List of French child actors explained

This is a list of child actors from France. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.

Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.

A

• Isabelle Adjani (born 1955)
  • Le Petit bougnat (1970)
  • Faustine et le bel été (1972)
  • L'école des femmes (1973)

B

• Christophe Bourseiller (born 1957)
  • War of the Buttons (1962)
  • Une Femme Mariée (1964)
  • Two or Three Things I Know About Her... (1967)
  • Weekend (1967)

C

• Timothée Chalamet (born 1995)
  • Law & Order (1 episode, 2009)
  • Loving Leah (2009)
  • Royal Pains (4 episodes, 2012)
  • Homeland (8 episodes, 2012)
• François Civil (born 1990)
  • Le cactus (2005)
  • Louis la brocante (1 episode, 2006)
  • Trop la Classe (2006)
  • Autopsy (2007)
  • Molière (2007)
  • Daddy Cool (2008)
  • Dying or Feeling Better (2008)
  • Sur ta joue ennemie (2008)
• Jean Claudio (1927–1992)
  • Nostalgie (1938)
  • Rasputin (1938)
  • Boys' School (1938)
  • Crossroads (1938)
  • The Phantom Carriage (1939)
  • L'enfer des anges (1941)
  • Andorra ou les Hommes d'airain (1942)
  • The Heart of a Nation (1943)
  • Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
• Marion Cotillard (born 1975)
  • Le monde des tout-petits (1982)^{[1] [2]}
  • Lucie (1983)^[3]
  • Étude sur le Mouvement (1993)
  • Highlander (2 episodes, 1993)^[4]
• Lola Créton (born 1993)
  • Imago (2004)
  • Louis Page (1 episode, 2007)
  • Room of Death (2007)
  • Trouble at Timpetill (2008)
  • Bluebeard (2009)
  • Malban (2009)
  • En Ville (2011)
  • Goodbye First Love (2011)

D

• René Dary (1905-1974)
  • Le Louis de vingt francs (short film, 1910)
  • Bébé (short film series, 1910-1913)
  • Le Bracelet de la marquise (short film, 1911)
  • La Cassette de l'émigrée (short film, 1912)
  • Le Petit Poucet (short film, 1912)
  • Les Ananas (short film, 1913)
• Catherine Demongeot (born 1948)
  • Zazie dans le metro (1960)
  • Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
  • Les Fables de La Fontaine – Le Chat, la Belette et le petit Lapin (1966)

F

• Benoît Ferreux (born 1955)
  • Murmur of the Heart (1971)
  • It Only Happens to Others (1971)
  • La Guerrilla (1972)
  • Défense de savoir (1973)
  • Le Beau samedi (short film, 1973)
• Sara Forestier (born 1985)
  • Les Fantômes de Louba (2001)
  • La Guerre à Paris (2002)
  • Quelques jours entre nous (2003)
• Brigitte Fossey (born 1946)
  • Forbidden Games (1952)
  • The Steel Rope (1954)
  • The Happy Road (1957)

G

• Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971)
  • Paroles et Musique (1984)
  • La tentation d'Isabelle (1985)
  • An Impudent Girl (1985)
  • Charlotte for Ever (1986)
  • Kung Fu Master (1988)
  • Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
  • The Little Thief (1988)
• François Goeske (born 1989)
  • Der kleine Mann (2001)
  • Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
  • The Jungle Book 2 (2003, singing role)
  • The Flying Classroom (2003)
  • Bergkristall (2004)
  • The Kids Ten Commandment (2004, voice)
  • French for Beginners (2006)
  • The Last Train (2006, voice)
  • Breaking and Entering (2006, voice)
• Patricia Gozzi (born 1950)
  • Sundays and Cybele (1962)
  • Rapture (1965)
• Milo Machado-Graner (born 2008)
  • Waiting for Bojangles (2021)
  • Stuck Together (2021)
  • In Therapy (3 episodes, 2021)
  • Alex Hugo (1 episode, 2022)
  • Heureusement qu'on s'a (2022)
  • Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

H

• André Heuzé (born 1913)
  • Poil de carotte (1925)
• Bobby Henrey (born 1939)
  • The Fallen Idol (1948)
  • The Wonder Kid (1949)

I

• Eva Ionesco (born 1965)
  • Spermula (1976)
  • Le Locataire (1976)
  • Maladolescenza (1977)
  • L'Amant de poche (1978)
  • L'Hôtel du libre échange (1979)
  • Journal d'une maison de correction (1980)
  • Meurtres à domicile (1982)
  • Grenouilles (1983)

J

• Fabrice Josso (born 1969)
  • Au théâtre ce soir: Un mois à la campagne (1976)
  • François le Champi (1976)
  • Les Folies Offenbach (1 episode, 1977)
  • The Associate (1979)
  • Les Amours des années folles (1 episode, 1980)
  • Sans famille (1981)
  • Time Bandits (French voice of Kevin, 1981)
  • La nuit du général Boulanger (1982)
  • Queen Lear (1982)
  • First Blood (voice in the French dub, 1982)
  • (French voice of Buddy Kupfer, 1982)
  • The World According to Garp (French voice of young Garp, 1982)
  • (French voice of Jimmy Wilson, 1982)
  • (voice in the French dub, 1983)
  • (French voice of Tommy Jarvis, 1984)
  • Cinéma 16 - La vie telle qu'elle change (1984)
  • La Famille Bargeot (1985)
  • À nous les garçons (1985)
  • Le Déclic (1985)
  • Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986)
  • Les Nouveaux Tricheurs (1987)

