Thibault de Montalembert, a member of the Comédie-Française from 1994 to 1996, took classes at the Cours Florent under Francis Huster and later at the École des Amandiers with Pierre Romans and Patrice Chéreau. It was with the latter that he first appeared in cinema in Hôtel de France.
He acted in three films by Arnaud Desplechin (La Vie des morts, How I Got Into an Argument… (My Sexual Life), and La Sentinelle), and inspired directors such as James Ivory (Jefferson in Paris), Michel Hazanavicius (Mes Amis), Bertrand Bonello (The Pornographer), Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory and Outside the Law), Jérôme Salle (The Odyssey), David and Stéphane Foenkinos (Jalouse), and Roschdy Zem (Chocolat).
He also portrayed Lola in Miss by Ruben Alves, Marshal Foch in the critically acclaimed All Quiet on the Western Front by Edward Berger, and “The Grand Fromage” for Scarlett Johansson in My Mother’s Wedding by Kristin Scott Thomas. He took on the role of talent agent Mathias Barneville in all four seasons of the series Call My Agent!, which later became a cinematic event upon its release as a movie on Netflix.
Since Notting Hill, he has been the French voice of Hugh Grant, and has also dubbed Antonio Banderas, Tim Roth, Pierce Brosnan, and even Clint Eastwood in the restored version of the cult western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
In 2027, he will star alongside Isabelle Carré in Les Voeux by Léa Fazer, Ludivine Sagnier and Louise Bourgoin in Les Poisons by Marc Dugain, as well as Margot Robbie, Wagner Moura and Omar Sy in the Ocean’s Eleven prequel directed by Bradley Cooper.
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