Guillaume Canet (born 10 April 1973) is a French actor and film director. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach. In 2006, he turned to writing and directing with Tell No One and won a César Award for Best Director. Canet has also received attention because of his personal life. He was formerly married to actress Diane Kruger. After they divorced he began a relationship with Marion Cotillard that was closely followed by the media.

Filmography

• 2027Fantomas: The New World — Fantômas
• 2026Forty Love
• 2026Karma — Director, Screenplay
• 2025Ad Vitam — Franck Lazareff, Producer, Screenplay
• 2025Belle — Pierre
• 2024Breaking Point — Vincent
• 2024Out of Season — Mathieu
• 2024The Flood — Louis XVI
• 2023Acid — Michal
• 2023All-Time High — Yaël's father
• 2023Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom — Astérix, Director, Writer
• LEGEND
• 2023La Grande Ourse — Co-Producer
• 2023Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret — Vincent (voice)
• 2023One Night with Asterix & Obelix — Self - Director, Actor
• 2021Him — Him, Writer, Director
• 2021Nous paysans — Narrateur
• 2019Girls with Balls — Chef Scout
• 2019In the Name of the Land — Pierre Jarjeau, Producer
• 2019La Belle Époque — Antoine
• 2019Little White Lies 2 — Co-Producer, Director, Writer
• 2018Non-Fiction — Alain
• 2018Paris Pigalle — Franck / Martin
• 2018Sink or Swim — Laurent
• Cannes Off — Yannick Noah
• 2017My Son — Julien Perrin
• 2017Rock'n Roll — Guillaume Canet, Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
• 2016Arctic Heart — Quignard
• 2016Cezanne and I — Emile Zola
• 2016The Siege of Jadotville — Rene Faulques
• 2015The Program — Dr. Ferrari
• 2014In the Name of My Daughter — Maurice Agnelet, Producer
• 2014Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart — Franck
• 2013Blood Ties — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2013Ivresse — Director
• 2013Jappeloup — Pierre Durand, Screenplay
• 2013Le Débarquement — Various Characters
• Le Débarquement — Various Characters
• 2013Le Débarquement 2 — Various Characters
• 2013Turning Tide — Frank Drevil
• 2012The Players — Thibault
• 2011A Better Life — Yann
• Platane — Guillaume Canet
• 2011War of the Buttons — L'instituteur
• 2010Last Night — Alex Mann
• 2010Little White Lies — Writer, Director
• 2009Farewell — Pierre Froment
• 2009Spy(ies) — Vincent
• 2009The Last Flight — Antoine Chauvet
• 2008La clef du problème — Pierre
• 2008Rivals — François
• 2008The Business Trip — Jean-Paul Clément
• 2008The Meerkats — Le narrateur (voix française)
• 2007Darling — Joël Epine dit 'Roméo'
• 2007Hunting & Gathering — Franck
• 2007The Key — Éric Vincent
• 2006A Ticket to Space — Alexandre Yonis / Bernard Guérin
• 2006Tell No One — Philippe Neuville, Director, Screenplay
• 2005Hell — Sébastien
• 2005Joyeux Noel — Audebert
• 2004Narco — Gustave Klopp
• 2003Love Me If You Dare — Julien Janvier
• 2003The Car Keys — Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
• 2002The Landlords — Josselin
• 2002The Warrior's Brother — Arnaud
• 2002Whatever You Say — Bastien, Dialogue, Director, Writer
• 2001Love Bites — Antoine
• 2001The Day the Ponies Come Back — Daniel Moulin
• 2001Vidocq — Etienne Boisset
• 2000Fidelity — Némo
• 2000I Can't Sleep — One of the bunch of friends, Writer, Director
• 2000The Beach — Étienne
• 1999Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père — Sauveur
• 1998In All Innocence — Vincent Mazet
• 1998Je taim — Director, Writer
• 1998Sentimental Education — Guy
• 1998Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train — L'auto-stoppeur
• 1997Barracuda — Luc
• La Vocation d'Adrienne — Ferdinand
• 1997Pardaillan — Jean de Pardaillan
• 1996Je m'appelle Régine — Antoine
• 1996The Voyage of Penelope — Maxime
• 1995Fils unique
• 1995Ils n'ont pas vingt ans — Michel
• 1994Jeanne — Mathieu
• 1994Le Chambon — Frédéric
• Florence Larrieu : Le juge est une femme — Julien
• Premiers Baisers — Guillaume
• Ad Vitam Eternam — Franck Lazareff, Writer, Producer
• Badinter — Robert Badinter

Appearances as themselves (27)

• 2025Merci Dorothée ! — Self (archive footage)
• 202393, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème — Self
• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• Têtàtête(s) — Self - Guest
• 2023Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix — Self : Director
• Le Late avec Alain Chabat — Self
• 2021Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo — Self - Guest
• 2020Belmondo l'influenceur — Self
• 2020Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible — Self
• 2020Still Not... Breathless — Self
• 2019André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema — Self - Actor
• Kemps — Self
• Bonsoir ! — Self - Guest
• Crac Crac — Self
• 2017La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc — Self
• 2008Mon Clown — Self
• 2007Tell No One: The B-Side — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema — Self
• Burger Quiz — Self
• The Apartment — Self - Guest
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Zone interdite — Self
• Télématin — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - President