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Gilles Lellouche

Gilles Lellouche

Actor, writer and director, also producer · Born July 5, 1972 (54) · Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, France

Cannes award winner

Gilles Lellouche (born 5 July 1972) is a French actor and director. Most known for his performances in Tell No One (2006), Mesrine (2008), Little White Lies (2010), The Players (2012), The Connection (2014), C'est la vie! (2017), In Safe Hands (2018) and BAC Nord (2020). For his performances, Lellouche was nominated for numerous acting César Awards, including twice for Best Actor for In Safe Hands and BAC Nord. As filmmaker, he directed Sink or Swim (2018) and Beating Hearts (2025), for which he was nominated twice for the César Award for Best Director. Lellouche was born in Savigny-sur-Orge, France, to a father of Algerian-Jewish descent, and to a mother of Irish Catholic background. His brother Philippe Lellouche is also an actor and director. From 2002 to 2013, Lellouche was in a relationship with actress Mélanie Doutey, with whom he had a daughter, born on 5 September 2009. Since 2015, Lellouche has been in a relationship with former model and jewelry designer Alizée Guinochet, with whom he had a son, born in November 2022. In January 2017, following the backlash over director Roman Polanski being appointed as the president of the 2017 César Awards while being convicted of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl and being a fugitive from justice since 1978, Lellouche expressed his support for the director in an interview with Le Parisien, saying; "In France, we make controversies of everything. We die of this in this country. In my opinion, you have to be consistent. Polanski has lived in France for forty years. The facts he was accused of precede this arrival. For all these years, he has been doing films! At that time, it had to be forbidden to live in our territory or to work here. But we welcomed him, we gave him awards, we praise him since he is a big director and he is part of the history of cinema. I am not excusing the facts. But why, today more than yesterday, should there be a scandal? What's going on with us? Have we become Americans? I don't agree with that." [...] "We have many people in France that we have things to criticize and who are still in political, social or economic life. We did not put them in prison, we did not make controversies. Even the victim is tired of this story! To make a scandal only today because he is the president of the Césars, it does not make sense." Polanski later dropped out of presiding over the Césars after the backlash, which included a 61,000-signature petition and calls to boycott the ceremony. Source: Article "Gilles Lellouche" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Born
July 5, 1972 (54)
From
Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
Works as
Actor, writer and director, also producer
Titles
57 on MovieCove · 94 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 155 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Gilles Lellouche's films like?

Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy22 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Biography 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
30%
Self
20%
Morality
19%
Power
12%
Survival
10%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 52 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 19 · Serious 12 · Dark 21

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 31 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 7

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

Gentle 10 · Charged 25 · Intense 17

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

A split, not a type: Steady 28 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 10

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 23 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 16

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

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 28 · Relentless 5

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

Casual 21 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 8

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 18 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 19

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

Resolved 37 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

37 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 37 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 37
Ally
10 of 37
Shadow
5 of 37
Shapeshifter
3 of 37
Threshold guardian
2 of 37
Trickster
2 of 37
Herald
1 of 37
Show the 37 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Warm
20
Melancholic
16
Contemplative
15
Absurd
11
Other
47

How their films linger

Bittersweet20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

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 Gilles Lellouche's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 57 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gilles Lellouche'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

94 credits, 57 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Moulin(2026)

    as Jean Moulin

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Electric Kiss(2026)

    as Armand

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Le crime du 3e étage(2026)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Dog 51(2025)

    as Zem Brecht

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • I Love Peru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Obélix (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • And Their Children After Them(2024)

    Producer · as Patrick

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Beating Hearts(2024)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Dans le Rétro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Daaaaaali!(2023)

    as Dalí

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Soudain seuls(2023)

    Second Unit Director · as Ben

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • All Your Faces(2023)

    as Grégoire

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom(2023)

    as Obélix

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Smoking Causes Coughing(2022)

    as Benzène

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Kompromat(2022)

    as Mathieu Roussel

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Goliath(2022)

    as Patrick Fameau

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Bacri, comme un air de famille(2022)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Farewell, Mr. Haffmann(2021)

    as François Mercier

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Stronghold(2020)

    as Greg Cerva

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Milo

  • The Players(2020)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Little White Lies 2(2019)

    as Eric

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • New Biz in the Hood(2019)

    as Frédéric Bartel

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • In Safe Hands(2018)

    as Jean

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Sink or Swim(2018)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Paris Pigalle(2018)

    as Serge / Georges

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Diving(2017)

    as César

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • C'est la vie!(2017)

    as James

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Man with the Iron Heart(2017)

    as Václav Morávek

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Sous le même toit(2017)

    as Yvan

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Rock'n Roll(2017)

    as Gilles Lellouche

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Jews(2016)

    as Norbert/Jésus

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Sky(2015)

    as Richard

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Families(2015)

    as Grégoire Piaggi

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Les Gorilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Petrovitch

