Dupontel, Albert

(January II, 1964, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France - )

   He grew up in a Parisian suburb. After studying medi­cine, he attended drama courses with Yves Pignot and Antoine Vitez. He performed onstage and earned his living as stuntman at the Opera. He played in about thirty films (from 1988 La Bande des Quatre / USA: The Gang of Four / US DVD: Gang of Four, Jacques Rivette, to 2009 Micmacs à Tire-Larigot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet), including those he directed.

 Filmography

1992 ◘ Désiré (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

1996 ◘ Bernie (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

1999 ◘ Le Créateur / USA: The Creator (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

2006 ◘ Enfermés dehors (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

2009 ◘ Le Vilain (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)