Michel Fau

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. Source: Article "Michel Fau" from Wikipedia in English…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) — Ragueneau's 2nd Poet
2. Swimming Pool (2003) — First Man
3. 9 Month Stretch (2013) — Gynécologue
4. The Crime Is Mine (2023) — Attorney General
5. Marguerite (2015) — Atos Pezzini / Divo
6. With a Friend Like Harry... (2000) — Eric
7. Borgo (2024) — Le commissaire
8. The Great Arch (2025) — François Mitterrand
9. Paris Pigalle (2018) — Maurice Vogel
10. The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018) — André
11. Requiem for a Killer (2011) — Le Chef d'orchestre
12. Open at Night (2017) — Directeur bar branché
13. Le Créateur (1999) — Nicolas
14. Golden Years (2017) — Samuel
15. Capitaine Marleau (2015) — Marc Durieux
16. Arletty: A Guilty Passion (2015) — Sacha Guitry
17. I Love You Coiffure (2020) — Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")
18. Brèves de comptoir (2014) — L'écrivain
19. Alien Crystal Palace (2018) — Hambourg
20. Habib (2023) — Director
21. Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023) — Honoré de Balzac
22. Foon (2005) — Miss Petchers
23. À la recherche du temps perdu (2011) — Jupien
24. Salut les Terriens ! (2006) — Self - Guest
25. Not Now, Darling (2023) — Steve Bodley
26. Fleur de cactus (2017) — Julien Deforges
27. The King’s Favorite (2022) — Gabriel Antoine Le Camus
28. Gaspard le bandit (2006) — Riboux
29. Ordeal (2017) — Karl Kaplan
30. Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024) — Jean-Pierre Léaud
31. Le petit vélo dans la tête (2002) — (voice)
32. Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles (2023) — Self / Speakerine
33. L'échappée, à la poursuite d'Annie Le Brun (2015) — Self
34. Closed Eyes (2000) — Michel
35. La Belle Hélène (2019) — Ménélas
36. Lorsque l'enfant paraît (2025) — Charles Jacquet
37. La revue de presse (2007) — Self
38. Les Heureux (2021) — Victor Hugo
39. Michel Fau - Récital emphatique (2011) — Self
40. Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena (2019) — Menelaos

Directed

1. Fleur de cactus (2017) — Director
2. La Belle Hélène (2019) — Director
3. Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena (2019) — Director
4. Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (2020) — Director