Michel Fau
Actor
Biography
Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director.
At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and Pierre Vial.
He has appeared on stage regularly in works directed by Olivier Py and he also worked with Olivier Desbordes, Jean Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Ladesou, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ...
In cinema, he worked with directors like Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ...
He occasionally directs an interpretation workshop at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts.
During the Night of the 2011 Molière Award, he made a cover of Carla Bruni's song Quelqu'un m'a dit in a parody of classical singer.
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Filmography
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Ragueneau's 2nd Poet 1990
Swimming Pool
as First Man 2003
9 Month Stretch
as Gynécologue 2013
The Crime Is Mine
as Prosecutor Maurice Vrai 2023
Marguerite
as Atos Pezzini / Divo 2015
With a Friend Like Harry...
as Eric 2000
Borgo
as Le commissaire 2024
Paris Pigalle
as Maurice Vogel 2018
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
as André 2018
Requiem for a Killer
as Le Chef d'orchestre 2011
Open at Night
as Directeur bar branché 2017
Le Créateur
as Nicolas 1999
Golden Years
as Samuel 2017
The Great Arch
as François Mitterrand 2025
Arletty: A Guilty Passion
as Sacha Guitry 2015
I Love You Coiffure
as Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure") 2020
Brèves de comptoir
as L'écrivain 2014