Louis Garrel (born June 14, 1983 in Paris) is a French actor, screenwriter and director.
He is the son of French director Phillippe Garrel, the brother of actress Esther Garrel and the grandson of actor Maurice Garrel. His did his acting debut at the age of six in one of his father's films before starting a professional career in The 2000s. Known for playing in intimate arthouse films, he also played in various international productions.
He married model and actress Laetitia Casta in 2017, who's appeared in several of his directing projects. They have a child together, born in 2021.
Selected Filmography
- 1989 - Les Baisers de Secours
- 2003 - The Dreamers
- 2007 - Love Songs
- 2007 - Actrices
- 2010 - Heartbeats as the new love interest of Marie and Francis
- 2015 - Two Friends note
- 2017 - Redoutable
- 2018 - At Eternity's Gate
- 2018 - A Faithful Man note
- 2019 - Funan
- 2019 - An Officer and a Spy as Alfred Dreyfus
- 2019 - Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer
- 2020 - DNA
- 2020 - Rifkin's Festival
- 2021 - The Crusade note
- 2022 - The Innocent note
- 2023 - The Three Musketeers as King Louis XIII
Tropes and trivia in his work:
- Celebrity Voice Actor: On the animated film Funan.
- The Danza: In the 2023 film version of The Three Musketeers, he played King Louis XIII.
- Directed by Cast Member: He has starred in all the movies he has directed to this day.
- Production Posse: He frequently works with directors Christophe Honoré and Arnaud Desplechin, either as an actor or a co-screenwriter.
- Real-Life Relative:
- He has played in movies directed by his father Philippe.
- His directing debut Two Friends was made while he was in a short relationship with actress Golshifteh Farahani who stars alongside him.
- In The Crusade, he plays as the husband of a character played by his partner Laetitia Casta.
