Romain Duris
Romain Duris is a French actor, best known for his role in Cédric Klapisch's Spanish Apartment trilogy, which consists of L'Auberge Espagnole, Russian Dolls and Chinese Puzzle. He also appeared in the 2017 film All the Money in the World.
Career
Duris is best known for his role as the French exchange student Xavier Rousseau in L'Auberge Espagnole and The Russian Dolls. He has a reputation for versatility, having played a thug in The Beat That My Heart Skipped. He has played a variety of roles ranging from gangsters as in Dobermann through romantic leads, Heartbreaker to action heroes in Arsène Lupin.Personal life
Born in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father related to Armand-Gaston Camus, the French revolutionist and precursor of the Archives nationales, and a dancer mother, who herself descends from the Swedish painter Alexander Roslin, Duris studied arts at university but decided to follow a career in music forming a jazz-funk band. Music remains a major interest. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and was offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune. He has since worked with Klapisch regularly. His first role however was in a pop video for Princess Erika, Faut qu'j'travaille, in which he plays the role of a small-time gangster. His sister is pianist Caroline Duris, who performs on the soundtrack of the 2005 film The Beat That My Heart Skipped. Before going into acting, he started an acid-jazz band where he was a drummer. Duris lives in Paris near La Bastille with his actress girlfriend Olivia Bonamy with whom he has a son, Luigi, born 10 February 2009.Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 1994 | Le péril jeune | Tomasi | ||
| 1994 | Frères: La roulette rouge | Marco | ||
| 1996 | 56 fois par semaine | Short film | ||
| 1996 | Mémoires d'un jeune con | Luc | ||
| 1996 | When the Cat's Away | Le joueur de batterie | ||
| 1997 | Dobermann | Manu | ||
| 1997 | Gadjo dilo | Stéphane | Nominated – Acteurs à l'Écran for Best Actor Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor | |
| 1998 | Déjà mort | Romain | ||
| 1998 | Les Kidnappeurs | Zero | ||
| 1999 | Peut-être | Arthur | Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor | |
| 1999 | Je suis né d'une cigogne | Otto | ||
| 2001 | CQ | Hippie Filmmaker | ||
| 2001 | Le Petit poucet | Un garde de la reine | ||
| 2001 | Being Light | Maxime Lecocq | ||
| 2002 | Filles perdues, cheveux gras | Mathieu | ||
| 2002 | The Spanish Apartment | Xavier Rousseau | ||
| 2002 | 17 fois Cécile Cassard | Matthieu | ||
| 2002 | Adolphe | D'Erfeuil | ||
| 2003 | Pas si grâve | Léo | ||
| 2003 | Osmose | Rémi | ||
| 2003 | Schimkent Hotel | Romain | ||
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Yves | ||
| 2003 | Les Clefs de bagnole | |||
| 2004 | Exils | Zano | ||
| 2004 | Arsène Lupin | Arsène Lupin | ||
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Thomas Seyr | Lumières Award for Best Actor Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – NRJ Ciné Award for Actor of the Year | |
| 2005 | The Russian Dolls | Xavier Rousseau | ||
| 2006 | Dans Paris | Paul | ||
| 2007 | Molière | Molière | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor | |
| 2007 | L'âge d'homme... maintenant ou jamais! | Samuel / Leonardo da Vinci | ||
| 2008 | Paris | Pierre | ||
| 2008 | Afterwards | Nathan Del Amico | ||
| 2009 | Persécution | Daniel | ||
| 2010 | Heartbreaker | Alex Lippi | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated –Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor | |
| 2010 | The Big Picture | Paul Exben | ||
| 2012 | Populaire | Louis Echard | ||
| 2013 | Mood Indigo | Colin | ||
| 2013 | Casse-tête chinois | Xavier Rousseau | ||
| 2014 | Démons | Franck | TV movie | |
| 2014 | The New Girlfriend | David / Virginia | Nominated—César Award for Best Actor Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor | |
| 2016 | Odd Job | Jacques | ||
| 2016 | Ceasefire | Georges Laffont | ||
| 2017 | The Confession | Father Léon Morin | ||
| 2016 | Iris | Max Lopez | ||
| 2017 | Madame Hyde | Le proviseur | ||
| 2017 | All the Money in the World | Cinquanta | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Rex | French voice | |
| 2018 | Just a Breath Away | Mathieu | ||
| 2018 | Black Tide | Yann Bellaile | ||
| 2018 | Our Struggles | Olivier | Nominated - César Award for Best Actor Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor |