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Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. A loner, Hippolyte Girardot set out to be an illustrator. He dreamt of working as production designer on the film set and tempted his chance at the entrance exam to the Arts Déco. While there, he was offered the project of a series of shorts working with a group of adolescents from the suburbs in a workshop setting. Even if he made his first appearance on the silver screen as the son of actor Claude Rich in "John's Wife" by Yannick Bellon, who was a friend of his mother's, he still had no intention of becoming an actor and continued to take on the various jobs proposed. Hippolyte Girardot developed a taste for acting while filming "The Destiny of Juliette" (1983) by Aline Issermann, and again with the same director for "L'Amant magnifique". He got his first nods from the profession when he was nominated for Most Promising Young Actor in 1985 for "Le Bon Plaisir", continuing his career with Godard ("First Name: Carmen") and other A film projects, notably in "Fort Saganne" and "Jean de Florette II" in which he plays a school teacher in love with Emmanuelle Beart. His film acclaim arrived in 1990 with "A World Without Pity", a disenchanted observation of society by Eric Rochant; his character Hippo resonated with an entire generation: ironically aimless yet charming. The following year, Girardot landed the lead role playing a photographer taken hostage in Lebanon in "Out of Life" by Maroun Bagdadi. He incarnated the mysterious seducer ("After Love", "The Scent of Yvonne"), but more often found himself performing in comedies: completely crazy in "Barjo" and unemployed in "Long Live the Republic" (1997) by close collaborator, Eric Rochant. After working for the television for a few years, his return to film was acclaimed in "Rashevski's Tango" in 2003. Joining the Desplechin film universe, Hippolyte Girardot gave notable performances as a business man in "Playing 'In the Company of Men'", a crooked lawyer involved in drugs in "Kings and Queen" (2004) and Anne Consigny's husband in "A Christmas Tale". Other renowned directors with whom he has collaborated include Pascal Bonitzer and Pascale Ferran ("Lady Chatterley"), and in 2006, he juggled a formidable acting career, appearing in no less than six films. After his role as a shaddy doctor in "Crime Is Our Business", his roles began to become more and more original: the alter ego of Jerome Clement in "Later" by Amos Gitai and Nanni Moretti's partner in "Quiet Chaos". He had a spell at co-directing with Nobuhiro Suwa for the film "Yuki & Nina", a touchy look at childhood that was presented at the Directors' Fortnight in 2009. Continuing to accept roles in films with a political message, he will appear in "Les Mains en l'air", which denounces Italian fascism in the year 2067, and take the lead in the dark comedy "Dernier étage gauche gauche" in which he plays a bailiff taken hostage in a housing projects building, both films to be released in 2010.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 10, 1955
Age
70 years old
Place of Birth
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Popularity Score
0.7
Filmography
It Will Happen Tonight
2026Movie
Badinter
François Mitterand
2026Movie
Two Pianos
Max
2025Movie
Elisa
Director
2025Movie
Laghat - Un sogno impossibile
2025Movie
Le Voyage en pyjama
Vladimir Desrosiers
2024Movie
Just a Couple of Days
Laurent
2024Movie
Babyphone
Le Maire
2023Movie
The Astronaut
Monsieur Dominique, Jim's superior at Arianespace
2023Movie
Bardot
Louis Bardot
2023TV
Irma Vep
Robert Danjou
2022TV
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Chou-fleur
2021Movie
That's Fine
Paul
2021Movie
Les Héritiers
Vaillant
2021Movie
Voltaire in Love
Duc de Sully
2021TV
Mama Weed
Philippe
2020Movie
An Irrepressible Woman
Léon Blum
2020Movie
The Black Book
(voice)
2020Movie
Grand Hôtel
Paul Andrieux
2020TV
Thanksgiving
L'homme de Mobun
2019TV
Inside
Raphaël Santi
2019TV
On the Sly
Yves, le patron du club
2018Movie
Patrick Melrose
Jacques D'Alantour
2018TV
Ismael's Ghosts
Zwy
2017Movie
Le Viol
Président cour d’assises
2017Movie
Where I've Never Lived
Benoît
2017Movie
Paris etc.
Bruno
2017TV
La face
Serge Vauban
2016Movie
Munch
Mathieu
2016TV
Marseille
Le docteur Osmond
2016TV
The Girl King
Ambassador Pierre Hector Chanut
2015Movie
No Second Chance
Tessier
2015TV
Occupied
French EU Commissioner
2015TV
Capitaine Marleau
Pierre Claudel
2015TV
Life of Riley
Colin
2014Movie
To Life
Henri
2014Movie
Bird People
Vengers
2014Movie
Benedict Ironbreaker: The Red Taxis
Le Commissaire
2014Movie
Lanester
Professeur Vincent Gerhardt
2014TV
Kidon
Monsieur Garnier
2013Movie
La rupture
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
2013Movie
Des gens qui passent
Grabely
2013Movie
L'Aurore boréale
Le père
2013Movie
Murders in...
