Michel Fau

Michel Fau

Born: December 17, 1964
in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director.

At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and Pierre Vial.

He has appeared on stage regularly in works directed by Olivier Py and he also worked with Olivier Desbordes, Jean Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Ladesou, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ...

In cinema, he worked with directors like Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ...

He occasionally directs an interpretation workshop at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts.

During the Night of the 2011 Molière Award, he made a cover of Carla Bruni's song Quelqu'un m'a dit in a parody of classical singer.

Source: Article "Michel Fau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut
Title: Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut
Released: May 1, 2024
Type: Movie
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Borgo
Title: Borgo
Character: Le commissaire
Released: April 17, 2024
Type: Movie
Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon his release, he contacts Melissa expecting to collect.
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Le vison voyageur
Title: Le vison voyageur
Character: Steve Bodley
Released: November 21, 2023
Type: Movie
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Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Title: Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Character: Honoré de Balzac
Released: September 13, 2023
Type: Movie
"Don Juan woman", according to the expression of Balzac. A princess, a great seductress. Of a diabolical intelligence. This woman, who has had many lovers - almost all the male characters of the "Comédie Humaine" -, will finally find love. The real one. The great one.
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Habib
Title: Habib
Released: April 19, 2023
Type: Movie
The story of a young Belgian actor of Moroccan origin who agrees to play the role of Saint-François-d'Assise to put an end to the roles of nice Arabs that are stuck on his forehead in often mediocre films. Getting into the historical figure will represent a real challenge for him; when his father, settled in Morocco, suddenly returns to Brussels with a new wife, and the beginnings of Alzheimer's, he finds himself having to juggle between the expectations of his colleagues and his family.
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The Crime Is Mine
Title: The Crime Is Mine
Character: Prosecutor Maurice Vrai
Released: March 8, 2023
Type: Movie
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
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Title: The King’s Favorite
Character: Gabriel Antoine Le Camus
Released: November 7, 2022
Type: TV
It follows Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty fuels rumors and legends during her lifetime - and even in her death.
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Les Heureux
Title: Les Heureux
Character: Victor Hugo
Released: February 25, 2021
Type: Movie
In a summer Paris, during an epidemic, a ghostly character from another time discovers our contemporary urban life. His contemplative wandering, from afternoon to dawn, gives him ideas of alexandrines; those of Melancholia, written by Victor Hugo in 1856...
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I Love You Coiffure
Title: I Love You Coiffure
Character: Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")
Released: December 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Liliane and Maud are twin sisters. The first is a modest provincial hairdresser while the second leads the great life in Paris. They both fight over their mother's custody.
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La fuite
Title: La fuite
Character: Uncle
Released: September 30, 2020
Type: Movie
In a sad imaginary suburb, Jean-Jacques is oppressed by his work, belittled by his girlfriend, pursued by a bailiff. Jean-Jacques is afraid of sinking into madness, until he meets Jeanne and her brother Gilles, with whom he will share a dream, that of seeing the forest.
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Postillon de Lonjumeau
Title: Postillon de Lonjumeau
Released: July 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Adolphe Adam’s Le Postillon de Lonjumeau was a great success at its premiere in 1836, and, along with the ballet Giselle, has remained one of the composer’s most popular works. Following the great French tradition, this opéra-comique has it all: 18th-century Rococo Parisian glamour and a perilous love story involving the dashing and flirtatious Chapelou and his opposite, the powerful and clever Madeleine. This lavish and spectacular production from the Opéra Comique in Paris received widespread critical acclaim and also features costumes by the iconic French fashion designer Christian Lacroix.
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La Belle Hélène
Title: La Belle Hélène
Character: Ménélas
Released: December 31, 2019
Type: Movie
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L'odyssée Offenbach
Title: L'odyssée Offenbach
Released: December 29, 2019
Type: Movie
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Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena
Title: Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena
Character: Menelaos
Released: December 23, 2019
Type: Movie
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Amor maman
Title: Amor maman
Character: Michel
Released: June 10, 2019
Type: Movie
