Known For: French actor
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, film actor, television actor
Country: France
City: Paris
Date of Birth: Saturday, 11 May 1974
Benoît Magimel is a French actor. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher. He also starred in Claude Chabrol's La Demoiselle d'honneur.
| BirthPlace | Paris |
| Awards | Q586140, Q13452528, Q13452524, Q900424, Q900494, Q932947, Q900494 |
| Children | Hana Magimel |
| Wikipedia | Benoît_Magimel |
Benoît Magimel was born in Paris on 11 May 1974. His mother was a nurse and his father worked in a bank. Through his maternal grandfather he is of Hungarian Jewish descent. He has a brother, Arnaud, and a sister, Bénédicte. In 1988, he landed his first film role in Étienne Chatiliez's comedy Life Is a Long Quiet River, in which he played Maurice "Momo" Groseille. At sixteen, while in première (the second year of lycée), Magimel left school without a diploma to pursue acting as a career.
