Stanislas Merhar, born on 23 January 1971 in Paris, is a French actor.
At the age of 25, he made his film debut under the direction of Anne Fontaine in Nettoyage à Sec. This first performance won him the César for Best New Actor. He has worked with directors including Manuel de Oliveira, Jean-Claude Brisseau, Chantal Akerman, Michel Deville, Benoît Jacquot and Philippe Garrel.
His theatre experience includes Florian Zeller’s L’Autre in 2007 and Amanda Sthers’ Le Lien in 2012. Stanislas recently played one of the heroes in Olivier Marchal’s film Bronx, released on Netflix, and one of the main characters in the spy series Liaison, directed by Stephen Hopkins, due for release in 2023 on the Apple TV+ platform.
Picture : Christophe Brachet
