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Aurélien Recoing

Aurélien Recoing

Actor · Born May 5, 1958 (68) · Paris, France

Aurélien Recoing (born 5 May 1958) is a French actor and stage director. Aurélien Recoing is the son of Alain Recoing (puppeteer), and the brother of Éloi Recoing (director and translator), Blaise Recoing (actor and musician), and David Recoing (pianist, composer). Born in Paris on May 5, 1958, Aurélien Recoing began training to be an actor in 1974 at Cours Florent, and studied at Quartier d'Ivry. In 1977, the actor-in-training, who spoke fluent English and a little Russian, joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where he studied under Jean-Pierre Miquel and Antoine Vitez. He has appeared in more than 30 plays and has directed stage performances of works by Thomas Bernhard, Fernando Pessoa and Paul Claudel. He was awarded the Prix Gérard Philipe in 1989. In 1980, Aurélien Recoing took his first steps into the world of cinema, in Exploits of a Young Don Juan. Finding art-house cinema appealing to him, he worked with Philippe Garrel on Emergency Kisses (Les baisers de secours), and with Laurence Ferreira Barbosa on Modern Life. The actor rose to fame in 2001 thanks to Laurent Cantet's Time Out (L'Emploi du Temps), in which he plays a man who invents a false life to avoid having to tell his friends and family that he has been fired from his job. As he became more and more in demand, he alternated between blockbusters such as Ruby & Quentin and That Woman and art-house films like L'Ennemi naturel and Orlando Vargas. Lending his talents to a number of unusual projects, in 2006 he portrayed a gamblers in 13 Tzameti, Géla Babluani's black-and-white thriller, and also appeared in Forgive Me (Pardonnez-moi), Maïwenn's home-movie style drama. In the same year, the physically imposing actor found himself transported back to 1914 France in Fragments of Antonin, and then to 1959 Kabylia in Florent Emilio Siri's Intimate Enemies. In 2008, he starred in Franck Llopis' Paris Nord-Sud and in La Saison des Orphelins. The following year, he was cast in Gilles Béhat's crime thriller Diamant 13 with Gérard Depardieu, and in Denis Dercourt's Tomorrow at Dawn (Demain dès l'aube). He has made appearances in The Horde, directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, Xavier de Choudens' Joseph and the Girl with Jacques Dutronc, and Léon Desclozeaux's Cargo, the Lost Men in 2010. He appeared in Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Switch, as well as in Olias Barco's Kill Me Please, which won the Marc'Aurelio d'Oro for best film at Rome Film Festival in 2010. He also appeared in Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Colour, which took the Palme d'Or at Cannes. In 2020 he appeared in Adults in the room. An upcoming appearance is in Grand Ciel an Arte Film. He made his first short film as a director The Rifleman (Un Bon Tireur) which won an Award Winner for Best Drama in 2021. He is developing his first feature film Naked Hands (À Mains Nues) with Sensito Films Productions. Source: Article "Aurélien Recoing" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Born
May 5, 1958 (68)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 96 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Aurélien Recoing's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: 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
Survival
28%
Self
20%
Bonds
18%
Morality
15%
Power
13%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Identity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 14

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 11

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

Steady 10 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 8 · 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 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 5

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 3 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 10

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Threshold guardian: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Threshold guardian
2 of 4
Mentor
1 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Melancholic
8
Dread
7
Contemplative
5
Warm
3
Other
11

How their films linger

Unsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous7

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 Aurélien Recoing's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Aurélien Recoing'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

96 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Pacific Fear(2024)

    as General

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Bugarach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Matéo Cortès

  • La fille et le garçon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Jean

  • The Plough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Simon

  • Belle and Sébastien: The New Generation(2022)

    as Yves

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Grand ciel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Guy

  • What Pauline Is Not Telling You(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as procureur Pérez

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Black Box(2021)

    as Claude Varins

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Two Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Commissaire André Faureins

  • Crossroads(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Alain Breton

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • La Garçonne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pardieu

  • Replay(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Vanderke

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Adults in the Room(2019)

    as Pierre Moscovici

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Pasteur et Koch : Un duel de géants dans la guerre des microbes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Narration

  • The Clouzot Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Ruby Is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Marty

