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Benoît Magimel

Benoît Magimel

Actor · Born May 11, 1974 (52) · Paris, France

Cannes award winner

Benoît Magimel is a French actor. A prolific actor who was 14 when he appeared in his first film, Magimel has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. For a number of years, he lived with French actress Juliette Binoche, with whom he co-starred in 1999's Children of the Century and later had a daughter, Hana, born in 1999. The relationship ended in 2003.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 11, 1974 (52)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
48 on MovieCove · 87 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 9% in 30 days

What are Benoît Magimel's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Adventure 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
27%
Self
20%
Survival
18%
Morality
17%
Power
14%
Society
3%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 11 · Dark 26

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 27 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 21 · Intense 19

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 34 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 4

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

Casual 12 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 9

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 6 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 22

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 28 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

41 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 41 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 41
Shadow
10 of 41
Ally
6 of 41
Trickster
4 of 41
Shapeshifter
3 of 41
Mentor
2 of 41
Threshold guardian
1 of 41
Herald
1 of 41
Show the 41 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Melancholic
22
Dread
10
Contemplative
10
Warm
5
Other
33

How their films linger

Unsettling19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet25
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous11

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 Benoît Magimel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Benoît Magimel'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

87 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Nana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Greenland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • The Birthday Party(2026)

    as Franck

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • De Gaulle: Liberté(2026)

    as General Pierre Koenig

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • De Gaulle: Résistance(2026)

    as Koenig

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mi Amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Vincent

  • The Hunt(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Franck

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Saint-Exupéry(2024)

    as Directeur de l'Aéropostale (voix)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • No Chains No Masters(2024)

    as Eugène Larcenet

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Rosalie(2023)

    as Abel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Taste of Things(2023)

    as Dodin Bouffant

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The King of Algiers(2023)

    as Roger

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Le Marchand de sable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Yvan

  • Jack Mimoun and the Secrets of Val Verde(2022)

    as Jonas Anatoli

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Revoir Paris(2022)

    as Thomas

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Pacifiction(2022)

    as De Roller

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Incredible But True(2022)

    as Gérard

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • It Was the War of Algeria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · as Narrator

  • Filmoteca de Catalunya 10 anys al Raval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Lovers(2020)

    as Léo Redler

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Peaceful(2021)

    as Benjamin

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Dune Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Simon

  • Lola(2019)

    as Philippe

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • An Easy Girl(2019)

    as Philippe

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Little White Lies 2(2019)

    as Vincent Ribaud

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Carbon(2017)

    as Antoine Roca

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Vincent

  • The Piano Teacher: Behind the Scenes - Postsync Sessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Walter Klemmer (archive footage)

  • Memoir of War(2017)

    as Pierre Rabier

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Anatomy of Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • 150 Milligrams(2016)

    as Dr Antoine Le Bihan, professor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Marseille(2016)

    Show 14 episodes · as Lucas Barres

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Fast Convoy(2016)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Cafard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Jean Mordant (voice)

  • We Were Young(2015)

    as Gérôme

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Standing Tall(2015)

    as Yann

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Connection(2014)

    as 'Le Fou'

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • For a Woman(2013)

    as Michel

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • My Way(2012)

    as Paul Lederman

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

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

    as Paul Anderen

  • Special Forces(2011)

    as Captain 'Tic-Tac '

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mon pote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Bruno Duchêne, former robber and car fan

  • Little White Lies(2010)

    as Vincent Ribaud

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Counsel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Léo Demarsan

  • Sans laisser de traces(2010)

    as Étienne Meunier

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Resolution 819 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jacques Calvez

  • Possibility of an Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Daniel

  • Inju: The Beast in the Shadow(2008)

    as Alex Fayard

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • 2 Alone in Paris(2008)

    as Le commissaire

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • 24 Bars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Didier

  • Intimate Enemies(2007)

    as Terrien

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • A Girl Cut in Two(2007)

    as Paul Andre Claude Gaudens

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Truands(2007)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Fair Play(2006)

    as Jean-Claude

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Charlie Says (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Pierre

  • Sky Fighters(2005)

    as Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Matyas / Thomas

  • The Bridesmaid(2004)

    as Philippe Tardieu

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse(2004)

    as Capitaine Reda

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Errance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Jacques

  • Strange Gardens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Emile Bailleul

  • The Flower of Evil(2003)

    as François Vasseur

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Nest(2002)

    as Santino

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Piano Teacher(2001)

    as Walter Klemmer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Walter Klemmer (archive footage)

  • To Mathieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Matthieu

  • Lisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Sam

  • The King Is Dancing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Louis XIV

  • Children of the Century(1999)

    as Alfred de Musset

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Minute of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Marek

  • Already Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as David

  • No happy end (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Thieves(1996)

    as Jimmy Fontana

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Single Girl(1995)

    as Rémi

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • La haine(1995)

    as Benoît

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Le Chambon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as René

  • Jalna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 8 episodes · as Eden Whiteoak

  • Putain de porte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • The Stolen Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Maurice

  • The Country Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Jules

  • Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Thomas

  • Les Ritals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as François jeune

  • Dad Is Gone, Mom Also (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Jérôme

  • Life Is a Long Quiet River(1988)

    as Momo Groseille

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Gabin, un héros français (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jean Gabin

  • L'Enragé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • La vie obstinée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Joseph

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 87 titles, 82 of them dated from 1988 to 2026; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

Little White Lies (2010)

$53M worldwide

Highest rated

De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19882026

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 21 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting87 of 87: 87 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s23 · acting2010s23 · acting2020s20 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 31% of 52 roles
880308131823

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

Won a Cannes award in 2001.

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 Benoît Magimel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 46; across their 43 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Midcredits score across 48 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 48 titles divides audiences: 25 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed14

Most loved · actor

La haine (1995)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 41 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 53. 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 Benoît Magimel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles48–71 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian 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 Benoît Magimel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Benoît Magimel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alain Attal shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles