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Daniel Russo

Daniel Russo

Actor · Born May 13, 1948 (78) · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Daniel Russo is a French actor and screenwriter born May 13, 1948 in Paris. Originally from Marseille, Daniel Russo was born in Paris during a trip by his parents. These having divorced at the beginning of the 1950s, his mother obtained custody of him but had him placed at the age of four in residential care. His father finally obtained custody in Marseilles where he was brought up. Passionate about drawing and painting, he joined the Boulle school and became an interior decorator, working with his father who intended him to take over the family business. At the same time, he does theater to correct his diction following an accident that broke his jaw at thirteen. Decorating Robert Lamoureux's apartment one day, the latter invites him to see him play and introduces him to the magic of the stage. He then entered the Ecole de la rue Blanche and then the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art (Promo 1974) where he won four prizes. At the same time, he was a rock guitarist in the Magic Stars, then Les Proverbes (pretending to be Antoine's group), performing at rock concerts in the Paris region. He joined Jacques Fabbri's theater company, with whom he appeared on the TV show Tutti Fabbri broadcast on the 1st channel from Sunday January 13, 1974. He appeared for the first time in cinema in 1976 in The Judge and the Assassin by Bertrand Tavernier in a small role as a guard. In the early 1980s, he played on the boards of the Café-Théâtre des Blancs-Manteaux and began to be spotted by certain critics for the excellence of his playing, 'remarkably expressive'. Thereafter, he interpreted many small roles before the public noticed him in Génial, mes parents divorcent!, a success of Patrick Braoudé in 1990, director whom he will find for Neuf mois in 1994. With this resurgence of popularity, he chained roles with Bertrand Tavernier, Étienne Chatiliez or Gérard Oury. The collaboration with Laurent Baffie will be fruitful in the theater: Sex, Shenanigans and General Culture, Toc toc and in the play Jacques Daniel with Claude Brasseur. On television, his performances in On the Edge or in Suzie Berton are noticed. He plays in the series Trois pères à la maison on M6 and La vie est à nous. Then he played Pierre Bérégovoy in the TV movie A Man of Honor in 2009. He lent his voice for many dubs, including the French voices of Harvey Keitel, Danny DeVito, Bob Hoskins, John Travolta, Matt Dillon. He gave up this field in the mid-2000s.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 13, 1948 (78)
From
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 99 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 31% in 30 days

What are Daniel Russo's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
41%
Self
24%
Society
18%
Ideas
11%
Morality
7%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · 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 2 · 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 3 · Even-paced 3 · 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 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Absurd
2
Romantic
2
Warm
2
Bittersweet
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

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 Daniel Russo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Russo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.

Filmography

99 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Révélations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Si on savait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Serial (Bad) Weddings 3(2021)

    as Isaac Benichou

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Permis de construire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • The Loan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Dentro di te c'è la terra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Disturbing Disappearances(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Dario Benedetti

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Le Choix de Cheyenne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Simon Langlois

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

    Actor

  • Jacques Daniel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Daniel

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

    as Jacky

  • Hier est un autre Jour ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Pierre Maillard

  • Les tourtereaux divorcent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Marcel

  • Les trois frères, le retour(2014)

    as Le beau-père de Michael

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Vaugand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Camparain

  • Les François (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as François senior

  • Fanny(2013)

    as Félix Escartefigue

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Marius(2013)

    as Félix Escartefigue

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Capitaine Lefevre

  • Il faut marier maman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Gérard

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

    Show 1 episode · as Yves Pasteur

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

    Show 1 episode · as Pierre Loisel

  • La Guerre du Royal Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Maxime Verdier

  • Lunch Versus Dinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Jean-Michel

  • J'ai peur d'oublier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Paul

  • Changer la vie ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Pierre Bérégovoy

  • Tromper n'est pas jouer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Death List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Paul Sax

  • Un viol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Maxime Gallet

  • La Passion selon Didier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Didier

  • Un homme d'honneur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Pierre Bérégovoy

  • Mac Orlan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · as Victor Mac Orlan

  • La Veuve tatouée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Louis

  • TOC TOC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Vincent

  • C'est mieux la vie quand on est grand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Raymond

  • Chez Maupassant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Cornudet

  • The Sweet Country of My Childhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Roger Joly

  • Le temps de la désobéissance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Édouard Vigne

  • On ne prête qu'aux riches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Lucien

  • L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as le père de Bernard

  • Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Henri Castarède

  • Le meilleur commerce du monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Ricco

  • The Antidote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Guillaume Marty

  • 93, rue Lauriston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Henri Lafont, alias « Abwehr Henri Chamberlin »

  • Si c'est ça la famille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Daniel Colona

  • Trois pères à la maison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tony

  • À cran, deux ans après (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bob François

  • Suzie Berton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Marco

  • Les clefs de bagnole(2003)

    as Daniel

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • À cran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 4 episodes · as Bob François

  • Marche et rêve ! Les homards de l'utopie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Toinou

  • À l'abri des regards indiscrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as L'homme d'affaires

  • Sexe, magouilles et culture générale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Franck Petit, game's producer

  • Second life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Ronnie

  • Route de nuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Guido

  • Jeudi 12 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Roussier

  • The Boys II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Laurent

  • Bingo ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as André

  • Grève party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Monsieur Jean

  • Droit dans le mur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Jean-François

  • Le garçon d'orage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Marcellin

  • The Ideal Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Paul

  • The Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Jean-Pierre Bellac

  • Maintenant ou jamais (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Raymond

  • Oui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Polo

  • Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Monsieur Hattus

  • Ghost with Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Marcel Bourdon, prétendu ami de Georges

  • Mémoires d'un jeune con (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Damien

  • Ma femme me quitte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Alain

  • Happiness Is in the Field(1995)

    as André le patron de l'hotel

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Horseman on the Roof(1995)

    as Maître Rigoard

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Fresh Bait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Jean-Pierre

  • L'homme de mes rêves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Alex

  • Neuf Mois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Georges

  • Faites comme chez nous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • Le Grand Jeu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Great, My Parents Divorce! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as père Christian

  • Allo, Maman ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • Life and Nothing But (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Lieutenant Trévise

  • Man Eaters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as -The American pilot

  • Killing Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Melchior

  • The Joint Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Harky

  • Black Mic Mac(1986)

    as Rabuteau

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Moi vouloir toi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Pierre Baillet

  • All Mixed Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as André Martin

  • Le Jeune Marié (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Durbec

  • It Could Be Worse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Charles Murat

  • A Man of My Measure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as André

  • The Party 2(1982)

    as Étienne, François' dentist friend

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Instinct de femme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Nurse

  • Why Not Us? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Guy Loiseau

  • Au bout du chemin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as l'assistant

  • La Traque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 4 episodes · as Denis (SRPJ Lyon)

  • The Bit Between the Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Un commentateur TV

  • Ciao, You Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Mario

  • L'Exercice du pouvoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Actor

  • Stop Calling Me Baby! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Commercials director

  • Police Commissioner Moulin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 4 episodes · as Shalom

  • Révelations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Paul

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 99 titles, 98 of them dated from 1976 to 2023; peak year 1995.

Biggest box office

Les trois frères, le retour (2014)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

Fanny (2013)

Midcredits 69th

Most popular right now

The Party 2 (1982)

Film career

19762023

Peak 1995 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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.

  • 1982Screen debut· The Party 2
  • 2003First top-billed film· The Car Keys
  • 2003Career best· The Car Keys

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting98 of 99: 98 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndDirecting1 of 99: 1 only directing, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s5 · acting1980s15 · acting1990s23 · 22 acting · 1 crew2000s28 · acting2010s22 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 6% of 18 roles
829202

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 Daniel Russo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 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 6

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Les clefs de bagnole (2003)

59th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Happiness Is in the Field (1995)

Midcredits 80th · 73% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 46. 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.

Who does Daniel Russo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Daniel Russo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Daniel Auteuil shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers