François Berléand
Acting • Born 1952-04-22
Biography
François Berléand (born April 22, 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, the French version of The Office, produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 film The Transporter as the French commissaire named Tarconi, an active and honest police officer who is an acquaintance of Frank Martin (Jason Statham). He reprised the role in the sequels Transporter 2 and Transporter 3 and the TV series. Berléand was born in Paris, France. The son of a Russian-Armenian father and a French mother, until the age of eleven he found his childhood traumatic after being told by his father that Berléand was the son of the Invisible Man. While studying at business school, he trained as an actor, somewhat against his will; his first stage role was in a play called Sur une plage de l'Ouest (On a beach in the West). After graduation, he enrolled in drama classes with Tania Balachova and then met Daniel, a director under whose auspices he worked from 1974 to 1981, participating in a dozen productions, mainly of contemporary classics. Berléand began his film career in 1978 with supporting roles in successful comedies throughout the 1980s. After a series of highly acclaimed supporting roles, including My Small Business for which he won the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2000, he won his first major role in the film My Idol by Guillaume Canet which brought his name and face to the wider public. For this, Berléand thanks his former girlfriend, actress-director Nicole Garcia. In Martin et Léa, he plays a police inspector, a role he went on to perform many times on screen (La Balance, Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (based on the novel The Devil's Home on Leave by Derek Raymond), Marche à l'ombre (Walking in the Shade), The Bait, The Death the Chinese, Fred, The Smile of the Clown, Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), Transporter 1, 2, and 3) thanks in part to a cold, distant, and piercing gaze. Berléand often plays military characters (The Hostage of Europe, Stella, Les Milles, Captain Conan, The Prince of the Pacific); he has also played a detective (Follow This Plane), pastor (Au revoir les enfants) and psychiatrist in Seventh Heaven, the film that really showed his talents to the public in late 1997. He released a book about his childhood in 2006, Le fils de l'homme invisible (The son of the invisible man). Berléand was in a relationship with French actress, film director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia for twelve years. He has been in a long-term relationship with Alexia Stresi; their twins Adèle and Lucy were born in December 2008. He is also the father of two grown children, Martin (born 1978) and Fanny (born 1983). He is the grandfather of Elios (born 2013), son of Martin. Description above from the Wikipedia article François Berléand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
235 credits
Could This Be Love?
Movie • 2007
Roland
May Fools
Movie • 1990
Daniel
Au Revoir les Enfants
Movie • 1987
Father Michel
Tableau d'honneur
Movie • 1992
Alain Denizet
Me and My Sister
Movie • 2004
Pierre Demouthy
The Transporter
Movie • 2002
Tarconi
Martin and Lea
Movie • 1979
l'inspecteur
Tell No One
Movie • 2006
Eric Levkowitch
Narco
Movie • 2004
Guy Bennet
The Chorus
Movie • 2004
Rachin
A Girl Cut in Two
Movie • 2007
Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis
Six-Pack
Movie • 2000
Thomas
Deep in the Woods
Movie • 2000
Baron Axel de Fersen
Cash Truck
Movie • 2004
Bernard
Cherche famille désespérément
Movie • 1994
Whatever You Say
Movie • 2002
jean-Louis Broustal
The Concert
Movie • 2009
Olivier Morne Duplessis
Romance
Movie • 1999
Robert
Transporter 2
Movie • 2005
Inspector Tarconi
Comedy of Power
Movie • 2006
Michel Humeau
Place Vendôme
Movie • 1998
Eric Malivert
Transporter 3
Movie • 2008
Inspector Tarconi
Ca$h
Movie • 2008
François
Everybody Is a Killer
Movie • 2004
François, le garagiste
Edy
Movie • 2005
Edy Saïovici
One Summer
Movie • 2006
Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor
How I Killed My Father
Movie • 2001
un patient
The Whistler
Movie • 2010
Armand / Maurice Teillard
Strictement personnel
Movie • 1985
Gérard
Captain Conan
Movie • 1996
Commander Bouvier
Le sourire du clown
Movie • 1999
Drouot
Innocent
Movie • 1999
Jean-René
My Little Business
Movie • 1999
Maxime Nassieff
À mon tour
Movie • 2022
Jean-Charles de Ponte
Fragile(s)
Movie • 2007
Paul
Actors
Movie • 2000
François Nègre
A Self-Made Hero
Movie • 1996
Monsieur Jo
The Warrior's Brother
Movie • 2002
Le curé
The Best Day of My Life
Movie • 2005
Valentin
Hard Off
Movie • 1999
Le docteur Nataf
Eros Therapy
Movie • 2004
Adam Corbeau
Champagne !
Movie • 2022
Le Maître de la Confrérie
Poker
Movie • 1988
Lawyer
The Prince of the Pacific
Movie • 2000
le commandant Lefèvre
Hors Service
Movie • 2001
Louis
Only Girls
Movie • 2003
Mermot
Faisons un rêve
Movie • 2007
Le mari
The Adversary
Movie • 2002
Rémi
La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil
Movie • 2009
Sylvain
Les amateurs
Movie • 2004
Monsieur Meinau
In All Innocence
Movie • 1998
Antoine
Alive
Movie • 2002
Father
Marche à l'ombre
Movie • 1984
Police inspector receiver
Le Débarquement
Movie • 2013
Pur week-end
Movie • 2007
Commissioner Papan
The Murderous Months of April
Movie • 1987
Baumann
The Great Role
Movie • 2004
Benny Schwarz
A Model Employee
Movie • 2003
François Maurey
I've Been Waiting So Long
Movie • 2004
Simon
The School of Flesh
Movie • 1998
Soukaz
En territoire indien
Movie • 2003
Jean-Claude Adam
Les Associés
Movie • 2009
Raymond Rosen
Last Dance
Movie • 2023
Germain
Quartier V.I.P.
Movie • 2005
Bertrand Fussac
Seventh Heaven
Movie • 1997
Le docteur
One Day My Father Will Come
Movie • 2012
Bernard Bleu
Sur la route de la grande vadrouille
Movie • 2016
Self
La fille de son père
Movie • 2001
Henri
Bad Company
Movie • 1999
René
Happiness Never Comes Alone
Movie • 2012
Alain Posche
Dead Man Talking
Movie • 2012
Karl Raven
Ramsès II
Movie • 2020
Jean
The Screw
Movie • 1993
Un vendeur
Escalade
Movie • 2011
Noe
The Stroller Strategy
Movie • 2012
Jean-Luc Hamory
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Movie • 2022
Franck
Vieilles canailles
Movie • 2010
JP
Féroce
Movie • 2002
Inspecteur de police
Another Woman's Life
Movie • 2012
Maître Volin
Magnificat
Movie • 2023
Monseigneur Mével
The Young Casanova
Movie • 2002
Louis XV
The Hostage of Europe
Movie • 1989
Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon
Max
Movie • 2013
Le commissaire de police
Blanche Nuit
Movie • 2013
La Malice
La fidèle infidèle
Movie • 1995
Robert
Suivez cet avion
Movie • 1989
Combette
60 Going On 12
Movie • 2013
Charles
The Violin Player
Movie • 1994
Charles
Tender Souls
Movie • 2001
Jacques
La Fête du Cinéma
Movie • 2018
Un étrange voyage
Movie • 1981
Le témoin escroc
Par le bout du nez
Movie • 2022
The Psychiatrist
Sincerely Charlotte
Movie • 1985
postal worker
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
La Mort du Chinois
Movie • 1998
Inspector Chevalot
Fred
Movie • 1997
Barrère
Le souffle du dragon
Movie • 2022
Papi
La Balance
Movie • 1982
Inspecteur de la Mondaine
Un flic presque parfait
Movie • 1998
Génaro
93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré : la crème de la crème
Movie • 2023
Self
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté
Movie • 2015
Self
Girl for a Day
Movie • 2024
Judge Genoud
La Chartreuse de Parme
Movie • 2012
The Prince of Parma
Deux hommes tout nus
Movie • 2014
Alain Kramer
Tous Inconnus
Movie • 2022
("Les Chasseurs" segment)
Among Friends
Movie • 2015
Philippe
Dormez, je le veux!
Movie • 1998
Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father
State Crime
Movie • 2013
Robert Boulin
La clef des champs
Movie • 2014
Fred
Above Suspicion
Movie • 2011
Pierre Jourdan
Stella
Movie • 1983
Captain in the hangar
The Grand Restaurant IV
Movie • 2022
Christian, a client
Two Much for the Job
Movie • 2022
M. Picard
Père Noël à domicile
Movie • 2024
François
Les Talents d’Achille
Movie
Jeanne, Marie et les autres
Movie • 2000
Gédéon
Remake
Movie • 2003
François Charles-Leconte
Vicky
Movie • 2016
Albert Bonhomme
Angels & Co.
Movie • 2025
Cupidon
Le Parc, Prince des stades
Movie • 2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Boy
Movie • 2025
Le père
Aurore
Movie • 2006
Le Roi
Stand Up Girl
Movie • 2017
Fabrice
Colours of Time
Movie • 2025
Victor Hugo
Fêlés
Movie • 2024
Directeur de l'usine
Le Gendre idéal
Movie • 2008
Max
Le Gendre idéal 2
Movie • 2010
Max
The World Upside Down
Movie • 2024
Le grand-père
Sans rires
Movie • 1990
Roger
The Art Dealer
Movie • 2015
Simon
Le Dindon
Movie • 2012
Vatelin
McWalter
Movie • 2025
Chef Sorkin
Cyrano
Movie • 2001
Le pot de colle
Movie • 2010
Richard Maurand
Baby Blues
Movie • 1999
Granier
School of Life
Movie • 2017
Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
Le Petit Fût
Movie • 2008
Prosper Chicot
Family Is Family
Movie • 2018
Alexander, Constance's father
Make It Mine
Movie • 1986
Le beau-frère de Loïc
Du vent dans les branches de sassafras
Movie • 2016
John Emery Rockefelle
Recrutement
Movie • 2001
Corbi, the recruiter
Je vais mieux
Movie • 2018
Audibert
Quadrille
Movie • 2013
Philippe de Morannes
L'Arbre de joie
Movie • 2008
Professeor Lacombe
Le garçon d'orage
Movie • 1997
Le boiteux
Main basse sur une île
Movie • 2011
"Der Engel"
Les Milles
Movie • 1995
Lt. Boisset
The Secret Wife
Movie • 1986
Zaccharia Pasdeloup
Runaways
Movie • 1995
Nicolas
Someone, Somewhere
Movie • 2019
Psy de Rémy
Would I Lie to You: The Beginning
Movie • 2019
Max
Daddy Cool
Movie • 2008
Albert Einstein
L'Esprit de famille
Movie • 2020
Jacques, le père d'Alexandre
Closed Circuit
Movie • 2013
Jean-Claude Dedieu
How to Be a Good Wife
Movie • 2020
Robert Van der Beck
Lucky
Movie • 2020
Le commissaire Daran
Encore un instant
Movie • 2019
Julien
Hot House
Movie • 2003
Georges
Un si joli bouquet
Movie • 1995
Antoine
Fresh Bait
Movie • 1995
Insp. Durieux
Tell No One: The B-Side
Movie • 2007
Self
Christmas with the Tuches
Movie • 2021
Pierre Noël
Batailles
Movie • 2008
Stardom
Movie • 2000
Nigel Pope's Associate
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
Movie • 2019
Professeur Pascal Bernel
Sentiments provisoires
Movie • 2010
Félix
Don't Make Trouble!
Movie • 2001
(segment "Cyrano")
Plus si affinités & Friends
Movie • 2011
Self
L'Héritière
Movie • 2002
Bordier
I Love You Coiffure
Movie • 2020
Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite")
La troupe à Palmade s'amuse avec...François Berléand
Movie • 2020
Self
Une heure de tranquillité
Movie • 2020
Michel
L'Année des Guignols - Y'a paaas de méthode
Movie • 1998
(voice)
Stop
Movie • 1999
Laurent's brother
The Grand Restaurant III
Movie • 2021
Christian, a client
The Okinaway of Life
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Hear Me Out
Movie • 2021
Francis Samier
Feu Adrien Muset
Movie • 1992
Edgar
The Goldfish
Movie • 1994
Pharmacist
Trapped by a Dream
Movie • 1993
Le cousin
One 4 All
Movie • 1999
Le passager désagréable
L'Année des Guignols - Je peux dire une connerie ?
Movie • 2001
(voice)
Tailleur pour dames
Movie • 2008
Bassinet
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Movie • 2002
Self
Pardaillan
Movie • 1997
Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville
Man of My Life
Movie • 1999
Frydman
The Happiest Place on Earth
Movie • 1999
Brafort
Au bistro du coin
Movie • 2011
François
Poiret Serrault extraits extra
Movie • 2024
Self
Grand Oral
Movie • 2020
Le président du jury
Santé mentale, briser le tabou
Movie • 2025
Self
Somnambule
Movie • 2027
Camille Claudel
Movie • 1988
Docteur Michaux
Dans la peau de McWalter
Movie • 2025
Self - Actor
Les jours d'après
Movie
Nine Women
Movie • 2021
Avis de tempête
Movie • 2026
Commandant de bord
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Movie • 1992
La Femme de l'amant
Movie • 1992
Marc
Le Bureau
TV • 2006
Gilles Triquet, Directeur Régional de la Cogirep sur Villepinte
Télématin
TV • 1985
Self
Mot de Passe
TV • 2009
Self
Le Grand Quiz
TV • 2021
Self - Acteur
Amanda
TV • 2016
Self
Salut les Terriens !
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Transporter: The Series
TV • 2013
Tarconi
Je te promets
TV • 2021
Alexandre Gallo
Peplum
TV • 2015
Titus
The Unexpected Getaway
TV • 2012
Self
Love (and Trouble) In Paris
TV • 2022
Georges
Le Débarquement
TV • 2013
Chez Maupassant
TV • 2007
Prosper Chicot
L'Évasion
TV • 2009
Colonel Von Deck
Les Chamois
TV • 2017
Etienne Leroy
En Bande Organisée
TV • 2023
Self
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
TV • 2014
Self
Disturbing Disappearances
TV • 2019
Yves Perez
Jusqu'ici tout va bien
TV • 2013
Self - Contributor
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties
TV • 2020
Self
Passage des arts
TV • 2018
Self
Madame le Consul
TV • 1996
Ambassador Delaunay
Les Cordier, juge et flic
TV • 1994
Lansac
Call My Agent!
TV • 2015
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Phoenix
TV • 2026
Jean Humbel
Bertrand n'a pas sommeil
TV • 2024
Self
Alexandra Ehle
TV • 2018
Robin Desnoyeux
A Boire et à Manger
TV • 2024
Self
Panique au 31
TV • 2024
François
Le Remplaçant
TV • 2021
Bernard Audoin
Murder party au musée
TV • 2025
Self
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
La Boîte à secrets
TV • 2019
Self
The Charterhouse of Parma
TV • 2012
The Prince of Parma
La Roue de la fortune : Célébrités
TV • 2025