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Albert Dupontel

Albert Dupontel

Actor, writer and director · Born January 11, 1964 (62) · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France

Albert Dupontel (born 11 January 1964 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines) is a French actor and filmmaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Dupontel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 11, 1964 (62)
From
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
Works as
Actor, writer and director
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Albert Dupontel's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
21%
Survival
18%
Morality
18%
Self
17%
Ideas
10%
Power
8%
Society
8%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 15 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 10 of 23 analyzed roles.

Hero
10 of 23
Shadow
4 of 23
Mentor
3 of 23
Shapeshifter
3 of 23
Trickster
2 of 23
Ally
1 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Absurd
8
Melancholic
9
Warm
6
Contemplative
7
Other
27

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Albert Dupontel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Albert Dupontel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

53 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Il faut brûler maman(2026)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • Jean Valjean(2025)

    as Claude Gueux

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Second Tour(2023)

    Director · Writer · as Le candidat

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Big Bug(2022)

    as L'homme à la prothèse (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Bye Bye Morons(2020)

    Director · Writer · as Jean-Baptiste 'JB' Cuchas

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • See You Up There(2017)

    Director · Screenplay · as Albert Maillard

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Two Snails Set Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as (voice)

  • The First, the Last(2016)

    as Cochise

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • In Harmony(2015)

    as Marc Guermont

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Le Débarquement 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Various Characters

  • 9-Month Stretch(2013)

    Director · Writer · as Bob Nolan

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Big Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Jean-Pierre Bonzini

  • The Prey(2011)

    as Franck Adrien

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Clink of Ice(2010)

    as Le cancer de Charles

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Le vilain : Instantanés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor's Assistant · Screenplay · Script · as Sidney Thomas

  • The Villain(2009)

    Director · Writer · as Sidney Thomas

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Louise-Michel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Miro

  • Love Me No More(2008)

    as Antoine Méliot

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Paris(2008)

    as Jean

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Intimate Enemies(2007)

    as Dougnac

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Chrysalis(2007)

    as David Hoffman

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Odette Toulemonde(2006)

    as Balthazar Balsan

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Jacquou le croquant(2007)

    as Le père de Jacquou

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Le Président

  • Avida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Le garde du corps maladroit

  • Locked Out(2006)

    Director · Writer · as Roland

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Orchestra Seats(2006)

    as Jean-François Lefort

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Albert Dupontel - Le Sale DVD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • A Very Long Engagement(2004)

    as Célestin Poux

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Cash Truck(2004)

    as Alexandre Demarre

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Les clefs de bagnole(2003)

    as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Monique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Alex

  • Irreversible(2002)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Dead Man's Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Jean

  • L'origine du monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Transvestite

  • Les acteurs(2000)

    as Police officer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique(1999)

    as Professeur Helpos

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Sachs' Disease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Doctor Bruno Sachs

  • The Creator(1999)

    Director · Screenplay · as Darius

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Serial Lover(1998)

    as Eric Cellier

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Bernie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Screenplay · as Bernie Noël

  • I Am Your Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as The Strangler

  • A Self-Made Hero(1996)

    as Dionnet

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Giorgino(1994)

    as Invalid Male Nurse

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Every Man for Yourself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Gustave / Gus

  • Désiré (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Writer · as Le médecin

  • Albert Dupontel à l'Olympia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Albert Dupontel au Tristan Bernard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • The Gang of Four(1989)

    as Un (faux) voyou

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • La Nuit Du Doute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • Once More(1988)

    as Alain

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 53 titles, 52 of them dated from 1988 to 2025; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

Paris (2008)

$23M worldwide

Highest rated

See You Up There (2017)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Irreversible (2002)

Film career

19882025

Peak 2007 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1994Screen debut· Giorgino
  • 1999First top-billed film· Le Créateur
  • 2008Career best· Love Me No More

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting53 of 53: 42 only acting, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thDirecting10 of 53: 0 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndWriting11 of 53: 0 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew1 of 53: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

53 titles, 11 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · acting1990s12 · 12 acting · 3 crew2000s21 · 21 acting · 2 crew2010s12 · 12 acting · 3 crew2020s4 · 4 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 39% of 33 roles
94040914

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Albert Dupontel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of the 31 of 32 with a score; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Giorgino (1994)

62nd percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, writer

See You Up There (2017)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Albert Dupontel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Albert Dupontel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christophe Pinel shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles