List of French child actors
This is a list of child actors from France. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.
Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.
A
[edit]- Isabelle Adjani (born 1955)
- Le Petit bougnat (1970)
- Faustine et le bel été (1972)
- L'école des femmes (1973)
B
[edit]- Christophe Bourseiller (born 1957)
- War of the Buttons (1962)
- Une Femme Mariée (1964)
- Two or Three Things I Know About Her... (1967)
- Weekend (1967)
C
[edit]- Timothée Chalamet (born 1995)
- Law & Order (1 episode, 2009)
- Loving Leah (2009)
- Royal Pains (4 episodes, 2012)
- Homeland (8 episodes, 2012)
- François Civil (born 1990)
- Le cactus (2005)
- Louis la brocante (1 episode, 2006)
- Trop la Classe (2006)
- Autopsy (2007)
- Molière (2007)
- Daddy Cool (2008)
- Dying or Feeling Better (2008)
- Sur ta joue ennemie (2008)
- Jean Claudio (1927–1992)
- Nostalgie (1938)
- Rasputin (1938)
- Boys' School (1938)
- Crossroads (1938)
- The Phantom Carriage (1939)
- L'enfer des anges (1941)
- Andorra ou les Hommes d'airain (1942)
- The Heart of a Nation (1943)
- Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
- Marion Cotillard (born 1975)
- Le monde des tout-petits (1982)[1][2]
- Lucie (1983)[3]
- Étude sur le Mouvement (1993)
- Highlander (2 episodes, 1993)[4]
- Lola Créton (born 1993)
- Imago (2004)
- Louis Page (1 episode, 2007)
- Room of Death (2007)
- Trouble at Timpetill (2008)
- Bluebeard (2009)
- Malban (2009)
- En Ville (2011)
- Goodbye First Love (2011)
D
[edit]- René Dary (1905-1974)
- Le Louis de vingt francs (short film, 1910)
- Bébé (short film series, 1910-1913)
- Le Bracelet de la marquise (short film, 1911)
- La Cassette de l'émigrée (short film, 1912)
- Le Petit Poucet (short film, 1912)
- Les Ananas (short film, 1913)
- Catherine Demongeot (born 1948)
- Zazie dans le metro (1960)
- Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
- Les Fables de La Fontaine – Le Chat, la Belette et le petit Lapin (1966)
F
[edit]- Benoît Ferreux (born 1955)
- Murmur of the Heart (1971)
- It Only Happens to Others (1971)
- La Guerrilla (1972)
- Défense de savoir (1973)
- Le Beau samedi (short film, 1973)
- Sara Forestier (born 1985)
- Les Fantômes de Louba (2001)
- La Guerre à Paris (2002)
- Quelques jours entre nous (2003)
- Brigitte Fossey (born 1946)
- Forbidden Games (1952)
- The Steel Rope (1954)
- The Happy Road (1957)
G
[edit]- Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971)
- Paroles et Musique (1984)
- La tentation d'Isabelle (1985)
- An Impudent Girl (1985)
- Charlotte for Ever (1986)
- Kung Fu Master (1988)
- Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
- The Little Thief (1988)
- François Goeske (born 1989)
- Der kleine Mann (2001)
- Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
- The Jungle Book 2 (2003, singing role)
- The Flying Classroom (2003)
- Bergkristall (2004)
- The Kids Ten Commandment (2004, voice)
- French for Beginners (2006)
- The Last Train (2006, voice)
- Breaking and Entering (2006, voice)
- Patricia Gozzi (born 1950)
- Sundays and Cybele (1962)
- Rapture (1965)
- Milo Machado-Graner (born 2008)
- Waiting for Bojangles (2021)
- Stuck Together (2021)
- In Therapy (3 episodes, 2021)
- Alex Hugo (1 episode, 2022)
- Heureusement qu'on s'a (2022)
- Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
H
[edit]- André Heuzé (born 1913)
- Poil de carotte (1925)
- Bobby Henrey (born 1939)
- The Fallen Idol (1948)
- The Wonder Kid (1949)
I
[edit]- Eva Ionesco (born 1965)
- Spermula (1976)
- Le Locataire (1976)
- Maladolescenza (1977)
- L'Amant de poche (1978)
- L'Hôtel du libre échange (1979)
- Journal d'une maison de correction (1980)
- Meurtres à domicile (1982)
- Grenouilles (1983)
J
[edit]- Fabrice Josso (born 1969)
- Au théâtre ce soir: Un mois à la campagne (1976)
- François le Champi (1976)
- Les Folies Offenbach (1 episode, 1977)
- The Associate (1979)
- Les Amours des années folles (1 episode, 1980)
- Sans famille (1981)
- Time Bandits (French voice of Kevin, 1981)
- La nuit du général Boulanger (1982)
- Queen Lear (1982)
- First Blood (voice in the French dub, 1982)
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch (French voice of Buddy Kupfer, 1982)
- The World According to Garp (French voice of young Garp, 1982)
- Airplane II: The Sequel (French voice of Jimmy Wilson, 1982)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (voice in the French dub, 1983)
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (French voice of Tommy Jarvis, 1984)
- Cinéma 16 - La vie telle qu'elle change (1984)
- La Famille Bargeot (1985)
- À nous les garçons (1985)
- Le Déclic (1985)
- Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986)
- Les Nouveaux Tricheurs (1987)
K
[edit]- Nikolai Kinski (born 1976)
- Paganini (1989)
- Jamila (1994)
L
[edit]- Vincent Lacoste (born 1993)
- The French Kissers (2009)
- Au bistro du coin (2011)
- Low Cost (2011)
- Skylab (2011)
- Play It Like Godard (2011)
- De l'huile sur le feu (2011)
- Pascal Lamorisse (born 1950)
- White Mane (1953)
- The Red Balloon (1956)
- Stowaway in the Sky (1960)
- Jean-Pierre Léaud (born 1944)
- La Tour, prends garde ! (1958)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- Boulevard (1960)
- Testament of Orpheus (1960)
- Love at Twenty (1962)
- Martin Loeb (born 1959)[5]
- My Little Loves (1974)
- Second Chance (1976)
- Maladolescenza (1977)
- Robert Lynen (1920-1944)
- The Red Head (1932)
- The Little King (1933)
- Sans famille (1934)
- They Were Five (1936)
- The Fraudster (1937)
- The Man of the Hour (1937)
- Life Dances On (1937)
- La vie est magnifique (1938)
- Mollenard (1938)
- The Little Thing (1938)
- Education of a Prince (1938)
M
[edit]- Sophie Marceau (born 1966)
- La Boum (1980)
- La Boum 2 (1982)
- Fort Saganne (1984)
- Happy Easter (1984)
P
[edit]- Georges Poujouly (born 1940)
- Forbidden Games (1952)
- We Are All Murderers (1952)
- Les Diaboliques (1955)
- And God Created Woman (1956)
S
[edit]- Ludivine Sagnier (born 1979)
- Le Secret d'Iris (1996)
- Vacances au purgatoire (1992)
- La Famille Fontaine (1992)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- Le Pont du silence (1990)
- Je veux rentrer à la maison (1989)
- Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants (1989)
- Romy Schneider (1938-1982)
- When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953)
- Fireworks (1954)
- Victoria in Dover (1954)
- The Last Man (1955)
- Die Deutschmeister (1955)
- Sissi (1955)
- Sissi – The Young Empress (1956)
- Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)
- Jules Sitruk (born 1990)
- An Angel for Chloé (1999)
- L'Ange tombé du ciel (2000)
- P.J. (one episode, 2000)
- Sans famille (2 episodes, 2000)
- Docteur Sylvestre (1 episode, 2000)
- Le pain (short film, 2001)
- Frailty (French voice of Adam Meiks as a child, 2001)
- Sauveur Giordano (1 episode, 2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (French voice of Haleth, 2002)
- Monsieur Batignole (2002)
- Haute Pierre (2002)
- Signs (French voice of Morgan Hess, 2003)
- I, Cesar (2003)
- Vipère au poing (2004)
- Godsend (French voice of Adam Duncan, 2004)
- Birth (French voice of Sean Contre, 2004)
- The Butterfly Effect (French voice of 7-year old Evan Treborn, 2004)
- Alexander (French voice of Alexander as a child, 2004)
- Les Aiguilles rouges (2006)
- Son of Rambow (2007)
T
[edit]- Victoire Thivisol (born 1991)
- Ponette (1996)
- Children of the Century (1999)
- Chocolat (2000)
V
[edit]- Sylvie Vartan (born 1944)
- Pod igoto (1952)
- Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962)
- Judith Vittet (born 1984)
- The City of Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus) (1995)
- Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995)
- Marina Vlady (born 1938)
- Summer Storm (1949)
- Due sorelle amano (1950)
- Pardon My French (1951)
- Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952)
- Black Feathers (1952)
- The Unfaithfuls (1953)
- Finishing School (1953)
- Too Young for Love (1953)
- Cavalcade of Song (1953)
- Musoduro (1953)
- Before the Deluge (1954)
- She (1954)
- Days of Love (1954)
- Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955)
- The Hotshot (1955)
- Sophie and the Crime (1955)
- Les salauds vont en enfer (1955)
- Symphony of Love (1956)
- Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1956)
- La Sorcière (1956)
- Crime and Punishment (1956)
References
[edit]- ^ "Marion Cotillard a 7 ans". YouTube (in French). 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ Guignon, Jordane (30 September 2020). "Marion Cotillard fête ses 45 ans : retour sur les 8 dates clés qui ont changé sa vie (et un peu la nôtre)". Grazia (in French).
- ^ Choulant, Dominique (24 November 2016). Marion Cotillard, Biographie (in French). France: Max Milo Editions. pp. 12, 153. ISBN 9782315008001.
- ^ "Before They Were Stars: Marion Cotillard Gives Birth on "Highlander: The Series"". the-back-row.com. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Martin Loeb | Actor". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-01-22.