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Acting

Denis Podalydès

Career: Active from 1989 to 2026, busiest in 2008 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 82
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Summer Things
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Denis Podalydès Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.1, average 4.8
Scare
1.1, average 2.6
Crime
2.6, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

French Cinema 17
Character-Driven 17
Character Study 9
Witty Dialogue 6
Social Commentary 6
Psychological Drama 5
Contemporary 4
Political Intrigue 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
French Comedy 4
Family Dynamics 4
Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

169

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

La Nuit des Rois ou Tout Ce Que Vous Voulez

as Orsino

La Clémence de Titus - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Director

2020s

43 titles · average score 60

Maigret and the Dead Lover

57

as Commissioner Jules Maigret

Guess Who's Calling!

64

as Pierre Chozène

Before What Comes After

63

as Fabrice Toussaint

The Most Precious of Cargoes

57

as Man with the Broken Face (voice)

Making Of

59

as Simon

The President's Wife

57

as Bernard Niquet

Rise

54

as Henri Gautier

The World of Yesterday

54

as Franck L’Herbier

Anaïs in Love

73

as Daniel

Deception

47

as Philip

French Tech

64

as Alexandre Duveteux

Delete History

68

as Bertrand

2010s

53 titles · average score 62

La Belle Époque

65

as François

Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !

51

as Stanislas de Chazelle

Sorry Angel

74

as Mathieu

Mr & Mme Adelman

78

as Le Psy

The Teacher

66

as François Foucault

Marie-Francine

52

as Emmanuel Doublet

Scribe

52

as Clément

Le passe-muraille

64

as Émile Dutilleul

The Conquerors

as Galaad

Granny's Funeral

50

as Armand

Omar Killed Me

64

as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard

The Conquest

51

as Nicolas Sarkozy

2000s

52 titles · average score 60

Park Benches

52

as Aimé Mermot

Eleanor's Secret

65

as Le Père - dad (voice)

Skirt Day

65

as Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator

Coupable

as Louis Berger

Le Grand Charles

TV show · as Claude Mauriac

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

60

as Joseph "Rouletabille" Joséphin

Grey Souls

52

as Le policier

Green Paradise

as Lucas

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

64

as Joseph Rouletabille

Safe Conduct

73

as Jean Aurenche

Freedom-Oleron

66

as Jacques Monot

The Officers' Ward

72

as Henri

1990s

18 titles · average score 63

Nothing About Robert

61

as Martin

The Children of the Century

50

as Sainte-Beuve

Only God Sees Me

72

as Albert

La Mort du Chinois

as Gérard

In All Innocence

56

as Martorel

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

65

as Julien

The Gods Must Be Daring

as Marc

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

64

as Jean-Jacques

I Am Your Punishment

as The Failed Killer

La Belle Verte

74

as Papapote

A Night in Versailles

68

as Arnaud

Mother

77

as Soghomon Tehlirian

1980s

1 title

Xenia

as Matthieu