André Dussollier
Known in his native France as a famous voice as well as a famous face, actor André Dussollier got his first taste of the stage in a school production of "L'Enfant et la Rivière" at age ten. Born in Annecy, France in 1946, Dussollier discovered that acting offered an outlet from the pressures of post-war society to remain stoic and unemotional. His parents both worked for the French Treasury, and were of a practical disposition. They were encouraging when Dussollier enrolled at the University of Grenoble; through he would find success in academics, eventually earning a Master's Degree in Modern Languages, Dussollier decided after graduating to take a leap of faith and moved to Paris to pursue an acting career. He was accepted to study acting at the renowned Conservatoire de Paris, an institution with a notoriously competitive and extremely selective admissions process. Two years later, in 1972, he was awarded a residency at the Comédie-Française ou Théâtre-Français. Dussollier was appearing in a stage production of "Léonce et Léna" (1972) when he was noticed by a prominent audience member, film director François Truffaut. Truffaut cast Dussollier in his film "A Gorgeous Girl Like Me" (1972). In the years to come, he appeared in a number of acclaimed roles in films like Claude Lelouch's "And Now My Love" (1974) and Claude Chabrol's "Alice or the Last Escapade" (1977). He caught the attention of the French public at large with his performance in the comedy hit "Three Men and a Cradle" (1985), which proved such a hit that it was remade in America as "Three Men and a Baby" (1987). Both a critical and commercial success, Dussollier settled into a long and distinguished career in film and television, ranging from historical epics like "Colonel Chabert" (1994) to madcap comedies such as "The Children" (1985). One of his most notable roles came when he provided the whimsical narration for the international hit "Amelie" (2001). His collaboration with that film's director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, continued with prominent roles in "A Very Long Engagement" (2004) and the antic dark comedy "Micmacs" (2009). He also starred in films ranging from the unsettling drama "Unforgiveable" (2011) to the broad comedy "Wrestling Queens" (2013). In 2014, he starred as Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling in Volker Schlöndorff's World War II drama "Diplomatie" (2014).
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André Dussollier
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | N'avoue jamais | François Marsault (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Paris | Edouard Emmard (Character) | - | 2024 |
98% |
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The Crime Is Mine | M. Bonnard (Character) | $111.4K | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | En plein feu | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
47% |
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BigBug | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blaze | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le tigre et le président | Georges Clemenceau (Character) | - | 2022 |
91% |
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Everything Went Fine | André (Character) | - | 2021 |
94% |
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Black Box | Philippe Rénier (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Of Love & Lies | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tanguy, le retour | Paul (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Seeds | Victor (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad seeds | Victor (Character) | - | 2018 |
73% |
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This Is Our Land | Philippe Berthier (Character) | $9.7K | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Roommates Wanted | Hubert Jacquin (Character) | - | 2016 |
60% |
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Full Speed | Ben (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Game | Joseph Paskin (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Belles familles | Pierre Cotteret (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Apaches | Jean (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 21 Nights With Pattie | Jean (Character) | - | 2015 |
94% |
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Diplomacy | Raoul Nordling (Character) | $230.9K | 2014 |
41% |
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Beauty and the Beast | Le marchand (Character) | $20.3K | 2014 |
76% |
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Life of Riley | Simeon (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Des lendemains qui chantent | Raymond Kandel (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Queens of the Ring | Richard (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Partners in Crime | Bélisaire Beresford (Character) | - | 2012 |
67% |
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My Worst Nightmare | François Dambreville (Character) | $21.5K | 2011 |
76% |
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Unforgivable | Francis (Character) | $150.4K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicas | Fernand (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Une exécution ordinaire | Joseph Stalin (Character) | - | 2010 |
89% |
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An Ordinary Execution | Joseph Staline (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La vie sauvage des animaux domestiques | Narrator | - | 2010 |
68% |
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Wild Grass | Georges Palet (Character) | $403.6K | 2009 |
71% |
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Micmacs | Nicolas Thibault de Fenouillet (Character) | $1.3M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Cortex | Charles Boyer (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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A Day at the Museum | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime Is Our Business | Le colonel Bélisaire Beresford (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Their Morals and Ours | André (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Leur morale... et la nôtre | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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White Tuft, the Little Beaver | Récitant (Voice) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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My Enemy's Enemy | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2007 |
93% |
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Tell No One | Jacques Laurentin (Character) | $6.2M | 2006 |
76% |
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Private Fears in Public Places | Thierry (Character) | $134.2K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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A Ticket to Space | Simon Werburger (Character) | - | 2006 |
72% |
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Lemming | Richard Pollock (Character) | $81.6K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Mon Petit Doigt M'a Dit ... | Colonel Bélisaire Beresford (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Secret Agents | Colonel Grasset (Character) | - | 2004 |
100% |
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36 | Robert Mancini (Character) | - | 2004 |
79% |
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A Very Long Engagement | Pierre-Marie Rouvières (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Shut Up | Le Psychiatre Prison (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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18 Years Later | Jacques (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Strange Gardens | André Designy (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Tanguy | Paul Guetz (Character) | $353.2K | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Vidocq | Lautrennes (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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A Crime in Paradise | Maître Jacquard (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Officers' Ward | The surgeon (Character) | - | 2001 |
90% |
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Amélie |
Narrator / |
$486.7K | 2001 |
17% | No Score Yet | Ouch | Robert (Character) | $8.3K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Actors | Self | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Scenes | Gomez (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Children of the Marshland | Amédée (Character) | $324.0K | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Augustin, King of Kung-Fu | Self | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stolen Life | Jakob (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Air So Pure | Dr. Boyer (Character) | - | 1997 |
71% |
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Same Old Song | Simon (Character) | $32.4K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quadrille | Philippe de Morannes (Character) | - | 1996 |
83% |
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Colonel Chabert | Count Ferraud (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White King, Red Queen | Alexei Goryounov (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Minor Apocalypse | Jacques (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aux petits bonheurs | Pierre (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montparnasse-Pondichery | Bertin (Character) | - | 1993 |
85% |
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A Heart in Winter | Maxime (Character) | $22.3K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sushi, sushi | Maurice Hartmann (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Border Line | Unknown (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L'enfance de l'art | Luc Ferrand (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | De sable et de sang | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
83% |
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Melo | Marcel Blanc (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Yiddish Connection | Le séminariste (Character) | - | 1986 |
72% |
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Three Men and a Cradle | Jacques (Character) | $2.1M | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Love Unto Death | Jérôme Martignac (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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L'Amour Par Terre | Paul (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love on the Ground | Paul (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Children | Le directeur d'école (Character) | - | 1984 |
78% |
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Life is a Bed of Roses | Raoul Vandamme (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liberty Belle | Vidal (Character) | - | 1983 |
85% |
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A Good Marriage | Edmond (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Exterior Night | Bony (Character) | - | 1980 |
89% |
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Perceval | Gauvain (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Model Couple | Jean-Michel (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice or the Last Escapade | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marie, the Doll | Claude (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Happy Divorce | François (Character) | - | 1975 |
71% |
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And Now My Love | Simon (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me | Stanislas Prévine (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Delirious Fictions of William Klein | Unknown (Character) | - | 1966 |
TV
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100% | 93% | Walking with Dinosaurs | Narrator (Guest Star) | 1999 |