Guillaume de Tonquédec
Guillaume Emmanuel Marie de Quengo de Tonquédec (born 18 October 1966) is a French stage, television and film actor. He first earned fame in his homeland for his role as Renaud Lepic in the TV series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007–2017) on France 2, before winning the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in What's in a Name? in 2013. De Tonquédec was made a Knight in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015 by Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin. A native of Paris, Guillaume de Tonquédec grew up in Louveciennes. He studied economics and English at Paris Nanterre University until he joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris in 1986 for a three-year programme. In 1989, he began his stage career with a national tour in John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. He gained recognition in film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Double Life of Veronique (1991), followed by his role as Claude Jade's son Jules Martin in List of Merite (1992). In 1996, he starred in Raúl Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death. In 2007, De Tonquédec started starring in the successful TV series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, which propelled him to stardom in France alongside fellow actors Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Gélinas and Bruno Salomone. In 2013, he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Claude Gatignol in What's in a Name?. Co-star Valérie Benguigui won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Élisabeth Garraud-Larchet. De Tonquédec had been nominated two years prior for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role he held in the eponymous play in Paris's Théâtre Édouard VII, upon which the film was based. He was subsequently nominated twice for the Molière Award for Best Actor, in 2017 and 2020. Guillaume de Tonquédec, whose ancestors owned the Château de Tonquédec in Brittany from 1626 to 1801 and again from 1828 until 1878, is married to interior designer Christèle Marchal. They reside in L'Étang-la-Ville, Yvelines. They have three children: Amaury, Timothé and Victoire. Source: Article "Guillaume de Tonquédec" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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ActingBirthday
October 18, 1966Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
48Place of birth
Paris, FranceAlso known as
Guillaume de TonquedecCast credits
The Double Life of Véronique
SergeTableau d'honneur
Jules MartinLove Me No More
SébastienLet It Rain
StéphaneLes Meilleurs Amis du monde
Édouard TestonQui a envie d'être aimé ?
SylvainWhat's in a Name
ClaudeThe Scapegoat
SainclairBarbecue
YvesSMS
LaurentDivin enfant
EricSummer Nights
Michel Aubertin/MylèneLe Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
ClaudeThe Student and Mister Henri
Paul VoizotThree Lives and Only One Death
PiotrLa vie à l'envers
StéphaneCamus
Michel GallimardNobody's Perfect!
Monsieur le Maire LevergeonCoexister
BenoîtLes diamants de la victoire
Comte de JobourgFamilies
Jean-Michel Varenne