Cast & creator
Michel Fau
Best known for Salut les Terriens !, Capitaine Marleau, Capitaine Marleau
Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director. At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and Pierre Vial. He has appeared on stage regularly in works directed by Olivier Py and he also worked with Olivier Desbordes, Jean Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Ladesou, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ... In cinema, he worked with directors like Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ... He occasionally directs an interpretation workshop at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. During the Night of the 2011 Molière Award, he made a cover of Carla Bruni's song Quelqu'un m'a dit in a parody of classical singer. Source: Article "Michel Fau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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film credits
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television credits
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1990–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Salut les Terriens !
Self - Guest
2006
Capitaine Marleau
Marc Durieux
2015Capitaine Marleau
Claude
2015
La revue de presse
Self
2007
Swimming Pool
First Man
2003
The Great Arch
François Mitterrand
2025
Un monde, un regard
2021Le Figaro La Nuit
2022
The Crime Is Mine
Attorney General
2023
The King’s Favorite
Gabriel Antoine Le Camus
2022
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ragueneau's 2nd Poet
1990
Paris Pigalle
Maurice Vogel
2018
À la recherche du temps perdu
Jupien
2011
Le Créateur
Nicolas
1999
9 Month Stretch
Gynécologue
2013
Borgo
Le commissaire
2024Montagnes Russes
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
André
2018
With a Friend Like Harry...
Eric
2000
I Love You Coiffure
Patrick (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")
2020
Requiem for a Killer
Le Chef d'orchestre
2011
La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris
Self : Guest
2025
Amor maman
Michel
2019
Habib
Director
2023
Marguerite
Atos Pezzini / Divo
2015
Open at Night
Directeur bar branché
2017
Ciboulette
La Comtesse de Castiglione
2013Ciboulette
Stage Director
2013
Lorsque l'enfant paraît
Charles Jacquet
2025Lorsque l'enfant paraît
Stage Director
2025
Arletty: A Guilty Passion
Sacha Guitry
2015
On refait le boulevard
2016
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Jean-Pierre Léaud
2024
Golden Years
Samuel
2017
Ordeal
Karl Kaplan
2017
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Self
2018The Third Hand
Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Honoré de Balzac
2023
Le Soulier de satin
2009
Le petit vélo dans la tête
(voice)
2002
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Rose
2020Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Director
2020
Not Now, Darling
Steve Bodley
2023
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Self / Speakerine
2023Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena
Menelaos
2019Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena
Director
2019
Brèves de comptoir
L'écrivain
2014
Fleur de cactus
Julien Deforges
2017Fleur de cactus
Director
2017
Les Enfants de Saturne
Ré
2010
Gaspard le bandit
Riboux
2006
Alien Crystal Palace
Hambourg
2018
L'Odyssée Offenbach
Hippolyte de Villemessant
2019
Foon
Miss Petchers
2005
L'échappée, à la poursuite d'Annie Le Brun
Self
2015
La Belle Hélène
Ménélas
2019La Belle Hélène
Director
2019
Closed Eyes
Michel
2000
Un amour qui ne finit pas
Jean
2015
Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut
Self
2024
Les Heureux
Victor Hugo
2021
L'Orestie
2010
La fuite
Uncle
2020
Michel Fau - Récital emphatique
Self
2011