  • Souffler plus fort que la mer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Loïc, le père

  • Despite the Night(2015)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Trepalium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Silas

  • Des pierres en ce jardin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Pierre

  • Pure Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Edgar Maufrais

  • Blue Is the Warmest Colour(2013)

    as Adèle's Father

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Jewish Cardinal(2013)

    as Jean-Paul II

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Vincent / Nuissbaum

  • Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Harry

  • The Wrong Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Daniel Varini

  • The Human Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Ernest (voice)

  • My Worst Nightmare(2011)

    as Thierry

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Switch(2011)

    as Delors

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

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

    Actor

  • The Kid Tintouin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as (Voice)

  • L'ombre d'un flic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Julien Ortéguy

  • Kill Me Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Docteur Krueger

  • Joseph et la fille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Raphaël

  • Le Pain du diable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Aimé Sailant

  • The Horde(2009)

    as Jiménez

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Cargo, the Lost Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Buck

  • Tomorrow at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Capitaine Déprées

  • Diamond 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Ladje

  • Le repenti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Victor Fontanel

  • Reborn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Victor Fontanel

  • La Saison des orphelins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Achille

  • The Rest of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Giovanni

  • Opération Turquoise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Capitaine Cormery

  • Intimate Enemies(2007)

    as Vesoul

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Yvan

  • Private Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Guillaume Vaudrey

  • Counter Investigation(2007)

    as Josse

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Sartre, Years of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Raymond Aron

  • Pardonnez-moi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Paul

  • Fragments of Antonin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as le professeur Labrousse

  • A Perfect Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as le médecin

  • 13 Tzameti(2005)

    as Jacky

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

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

    as Mathieu

  • Ghosts(2005)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Cold Showers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Louis Steiner

  • Orlando Vargas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Orlando Vargas

  • Dark Night, October 17, 1961 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Somveille

  • Trois Couples en quête d'orages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Rémi

  • Le Crime des Renards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Baptiste

  • One Long Winter Without Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jean

  • Natural Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Monsieur Tanguy

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

    as Yann

  • A Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Max

  • Red Sunset (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as L'homme au cutter

  • Le pays des enfants perdus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Dolor

  • Le Pays des ours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Henri

  • Poor Girl! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Paul

  • Ruby & Quentin(2003)

    as Rocco

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Hanging Offense(2003)

    as L'homme de l'identité judiciaire

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Premier cri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as L'homme

  • Time Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Vincent

  • Children's Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as l'inspecteur Mayens

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

    as Michel

  • Fidelity(2000)

    as Bernard

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Modern Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Georges

  • L'Échappée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Charles

  • En danger de vie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Paul

  • La Vie à trois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Gilles Moutiers

  • Life's Little Treasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Photographer

  • Louis, the Child King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Coadjuteur de l'Archevêque de Paris, futur Cardinal de Retz

  • La femme à abattre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Richard

  • Sharpe(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Col. Gudin

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Nestor Burma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 6 episodes · as Vialar

  • The Blue Note (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Auguste Clésinger

  • The Elegant Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as François

  • Emergency Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Comedian

  • Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • Les Tisserands du pouvoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Jacques Roussel

  • Le Soulier de Satin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Ange Gardien / Archéologue / Diego Rodriguez

  • What Every Frenchwoman Wants(1986)

    as Adolphe

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Sea Workers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Gilliatt

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

    Actor

  • Le JT des nouvelles technos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Monsieur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Monsieur Auguste Desmest

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles, 93 of them dated from 1986 to 2024; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Ruby & Quentin (2003)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

Black Box (2021)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19862024

Peak 2006 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 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.

  • 1986Screen debut· Exploits of a Young Don Juan
  • 2001First top-billed film· Time Out
  • 2001Breakout· Time Out

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting96 of 96: 96 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

By decade

1980s6 · acting1990s10 · acting2000s39 · acting2010s26 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 9% of 23 roles
860611

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 Aurélien Recoing's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Adults in the Room (2019)

94th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Black Box (2021)

Midcredits 92nd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 45. 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 Aurélien Recoing's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles28–82 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

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 Aurélien Recoing work with?

People who share at least 2 of Aurélien Recoing's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; André Dussollier shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers

Producers