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{{short description|French actor and director (born 1950)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Daniel Auteuil
| image        = Daniel Auteuil-8755.jpg
| caption      = Auteuil  at the [[2025 Cannes Film Festival]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1950|01|24|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Algiers]], [[French Algeria]]
| spouse       = {{Plainlist|
* {{Marriage|Anne Jousset|1978|1984}}
* {{Marriage|[[Emmanuelle Béart]]|1993|1995}}
* {{Marriage|Aude Ambroggi|22 July 2006}}
}}
| partner      = [[Marianne Denicourt]]
| children     = 3; including [[Aurore Auteuil]]
| years_active = 1974–present
| occupation   = Actor, film director, screenwriter
}}

'''Daniel Auteuil''' ({{IPA|fr|danjɛl otœj|lang}}; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers.<ref name="nytimes-bio">{{cite news|last=Marx |first=Rebecca Flint |title=Daniel Auteuil Biography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2912/Daniel-Auteuil/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814080039/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2912/Daniel-Auteuil/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> In 1996 he won the [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor Award]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] together with Belgian actor [[Pascal Duquenne]]. He is also the winner of two [[César Award for Best Actor|César Awards for Best Actor]], one in 1987 as Ugolin Soubeyran in ''[[Jean de Florette]]'' and ''[[Manon des Sources (1986 film)|Manon des Sources]]'' and one for his role in ''[[Girl on the Bridge]]''. For his role in ''[[Jean de Florette]]'' he also won the [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.<ref name="nytimes-awards">{{cite news|last=Marx |first=Rebecca Flint |title=Daniel Auteuil Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2912/Daniel-Auteuil/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814080101/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/2912/Daniel-Auteuil/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> Auteuil is considered one of France's most respected actors.<ref name="nytimes-bio"/><ref name="allmovie">{{cite web|last=Marx |first=Rebecca Flint |title=Daniel Auteuil |publisher=AllMovie |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/daniel-auteuil-p2912 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Daniel Auteuil was born on 24 January 1950 in [[Algiers]], [[French Algeria]], the son of opera singers.<ref name="nytimes-bio"/> He grew up in [[Avignon]] and [[Nancy, France|Nancy]], [[France]].<ref name="nytimes-bio"/> He began his acting career in musical comedy and made his film debut in 1972.<ref name="nytimes-bio"/>

At age 16, thanks to André Benedetto, who led a company in [[Avignon]], Auteuil began stage acting in [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[A Marriage Proposal|La Demande en mariage]]''.<ref name="BOYE 12">{{cite book | first=Bernard | last=Boyé | title=Les légendes du cinéma français : Daniel Auteuil | publisher=Éditions Autres Temps | year=2010 | page= 12}}.</ref> To please his parents he began studies in topography, and he worked in a nightclub cloakroom on Saturday nights to earn money.<ref name="BOYE 12"/>

In 1969, after attending high school in Avignon, he went to Paris with his friend Roger Miremont. He enrolled in a theatre course taught by [[Cours Florent]]. Despite several attempts, he was never accepted to the [[Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique]].

==Career==
In 1970, he made his debut in [[théâtre national populaire]] in ''Early Morning''. In 1972 and 1973 he appeared in the American musical ''[[Godspell]]''. Partnered with [[Edwige Feuillère]]'s theatre (''La folle de Chaillot'') and [[Maria Pacôme]]'s theatre (''Apprends-moi, Céline''), he co-starred with [[François Périer]] in ''Coup de chapeau'', which earned him the 1979 Gérard Philipe prize for the best actor in Parisian theatre of the year. He then appeared in ''Le Garçon d'appartement'', which [[Gérard Lauzier]] adapted for the cinema in 1982 as ''T'empêches tout le monde de dormir''.

In 1974, Auteuil made his debut on television under the direction of [[Marcel Jullian]] in the series ''Les Fargeot'' before continuing next to [[Rellys]], [[Jackie Sardou]] and [[Fernand Sardou]] in ''Adieu Amélie'' by Jean-Paul Carrère. In 1977, he played the detective Camaret in the six-episode series ''Rendez-vous en noir'', based on the novel by [[William Irish]].