Demeziere
2013TV
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Dulac
2012Movie
Capital
Raphaël Sieg
2012Movie
An Open Heart
Marc
2012Movie
Haute Cuisine
David Azoulay
2012Movie
La Chartreuse de Parme
Count Mosca
2012Movie
The Charterhouse of Parma
Conte Mosca
2012TV
The Conquest
Claude Guéant
2011Movie
Sleeping Sickness
Gaspard Signac
2011Movie
The Edge
Sam
2011Movie
The Robin Hoods of the Poor
le commandant Viennot
2011Movie
Hands in the Air
Rodolphe
2010Movie
Top Floor Left Wing
François Etcheveria
2010Movie
Lies
Jean-Louis Richepois
2010Movie
Spy(ies)
Simon
2009Movie
Park Benches
Executive # 1
2009Movie
Yuki & Nina
Frédéric
2009Movie
Yuki & Nina
Director
2009Movie
Yuki & Nina
Writer
2009Movie
Quiet Chaos
Jean Claude
2008Movie
One Day You'll Understand
Victor
2008Movie
A Christmas Tale
Claude Dédalus
2008Movie
Resolution 819
Lherbier
2008Movie
Où avais-je la tête ?
Paul-Vincent
2008Movie
Crime Is Our Business
le docteur François Lagarde
2008Movie
Off and Running
L'homme à la chemise blanche
2008Movie
L'Affaire Ben Barka
Georges Figon, voyou au cœur du complot, ami du réalisateur Georges Franju
2008Movie
Flight of the Red Balloon
Marc
2007Movie
The Dinner Guest
Pontignac
2007Movie
My Place in the Sun
François
2007Movie
Parallel Parking
Hervé
2007Movie
Gustave Courbet: The Origins of His World
(voice)
2007Movie
Off Prime
2007TV
Paris Je T'aime
Le père (Place des Victoires)
2006Movie
Lady Chatterley
Clifford
2006Movie
Premonition
Marc Bénesteau
2006Movie
Made in Paris
Antoine Carré
2006Movie
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
Callaghan
2006Movie
Incontrôlable
Roger
2006Movie
Un an
Félix
2006Movie
The Moustache
Bruno
2005Movie
House of 9
Francis
2005Movie
Trois Couples en quête d'orages
Jean-Xavier
2005Movie
Adèle et Kamel
Antoine
2005Movie
2018 Der Ölcrash
Paul
2005Movie
Dolmen
Pierre-Marie de Kersaint
2005TV
Modigliani
Maurice Utrillo
2004Movie
Kings & Queen
Maître Marc Mamanne
2004Movie
Si j'étais elle
Alex
2004Movie
Nos amis les flics
Fatouche
2004Movie
The Rashevski Tango
Antoine
2003Movie
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
Willian De Lille
2003Movie
Virus au paradis
Le ministre de la Santé
2003Movie
Drôle de genre
Camille Bazin
2003Movie
Jump Tomorrow
Gérard
2001Movie
L'Oiseau rare
Marc
2001Movie
Jésus
Judas
1999Movie
Chère Marianne
Legarrec
1999TV
The Target
Stan
1997Movie
Long Live the Republic
Henri
1997Movie
I Got a Woman
L'acteur
1997Movie
1914 the Glorious Summer
Pierre Mercadier
1996Movie
When I Was 5, I Killed Myself
Dr. Edouard Valmont
1994Movie
The Perfume of Yvonne
Victor Chmara
1994Movie
The Patriots
Daniel
1994Movie
Toxic Affair
Georges
1993Movie
Barjo
Barjo
1992Movie
The Girl in the Air
Philippe
1992Movie
Love After Love
Tom
1992Movie
Out of Life
Patrick Perrault
1991Movie
Love Without Pity
Hippo
1989Movie
Paradise Calling
Mark
1988Movie
Manon of the Spring
Bernard Olivier, teacher
1986Movie
L'amant magnifique
Vincent
1986Movie
Descent Into Hell
Philippe Devignat
1986Movie
Follow My Gaze
Le reporter en Afrique
1986Movie
Un moment d'inattention
Laurent
1986Movie
L'Amour ou presque
Luc
1985Movie
French Lovers
1985Movie
Comme les doigts de la main
The narrator
1985Movie
Fort Saganne
Courette
1984Movie
Le Bon Plaisir
Pierre
1984Movie
First Name: Carmen
Fred
1983Movie
Le Destin de Juliette
Pierre
1983Movie
The Hitchhiker
Paul
1983TV
Le Tigre du Jardin des plantes
Robinson
1982Movie
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982TV
L'Amour nu
Hervé
1981Movie
Inspector Blunder
Friend of Michel Clément (uncredited)
1980Movie
La femme de Jean
Rémi
1974Movie
The Prominents
Leon Blum
—Movie
Le Joueur
—Movie
Les voeux
—Movie
Sud-est
—TV
Rallye 82
—TV