François Morel (born 10 June 1959) is a French actor, comedian, voice actor, rapper and director. He is best known for appearing in sketch television series Les Deschiens (1993–2002) and in the series Les Daltons as the dog Rantanplan.[1]
François Morel | |
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 François Morel in 2017 | |
| Born | 10 June 1959 Flers, Orne, France |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter, comedian, rapper, director |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Career
editHe obtained a master's degree in modern literature at the University of Caen Normandy and then, in 1981, he went to Paris, where he joined the school of the théâtre de la rue Blanche, where he met his partner and future wife, Christine Patry.[2]
During the 90's, he often work with the duo Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff.
In 2019, he received the Molière Award for Best Actor for J'ai des doutes, written by Raymond Devos.
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
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| 1984 | The Death of Pompey | Pierre Corneille | Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman | |
| 1986 | Les Dégourdis de la 11e | André Mouëzy-Éon & Georges Daveillans |
Jacques Rosny | |
| 1987 | Kleist ou la Mort d'un poète | Heinrich von Kleist & Henriette Vogel |
Michel Cerda | |
| 1989–91 | Lapin chasseur | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
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| 1990–91 | Les Frères Zénith | Jérôme Deschamps | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
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| 1991 | La Maison d'os | Roland Dubillard | Éric Vigner | |
| 1992–94 | Les brigands | Jacques Offenbach | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
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| 1992–93 | Les pieds dans l'eau | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
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| 1994–96 | C'est magnifique | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
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| 1997 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
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| 2000–02 | Les Habits du dimanche | François Morel | Michel Cerda | |
| 2003–04 | Feydeau c'est fou ! | Georges Feydeau | Tilly | |
| 2004 | Le Jardin aux betteraves | Roland Dubillard | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2006–11 | Bien des choses | François Morel | François Morel | |
| 2007–09 | Les Diablogues | Roland Dubillard | Anne Bourgeois | |
| 2011–13 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Molière | Catherine Hiegel | |
| 2013–14 | Bien des choses | François Morel | François Morel | |
| 2013–16 | La fin du monde est pour dimanche | François Morel | Benjamin Guillard | |
| 2013–17 | Hyacinthe et Rose | François Morel | François Morel | |
| 2017 | Pouët poète | François Morel | François Morel | |
| 2017–19 | 1988, le débat Mitterrand Chirac | Jacques Weber | ||
| 2018–24 | J'ai des doutes | Raymond Devos | François Morel | Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2021–24 | Tous les marins sont des chanteurs | Gérard Mordillat & François Morel |
François Morel | Nominated – Molière Award for Best Musical |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Marc et Sophie | Monsieur Duroc | Georges Bensoussan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Matin de mariage | Gérard Jumel | Short | |
| 1988–89 | Palace | Alfred | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 1989 | Cycle Simenon | Caroline Huppert | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1993 | Une journée chez ma mère | The paramedic | Dominique Cheminal | |
| Une femme pour moi | Barman | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie | |
| 1993–2002 | Les Deschiens | M. Morel | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeïeff |
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| 1994 | Dead Tired | Inspector's assistant | Michel Blanc | |
| Lost in Transit | First C.R.S. | Philippe Lioret | ||
| L'homme empaillé | Philippe Venault | TV movie | ||
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | The workshop man | Alain Wermus | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1995 | Les Anges gardiens | The steward | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| Happiness Is in the Field | Pouillaud | Étienne Chatiliez | ||
| Plaisir d'offrir | Marc-Henri Dufresne & François Morel |
Short | ||
| Le libraire de l'ambigu | Joachim Lombard | Short | ||
| Lulu roi de France | Jambu | Bernard Uzan | TV movie | |
| Les années lycée | Alice's father | Manuel Poirier | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1996 | Fallait pas !... | Sébastien | Gérard Jugnot | |
| Beaumarchais | Peasant in Court | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| Le rêve d'Esther | The monk | Jacques Otmezguine | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Black Dju | Gérard de Foyer | Pol Cruchten | |
| Alliance cherche doigt | Jean Morlaud | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
| Messieurs les enfants | Igor Laforgue | Pierre Boutron | ||
| Violetta la reine de la moto | Fred | Guy Jacques | ||
| 1998 | Let There Be Light | Gravedigger God | Arthur Joffé | |
| La mort du chinois | Thierry Berges | Jean-Louis Benoît | ||
| Le gone du Chaâba | Monsieur Grand | Christophe Ruggia | ||
| Ça reste entre nous | Maurice | Martin Lamotte | ||
| 1999 | Tout baigne! | Jacques | Eric Civanyan | |
| Le voyage à Paris | Jacques Dubosc | Marc-Henri Dufresne | ||
| War in the Highlands | Devenoge | Francis Reusser | ||
| Les migrations de Vladimir | Victor Lalumière | Milka Assaf | ||
| Un Noël de chien | Nadine Monfils | Short | ||
| 2000 | Actors | The autograph man | Bertrand Blier | |
| Julien l'apprenti | Doinot | Jacques Otmezguine | TV movie | |
| 2001 | Le coeur sur la main | The owner | Marie-Anne Chazel | Short |
| Le divin enfant | Father Lafleur | Stéphane Clavier | TV movie | |
| Les p'tits gars Ladouceur | The director | Luc Béraud | TV movie | |
| 2002 | If I Were a Rich Man | Jean-Phil | Gérard Bitton & Michel Munz | |
| À l'abri des regards indiscrets | Unlucky | Ruben Alves & Hugo Gélin | Short | |
| Chut! | The psychiatrist | Philippe Setbon | TV movie | |
| Tous les chagrins se ressemblent | Alain | Luc Béraud | TV movie | |
| 2003 | After the Life | Alain Costes | Lucas Belvaux | |
| An Amazing Couple | Alain Costes | Lucas Belvaux | ||
| Une employée modèle | Inspector Bovary | Jacques Otmezguine | ||
| Kelif et Deutsch à la recherche d'un emploi |
Frédéric Berthe | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2004 | When the Sea Rises | TV Host | Yolande Moreau & Gilles Porte | |
| Au secours, j'ai 30 ans! | Thomas | Marie-Anne Chazel | ||
| Nos vies rêvées | Gilbert Tassin | Fabrice Cazeneuve | TV movie | |
| Nature contre nature | Bertrand Crémieux | Lucas Belvaux | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Ze film | Legros | Guy Jacques | |
| L'antidote | Monsieur Lebrochet | Vincent De Brus | ||
| Au sud des nuages | Roger | Jean-François Amiguet | ||
| Cyrano de Ménilmontant | Pierre-Jean | Marc Angelo | TV movie | |
| Kaamelott | Belt | Alexandre Astier | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Vénus & Apollon | Jacques | Pascal Lahmani & Tonie Marshall | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2006 | L'entente cordiale | Elliot de Saint-Hilaire | Vincent De Brus | |
| The Year of the Hare | The pastor | Marc Rivière | ||
| Le grand appartement | The driver | Pascal Thomas | ||
| Mon père... | The father | David Léotard | Short | |
| Le Cri | Ferrari | Hervé Baslé | TV mini-series | |
| 2006–07 | Rantanplan | Rantanplan | Hugo Gittard | TV series (76 episodes) |
| 2007 | Towards Zero | Inspector Martin Bataille | Pascal Thomas | |
| Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure | Rantanplan | Olivier Jean-Marie | ||
| La Saint-festin | The voice | Léo Marchand & Anne-Laure Daffis | Short | |
| Chez Maupassant | Morandu | Marc Rivière | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2008 | Paris 36 | Célestin | Christophe Barratier | |
| Fool Moon | Yannick | Jérôme L'hotsky | ||
| A Day at the Museum | Hervé Parking | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 2009 | Looking for Steven Spielberg | Valentin | Benjamin Guillard | Short |
| L'affaire Salengro | Henri | Yves Boisset | TV movie | |
| Kaamelott | Belt | Alexandre Astier | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2010 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | The boarding director | Joann Sfar | |
| Le pigeon | Jean-Claude Jourdain | Lorenzo Gabriele | TV movie | |
| À 10 minutes de la plage | Monsieur Dubois | Stéphane Kappes | TV movie | |
| Les vivants et les morts | Lamy | Gérard Mordillat | TV series (8 episodes) | |
| 2010–11 | La plus pire semaine de ma vie | Tournier | Frédéric Auburtin | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2010–15 | Les Dalton | Rantanplan | Jim Gomez, Olivier Jean-Marie, ... | TV series (192 episodes) |
| 2011 | The Rabbi's Cat | The cat | Antoine Delesvaux & Joann Sfar | |
| Hitler à Hollywood | Himself | Frédéric Sojcher | ||
| War of the Buttons | Father Bacaillé | Christophe Barratier | ||
| Holidays by the Sea | Camping Man | Pascal Rabaté | ||
| Gérald K Gérald | Gérald K Gérald | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie | |
| Le grand restaurant II | Absurd Cloakroom | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie | |
| 2012 | F.B.I. Frog Butthead Investigators | The tunnel man | Kad Merad & Olivier Baroux | |
| Scènes de ménages | The mayor | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Monsieur Ballud | Laurent Dussaux | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2013 | Serial Teachers | The deputy inspector | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| Le grand retournement | The first counselor | Gérard Mordillat | ||
| La vie sans truc | The voice | Léo Marchand & Anne-Laure Daffis | Short | |
| 2014 | Aunt Hilda! | Ike | Benoît Chieux & Jacques-Rémy Girerd | |
| À coup sûr | Doctor Gipch | Delphine de Vigan | ||
| The Missionaries | Alain | Tonie Marshall | ||
| Brèves de comptoir | Pivert | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| Asterix: The Land of the Gods | Unhygienix | Louis Clichy & Alexandre Astier | ||
| Mortal Breakup Inferno | The voice | Batiste Perron, Paula Assadourian, ... | Short | |
| L'homme qui avait perdu la tête | Alain | Fred Joyeux | Short | |
| À livre ouvert | Edouard Balser | Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2015 | Valentin Valentin | Roger | Pascal Thomas | |
| Une famille à louer | Léon | Jean-Pierre Améris | ||
| Peplum | Father Jonathan | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (8 episodes) | |
| 2015–20 | Tu mourras moins bête... | Professor Moustache | Amandine Fredon, Hélène Friren, ... | TV series (70 episodes) |
| 2016 | L'élan | The mechanic | Étienne Labroue | |
| Sur quel pied danser | Félicien Couture | Paul Calori & Kostia Testut | ||
| Après Suzanne | Joseph | Félix Moati | Short | |
| Monsieur Paul | Paul Touvier | Olivier Schatzky | TV movie | |
| 2017 | Loulou | The father | Émilie Noblet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2018 | La monnaie de leur pièce | The narrator | Anne Le Ny | |
| Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion | Unhygienix | Louis Clichy & Alexandre Astier | ||
| Mélancolie ouvrière | Émile Morel | Gérard Mordillat | TV movie | |
| Les impatientes | Judge Villedieu | Jean-Marc Brondolo | TV mini-series | |
| Qu'est ce qu'on attend pour être heureux? | Michel | Marie-Hélène Copti | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2018–20 | Baron Noir | Michel Vidal | Ziad Doueiri, Antoine Chevrollier, ... | TV series (10 episodes) |
| 2019 | À cause des filles..? | Jules | Pascal Thomas | |
| C'est quoi ton nome | Himself | Emilie & Sarah Barbault | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2020 | Josep | Robert | Aurel | |
| 2021 | The Speech | Adrien's father | Laurent Tirard | |
| Pourris gâtés | Ferrucio | Nicolas Cuche | ||
| Le trésor du petit Nicolas | Monsieur Blédurt | Julien Rappeneau | ||
| Kaamelott: The First Chapter | Belt | Alexandre Astier | ||
| Thief of Fire | Jean-Christophe Meunier | Short | ||
| Les bois maudits | Father Mollaret | Jean-Marc Rudnicki | TV movie | |
| 2022 | Les sans-dents | The inspector | Pascal Rabaté | |
| Les goûts et les couleurs | Jean-Pierre Michel | Michel Leclerc | ||
| Les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins | The ogre | Léo Marchand & Anne-Laure Daffis | ||
| Loulou | The father | Émilie Noblet | TV movie | |
| 2023 | Juste ciel! | Monsieur Pierre | Laurent Tirard | |
| La grande magie | Gabriel | Noémie Lvovsky | ||
| Comme une louve | The judge | Caroline Glorion | ||
| La fiancée du poète | Pierre | Yolande Moreau | ||
| 2024 | Première affaire | Edouard Saint-Brieuc | Victoria Musiedlak | Post-Production |
| Finalement | Claude Lelouch | Post-Production |
References
edit- ^ "François Morel". Canal+.
- ^ "François Morel, l'anti-vedette". 23 January 2015.
External links
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