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Michel Fau

Michel Fau

Actor · Born December 17, 1964 (61) · 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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Born
December 17, 1964 (61)
From
Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
17 on Motif · 50 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 29% in 30 days

What are Michel Fau's films like?

Across their 10 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their Motif 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
Self
40%
Morality
20%
Bonds
14%
Power
12%
Ideas
12%
Survival
3%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 1

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

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 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Threshold guardian: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Threshold guardian
2 of 3
Shapeshifter
1 of 3
  • Shapeshifteras Atos Pezzini in Marguerite (2015)
  • Threshold guardianas Le commissaire in Borgo (2023)
  • Threshold guardianas François Mitterrand in The Great Arch (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Contemplative
5
Absurd
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

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 Michel Fau's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 17 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michel Fau's titles on Motif; 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

50 credits, 17 with a Motif page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Lorsque l'enfant paraît (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Stage Director · as Charles Jacquet

  • The Great Arch(2025)

    as François Mitterrand

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud(2024)

    as Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Borgo(2023)

    as Le commissaire

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Not Now, Darling (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    as Steve Bodley

  • Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    as Honoré de Balzac

  • The Crime Is Mine(2023)

    as Attorney General

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Habib (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    as Director

  • The King's Favorite(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Gabriel Antoine Le Camus

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Le Figaro La Nuit (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Un monde, un regard (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Les Heureux (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    as Victor Hugo

  • I Love You Coiffure(2020)

    as Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • La fuite (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    as Uncle

  • Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · as Rose

  • La Belle Hélène (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · as Ménélas

  • L'Odyssée Offenbach (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    as Hippolyte de Villemessant

  • Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · as Menelaos

  • Amor maman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    as Michel

  • Alien Crystal Palace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)

    as Hambourg

  • Paris Pigalle(2018)

    as Maurice Vogel

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Most Assassinated Woman in the World(2018)

    as André

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Ordeal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    as Karl Kaplan

  • Golden Years (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    as Samuel

  • Fleur de cactus (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · as Julien Deforges

  • Open at Night(2016)

    as Directeur bar branché

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • On refait le boulevard (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Marguerite(2015)

    as Atos Pezzini / Divo

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Captain Marleau(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Claude · as Marc Durieux

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Un amour qui ne finit pas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    as Jean

  • Arletty: A Guilty Passion (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    as Sacha Guitry

  • Brèves de comptoir (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)

    as L'écrivain

  • Ciboulette (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    Stage Director · as La Comtesse de Castiglione

  • 9-Month Stretch(2013)

    as Gynécologue

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Requiem for a Killer(2011)

    as Le Chef d'orchestre

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • À la recherche du temps perdu (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jupien

  • L'Orestie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Les Enfants de Saturne (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    as Ré

  • Le Soulier de satin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Illusions comiques (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Gaspard le bandit (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    as Riboux

  • Foon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    as Miss Petchers

  • Swimming Pool(2003)

    as First Man

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Le petit vélo dans la tête (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    as (voice)

  • Closed Eyes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)

    as Michel

  • With a Friend Like Harry...(2000)

    as Eric

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Creator(1999)

    as Nicolas

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Cyrano de Bergerac(1990)

    as Ragueneau's 2nd Poet

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Montagnes Russes (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Third Hand (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles, 48 of them dated from 1990 to 2025; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Swimming Pool (2003)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

Swimming Pool (2003)

Film career

19902025

Peak 2016 · at the high point of their film career. 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.

  • 1999Screen debut· Le Créateur
  • 2015Career best· Marguerite

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting50 of 50: 44 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thDirecting4 of 50: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 50: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

50 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s23 · 23 acting · 4 crew2020s15 · 15 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
9914

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 Motif, 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 Michel Fau's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

I Love You Coiffure (2020)

50th percentile spread · 76% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

Midcredits 92nd · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Michel Fau work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michel Fau's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christine De Jekel shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Producers