Guillaume Canet Filmography

Born:: April 10, 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A rising star and bonafide heartthrob in his native France, Guillaume Canet became known to international audiences as one of the stars of Danny Boyle's The Beach. As the affable, levelheaded Etienne, Canet held his own against co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Virginie Ledoyen, and in the process he...Read More

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Tell No One

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: François Cluzet, André Dussollier, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nathalie Baye

Synopsis: An innocent man is on the run after he's accused of murder and his spouse seemingly returns from the grave in this thriller from France. Alex Beck (François Cluzet) is a doctor who has slowly been putting his life back together after his wife Margot was murdered by a serial killer. Eight years on Read More

6/27/08
Les Liens du sang

Actors: Guillaume Canet, François Cluzet, Clotilde Hesme, Marie Denarnaud, Helene Foubert

Synopsis: Jacques Maillot's psychological drama Les Liens du sang observes the tense and fragile days following a difficult reunion between two very different siblings. François (Guillaume Canet) is a police inspector who spent years forcibly estranged from his issue-laden brother Gabriel (François Cluzet) Read More

2008
Hunting and Gathering

Actors: Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin, Firmine Richard

Synopsis: Acclaimed director Claude Berri (Jean de Florette) helms the whimsical romantic comedy Ensemble, c'est tout (Hunting and Gathering, 2007). A box office blockbuster in France, the picture follows the romantic couplings that form in the lives of several lonely Parisian singles. The lead characters Read More

2007
La Clef

Actors: Guillaume Canet

Synopsis: Guillaume Canet stars in Guillaume Nicloux's suspenseful post-noir thriller La Clef (The Key) as Eric Vincent, a thirtysomething whose wife, Audrey (Marie Gillain) longs for a baby. A troubled situation involving Eric's own dad, however (including years of estrangement) makes him extremely Read More

2007
Merry Christmas

Actors: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Daniel Brühl

Synopsis: The year is 1914, and as World War I continues to rage across the European countryside, four individuals stuck on the front lines find themselves faced with the unthinkable in director Christian Carion's Academy Award-nominated account of the true-life wartime event that would offer hope for peace Read More

3/3/06
Ticket to Outer Space

Actors: Kad Merad, Olivier Barroux, Marina Fois, Guillaume Canet, André Dussollier

Synopsis: The story of how an ordinary guy became the greatest hero of the French space program comes to the screen in this satiric sci-fi comedy. While some folks train all their lives to become astronauts, Stephane (Kad) becomes one the easy way -- along with Yanis (Guillaume Canet), he's one of two Read More

2006
Hell

Actors: Emmanuelle Béart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain, Carole Bouquet, Guillaume Canet

Synopsis: Director Danis Tanovic picks up where the late-Krzysztof Kieslowski left off by taking on the second installment of Kieslowski's "Heaven," "Hell," and "Purgatory" trilogy (the first was adapted by Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer) with this tale of a family whose dark past returns with a Read More

2005
Love Me If You Dare

Actors: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Josephine Lebas Joly, Emmanuelle Gronvold

Synopsis: Part romantic comedy and part black comedy, director Yann Samuell's 2003 feature film debut Jeux d'Enfants (Love Me if You Dare) follows the exploits of two young would-be lovers as they go from childhood to adulthood with themselves as the greatest hurdle to their own happiness. Julien and Sophie Read More

5/14/04
Narco

Actors: Guillaume Canet, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gallienne, François Berléand, Jean-Pierre Cassel

2004
Le Clefs de Bagnole

Actors: Laurent Baffie, Daniel Russo, Claude Berri, Charles Gassot, Alain Terzian

2003
Mon Idole

Crew: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: François Berléand, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Philippe Lefebvre, Clotilde Courau

Synopsis: Actor Guillaume Canet, best known to American audiences for his work in The Beach, makes his directorial debut with the dark comedy, Mon idole. Canet also stars in the film as Bastien, an ambitious young man working as an assistant to Philippe Letzger (Philippe Lefebvre, who co-wrote the script Read More