K

• Nikolai Kinski (born 1976)
  • Paganini (1989)
  • Jamila (1994)

L

• Vincent Lacoste (born 1993)
  • The French Kissers (2009)
  • Au bistro du coin (2011)
  • Low Cost (2011)
  • Skylab (2011)
  • Play It Like Godard (2011)
  • De l'huile sur le feu (2011)
• Pascal Lamorisse (born 1950)
  • White Mane (1953)
  • The Red Balloon (1956)
  • Stowaway in the Sky (1960)
• Jean-Pierre Léaud (born 1944)
  • La Tour, prends garde ! (1958)
  • The 400 Blows (1959)
  • Boulevard (1960)
  • Testament of Orpheus (1960)
  • Love at Twenty (1962)
• Martin Loeb (born 1959)^[5]
  • My Little Loves (1974)
  • Second Chance (1976)
  • Maladolescenza (1977)
• Robert Lynen (1920-1944)
  • The Red Head (1932)
  • The Little King (1933)
  • Sans famille (1934)
  • They Were Five (1936)
  • The Fraudster (1937)
  • The Man of the Hour (1937)
  • Life Dances On (1937)
  • La vie est magnifique (1938)
  • Mollenard (1938)
  • The Little Thing (1938)
  • Education of a Prince (1938)

M

• Sophie Marceau (born 1966)
  • La Boum (1980)
  • La Boum 2 (1982)
  • Fort Saganne (1984)
  • Happy Easter (1984)

P

• Georges Poujouly (born 1940)
  • Forbidden Games (1952)
  • We Are All Murderers (1952)
  • Les Diaboliques (1955)
  • And God Created Woman (1956)

S

• Ludivine Sagnier (born 1979)
  • Le Secret d'Iris (1996)
  • Vacances au purgatoire (1992)
  • La Famille Fontaine (1992)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
  • Le Pont du silence (1990)
  • Je veux rentrer à la maison (1989)
  • Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants (1989)
• Romy Schneider (1938-1982)
  • When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953)
  • Fireworks (1954)
  • Victoria in Dover (1954)
  • The Last Man (1955)
  • Die Deutschmeister (1955)
  • Sissi (1955)
  • Sissi – The Young Empress (1956)
  • Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)
• Jules Sitruk (born 1990)
  • An Angel for Chloé (1999)
  • L'Ange tombé du ciel (2000)
  • P.J. (one episode, 2000)
  • Sans famille (2 episodes, 2000)
  • Docteur Sylvestre (1 episode, 2000)
  • Le pain (short film, 2001)
  • Frailty (French voice of Adam Meiks as a child, 2001)
  • Sauveur Giordano (1 episode, 2001)
  • (French voice of Haleth, 2002)
  • Monsieur Batignole (2002)
  • Haute Pierre (2002)
  • Signs (French voice of Morgan Hess, 2003)
  • I, Cesar (2003)
  • Vipère au poing (2004)
  • Godsend (French voice of Adam Duncan, 2004)
  • Birth (French voice of Sean Contre, 2004)
  • The Butterfly Effect (French voice of 7-year old Evan Treborn, 2004)
  • Alexander (French voice of Alexander as a child, 2004)
  • Les Aiguilles rouges (2006)
  • Son of Rambow (2007)

T

• Victoire Thivisol (born 1991)
  • Ponette (1996)
  • Children of the Century (1999)
  • Chocolat (2000)

V

• Sylvie Vartan (born 1944)
  • Pod igoto (1952)
  • Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962)
• Judith Vittet (born 1984)
  • The City of Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus) (1995)
  • Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995)
• Marina Vlady (born 1938)
  • Summer Storm (1949)
  • Due sorelle amano (1950)
  • Pardon My French (1951)
  • Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952)
  • Black Feathers (1952)
  • The Unfaithfuls (1953)
  • Finishing School (1953)
  • Too Young for Love (1953)
  • Cavalcade of Song (1953)
  • Musoduro (1953)
  • Before the Deluge (1954)
  • She (1954)
  • Days of Love (1954)
  • Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955)
  • The Hotshot (1955)
  • Sophie and the Crime (1955)
  • Les salauds vont en enfer (1955)
  • Symphony of Love (1956)
  • Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1956)
  • La Sorcière (1956)
  • Crime and Punishment (1956)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 August 2011 . Marion Cotillard a 7 ans . live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/sDfJ3jCf53w . 14 June 2023 . 14 June 2023 . . fr.
2. Web site: Guignon . Jordane . 30 September 2020 . Marion Cotillard fête ses 45 ans : retour sur les 8 dates clés qui ont changé sa vie (et un peu la nôtre) . Grazia . fr.
3. Book: Choulant, Dominique . Marion Cotillard, Biographie . 24 November 2016 . Max Milo Editions . France . 24 November 2016 . 12, 153 . 9782315008001 . fr .
4. News: Before They Were Stars: Marion Cotillard Gives Birth on "Highlander: The Series" . the-back-row.com . 21 January 2015 . 2 February 2015 . 3 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203052451/http://the-back-row.com/blog/2015/01/21/before-they-were-stars-marion-cotillard-gives-birth-on-highlander-the-series/ . live .
5. Web site: Martin Loeb Actor . 2024-01-22 . IMDb . en-US.