Francis Leplay
Francis Leplay is a French actor, film director and novelist.
An alumnus of France's National Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences Po, Leplay began acting on television in episodes of the French detective series Julie Lescaut and Navarro. His first film role was in Laurence Ferreira Barbosa's J'ai horreur de l'amour (I Hate Love) in 1997.
His career took off in the 2000s, and he soon started acting in films by directors including Sofia Coppola, Noémie Lvovsky, Arnaud Desplechin, and Benoît Jacquot as well as in the television series Spiral.
Leplay has also acted in theater productions with directors Denis Podalydès and Lambert Wilson in venues including Lincoln Center, the Mossovet Theatre, and the Bouffes du Nord.
The Éditions du Seuil published two of his novels, 2006's Après le spectacle, a work of autofiction comparing intermittent acting work and romantic uncertainty, and 2009's Samuel et Alexandre, which follows two men staking out the bounds of their friendship.
In 2021, Leplay and French-American filmmaker Isidore Bethel co-directed the docufiction hybrid film Acts of Love, which premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
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Acting
Movie
Marie Antoinette
as Doctor Delivery Provence
2006
Movie
Who You Think I Am
as Serge
2019
Movie
Farewell, My Queen
as Le comte d'Artois
2012
Movie
The Good Teacher
as Mr. Musil
2024
Movie
Jealous
as Nathalie's doctor
2017
Movie
The Price to Pay
as Agent immobilier
2007
Movie
Les Cowboys
as Train man
2015
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3 Hearts
as Le médecin
2014
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The Money Maker
as Victor
2026
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Brother and Sister
as André Borkman
2022
Movie
The Clearstream Affair
as Lawyer Denis Robert & Les Arènes
2015
Movie
Kings & Queen
as Christian, le félon
2004
TV
Voltaire High
as Rene Hermen
2021
Movie
Bright Days Ahead
as Le prof d'oenologie
2013
Movie
My Best Part
2020
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Looking for Hortense
as Marco
2012
Movie
Time Regained
as Employee Jupien
1999
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Love Bites
as Photographer
2001
Movie
Not My Type
as Le cadre Sacem
2022
Movie
Imogène McCarthery
as Gowen Ross
2010
Movie
Tomorrow and Thereafter
as Monsieur Lesieur
2017
TV
Cristóbal Balenciaga
as Lucien LeLong
2024
Movie
Nelly
as Mathieu
2017
TV
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
as plaignant
2007