Roland is forty years old. Solitary and a bit lunar, he thinks he will discover one morning that he is the hidden son of Arielle Dombasle. He decides to go to meet his mother who will reject him, run away from him, then little by little get attached to him.
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Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Title: Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 2018
Type: Movie
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Alien Crystal Palace
Title: Alien Crystal Palace
Character: Hambourg
Released: November 21, 2018
Type: Movie
A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. With this new alchemy, he achieves a pioneering experience: the creation of a perfect androgynous.
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Paris Pigalle
Title: Paris Pigalle
Character: Maurice Vogel
Released: September 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Paris, 1982. Franck and Serge are police investigators in charge of making a good catch in the Parisian porn industry. In order to infiltrate the mafia, they take over a peep show in Pigalle riddled with debts. In attempt to jump start the business, they begin to produce short porn films.
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The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
Title: The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
Character: André
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of the infamous Theatre Grand Guignol the story revolves around iconic actress Paula Maxa - the most famous of the Grand Guignol's leading ladies and the titular Most Assassinated Woman, who was graphically slain on stage multiple times a day.
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Ordeal
Title: Ordeal
Character: Karl Kaplan
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Around teatime, Mr. Kaplan's doorbell rings. This is Jean who appears behind the door, a visit he had stopped waiting for long ago...
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Golden Years
Title: Golden Years
Character: Samuel
Released: September 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Paul and Louise get married as World War I breaks out. After two years on the frontline, Paul maims himself and deserts his post. To hide when he is condemned to death in war-torn Paris, Louise dresses him up as a woman. He becomes Suzanne, drags his wife around the debauched Paris of the Golden Twenties and earns quite a reputation for himself.
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Fleur de cactus
Title: Fleur de cactus
Character: Julien Deforges
Released: May 29, 2017
Type: Movie
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Open at Night
Title: Open at Night
Character: Directeur bar branché
Released: January 11, 2017
Type: Movie
One night to change everything. One night to save a theater, one night to change one's perspective about life. Luigi will push and pull Faeza with him everywhere around Paris an entire night to save his theater.
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On refait le boulevard
Title: On refait le boulevard
Released: October 21, 2016
Type: Movie
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Marguerite
Title: Marguerite
Character: Atos Pezzini / Divo
Released: September 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.
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Title: Capitaine Marleau
Character: Marc Durieux
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.
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Title: Capitaine Marleau
Character: Claude
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.
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Un amour qui ne finit pas
Title: Un amour qui ne finit pas
Released: May 9, 2015
Type: Movie
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L'échappée, à la poursuite d'Annie Le Brun
Title: L'échappée, à la poursuite d'Annie Le Brun
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2015
Type: Movie
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Arletty: A Guilty Passion
Title: Arletty: A Guilty Passion
Character: Sacha Guitry
Released: March 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Covers the love affair between French actress Arletty and a high-ranking German officer during WWII in occupied France.
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Brèves de comptoir
Title: Brèves de comptoir
Character: L'écrivain
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: Movie
A small, old-fashioned cafe in a suburban square, opposite the cemetery, the Hirondelle. Every day at half past six, the customers dance with their stories and tirades, totally amazing.
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Ciboulette
Title: Ciboulette
Character: La Comtesse de Castiglione
Released: December 31, 2013
Type: Movie
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Ciboulette
Title: Ciboulette
Character: Mise en scène
Released: December 31, 2013
Type: Movie
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9 Month Stretch
Title: 9 Month Stretch
Character: Gynecologist
Released: September 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the prosecution charged with an atrocious attack! Ariane doesn't remember any of what has happened, so she has no idea what to expect...
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Requiem for a Killer
Title: Requiem for a Killer
Character: Le Chef d'orchestre
Released: June 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.
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Title: À la recherche du temps perdu
Character: Jupien
Released: February 1, 2011
Type: TV
Follows a young man, Marcel, from his childhood in Combray to his discovery of social life among the upper classes.
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Michel Fau - Récital emphatique
Title: Michel Fau - Récital emphatique
Released: January 18, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: La revue de presse
Released: October 17, 2007
Type: TV
La Revue de presse (formerly La Revue de presse des Deux Ânes) is a French humorous television talk show, broadcast since October 17, 2007 on Paris Première. It is hosted by Jérôme de Verdière, and involves several columnists and impersonators.
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Title: Salut les Terriens !
Character: Self (guest)
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: TV
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Gaspard le bandit
Title: Gaspard le bandit
Released: June 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Gaspard de Besse and his gang of highwaymen escaped the law for years in old monsieur de Morières's jurisdiction in rural, Ancient Régime France. When Gaspard is badly injured trough treason, he escapes after being seen in St.Anne's convent, where he hid, by de Morières's young, unwillingly arranged and unloving wife Anne. Gaspard makes a deal with the traitor to fake his demise. He recruits traveling actor Antoine and trains him like a son.
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Foon
Title: Foon
Character: Miss Petchers
Released: November 30, 2005
Type: Movie
A quasi-musical-comedy which descends into horror, set in the early sixties in a college on the outskirts of West Philadelphia. For 15 years, the graduation ball has been the preserve of the Foons - those teenagers who are immersed in weird notions of fun and who describe themselves as "cool". As they prepare for the graduation ball, it is decided to open up invitations to the nerd underdogs. The eternal rivalry between the cool kids and the nerds is played out with colourful costumes and kooky hairdos.
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Swimming Pool
Title: Swimming Pool
Character: First Man
Released: May 21, 2003
Type: Movie
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
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Le petit vélo dans la tête
Title: Le petit vélo dans la tête
Character: (Voix)
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
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Closed Eyes
Title: Closed Eyes
Released: December 20, 2000
Type: Movie
Vincent and Olivier have an intense, rocky relationship: Vincent evades tenderness, just as he does desire, forcing the couple to hunt for a third partner to participate in their sexual games. Olivier has a background in the theater. He believes in, but is preoccupied by their relationship; he wants to free Vincent from the ghosts haunting him. But Vincent is locked into the past. His father, a pilot, was killed in a plane accident. Vincent’s job is a strange, uncommon one that plunges him deep into contemplation from which no one can make him budge: he deciphers plane disaster recordings. Vincent’s unconscious repression is so powerful that he hasn’t even recognized the link between his father’s death and his work. It will take the stormy encounter with Olivier for Vincent to obtain his ‘black box.’ Indeed, the two young men come to life through their connection with each other, a connection which shatters the framework of typical love stories.
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With a Friend Like Harry...
Title: With a Friend Like Harry...
Character: Eric
Released: August 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
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Le créateur
Title: Le créateur
Character: Nicolas
Released: June 16, 1999
Type: Movie
A playwright of note, Darius developed a drinking problem after his first major hit, and has taken time out from writing his follow-up to go to a clinic and dry out. After his release, Darius finds his producer has hired a leading lady for his next show, booked the theater and advertised the starting date -- all without Darius writing so much as a word of this new play. Darius desperately tries to come up with ideas, but nothing comes to mind, with an inflexible deadline staring him in the face. One day, Darius kills a neighbor's cat by accident; terribly depressed, he swallows some sedatives and falls asleep at his computer -- only to awake with the beginning of his play glowing on the screen. Darius is now convinced he must kill in order to create, and starts murdering an ever-expanding variety of creatures in order to satisfy his now bloodthirsty muse.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Title: Cyrano de Bergerac
Character: Ragueneau's 2nd Poet
Released: March 28, 1990
Type: Movie
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
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Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Title: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Character: Rose
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Adolphe Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau was a great success at tis premiere in 1836, and, along with the ballet Giselle, has remained one of the composer's most popular works. Following the great French tradition, this opéra-comique has it all: 18th-century Rococo Parisian glamour and a perilous love story involving the dashing and flirtatious Chapelou and his opposite, the powerful and clever Madeleine. This lavish and spectacular production from the Opéra Comique in Paris received widespread critical acclaim and also features costumes by the iconic French fashion designer Christian Lacroix.