Romain Duris
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Romain Duris, born 1974 in Paris, is a French actor.
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[edit] Life
Born on May 28, 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer, architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le Péril Jeune. His sister is pianist Caroline Duris, who performs on the soundtrack of the 2005 film The Beat That My Heart Skipped (French: De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté). Before going into acting, he started an acid-jazz band where he was a drummer.
[edit] Work
Romain Duris is most famous for his roles in The Spanish Apartment and Les Poupées Russes and has a reputation for versatility, playing a French student in Spain, a thug, a bandit and a homosexual.
[edit] Filmography
- Afterwards (2008, by Gilles Bourdos)
- Paris (2008, by Cédric Klapisch)
- Molière (2007), by Laurent Tirard
- Dans Paris (2006)
- Les Poupées russes (2005, by Cédric Klapisch)
- De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005, by Jacques Audiard)
- Arsène Lupin (2004)
- Exils (2004, by Tony Gatlif)
- Les Clefs de bagnole (2003) (cameo)
- Le Divorce (2003, by James Ivory)
- Schimkent Hotel (2003)
- Osmose (2003)
- Pas si grâve (2003)
- Adolphe (2002, by Benoît Jacquot)
- 17 fois Cécile Cassard (2002)
- L'Auberge espagnole (2002)
- Filles perdues, cheveux gras (2002)
- Being Light (2001)
- Le Petit poucet (2001)
- CQ (2001)
- Je suis né d'une cigogne (1999)
- Peut-être (1999, by Cédric Klapisch)
- Les Kidnappeurs (1998)
- Déjà mort (1998)
- Gadjo dilo (1997, by Tony Gatlif)
- Dobermann (1997)
- Chacun cherche son chat (1996, by Cédric Klapisch)
- Mémoires d'un jeune con (1996)
- 56 fois par semaine (1996)
- Facteur VIII (1995) (TV)
- Frères: La roulette rouge (1994)
- Le Péril jeune (1994, by Cédric Klapisch)
