| Éric Elmosnino | |
| Birth Date: | 1964 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Years Active: | 1985–present |
Éric Elmosnino (born 2 May 1964) is a French actor and musician.[1] He is known internationally for portraying Serge Gainsbourg in Gainsbourg, for which he won the César Award for Best Actor.[2]
He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. After leaving the Conservatory, he worked at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers with Jean-Pierre Vincent.
In 1992 he played Christian Ribet, a friend of Guillaume de Tonquédec, in the film Tableau d'honneur (Honour Roll) by Charles Nemes. In 2006, he played in the theater as Edward Bond, directed by Alain Francon, at the Avignon Festival and the Théâtre de la Colline in Paris. In January 2008, he performed in a show at the Theatre Antoine in Paris for Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage.
Elmosnino was born in the Paris suburbs to a Sephardic Jewish (Moroccan-Jewish) father who was an industrial designer at Thomson CSF, and to an Alsatian mother who left EDF to raise her children.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Tableau d'honneur | Christian Ribet | Charles Nemes | |
| 1994 | Colonel Chabert | Desroches | Yves Angelo | |
| 1996 | Bernie | the vendor | Albert Dupontel | |
| 1999 | Late August, Early September | Thomas | Olivier Assayas | |
| 2007 | Actrices | Raymond | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |
| 2007 | La Vie d'artiste | Alice's ex | Marc Fitoussi | |
| 2008 | Summer Hours | the police inspector | Olivier Assayas | |
| 2009 | Park Benches | the sleeper | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2009 | Father of My Children | Serge | Mia Hansen-Love | |
| 2010 | Serge Gainsbourg | Joann Sfar | ||
| 2010 | Le Skylab | Jean | Julie Delpy | |
| 2012 | Télé gaucho | Jean-Lou | Michel Leclerc | |
| 2013 | Ouf | François | Yann Coridian | |
| 2014 | La Famille Bélier | M. Thomasson | Éric Lartigau | |
| 2015 | Chic! | Julien Lefort | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 2017 | L'école buissonnière | Borel | Nicolas Vanier | |
| 2017 | If I Were a Boy | Merlin | Audrey Dana | |
| 2018 | I Feel Better | Laurent | Jean-Pierre Améris |
| Year | Title of work | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Gainsbourg | Lumières Award | Best Actor | ||
| 2011 | Gainsbourg | Globes de Cristal Award | Best Actor | ||
| 2011 | Gainsbourg | César Award | Best Actor | ||
| 2011 | Gainsbourg | Cabourg Film Festival | Best Actor | ||
| 2011 | Gainsbourg | Etoiles d'Or Award | Best Actor | ||
| 2011 | Gainsbourg | Etoiles d'Or Award | Best Male Newcomer | ||
| 2015 | La Famille Bélier | César Award | Best Supporting Actor |