Portrait of Charles Berling

Acting

Charles Berling

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, with a break from 1983 to 1993, busiest in 2019 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
66
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charles Berling Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 12
  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Psychological Drama 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Family Secrets 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Atmospheric 3
  • Biographical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

98
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 66
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life (2026)
GoodWatch score 63

as Henri

A Turkish Case
A Turkish Case (2026)

as Claude Delval

Le Diplôme
Le Diplôme (2026)

TV show · as Martial

The Storyteller
The Storyteller (2024)

as Romain Gary

Félix et moi, sur les traces du chanteur de Viens Poupoule !
Félix et moi, sur les traces du chanteur de Viens Poupoule ! (2024)

as Narrator (voice)

Flo
Flo (2023)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jacques Arthaud

Les Siffleurs
Les Siffleurs (2023)

TV show · as Stéphane Maulin

The Island of Thirty Coffins
The Island of Thirty Coffins (2022)

TV show · as Raphaël Vorski

Masquerade
Masquerade (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jean-Charles

Les parents terribles
Les parents terribles (2022)

as Georges

Les Damnés de la Commune
Les Damnés de la Commune (2021)

as Gustave Courbet (voice)

2010s

29 titles · average score 60
Three Days and a Life
Three Days and a Life (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

as Michel Desmedt

The Frozen Dead
The Frozen Dead (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Capitaine Martin Servaz

Elle
Elle (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

as Richard

Heartstrings
Heartstrings (2016)
GoodWatch score 63

as Le père de Marie

Marie Curie
Marie Curie (2016)
GoodWatch score 48

as Pierre Curie

The Exchange Student
The Exchange Student (2016)
GoodWatch score 49

as Frank

The Clearstream Affair
The Clearstream Affair (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

as Judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke

Tu es mon fils
Tu es mon fils (2015)

as Paul

It Boy
It Boy (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

as Luc Apfel

What's in a Name
What's in a Name (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

as Pierre

Bad Seeds
Bad Seeds (2012)
GoodWatch score 55

as Pierre Verdier

Trader Games
Trader Games (2010)
GoodWatch score 35

as Georges

2000s

39 titles · average score 56
L'Abolition
L'Abolition (2009)

TV show · as Robert Badinter

Summer Hours
Summer Hours (2008)
GoodWatch score 79

as Frédéric

The Man of My Life
The Man of My Life (2006)
GoodWatch score 50

as Hugo

March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins (2005)
GoodWatch score 80

as Father Penguin (voice)

Father and Sons
Father and Sons (2003)
GoodWatch score 65

as David

L'Odyssée de l'espèce
L'Odyssée de l'espèce (2003)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Narrator - French Version (voice)

Demonlover
Demonlover (2002)
GoodWatch score 57

as Hervé Le Millinec

Cravate Club
Cravate Club (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as Bernard

Jean Moulin
Jean Moulin (2002)

TV show · as Jean Moulin

August 15th
August 15th (2001)
GoodWatch score 52

as Vincent

Stardom
Stardom (2000)
GoodWatch score 41

as Philippe Gascon

Crime Scenes
Crime Scenes (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

as Georges Fabian

1990s

18 titles · average score 63
The Bridge
The Bridge (1999)
GoodWatch score 58

as Matthias

Fait d'hiver
Fait d'hiver (1999)

as Louis Riquier

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jean-Marie

L'ennui
L'ennui (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Martin

The Stranger From Strasbourg
The Stranger From Strasbourg (1998)

as Jean-Paul

Dry Cleaning
Dry Cleaning (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jean-Marie Kunstler

Pierre and Marie
Pierre and Marie (1997)
GoodWatch score 68

as Pierre Curie

Ridicule
Ridicule (1996)
GoodWatch score 68

as Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Love, etc.
Love, etc. (1996)
GoodWatch score 44

as Pierre

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
GoodWatch score 85

as Jérôme

Pullman paradis
Pullman paradis (1995)

as Lucien Génin

Coming to Terms with the Dead
Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994)
GoodWatch score 65

as François

1980s

1 title
The Apartment Murders
The Apartment Murders (1982)

as Inspector Focard