Laurent Lafitte

Laurent Lafitte

CountryFrance France
GenderMale
BirthdayAug 22, 1973
BiographyLaurent Fabien Fernand Lafitte (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɑ̃ lafit]; born 22 August 1973) is a French actor. He was nominated three times for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Elle (2016), See You Up There (2017), and The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), and won the César Award for Best Actor for The Richest Woman in the World (2025). In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series Class Act (original name Tapie) as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie, earning him a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor.

Lafitte hosted the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 and 2025 Cannes Film Festival. From 2012 to 2024 he was a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française.

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Known For

Le journal du Festival
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Le journal du Festival

as Laurent Lafitte
Astérix et Obélix, le Combat des chefs
Ended

Astérix et Obélix, le Combat des chefs

as Jules César
Birdsong
Ended

Birdsong

as Rene Azaire
Tapie
Ended

Tapie

as Bernard Tapie

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