Francis Leplay

Biography

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. Source: Article "…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Marie Antoinette (2006) — Doctor Delivery Provence
2. Who You Think I Am (2019) — Serge
3. Farewell, My Queen (2012) — Le comte d'Artois
4. The Good Teacher (2024) — Mr. Musil
5. Jealous (2017) — Nathalie's doctor
6. The Price to Pay (2007) — Agent immobilier
7. Les Cowboys (2015) — Train man
8. The Money Maker (2026) — Victor
9. 3 Hearts (2014) — Le médecin
10. Brother and Sister (2022) — André Borkman
11. The Clearstream Affair (2015) — Lawyer Denis Robert & Les Arènes
12. Kings & Queen (2004) — Christian, le félon
13. Voltaire High (2021) — Rene Hermen
14. Bright Days Ahead (2013) — Le prof d'oenologie
15. My Best Part (2020)
16. Looking for Hortense (2012) — Marco
17. Time Regained (1999) — Employee Jupien
18. Love Bites (2001) — Photographer
19. Not My Type (2022) — Le cadre Sacem
20. Imogène McCarthery (2010) — Gowen Ross
21. Tomorrow and Thereafter (2017) — Monsieur Lesieur
22. Nelly (2017) — Mathieu
23. Cristóbal Balenciaga (2024) — Lucien LeLong
24. The Sentinels (2025) — Le Ministre de la Guerre, Millerand
25. Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007) — plaignant
26. Rai (1995)
27. Prime Rush (2025) — Guy
28. Only Girls (2003) — Philippe Jean
29. Modern Love (2008) — Hervé
30. I Hate Love (1997) — Association Member
31. Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen (2018) — Fouqier
32. The Cosmopolitans (2014) — Philippe
33. A Violent Desire for Joy (2018) — The Abbot
34. Zim and Co (2005) — Inspecteur commissariat
35. Ce que vivent les roses (2018) — Yahn Quemener
36. Cerfa (2025)
37. Kill Skills (2016) — Our Friend
38. Ma caméra et moi (2002) — Le jeune homme
39. Frotter, frotter (2025) — Lazare Masurel
40. Rien dans les poches (2008) — 'Le lézard' #1

Directed

1. Acts of Love (2021) — Director