Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival together with Belgian actor Pascal Duquenne for their work in The Eighth Day. He is also the winner of two César Awards for Best Actor, one in 1987 as Ugolin Soubeyran in Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources and one for his role in Girl on the Bridge. For his role in Jean de Florette he also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Auteuil is considered one of France's most respected actors.
Early life
Daniel Auteuil was born on 24 January 1950 in Algiers, French Algeria, the son of opera singers. To please his parents he began studies in topography, and he worked in a nightclub cloakroom on Saturday nights to earn money.
Personal life
Auteuil has two daughters: Aurore Auteuil with his former partner, Anne Jousset, and Nelly from a ten-year relationship with actress Emmanuelle Béart, his co-star in the films A Heart in Winter and Manon des Sources (1986). He married Aude Ambroggi, a Corsican sculptor born in 1977, on 22 July 2006 in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica.
Filmography
As filmmaker
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!Year
!English Title
!Original Title
!Notes
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! 2011
| The Well-Digger's Daughter
|La Fille du puisatier
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! 2013
| colspan="2" | Marius
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! 2013
| colspan="2" | Fanny
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|-
! 2018
| The Other Woman
|Amoureux de ma femme
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! 2024
| An Ordinary Case
|Le Fil
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! 2026
| When the Night Falls
|Une nuit
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As actor
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
|-
! 1974
| L'Agression
| Natacha's boyfriend
| Gérard Pirès
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! 1975
| Attention les yeux!
| Alex
| Gérard Pirès
|-
! 1977
| Monsieur Papa
| Dédé
| Philippe Monnier
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! 1977
| Rendez-vous en noir
| Inspecteur Camaret
| Claude Grinberg
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1979
| An Adventure for Two
| a rascal
| Claude Lelouch
|-
| Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
| Jean-Bernard
| Charles Nemes
|-
! 1980
| Les sous-doués
| Bébel
| Claude Zidi
|-
! rowspan="3" | 1981
| Les hommes préfèrent les grosses
| Jean-Yves
| Jean-Marie Poiré
|-
| Les Sous-doués en vacances
| Bébel
| Claude Zidi
|-
| Clara et les Chics Types
| Mickey
| Jacques Monnet
|-
! 1982
| Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien...
| Sam
| Édouard Molinaro
|-
! rowspan="3" | 1984
| '
| Christopher Bergham
| Jean-Louis Daniel
|-
| Asphalt Warriors
| Inspecteur Vincent
| Sergio Gobbi
|-
| P'tit Con
| Jeannot
| Gérard Lauzier
|-
! 1985
| '
| Lucien Molard
| Édouard Molinaro
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1986
| Jean de Florette
| rowspan="2" | Ugolin
| rowspan="2" | Claude Berri
|-
| Manon des Sources
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! 1987
| Quelques jours avec moi
| Martial Pasquier
| Claude Sautet
|-
! 1989
| Romuald et Juliette
| Romuald Blindet
| Coline Serreau
|-
! 1990
| The Elegant Criminal
| Lacenaire
| Francis Girod
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1991
| A Heart in Winter
| Stéphane
| Claude Sautet
|-
| My Life Is Hell
| Abargadon
| Josiane Balasko
|-
! 1992
| My Favorite Season
| Antoine
| André Téchiné
|-
! 1993
| La Reine Margot
| Henri de Bourbon
| Patrice Chéreau
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! 1994
| La Séparation
| Pierre
| Christian Vincent
|-
! 1995
| A French Woman
| Louis
| Régis Wargnier
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1995
| Thieves
| Alex
| André Téchiné
|-
| Sostiene Pereira
| Dr. Cardoso
| Roberto Faenza
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1996
| The Eighth Day
| Harry
| Jaco Van Dormael
|-
| Lucie Aubrac
| Raymond
| Claude Berri
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! 1997
| On Guard
| Lagardère
| Philippe de Broca
|-
! rowspan="4" | 1999
| Girl on the Bridge
| Gabor
| Patrice Leconte
|-
| The Lost Son
| Xavier Lombard
| Chris Menges
|-
| The Escort
| Pierre
| Michel Blanc
|-
| The Widow of Saint-Pierre
| Jean
| Patrice Leconte
|-
! 2000
| Sade
| Marquis de Sade
| Benoît Jacquot
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2001
| Vajont
| Alberico Biadene
| Renzo Martinelli
|-
| The Closet
| François Pignon
| Francis Veber
|-
! 2002
| The Adversary
| Jean-Marc Faure
| Nicole Garcia
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2003
| Rencontre avec le dragon
| Guillaume de Montauban
| Hélène Angel
|-
| After You...
| Antoine Letoux
| Pierre Salvadori
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2004
| 36 Quai des Orfèvres
| Léo Vrinks
| Olivier Marchal
|-
| Strange Crime
| Daniel
| Roberto Andò
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2005
| Caché
| Georges Laurent
| Michael Haneke
|-
| To Paint or Make Love
| William Lasserre
| Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2006
| The Valet
| Pierre Levasseur
| Francis Veber
|-
| My Best Friend
| François Coste
| Patrice Leconte
|-
| Napoleon and Me
| Napoleon
| Paolo Virzì
|-
! 2007
| Conversations with My Gardener
| Dupinceau
| Jean Becker
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2008
| The Last Deadly Mission
| Schneider
| Olivier Marchal
|-
| 15 ans et demi
| Philippe Le Tallec
| François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux
|-
| Me Two
| Jean-Christian Ranu
| Nicolas & Bruno
|-
! 2009
| Je l'aimais
| Pierre
| Zabou Breitman
|-
! 2011
| The Well-Digger's Daughter
| Pascal Amoretti
| Daniel Auteuil
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2012
| The Lookout
| Mattei
| Michele Placido
|-
| Blood from a Stone
| Georges Pierret
| Jacques Maillot
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2013
| Jappeloup
| Serge Durand
| Christian Duguay
|-
| Marius
| rowspan="2" | César
| rowspan="2" | Daniel Auteuil
|-
| Fanny
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2015
| Entre amis
| Richard
| Olivier Baroux
|-
| Nos femmes
| Paul
| Richard Berry
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2016
| Les Naufragés
| Jean-Louis Brochard
| David Charhon
|-
| Au nom de ma fille
| André Bamberski
| Vincent Garenq
|-
| The Confessions
| Daniel Roché
| Roberto Andò
|-
! 2017
| Le Brio
| Pierre Mazard
| Yvan Attal
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2018
| The Other Woman
| Daniel
| Daniel Auteuil
|-
| Remi, Nobody's Boy
| Vitalis
| Antoine Blossier
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2019
| Qui m'aime me suive!
| Gilbert
| José Alcala
|-
| La Belle Époque
| Victor Drumond
| Nicolas Bedos
|-
! 2021
| Farewell, Mr. Haffmann
| Joseph Haffmann
| Fred Cavayé
|-
! 2022
| The New Toy
| Philippe Étienne
| James Huth
|-
! 2023
| A Silence
| François Schaar
| Joachim Lafosse
|-
! 2024
| An Ordinary Case
| Maître Jean Monier
| Daniel Auteuil
|-
! 2025
| A Private Life
| Gabriel Haddad
| Rebecca Zlotowski
|}
Awards and nominations
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!Award
!Year
!Category
!Work
!Result
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |British Academy Film Awards
| 1987
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Jean de Florette
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| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Cannes Film Festival
| 1996
| Best Actor <small>(Shared with Pascal Duquenne)</small>
| The Eighth Day
|
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="14"|César Awards
| 1987
| rowspan="14"|Best Actor
| Jean de Florette
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1989
| A Few Days with Me
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1991
| Lacenaire
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1993
| A Heart in Winter
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1994
| My Favorite Season
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1995
| La Séparation
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1997
| The Eighth Day
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1998
| On Guard
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2000
| Girl on the Bridge
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2003
| The Adversary
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2004
| After You...
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2005
| 36 Quai des Orfèvres
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2018
| Le Brio
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2020
| La Belle Époque
|
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |David di Donatello Awards
| 1993
| Best Foreign Actor
| A Heart in Winter
|
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|European Film Awards
| 1993
| rowspan="2"|Best Actor
| A Heart in Winter
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2005
| Caché
|
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|Lumière Awards
| 2001
| rowspan="3"|Best Actor
| Sade
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2018
| Le Brio
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2020
| La Belle Époque
|
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|Molière Awards
| 1988
| rowspan="3"|Best Actor
| Double Inconstancy
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 1991
| Scapin the Schemer
|
| align="center" |
|-
| 2014
| Nos Femmmes
|
| align="center" |
|-
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