Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor, and theatre director.

At the age of 18 he left his hometown to study at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained under Michel Bouquet, Gérard Desarthe, and Pierre Vial.

He regularly performed on stage in productions by Olivier Py, and also worked with Olivier Debroise, Jean-Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Ribes, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Lauby, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ...

In film he has worked with directors such as Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ...