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Guillaume Canet
Birth at
10 April 1973
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April 10, 1973 in Bilon-Biancourt (France) in a family of horse breeders was born Guillaume Canet. He grew up in the countryside and wanted to be a jockey. At the age of ten, he already performed in the circus, but was injured when he fell from a horse. The career of a jockey could be forgotten, and Guillaume decided to become an actor. He studied acting at the courses of dramatic art of Florent, after which he played in the theater. Guillaume got his first role in the film due to his role in the
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April 10, 1973 in Bilon-Biancourt (France) in a family of horse breeders was born Guillaume Canet. He grew up in the countryside and wanted to be a jockey. At the age of ten, he already performed in the circus, but was injured when he fell from a horse. The career of a jockey could be forgotten, and Guillaume decided to become an actor. He studied acting at the courses of dramatic art of Florent, after which he played in the theater. Guillaume got his first role in the film due to his role in the production of “The City in which the Child Rules”. In 1995, he starred in the short film “Only Son”, after which he took part in several television films and TV series.
In 1997, in the film Barracuda, Guillaume was lucky to star with Jean Rochefort, a legend of French cinema.
Soon Guillaume became a favorite of French viewers. For his role in the film “In the heart” he was nominated for the award “Cesar” as the most promising actor. But world fame came to the young actor with the film “The Beach” by English director Danny Boyle, in which Guillaume starred with Virginie Ledwayen and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Guillaume at the beginning of his acting career was fond of directing. He made several commercials for Cine Cinema and Le Parisien newspaper. In 1996, Guillaume shot the short film “No regrets”, in 1998, according to his own script, he shot the short film “I love you, and in 2000 – “I can’t sleep.”
In 2002, the full-length film “As You Say”, Guillaume Canet became the author of the script, director, producer and performer of one of the roles of the first plan. This work earned him a nomination for the Cesar Award. In 2007
Thriller "Don't tell anyone" Guillaume Cane received the Cesar Award.
In 1999, Guillaume met Diane Kruger, a German actress and model. They got married in 2001. Together the couple starred in several films, but in 2006 they broke up. Since 2007, Guillaume has been dating Marion Cotillard, with whom he starred in The Last Flight and Fall in Love with Me If You Dare. The couple’s son Marcel was born on May 19, 2011. /