Louis Garrel — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Louis Garrel (born June 14, 1983 in Paris) is a French actor. He is best known for the lead role in the film The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including My Mother, In Paris, Love Songs, The Beautiful Person, and Sorry, Angel.

Filmography

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Interesting facts

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Graduated from the drama school at the National Conservatory in Paris.
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Louis worked with his father, a director, from the age of six.
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Louis was born into a French artistic family; he is the son of director and screenwriter Philippe Garrel and actress and screenwriter Brigitte Sy, the older biological brother of actress Esther Garrel, the biological grandson of actor Maurice Garrel, the biological nephew of actor and producer Thierry Garrel, and the godson of actor and director Jean-Pierre Léaud.
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In addition to his native French, Louis is fluent in English and Italian.
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He has an adopted daughter from his civil union with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - Céline Garrel (born 2008).