In 1975, [[Gérard Pirès]] offered Auteuil the lead role in ''L'Agression'' with [[Catherine Deneuve]] and [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]].[[File:Daniel Auteuil en dédicace 2023.jpg|thumb|Auteuil signing a copy of ''Caché'' in 2023|262x262px]]

Auteuil's starring role in the [[historical fiction|historical drama]] film ''[[Jean de Florette]]'' (1986) and its sequel ''[[Manon des Sources (1986 film)|Manon des Sources]]'' (1986) brought him international recognition.  Auteuil has since become one of the best-known, best-paid and most popular actors in France. Through his appearances in films including the [[swashbuckler film|swashbuckler]] ''[[Le Bossu (1997 film)|Le bossu]]'' (1997), the [[comedy]] ''[[The Closet (2001 film)|The Closet]]'' (2001), the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[After You...]]'' (2003), the [[Thriller film|thriller]] ''[[Caché (film)|Caché]]'' (2005) and the [[comedy film|comedy]] ''[[My Best Friend (2006 film)|My Best Friend]]'' (2006), he has since gained greater international recognition.

In 2013, Auteuil was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="variety">{{cite web|last=Saperstein |first=Pat |title=Nicole Kidman, Christopher Waltz, Ang Lee Among Cannes Jury Members | work=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information |date=23 April 2013 |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/nicole-kidman-christopher-waltz-ang-lee-among-cannes-jury-members-1200410650/ |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Auteuil has two daughters: [[Aurore Auteuil]] with his former partner, Anne Jousset, and Nelly from a ten-year relationship with actress [[Emmanuelle Béart]], his co-star in the films ''[[A Heart in Winter]]'' and ''[[Manon des Sources (1986 film)|Manon des Sources]]'' (1986). He married Aude Ambroggi, a Corsican sculptor born in 1977,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Généalogie de Aude AMBROGGI |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/gabaon?lang=fr&n=ambroggi&oc=0&p=aude |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Geneanet |language=fr }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> on 22 July 2006 in [[Porto-Vecchio]], [[Corsica]].

==Filmography==

=== As filmmaker ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" width="33" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" | Credited as
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Screenwriter
|-
! 2011
| ''[[The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011 film)|The Well-Digger's Daughter]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
! 2013
| ''[[Marius (2013 film)|Marius]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
! 2013
| ''[[Fanny (2013 film)|Fanny]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
! 2018
| ''The Other Woman''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
! 2024
| ''[[An Ordinary Case]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
! 2026
| ''Une nuit''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|Filming<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-26 |title=The shoot for Daniel Auteuil's Une nuit enters the home stretch |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/486460/ |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===As actor===
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
|- 
! 1974
| ''[[L'Agression]]''
| Natacha's boyfriend
| [[Gérard Pirès]]
|-
! 1975
| ''Attention les yeux!''
| Alex
| [[Gérard Pirès]]
|-
! 1977
| ''[[Monsieur Papa (1977 film)|Monsieur Papa]]''
| Dédé
| Philippe Monnier
|-
! 1977
| ''Rendez-vous en noir''
| Inspecteur Camaret
| Claude Grinberg
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1979
| ''[[Us Two (film)|Us Two]]''
| a rascal
| [[Claude Lelouch]]
|-
| ''[[Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears]]''
| Jean-Bernard
| [[Charles Nemes]]
|-
! 1980 
| ''[[Les sous-doués]]''
| Bébel
| [[Claude Zidi]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 1981
| ''[[Les hommes préfèrent les grosses]]''
| Jean-Yves
| [[Jean-Marie Poiré]]
|-
| ''[[Les Sous-doués en vacances]]''
| Bébel
| Claude Zidi
|-
| ''[[Clara et les Chics Types]]''
| Mickey
| Jacques Monnet
|-
! 1982
| ''[[Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien...]]''
| Sam
| [[Édouard Molinaro]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 1984 
| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Fauves (film)|fr|3=Les Fauves (film)|lt=Les Fauves}}''
| Christopher Bergham
| Jean-Louis Daniel
|-
| ''[[Asphalt Warriors]]''
| Inspecteur Vincent
| [[Sergio Gobbi]]
|-
| ''[[P'tit Con]]''
| Jeannot
| [[Gérard Lauzier]]
|-
! 1985 
| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Palace (film)|fr|3=Palace (film, 1985)|lt=Palace}}''
| Lucien Molard
| [[Édouard Molinaro]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[Jean de Florette]]''
| rowspan="2" | Ugolin
| rowspan="2" | [[Claude Berri]]
|-
| ''[[Manon des Sources (1986 film)|Manon des Sources]]''
|-
! 1987
| ''[[Quelques jours avec moi]]''
| Martial Pasquier
| [[Claude Sautet]]
|-
! 1989
| ''[[Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed|Romuald et Juliette]]''
| Romuald Blindet
| [[Coline Serreau]]
|- 
! 1990
| ''The Elegant Criminal''
| Lacenaire
| [[Francis Girod]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''[[A Heart in Winter]]''
| Stéphane
| Claude Sautet
|-
| ''[[My Life Is Hell]]''
| Abargadon
| [[Josiane Balasko]]
|-
! 1992
| ''[[My Favorite Season]]''
| Antoine
| [[André Téchiné]]
|-
! 1993 
| ''[[La Reine Margot (1994 film)|La Reine Margot]]''
| [[Henry IV of France|Henri de Bourbon]]
| [[Patrice Chéreau]]
|-
! 1994
| ''[[La Séparation]]''
| Pierre
| [[Christian Vincent (director)|Christian Vincent]]
|-
! 1995
| ''[[A French Woman]]''
| Louis
| [[Régis Wargnier]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Thieves (1996 film)|Thieves]]''
| Alex
| André Téchiné
|-
| ''[[Sostiene Pereira]]''
| Dr. Cardoso
| [[Roberto Faenza]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[The Eighth Day (1996 film)|The Eighth Day]]''
| Harry
| [[Jaco Van Dormael]]
|-
| ''[[Lucie Aubrac (film)|Lucie Aubrac]]''
| Raymond
| Claude Berri 
|-
! 1997
| ''[[On Guard (1997 film)|On Guard]]''
| Lagardère
| [[Philippe de Broca]]
|-
! rowspan="4" | 1999 
| ''[[Girl on the Bridge]]''
| Gabor
| [[Patrice Leconte]]
|-
| ''[[The Lost Son (film)|The Lost Son]]''
| Xavier Lombard
| [[Chris Menges]]
|-
| ''The Escort''
| Pierre
| [[Michel Blanc]]
|-
| ''[[The Widow of Saint-Pierre]]''
| Jean
| [[Patrice Leconte]]
|-
! 2000 
| ''[[Sade (film)|Sade]]''
| [[Marquis de Sade]]
| [[Benoît Jacquot]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2001 
| ''[[Vajont (film)|Vajont]]''
| Alberico Biadene
| Renzo Martinelli
|-
| ''[[The Closet (2001 film)|The Closet]]''
| François Pignon
| [[Francis Veber]]
|-
! 2002
| ''[[The Adversary (film)|The Adversary]]''
| Jean-Marc Faure
| [[Nicole Garcia]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2003
| ''[[Rencontre avec le dragon]]''
| Guillaume de Montauban
| Hélène Angel 
|-
| ''[[After You...]]''
| Antoine Letoux
| [[Pierre Salvadori]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2004 
| ''[[36 Quai des Orfèvres (film)|36 Quai des Orfèvres]]''
| Léo Vrinks
| [[Olivier Marchal]]
|-
| ''[[Strange Crime]]''
| Daniel
| [[Roberto Andò]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2005 
| ''[[Caché (film)|Caché]]''
| Georges Laurent
| [[Michael Haneke]]
|-
| ''[[To Paint or Make Love]]''
| William Lasserre
| [[Arnaud Larrieu]] and [[Jean-Marie Larrieu]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2006
| ''[[The Valet (2006 film)|The Valet]]''
| Pierre Levasseur
| [[Francis Veber]]
|-
| ''[[My Best Friend (2006 film)|My Best Friend]]''
| François Coste
| [[Patrice Leconte]]
|-
| ''[[Napoleon and Me]]''
| [[Napoleon]]
| [[Paolo Virzì]]
|-
! 2007
| ''[[Conversations with My Gardener]]''
| Dupinceau
| [[Jean Becker (director)|Jean Becker]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2008 
| ''[[The Last Deadly Mission]]''
| Schneider
| [[Olivier Marchal]]
|-
| ''[[15 ans et demi]]''
| Philippe Le Tallec
| François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux
|-
| ''[[Me Two]]''
| Jean-Christian Ranu
| [[Nicolas & Bruno]]
|-
! 2009
| ''[[Je l'aimais]]''
| Pierre
| [[Zabou Breitman]]
|-
! 2011
| ''[[The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011 film)|The Well-Digger's Daughter]]''
| Pascal Amoretti
| Daniel Auteuil
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[The Lookout (2012 film)|The Lookout]]''
| Mattei
| [[Michele Placido]]
|-
| ''[[Blood from a Stone]]''
| Georges Pierret
| [[Jacques Maillot]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2013
| ''[[Jappeloup]]''
| Serge Durand
| [[Christian Duguay (director)|Christian Duguay]]
|-
| ''[[Marius (2013 film)|Marius]]''
| rowspan="2" | César
| rowspan="2" | Daniel Auteuil
|-
| ''[[Fanny (2013 film)|Fanny]]''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Entre amis]]''
| Richard
| [[Olivier Baroux]]
|-
| ''Nos femmes''
| Paul
| [[Richard Berry (actor)|Richard Berry]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2016
| ''Les Naufragés''
| Jean-Louis Brochard
| David Charhon
|-
| ''[[Au nom de ma fille]]''
| André Bamberski
| Vincent Garenq
|-
| ''[[The Confessions (film)|The Confessions]]''
| Daniel Roché
| [[Roberto Andò]]
|-
! 2017
| ''[[Le Brio]]''
| Pierre Mazard
| [[Yvan Attal]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''The Other Woman''
| Daniel
| Daniel Auteuil
|-
| ''[[Remi, Nobody's Boy]]''
| [[Sans Famille|Vitalis]]
| [[:fr:Antoine Blossier|Antoine Blossier]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''Qui m'aime me suive!''
| Gilbert
| José Alcala
|-
| ''[[La Belle Époque (film)|La Belle Époque]]''
| Victor Drumond
| [[Nicolas Bedos]]
|-
! 2021
| ''[[Farewell, Mr. Haffmann]]''
| Joseph Haffmann
| [[Fred Cavayé]]
|-
! 2022
| ''[[The New Toy]]''
| Philippe Étienne
| [[James Huth]]
|-
! 2023
| ''[[A Silence]]''
| François Schaar
| [[Joachim Lafosse]]
|-
! 2024
| ''[[An Ordinary Case]]''
| Maître Jean Monier
| Daniel Auteuil
|-
! 2025
| ''[[A Private Life]]''
| Gabriel Haddad
| [[Rebecca Zlotowski]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Year
!Category
!Work
!Result
!class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[41st British Academy Film Awards|1987]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| ''[[Jean de Florette]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[1996 Cannes Film Festival|1996]]
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] <small>(Shared with [[Pascal Duquenne]])</small>
| ''[[The Eighth Day (1996 film)|The Eighth Day]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="14"|[[César Awards]]
| [[12th César Awards|1987]]
| rowspan="14"|[[César Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Jean de Florette''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[14th César Awards|1989]]
| ''[[A Few Days with Me]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[16th César Awards|1991]]
| ''Lacenaire''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[18th César Awards|1993]]
| ''[[A Heart in Winter]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[19th César Awards|1994]]
| ''[[My Favorite Season]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[20th César Awards|1995]]
| ''[[La Séparation]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[22nd César Awards|1997]]
| ''The Eighth Day''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[23rd César Awards|1998]]
| ''[[On Guard (1997 film)|On Guard]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[25th César Awards|2000]]
| ''[[Girl on the Bridge]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[28th César Awards|2003]]
| ''[[The Adversary (film)|The Adversary]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[29th César Awards|2004]]
| ''[[After You...]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[30th César Awards|2005]]
| ''[[36 Quai des Orfèvres (film)|36 Quai des Orfèvres]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[43rd César Awards|2018]]
| ''[[Le Brio]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[45th César Awards|2020]]
| ''[[La Belle Époque (film)|La Belle Époque]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |[[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| 1993
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| ''A Heart in Winter''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|[[European Film Awards]]
| [[6th European Film Awards|1993]]
| rowspan="2"|[[European Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''A Heart in Winter''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[18th European Film Awards|2005]]
| ''[[Caché (film)|Caché]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|[[Lumière Awards]]
| [[6th Lumière Awards|2001]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Lumière Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Sade (film)|Sade]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[23rd Lumière Awards|2018]]
| ''Le Brio''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[25th Lumière Awards|2020]]
| ''La Belle Époque''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|[[Molière Award]]s
| 1988
| rowspan="3"|Best Actor
| ''[[Double Inconstancy]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Scapin the Schemer]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| 2014
| ''Nos Femmmes''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|}

==References==
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