Alexis Michalik, born 13 December 1982, is a Franco-British actor, scriptwriter and director. He adapted Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into his play R&J and he has written and staged his own plays, including Le Porteur d'histoire, Le Cercle des illusionnistes, Edmond and Intra Muros. He has acted in a number of films, including Sagan by Diane Kurys and Le Chant du loup by Abel Lanzac and he has acted in a number of TV series, mini-series, and TV films, including the series Kaboul Kitchen by Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. He has received various Molière awards for his plays. He is the son of a Polish father, an artist, and a British mother. He was raised in the quartier des Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. He studied at the collège Jules-Ferry, and at the conservatoire in the 19th arrondissement, and he passed the entrance examination for the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. His first stage role was as Roméo in 2001, in the play Juliette et Roméo directed by Irina Brook at the théâtre de Chaillot. In 2003, he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) in Paris. However, he gave up his place to stage his first show, Une folle journée, an adaptation of Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais. He created the show in 2005 at the Festival d'Avignon Off in the théâtre des Corps Saints, playing the role of the Count. Michalik used the name of his source material to name his theatre company, Los Figaros. In 2006, he created La Mégère à peu près apprivoisée at Théâtre La Luna (Buffon), a musical comedy adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, in which he played the role of Petruchio. He met Arthur Jugnot, who produced the play in Avignon in 2007 et 2008, at the théâtre des Béliers, then in 2009 at the Vingtième Théâtre and then in 2010 at Le Splendid. The adaption was then put on television on the show Paris Première. During this show, he met Dominique Besnehard, the show's host, who would later produce two of Michalik's first short films. In 2008, he created R&J, an adaptation of Roméo et Juliette by Shakespeare for three actors. In this production, he played various roles, including Romeo. The play was done in the théâtre des Béliers in Avignon, and then at the Ciné 13 Théâtre and at Studio des Champs-Elysées. In 2010, he adapted and directed the second act of Carmen by Bizet, in a show titled Carmen Rock & Soul Opéra. The show, which was put on at the Festival des Mises en capsules, starred the singer Julie Zenatti in the title role and Christophe Mali (Tryo) playing Don José, and 20 other actors, singers, dancers and musicians. The show as done at Ciné 13 Théâtre. Then Benjamin Bellecour, co-director of Ciné 13 Théâtre, invited Michalik to write and direct Michalik's first play, Le Porteur d'histoire. The play was done in a shortened form at the Festival Faits d'Hiver. In July 2011, the play was done in its current form at Théâtre des Béliers . The play came back to Avignon in 2012 and also was done in Paris at Théâtre 13 Jardin, where it was received well by the public and critics. His play was done again at the Studio des Champs-Élysées in February 2013 and at Théâtre des Béliers in 2017. ... Source: Article "Alexis Michalik" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• Twenty Twenty Six — Eric Van Dupuytrens
• Log Out — David
• 2023A Love Story — William Markowitz, Director, Screenplay, Casting
• 2023Flo — Olivier de Kersauson
• 2023How to Survive Without Mum — Di Caprio
• 2023The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan — Villeneuve de Radis
• 2023The Three Musketeers: Milady — Villeneuve de Radis
• 2022Dangerous Liaisons — Christophe
• Le Figaro La Nuit
• À la folie — Damien Joly
• 2021Mention particulière : Bienvenue dans l'âge adulte — Romain
• Un monde, un regard
• 2021Venice Doesn't Exist — Charles
• 202010 Days with Dad — Thierry Di Caprio
• 2020A Mermaid in Paris — Victor
• 2020Tolo Tolo — Alexandre Lemaitre
• 2019The Wolf's Call — Second SNLE-B2R
• 2018At Eternity's Gate — Artists Tambourin
• 2018Cyrano, My Love — Georges Feydeau, Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Idea
• 2018Little Tickles — Le père de Sonia
• 2017Family Heist — Guillaume
• 2016Dad in Training — Guillaume
• 2016Friday Night — Director, Writer
• 2016Our Fallen Heroes — Gaston
• Versailles — Louis de Rohan
• 201424 Days — Lieutenant Joubert
• 2014Grounded — Director, Writer
• 2014La Trouvaille de Juliette — Pierrot
• 2013It Happened in Saint-Tropez — Daniel Touré
• 2013La banda Picasso — Géry 'Le Baron' Piéret
• Kaboul Kitchen — Damien
• 2011The End of Silence — Luc
• 2010Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy — Jean-Didier (segment "Far West")
• 2010Holiday Camp — Jordan
• 2010The Other Dumas — Jean-Baptiste Béraud
• 2010With Love... from the Age of Reason — L'assistant de Margaret
• The Little Murders of Agatha Christie — Richard, le chauffeur de la famille, fils de Monsieur Paul, Jules Lavigne
• 2008Sagan — Denis Westhoff 23 / 33ans
• Terre de lumière — Arnaud
• 2008Un crime très populaire — Antoine
• 2007Monsieur Max — Jean Marais
• 2006Les Amants de la Dent Blanche — Théophile
• Petits Meurtres en famille — Richard
• 2003Far West — Jean-Didier
• Ladies of the Law — Franck Montero
• ER — Michel Timbaud
• Fort Boyard
• Big Kiss — Taras

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Beau geste — Self
• 2023Sarah Bernhardt, With Heart and Soul — Self
• Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• 2020Alexandre Dumas: The Flamboyant — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• La nuit des molières — Self (host)
• Télématin — Self