Grégoire Colin Explained

Grégoire Colin
Birth Date:	25 July 1975
Birth Place:	Châtenay-Malabry, France
Occupation:	Actor, filmmaker
Years Active:	1990–present

Grégoire Colin (born 25 July 1975)^[1] is a French actor.

Career

Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama Olivier, Olivier when he was just 17. He co-starred in Adela (2000), Beau travail (1999) and the Macedonian film Before the Rain (1994), among many others. Colin is set for the lead role in the French thriller film Proie.^{[2] [3]}

In 1998, he participated in the internationally celebrated La Vie Rêvée Des Anges, better known to international audiences as The Dreamlife of Angels, in which he played a ruthless club owner. In 2009, Colin's first short film La Baie Du Renard was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.^{[4] [5] [6]} In 2009, he started his own production company Tsilaosa Films.

Grégoire won the Best Actor Award at the Locarno International Film Festival for his role in the film Nénette et Boni.

Filmography

As actor

• 1990 : Le Silence d'ailleurs (dir. Guy Mouyal)
• 1991 : L'Année de l'éveil (dir. Gérard Corbiau)
• 1992 : Olivier, Olivier (dir. Agnieszka Holland)
• 1994 : Pas très catholique (dir. Tonie Marshall)
• 1994 : Before the Rain (dir. Milcho Manchevski)
• 1994 : La Reine Margot (dir. Patrice Chéreau)
• 1995 : Fiesta (dir. Pierre Boutron)
• 1996 : Le Fils de Gascogne (dir. Pascal Aubier)
• 1996 : Nénette et Boni (dir. Claire Denis)
• 1998 : La Vie rêvée des anges, (dir. Erick Zonca)
• 1998 : Top Secret (dir. Jacques Rivette)
• 1999 : Beau Travail (dir. Claire Denis)
• 2000 : Sade (dir. Benoît Jacquot)
• 2002 : Sex Is Comedy (dir. Catherine Breillat)
• 2003 : Snowboarder (dir. Olias Barco)
• 2004 : L'intrus (dir. Claire Denis)
• 2005 : The Lost Domain (film) (dir. Raúl Ruiz)
• 2005 : La Ravisseuse (dir. Antoine Santana)
• 2006 : Exes (dir. Martin Cognito)
• 2007 : Le Tueur (dir. Cédric Anger)
• 2007 : In the Arms of My Enemy (dir. Micha Wald)
• 2008 : 35 rhums (dir. Claire Denis)
• 2008 : Nanayomachi (dir. Naomi Kawase)
• 2011 : 15 Lads (dir. Romain Cogitore)
• 2013: Les salauds (dir. Claire Denis)
• 2015: Full Contact
• 2020: Simple Passion
• 2021: You Resemble Me (dir. Dina Amer)
• 2022: Both Sides of the Blade (dir. Claire Denis)
• 2022: Paris Memories (Revoir Paris)
• 2022: Women at War
• 2023: The Vourdalak
• 2024: The Partisan
• 2024: Across the Sea (La Mer au loin)
• 2024: Serpent's Path (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

As director

• 2010 : La Baie du renard (short film)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Birth certificate 754/1975, according to Les Gens du cinéma.
2. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20287 IFC Midnight Hunts Creature Feature 'Prey'
3. Web site: The invariably naked Gregoire Colin - Salon.com . 2011-06-01 . 2011-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110415082950/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/feature/2005/05/05/gregoire_colin . dead .
4. Web site: Colin. Gregoire. Les célébrités liées à La Baie du renard. Evene.fr. June 1, 2011.
5. Web site: Colin. Gregoire. Gregoire Colin. allrovi.com. June 1, 2011.
6. Web site: Colin. Gregoire. The 10 French Film Stars You Should Know. IFC.com. June 1, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003124800/http://www.ifc.com/news/french-film/stars/gregoire-colin/. 2009-10-03. dead.
7. Part of the programme Courts d'aujourd'hui by Les Cahiers du cinéma and l'Agence du court métrage à partir des films lauréats du Prix Qualité du CNC, shown in Paris 29 September 2010 (Thierry Méranger, Cahiers du cinéma, n° 659, p. 59)