Cast & creator
Alexandre Desplat
Best known for Golden Globe Awards, The Imitation Game, Jurassic World Rebirth
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French:[alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for The Queen (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Argo (2012), Philomena (2013), The Imitation Game (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Little Women (2019). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Golden Compass (2007), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) & Part 2 (2011), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Godzilla (2014), Unbroken (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). He has collaborated with directors such as Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, Terrence Malick, George Clooney, Roman Polanski, Guillermo del Toro and Gareth Edwards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Desplat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Alexandre Desplats, Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
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1944–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (234)
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Imitation Game
Original Music Composer
2014
Jurassic World Rebirth
Original Music Composer
2025Jurassic World Rebirth
Conductor
2025
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Original Music Composer
2011German Film Award
Self
1951
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Original Music Composer
2010
Little Women
Conductor
2019Little Women
Original Music Composer
2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Original Music Composer
2019
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Original Music Composer
2014
Frankenstein
Original Music Composer
2025Frankenstein
Conductor
2025
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Original Music Composer
2009
The Shape of Water
Original Music Composer
2017
Isle of Dogs
Original Music Composer
2018
Rise of the Guardians
Original Music Composer
2012Rise of the Guardians
Orchestrator
2012
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Original Music Composer
2009Fantastic Mr. Fox
Orchestrator
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Original Music Composer
2008
The King's Speech
Original Music Composer
2010
The Social Reckoning
Original Music Composer
2026
Godzilla
Original Music Composer
2014
The Golden Compass
Original Music Composer
2007
Zero Dark Thirty
Original Music Composer
2012
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Original Music Composer
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Songs
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Executive Music Producer
2022
Lust, Caution
Original Music Composer
2007
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Original Music Composer
2017
Asteroid City
Original Music Composer
2023
Argo
Original Music Composer
2012
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Original Music Composer
2021
The Phoenician Scheme
Original Music Composer
2025
The Midnight Sky
Original Music Composer
2020
Unbroken
Original Music Composer
2014
The Regime
Original Music Composer
2024
The Danish Girl
Original Music Composer
2015
Julie & Julia
Original Music Composer
2009
Moonrise Kingdom
Original Music Composer
2012
The Tree of Life
Original Music Composer
2011
The Outfit
Original Music Composer
2022
Marseille
Music
2016
The Ides of March
Original Music Composer
2011
The Light Between Oceans
Original Music Composer
2016
The Monuments Men
Émile
2014The Monuments Men
Original Music Composer
2014
Unstoppable
Original Music Composer
2024Unstoppable
Orchestrator
2024
The Sisters Brothers
Original Music Composer
2018
The Boys in the Boat
Original Music Composer
2023
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Original Music Composer
2003
Lee
Original Music Composer
2024
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Original Music Composer
2015
The Ghost Writer
Original Music Composer
2010
The Secret Life of Pets
Original Music Composer
2016
Eagles of the Republic
Original Music Composer
2025
Operation Finale
Original Music Composer
2018
Coco Before Chanel
Original Music Composer
2009
My Week with Marilyn
Main Title Theme Composer
2011
Birth
Original Music Composer
2004Birth
Orchestrator
2004Birth
Conductor
2004
The Queen
Original Music Composer
2006
The Shrinking Man
Original Music Composer
2025
American Pastoral
Original Music Composer
2016American Pastoral
Orchestrator
2016American Pastoral
Conductor
2016
Tale of Tales
Original Music Composer
2015Tale of Tales
Conductor
2015Tale of Tales
Orchestrator
2015
The Painted Veil
Original Music Composer
2006
Hostage
Original Music Composer
2005Hostage
Conductor
2005
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Original Music Composer
2011
Suburbicon
Original Music Composer
2017
The Lost King
Original Music Composer
2022
An Officer and a Spy
Original Music Composer
2019
Suite Française
Original Music Composer
2015
Elyas
Original Music Composer
2024
Casanova
Original Music Composer
2005
Carnage
Original Music Composer
2011
The Piano Lesson
Original Music Composer
2024
A Prophet
Original Music Composer
2009
Suffragette
Original Music Composer
2015
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Original Music Composer
2007
Syriana
Original Music Composer
2005
Kursk
Original Music Composer
2018
Vive nous!