  • The Clearstream Affair(2014)

    as Denis Robert

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Connection(2014)

    as Gaëtan 'Tany' Zampa

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Mea culpa(2014)

    as Franck

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

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

    as Various Characters

  • The Ultimate Accessory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Cyrille

  • The Informant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Marc Fiévet

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

    as Various Characters

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

    Show 2 episodes · as Various Characters

  • Twice Upon a Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Maurice

  • Thérèse(2012)

    as Bernard Desqueyroux

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Nos plus belles vacances(2012)

    as Le narrateur (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Players(2012)

    Director · Screenplay · as Greg / Nicolas / Bernard / Antoine / Eric

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Play It Like Godard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Gilles Lellouche

  • Blind Valley(2011)

    as Oscar Herrera

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Platane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Gilles Lellouche

  • My Piece of the Pie(2011)

    as Steve

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Point Blank(2010)

    as Samuel Pierret

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Little White Lies(2010)

    as Eric

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Trader Games(2010)

    as Erwan Kermor

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec(2010)

    as Inspecteur Caponi

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • A Spot of Bother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Philippe Faure

  • Round Da Way(2009)

    as Zoran (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Un Singe sur le dos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Francis

  • Mesrine: Killer Instinct(2008)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The First Day of the Rest of Your Life(2008)

    as Le rasta blanc

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Easy Way(2008)

    as Vincent Goumard

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Paris(2008)

    as Franky

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • It Had to be You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Thomas Walkovic

  • Room of Death(2007)

    as Sylvain

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Masked Mobsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Milan

  • My Place in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Franck

  • J'ai plein de projets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as L'homme qui fait de la gym

  • La 17ème marche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Commandant Robert

  • Le héros de la famille(2006)

    as Jérôme

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Tell No One(2006)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Cheating Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer · as François

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

    as Theo

  • Ma vie en l'air(2005)

    as Ludo

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Anthony Zimmer(2005)

    as Müller

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Narco(2004)

    Director · Writer · as Le jumeau patineur

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Love Me If You Dare(2003)

    as Sergei Nimov Nimovitch

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Zéro un (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer · as Lui

  • L'Adieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Raymond

  • Mon idole(2002)

    as Daniel Bénard

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

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

    as Boomer

  • Varsovie-Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Why... Coz' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer · as Lui

  • Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Writer

  • My Wife Is an Actress(2001)

    as Le policier

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Sitcom, A Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Assistant 'elle a un beau cul'

  • Dieu, que la nature est bien faite! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Un Arabe ouvert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • What I Did for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Gilles

  • Les soeurs Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Serveur Boîte

  • 2 minutes 36 de bonheur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer · as The boy

  • Ah, les femmes ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Le voisin

  • A Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jules

  • Un pas de côté (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Wake Me Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 94 titles, 90 of them dated from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

Little White Lies (2010)

$53M worldwide

Highest rated

All Your Faces (2023)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

Film career

19952026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 16 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.

  • 2001Screen debut· My Wife Is an Actress
  • 2010First top-billed film· Point Blank
  • 2021Career best· The Stronghold
  • 2025Best so far· Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting88 of 94: 81 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thDirecting9 of 94: 0 only directing, 9 with another roleWriting10 of 94: 1 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stProducing1 of 94: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleMusic1 of 94: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 94: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

94 titles, 11 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s7 · 6 acting · 2 crew2000s28 · 27 acting · 5 crew2010s35 · 34 acting · 2 crew2020s20 · 18 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 23% of 56 roles
0106111621

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.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2003–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Cannes award, nominated
  2. 2003
    • Cannes award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Gilles Lellouche's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 52 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Midcredits score across 57 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 57 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser26
  • Broadly Agreed14
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Moulin (2026)

77th percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

All Your Faces (2023)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 47 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 50. 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 Gilles Lellouche's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles22–88 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles17–56 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 60 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles19–64 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gilles Lellouche work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gilles Lellouche's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alain Attal shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles