he began a relationship with Marion ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Karma
2026
Director, Screenplay
Plot under wraps.

Belle
2025
as Pierre
A couple have a peaceful existence in a small provincial town. He is a teacher and she runs an opticians practical. Their life is turned upside when B...

Merci Dorothée !
2025
as Self (archive footage)
A spectacular evening hosted by Nikos Aliagas to honor the legendary Dorothée, who shaped the childhood of millions in France. Today’s stars, who grew...

Ad Vitam
2025
as Franck Lazareff
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.

Ad Vitam
2025
Producer, Screenplay
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.

The Flood
2024
as Louis XVI
1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, a...

Out of Season
2024
as Mathieu
Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her fo...

Breaking Point
2024
as Vincent
Mathieu owes everything to his friend Vincent : his house, his job, and even his life, ten years ago. With their wives, they are an inseparable quarte...

93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème
2023
as Self

All-Time High
2023
A con artist in dire need of cash and a woman with a crypto fortune hit it off. Is she the target of his dreams, or is the scammer about to get scamme...

Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret
2023
as Vincent (voice)
The world of 10-year old Nina has been in turmoil since her father lost his job. Despite weeks of strike, his factory closed down. The manager had tam...

Acid
2023
as Michal
During a heat wave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a...

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
2023
as Self - Director
Documentary on Astérix's illustrator Uderzo, led by Antoine de Caunes with interviews from various French celebrities.

La Grande Ourse
2023
Co-Producer

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom
2023
as Astérix
Gallic heroes and forever friends Asterix and Obelix journey to China to help Princess Sa See save the Empress and her land from a nefarious prince.

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom
2023
Writer, Director
Gallic heroes and forever friends Asterix and Obelix journey to China to help Princess Sa See save the Empress and her land from a nefarious prince.

One Night With Asterix & Obelix
2023
as Self - Director, Actor
On the occasion of the release of the blockbuster "Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom", unpublished images of the preparation of the film and the ma...

Him
2021
as Him
Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ...

Him
2021
Writer, Director
Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ...

Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo
2021
as Self - Guest
A ceremony celebrated in the courtyard of the Invalides, in the presence of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, members of the Government, ...

Nous paysans
2021
as Narrateur
In barely a century, French peasants have seen their world profoundly turned upside down. While they once made up the vast majority of the country, to...

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
2020
as Self
If Jean Rochefort remains so dear to our hearts, it is because this extraordinary actor alone embodies a cinema and a France imbued with freedom and c...

Belmondo l'influenceur
2020
as Self
Still Not...Breathless
2020
as Self
Documentary about the ongoing influence of 'Breathless' after 60 years

La Belle Époque
2019
as Antoine
Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love ...

In the Name of the Land
2019
as Pierre Jarjeau
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. I...

In the Name of the Land
2019
Producer
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. I...

Girls with Balls
2019
as Chef Scout
All girls volley ball team The Falcons end up stranded in the middle of nowhere after their mini-van breaks down. Little do they know they landed in d...

Little White Lies 2
2019
Co-Producer, Director, Writer
The result of the small handkerchiefs "Petits mouchoirs", 7 years later. The band, which erupted, is found on the occasion of the anniversary surprise...

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019
as Self - Actor
A walk through the career of French filmmaker André Téchiné, from his own point of view and that of those who worked with him: Catherine Deneuve, Dani...

Sink or Swim
2018
as Laurent
40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication...

Non-Fiction
2018
as Alain
Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his...

Paris Pigalle
2018
as Franck / Martin
Paris, 1982. Franck and Serge are police investigators in charge of making a good catch in the Parisian porn industry. In order to infiltrate the mafi...

My Son
2017
as Julien Perrin
The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East. His passion for his job has distanced him from hi...

La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
2017
as Self

Rock'n Roll
2017
as Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets he...

Rock'n Roll
2017
Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets he...

Cezanne and I
2016
as Emile Zola
They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it ...

The Siege of Jadotville
2016
as Rene Faulques
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

Arctic Heart
2016
as Quignard
A timid young grad student madly in love with her scientist boss offers her body to his research.

The Program
2015
as Dr. Ferrari
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. ...

Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
2014
as Franck
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "th...

In the Name of My Daughter
2014
as Maurice Agnelet
In 1976 in Nice, Agnes, the daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with an older lawyer.

In the Name of My Daughter
2014
Producer
In 1976 in Nice, Agnes, the daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with an older lawyer.
Le Débarquement 2
2013
as Various Characters

Turning Tide
2013
as Frank Drevil
Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Fr...

Blood Ties
2013
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Jappeloup
2013
as Pierre Durand
A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star ...

Jappeloup
2013
Screenplay
A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star ...

Le Débarquement
2013
as Various Characters
Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in various humorous sketches.

The Players
2012
as Thibault
Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with ...

A Better Life
2011
as Yann
Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent,...

War of the Buttons
2011
as L'instituteur
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Naz...

Last Night
2010
as Alex Mann
Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with a...

Little White Lies
2010
Director, Writer
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt an...

The Last Flight
2009
as Antoine Chauvet
Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is fo...

Farewell
2009
as Pierre Froment
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Af...