Original Music Composer
2000
Tamara Drewe
Original Music Composer
2010
Rust and Bone
Original Music Composer
2012
Philomena
Original Music Composer
2013
Florence Foster Jenkins
Original Music Composer
2016
NYAD
Original Music Composer
2023
Venus in Fur
Original Music Composer
2013
The Palace
Original Music Composer
2023
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Original Music Composer
2008
The Upside of Anger
Original Music Composer
2005
Firewall
Original Music Composer
2006Firewall
Orchestrator
2006
Argentina 1985
Thanks
2022
A Better Life
Original Music Composer
2011
The Odyssey
Original Music Composer
2016
Read My Lips
Original Music Composer
2001
Largo Winch II
Original Music Composer
2011
Alone in Berlin
Original Music Composer
2016
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
2009The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Original Music Composer
2009
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Music
2024The Most Precious of Cargoes
Original Music Composer
2024
The Alibi
Original Music Composer
2006
Chéri
Original Music Composer
2009
The Valet
Original Music Composer
2006
Final Cut
Original Music Composer
2022
Zulu
Original Music Composer
2013
Based on a True Story
Original Music Composer
2017
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
2011
The Corsican File
Original Music Composer
2004
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
2017
The Hour of the Pig
Original Music Composer
1993
Afterwards
Original Music Composer
2008
Adults in the Room
Original Music Composer
2019
Innocent Lies
Original Music Composer
1995
Eiffel
Original Music Composer
2021
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Original Music Composer
2012
The Nest
Original Music Composer
2002
The Well Digger's Daughter
Original Music Composer
2011
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Original Music Composer
2005
A Monkey's Tale
Original Music Composer
1999
Renoir
Original Music Composer
2012
Half a Chance
Original Music Composer
1998
Amazon
Original Music Composer
2000
The Singer
Original Music Composer
2006
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
Self – Film music composer
2026
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
Self - Composer
2025
12 Days
Original Music Composer
2017
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022
Stormy Weather
Original Music Composer
2003
Heal the Living
Original Music Composer
2016
Army of Crime
Original Music Composer
2009
Les Habitants
Music
2016
Father & Soldier
Original Music Composer
2023
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
2020
See How They Fall
Original Music Composer
1994
The Special Relationship
Conductor
2010The Special Relationship
Original Music Composer
2010
The Luzhin Defence
Original Music Composer
2000
The Revengers' Comedies
Original Music Composer
1998The Revengers' Comedies
Orchestrator
1998
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
Original Music Composer
2001
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
2022
The Pact of Silence
Original Music Composer
2003
A Hell of a Day
Original Music Composer
2001
La Voisine
Original Music Composer
1997
Reality
Original Music Composer
2012
Le Cri de la soie
Original Music Composer
1996
Intimate Enemies
Original Music Composer
2007
A Self-Made Hero
Original Music Composer
1996
Michou d'Auber
Original Music Composer
2007
My Way
Original Music Composer
2012Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Those Were the Days
Music
1995Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Self
2011
Toni
Original Music Composer
1999
A Cooler Climate
Original Music Composer
2022
Le pays des enfants perdus
Original Music Composer
2004
Sous les pieds des femmes
Original Music Composer
1997
Fanny
Original Music Composer
2013
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Original Music Composer
2015
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Original Music Composer
2002
Le fils de Paul
Original Music Composer
1995
Other People's Kisses
Original Music Composer
2003
Death in Therapy
Original Music Composer
1996
Juliette
Original Music Composer
1999
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
Himself
2025Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
Original Music Composer
2025Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
Conductor
2025
Laughter and Punishment
Original Music Composer
2003
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Self - Interviewee
2021
Restons groupés
Original Music Composer
1998
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Original Music Composer
2007
Endangered Species
Original Music Composer
2017The Third Hand
Original Music Composer
I Didn't Do It!
Original Music Composer
1999
Lapse of Memory
Original Music Composer
1991
La Femme du cosmonaute
Original Music Composer
1997
Les Milles
Original Music Composer
1995
A Minute of Silence
Original Music Composer
1998
Tout ce qui brille
Original Music Composer
1996Le souffleur
Music
Doors of Glory
Music
2001Doors of Glory
Original Music Composer
2001
Les beaux jours
Original Music Composer
2003
Un petit grain de folie
Original Music Composer
1997
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte
Original Music Composer
2005
Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
Music
2022
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
Self
2020
The Hills of Wrath
Music
2026
Him
Original Music Composer
2021
Love, etc.
Original Music Composer
1996
Transfixed
Original Music Composer
2001Transfixed
Conductor
2001Transfixed
Orchestrator
2001
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Original Music Composer
1995
7:19
Original Music Composer
2016
Le Paradis absolument
Original Music Composer
1994
Another Woman
Music
2002
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Self
2018Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Conductor
2018Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Music
2018Home Sweet Home
Original Music Composer
2001
Ki lo sa ?
Original Music Composer
1986
Marius
Original Music Composer
2013
Le passage du bac
Original Music Composer
2002
Eager Bodies
Original Music Composer
2003
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Original Music Composer
2003
Au nom du père et du fils
Original Music Composer
1992Lucky Punch
Original Music Composer
1996
Empty Days
Original Music Composer
2000
Sexes faibles !
Music
1992
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Original Music Composer
1992The Land of William Tell
Music
Virus au paradis
Original Music Composer
2003Retour à Fonteyne
Original Music Composer
1999
Dynamic Vienne
Original Music Composer
1994
Atilano, presidente
Original Music Composer
1998
Family Express
Original Music Composer
1991
Monsieur Naphtali
Music
1999
Only the Night
Original Music Composer
2005
Tristan
Original Music Composer
2003
Madame Sans-Gêne
Original Music Composer
2002
Les ritaliens
Original Music Composer
2000
Le Tronc
Original Music Composer
1993