Denis Ménochet
Introduction '''Denis Ménochet''' (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor. Ménochet is known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film ''Inglourious Basterds''. In 2023, he won the Goya Award for Best Actor for ''The Beasts''.
Career Elizabeth Weitzman, a film critic for ''New York Daily News'', praised Ménochet's work opposite Christoph Waltz in the opening scene of ''Inglourious Basterds''. Weitzman wrote in August 2009, "The terrific opening, for example, does feature a hailstorm of bullets. What you'll remember best, though, is the haunted silence of actor Denis Ménochet, playing a French farmer accused of harboring Jews. "In 2018, Ménochet appeared as Daniel in the film ''Mary Magdalene'', written by Helen Edmundson.In 2022, Ménochet co-starred opposite Zar Amir Ebrahimi in the thriller ''White Paradise'', directed by Guillaume Renusson.
Filmography  Year Title Role Director Notes2003 ''Adventure Inc.'' Nikos  Dennis Berry TV series (1 Episode) ''Caméra Café'' Patrick  Francis Duquet TV series (2 Episodes)2004 ''Mot compte double'' Denis  Cécile Vernant    ''Automne'' The bodyguard  Ra'up McGee    ''Split'' The man Matthieu Vollaire Short2005 ''The Moustache'' The server Emmanuel Carrère   ''Foon'' Harry   Several   ''Appel d'air'' Vincent   Lucie Duchêne  Short ''Les vagues'' The coach  Frédéric Carpentier TV movie 2006 ''L'État de Grace'' Taxi driver  Pascal Chaumeil TV Mini-Series 2007 ''Hannibal Rising'' Chief of Police  Peter Webber  ''La Vie en rose'' Journalist in Orly  Olivier Dahan   ''Trivial'' Jean-Luc  Sophie Marceau  ''Mélodie de la dernière pluie''  Xavier De Choudens    ''Ma place au soleil''  Eric de Montalier   ''La 17ème marche'' Talkie man  Karim Adda  Short  ''Light My Fire'' The man Matthieu Vollaire  Short ''J'ai plein de projets'' Karim Adda  Short ''Rendez-moi justice'' Gilbert Jourdan  Denys Granier-Deferre TV movie ''Poison d'avril'' Sound engineer William Karel TV movie2008 ''La très très grande entreprise'' Gilles  Pierre Jolivet  ''À sa place'' Jean-Michel  Marc Guilbert  Short ''Coco Chanel''   Christian Duguay TV movie ''Julie Lescaut'' Patrick  Eric Summer  TV series (1 Episode) ''Duval et Moretti'' Alex  Jean-Pierre Prévost TV series (1 Episode)2009 ''Inglourious Basterds'' Perrier LaPadite   Quentin Tarantino ''Je te mangerais'' Yves's friend Sophie Laloy    ''L'école du pouvoir'' The intern Raoul Peck TV movie ''Brigade Navarro'' Captain Le Mat   Philippe Davin  TV series (1 Episode)2010 ''Robin Hood'' Adhemar Ridley Scott  ''The Round Up'' Corot   Rose Bosch   ''Pieds nus sur les limaces'' Pierre  Fabienne Berthaud  ''Joseph et la fille'' Franck  Xavier De Choudens   ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' Pierre Michel   Philip Martin TV series (1 Episode)2011 ''The Adopted'' Alex  Mélanie Laurent  ''Forces spéciales'' Lucas    Stéphane Rybojad   ''Le Skylab'' Uncle Roger Julie Delpy 2012 ''In the House'' Rapha Artole     François Ozon  ''Je me suis fait tout petit'' Yvan Le Doze  Cécilia Rouaud   ''Ablations'' Pastor Cartalas Arnold de Parscau  Short2013 ''Grand Central'' Toni    Rebecca Zlotowski  ''Eyjafjallajökull'' Ezéchiel  Alexandre Coffre   ''Le temps de l'aventure'' Antoine  Jérôme Bonnell   ''Nos héros sont morts ce soir'' Victor  David Perrault   ''Just Before Losing Everything'' Antoine  Xavier Legrand Short ''Faim de vie''   Jessica-Salomé Grunwald Short2014 ''Ablations'' Pastor Cartalas   Arnold de Parscau   ''T'étais où quand Michael Jackson est mort ?'' The man Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux  Short2015 ''The Program'' Johan Bruyneel Stephen Frears  ''Norfolk'' The man Martin Radich   ''Spotless'' Martin Bastière  Several TV series (10 Episodes)2016 ''The Dancer'' Ruben - le père de Loïe Stéphanie Di Giusto  ''Assassin's Creed'' McGowen Justin Kurzel  2017 ''Custody''Antoine Besson Xavier Legrand2018 ''Entebbe''Jacques Le MoineJosé Padilha ''Mary Magdalene''DanielGarth Davis ''The Emperor of Paris''DubillardJean-François Richet2019 ''By the Grace of God'' François François Ozon ''Only the Animals'' Michel2021 ''The Mauritanian'' Emmanuel Kevin Macdonald  ''The French Dispatch'' Prison Guard Wes Anderson2022 ''Peter von Kant'' Peter von Kant François Ozon ''The Beasts'' Antoine Rodrigo Sorogoyen  ''White Dog (Chien blanc)'' Romain Gary Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette ''White Paradise'' Samuel Guillaume Renusson 2023''Beau Is Afraid'' Jeeves Ari Aster TBA ''Rumours'' TBA Guy Maddin Post-production+Key Denotes works that have not yet been released
Accolades  Year Award Category Work Result 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ''Inglourious Basterds''  2012 Lumières Award Most Promising Actor ''The Adopted''  2015 ACS Awards Best Actor ''Spotless''  2019 César Awards Best Actor''Custody''   Lumières Award Best Actor  2020 César Awards Best Actor''By the Grace of God''   Globes de Cristal Award Best Actor  2022  28th Forqué Awards  Best Actor in a Film  ''The Beasts''     Tokyo Film Festival Best Actor   2023    Best Actor in a Film     37th Goya Awards  Best Actor     Lumières Award Best Actor   CEC Awards Best Actor   31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Actor   César Awards Best Actor ''Peter von Kant''
References
External links ** * * *  Denis Ménochet at Cineuropa