Spy(ies)
2009
as Vincent
In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terr...

The Business Trip
2008
as Jean-Paul Clément
A business man in his 30s, with an expense account, checks into a hotel, exchanging smiles and pleasantries with the desk clerk, a woman of beauty and...

The Meerkats
2008
as Le narrateur (voix française)
A coming of age story following a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert; and an inspiring look at how one family's connection to ...

La clef du problème
2008
as Pierre
Pierre is late, his plane is taking off in two hours but he has to quickly get home to pick up his passport. In front of his door, he realizes that he...

Mon Clown
2008
as Self
Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf in the 2007 film ...

Rivals
2008
as François
The story of two rival brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and how the former manages to be the family favourite.

The Key
2007
as Éric Vincent
Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resu...

Darling
2007
as Joël Epine dit 'Roméo'
Darling is a woman of today. It seems to always choose the wrong path. Suffers but does not look like a victim. Do not feel sorry for herself. On the ...
Tell No One: The B-Side
2007
as Self
This lengthy domestic exclusive explores the filmmakers' adaptation of the original novel, changes made to the cinematic version, casting, the product...

Hunting & Gathering
2007
as Franck
When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

Tell No One
2006
as Philippe Neuville
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's al...

Tell No One
2006
Screenplay, Director
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's al...

A Ticket to Space
2006
as Yonis / Bernard Guérin
Face à l'incompréhension de la population française quant au montant des crédits alloués à la recherche spatiale, le gouvernement lance une vaste opér...

Hell
2005
as Sébastien
Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.

Joyeux Noel
2005
as Audebert
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispu...

Narco
2004
as Gustave Klopp
Gustave Klopp suffers from narcolepsy, he can fall asleep everwhere at anytime whithout warning. Living a simple life with his wife Pam and his best f...

The Car Keys
2003
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

Love Me If You Dare
2003
as Julien Janvier
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring an...

Whatever You Say
2002
as Bastien
Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own tel...

Whatever You Say
2002
Director, Dialogue, Writer
Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own tel...

The Landlords
2002
as Josselin
Directed by Rémi Waterhouse, Mille Millièmes is centered around an eccentric ensemble of apartment residents. Kindness is noticeably absent among thei...
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

The Warrior's Brother
2002
as Arnaud
13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword...

Vidocq
2001
as Etienne Boisset
Paris, 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappears as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a ...

The Day the Ponies Come Back
2001
as Daniel Moulin
While on a business trip to New York City, Frenchman Daniel Moulin hopes to track down his long-lost father. His initial investigation on the rough Br...

Love Bites
2001
as Antoine
Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat's name to get into an exclusive party. The name - Jordan - gets him whisked by two burly b...

Fidelity
2000
as Némo
A talented photographer who lands a lucrative job in Paris with a scandal-mongering tabloid and becomes romantically involved with an eccentric childr...

The Beach
2000
as Étienne
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradis...

I Can't Sleep
2000
as One of the bunch of friends
After a year of separation, Antoine decides to go to his former girlfriend Julie, as if they had never left. Antoine will do everything to seduce Juli...

I Can't Sleep
2000
Director, Writer
After a year of separation, Antoine decides to go to his former girlfriend Julie, as if they had never left. Antoine will do everything to seduce Juli...

Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père
1999
as Sauveur
Sauveur (Savior) needs someone to save him, and so he begins to look for his father, a fast- talking ladies' man. The son becomes attached to his misa...

In All Innocence
1998
as Vincent Mazet
High-profile lawyer Michel takes on the defence of a young and pretty small-time thief, Cécile, after the botched hold-up of a jewellery shop. As pred...

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
A group of mourners travels by train to bury a recently deceased artist in Limoges. As they journey, secrets and desires unfold, with relationships sh...

Sentimental Education
1998
as Guy
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollown...

Je taim
1998
Director, Writer
A father returns home after leaving his little girl alone.

Barracuda
1997
as Luc
Fred Astaire-fan Clément invites comic-book artist Luc to Sunday dinner with Clément and his wife Violette. Luc's girlfriend Margot announces her preg...

Pardaillan
1997
as Jean de Pardaillan

Je m'appelle Régine
1996
as Antoine
This TV movie is adapted from the memoirs of the singer Régine, in which she recounts her youth and her beginnings in the music hall.

The Voyage of Penelope
1996
as Maxime
Maxime and Paulo are two young men in their very early twenties. Maxime is spending his summer holidays with his parents in a camping resort, which he...
Fils unique
1995
Fils unique details the emotive relationship between a father and his son who can only communicate their mutual feelings via unspoken words or provoca...

Ils n'ont pas vingt ans
1995
as Michel

Jeanne
1994
as Mathieu
A surgeon in her forties sees the course of her life deeply disturbed by the crazy love of a teenager.

Le Chambon
1994
During the Nazi regime in France in World War II, Pastor Fontaine and the town of Chambon undertake a mission to protect and shelter the children of m...
Badinter
N/A
as Robert Badinter
The true story of the man who led the fight to abolish the death penalty in France. An extraordinary destiny, a universal legacy.