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Francis Huster

Francis Huster

Actor, also director and writer · Born December 8, 1947 (78) · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Francis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter. Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national (1968), where he had René Simon and later Antoine Vitez as teachers. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1971, became sociétaire in 1977, and left this institution in 1982. He later founded the theater group Compagnie Francis Huster, of which the following actors have been members: Clotilde Courau, Valérie Crunchant, Christiana Réali, Estelle Skornik, Valentine Varela, Olivier Martinez, Mathieu Carriere. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Huster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
December 8, 1947 (78)
From
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Works as
Actor, also director and writer
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 76 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 37 days to Oct 26Down 37% in 30 days

What are Francis Huster's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
47%
Self
16%
Morality
11%
Survival
11%
Ideas
7%
Power
5%
Society
4%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 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 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 8 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 4

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 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 4

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 8 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

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 10 · Full focus 2

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 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 6

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

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 9 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 9
Mentor
2 of 9
Shapeshifter
2 of 9
Shadow
1 of 9
Threshold guardian
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
9
Tense
7
Melancholic
5
Romantic
6
Joyful
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

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 Francis Huster's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Francis Huster'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

76 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 25 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Zodiac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · as Antoine Keller

  • Les Faux British (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • S'GELT !! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Francis

  • Molière, le magnifique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Author · Actor

  • Les Pigeons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Serge

  • Meurtres sur les îles du Frioul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Pierre Mariani / Jacques Picaud

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • De Gaulle, l'éclat et le secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as André Malraux

  • Ici tout commence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1,537 episodes · as Auguste Armand

  • Pourvu qu'il soit heureux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Maxime

  • Everyone's Life(2017)

    as L'avocat général

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

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

    Actor

  • À droite, à gauche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Franck Tierson

  • Une folie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • The Curse of Edgar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Narrateur

  • Murders in... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Pierre Mariani

  • Napoléon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 10 episodes · as Talleyrand

  • My Name Is Bernadette(2011)

    as Vital Dutour

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Jean Gabin intime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • A Man and His Dog(2008)

    Director · Writer · as Robert

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • De Gaulle, une biographie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as (voix)

  • Le Vrai Coupable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer · as Commissaire Kaplan

  • Zodiac II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 5 episodes · as Antoine Keller

  • Hey Good Looking!(2006)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Le Juge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Le juge

  • Zodiac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 5 episodes · as Antoine Keller

  • The Role of Her Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Comédien à la soirée

  • Jean Moulin, une affaire française (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Jean Moulin

  • Jean Moulin, une affaire française (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jean Moulin

  • Mausolée pour une garce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Lucien Valmy

  • Le Grand Patron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 15 episodes · as Le docteur Maxime Fresnay

  • Julien l'apprenti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Maurice Rosmer

  • Taking Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Drama teacher

  • Toutes les femmes sont des déesses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Mikael

  • The Dinner Game(1998)

    as Juste Leblanc

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Terre indigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 8 episodes · as Joseph Vallognes

  • Commandant Nerval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 4 episodes · as David Nerval

  • Les Filles du Lido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bernard Dupré

  • God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Jean-Marc

  • L'impossible Monsieur Papa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Thibault Clairval

  • Tout ça... pour ça!(1993)

    as Francis Barrucq

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Première Classe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • There Were Days... and Moons(1990)

    as Le prêtre

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • La Grande Cabriole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · as Armand Gallois

  • On a volé Charlie Spencer ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · Writer · as L'employé

  • Parking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Orpheus

  • Drôle de samedi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Pierre

  • Mad Love(1985)

    as Léon

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Public Woman(1984)

    as Lucas Kessling

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Hawk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Frank Zodiac

  • Equator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Timar

  • I Married a Shadow(1983)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Edith and Marcel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Francis Roman

  • Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as David

  • Les Caprices de Marianne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Octave

  • Le Chef de famille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · as Antoine

  • Bolero(1981)

    as Francis

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Les Dames de la côte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 5 episodes · as Marcel

  • La muse et la madone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as David

  • Les égouts du paradis(1979)

    as Albert Spaggiari

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Adolescent(1979)

    as Alexandre

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Volpone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Mosca

  • One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Paul Lardenois

  • On ne badine pas avec l'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Perdican

  • Another Man, Another Chance(1977)

    as Francis Leroy

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Tom et Julie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Tom

  • Lorenzaccio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Lorenzaccio

  • Second Chance(1976)

    as Patrick

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Je suis Pierre Rivière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as L'avocat de la défense

  • Lumière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Thomas

  • Ondine(1975)

    as Le poète

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • L'Avare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Cléante

  • The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot(1973)

    as Colinot

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • La Station Champbaudet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Paul Tacarel

  • Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Joachim

  • The Demise of Father Mouret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Serge Mouret

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 76 titles from 1970 to 2026; peak year 1984.

Biggest box office

Hey Good Looking! (2006)

$7.3M worldwide

Highest rated

The Dinner Game (1998)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Adolescent (1979)

Film career

19702026

Peak 1984 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

  • 1976Screen debut· A Second Chance
  • 1985First top-billed film· Parking
  • 1998Career best· The Dinner Game

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 76: 71 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thDirecting4 of 76: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting4 of 76: 0 only writing, 4 with another role

76 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1970s19 · acting1980s14 · 14 acting · 1 crew1990s9 · acting2000s15 · 15 acting · 2 crew2010s10 · 9 acting · 1 crew2020s9 · 9 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 8% of 13 roles
7686

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 Francis Huster's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 17 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Ondine (1975)

88th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Dinner Game (1998)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 42. 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.

Is Francis Huster's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Francis Huster work with?

People who share at least 2 of Francis Huster's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Lelouch shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers