Denis Podalydès is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in The Officers' Ward, which was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
He is a former student of the Paris Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, and became a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française in 1997, and then a sociétaire in 2000, now considered as one of their major actors. He became the 505th sociétaire on 1st January 2000. Before joining that company he had appeared in Sophonisbe by Corneille (1988), L'Épreuve and Les Sincères by Marivaux (1989), La Double Inconstance by Marivaux and Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo (1990), Le Misanthrope by Molière, and Bérénice by Racine (1992), Les Fausses Confidences by Marivaux (1992), and Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler in 1995.
| Date of Birth | 22nd April 1963 |
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| Age | 61 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Country | France |
| Current City | Versailles |
| Birth Place | Versailles |
| Nationality | France |
| Citizenship | France |
| Language | French |
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| Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Cours Florent, Lycée Fénelon, Paris |
| Occupation | actor, writer, theatrical director, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, voice actor, stage actor, film actor, film director, director |
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