Born into a family of artists, Romain Duris studied art after graduating from high school but was prematurely spotted by his future mentor and friend Cédric Klapisch for the mythical “Péril Jeune”. With his scruffy look, charming smile and inveterate Parisian streak, Romain Duris quickly became an icon of French cinema, playing key roles for the greatest directors. He played alongside Dahan in the dark drama “Déjà Mort” and in Jan Kounen’s “Dobermann”, but it is above all in Cedric Klapisch’s unforgettable “Auberge Espagnol” that we remember the actor. It is also in Jacques Audiard’s “De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté” that the actor impresses and gives a memorable and sensitive performance which establishes Romain Duris as a great interpreter. Irresistible in his roles as an offbeat seducer, as in Pascal Chaumeil’s “Arnacoeur”, in which he co-stars with the sweet Vanessa Paradis, the actor knows how to reinvent himself in period costumes, as on the set of Laurent Tirard’s “Moliere”. Then he gets close to Catherine Deneuve and Marina Foïs and we discover him mysterious and solitary in Eric Lartigau’s “L’Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie”. An exemplary career with an increasingly surprising and masterfully interpreted role for Romain Duris, who will be back at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for Thomas Cailley’s feature film “Le règne animal”.