12/17/02
Le Frere du Guerrier

Actors: Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Doutey, François Berléand, Thierry-Perkins Lyautey

Synopsis: As one brother (Vincent London) is proving himself as a soldier, the other (Guillaume Canet) is noting the last requests of his dying mother, a respected herbalist within the community. Though Arnaud (Canet) promises to carry on the family tradition, his plans are thwarted by a vicious band of Read More

2002
Mille Millièmes

Actors: Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Albert Delpy, Grégori Derangère, Suzanne Flon

Synopsis: Directed by Rémi Waterhouse, Mille Millièmes is centered around an eccentric ensemble of apartment residents. Kindness is noticeably absent among their quarters, as demonstrated by a dating pair of neighbors (Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Valérie Stroh) whose request to have their apartments Read More

2002
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Ines Sastre, André Dussollier, Edith Scob

Synopsis: Vidocq (1775-1857) was a noted French detective who was one of the great trailblazers of modern criminal investigation; he's been credited with establishing the first private investigation firm, and pioneered a number of scientific techniques that are still being used today. Vidocq was also a Read More

2001
Love Bites

Actors: Guillaume Canet, Gérard Lanvin, Asia Argento, Gilbert Melki, Jean-Marie Winling

Synopsis: Former French television star Antoine de Caunes turns his sights on the horror genre in his first feature in this goth comedy about trendy nightlife and new-millennium vogue. Antoine (Guillaume Canet is a layabout slacker who lives in a lounge at a health club where a friend lets him stay. After Read More

2001
La Fidélité

Actors: Sophie Marceau, Pascal Greggory, Guillaume Canet, Magali Noël, Michel Subor

Synopsis: Maverick auteur Andrzej Zulawski directs this flamboyant adaptation of classic French novel La Princesse de Cleves, complete with dirt bike races, hot sex, and naked hockey players. Talented Canadian photographer Clelia (Sophie Marceau) lands a financially lucrative job in Paris at a Read More

4/5/00
The Beach

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Paterson Joseph

Synopsis: For his first major project after the overwhelming success of Titanic, Leonardo Di Caprio took a risky path in this adaptation of Alex Garland's acclaimed novel, directed by Danny Boyle. Richard (Di Caprio) is an American backpacking through Asia with a handful of friends from Europe. While in Read More

2/11/00
The Day The Ponies Come Back

Actors: Guillaume Canet, Burt Young, Monica Trombetta, Nick Sandow

Synopsis: A young Frenchman's search for his American father provides the thematic center of this drama by septuagenarian director Jerry Schatzberg. Daniel (Guillaume Canet) repairs brass instruments for a living, and when he journeys to New York to work on some French horns for Paul (Tony Lo Bianco), a Read More

2000
Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père

Actors: Jean Yanne, Guillaume Canet, Laurence Côte, Yves Renier

Synopsis: The first film directed by the screenwriter who won a César for Ridicule, this film with a strange title carries the same humor as that earlier hit. Sauveur (Savior) needs someone to save him, and so he begins to look for his father, a fast- talking ladies' man. The son becomes attached to his Read More

1999
En Plein Coeur

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Virginie Ledoyen, Carole Bouquet, Guillaume Canet, Aurelie Verillon

11/25/98
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train

Actors: Pascal Greggory, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Bruno Todeschini

Synopsis: Patrice Chereau (Queen Margot) directed this French drama about a train trip to an artist's funeral. Friends of painter Jean-Baptiste Emmerich (Jean-Louis Trintignant, seen in flashbacks) gather at a Paris railroad station for a four-hour journey to Limoges, where Emmerich wanted to be buried. The Read More

5/15/98
Barracuda

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Keim, Michel Scourneau

Synopsis: This French-German-Belgian thriller, reminiscent of Misery (1990) and The Collector (1965), begins after Fred Astaire-fan Clement (Jean Rochefort) invites comic-book artist Luc (Guillaume Canet) to Sunday dinner with Clement and his wife Violette. Luc's girlfriend Margot announces her pregnancy Read More

10/29/97