Guillaume de Tonquédec
De Tonquédec was made a Knight in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015 by Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin.
Career
A native of Paris, Guillaume de Tonquédec grew up in Louveciennes. He studied economics and English at Paris Nanterre University until he joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris in 1986 for a three-year programme. In 1989, he began his stage career with a national tour in John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World.
He gained recognition in film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Double Life of Veronique (1991), followed by his first leading role as Claude Jade's son Jules Martin in List of Merite (1992). In 1996, he starred in Raúl Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death.
In 2007, De Tonquédec started starring in the successful TV series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, which propelled him to stardom in France alongside fellow actors Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Gélinas and Bruno Salomone. In 2013, he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Claude Gatignol in What's in a Name?.
Co-star Valérie Benguigui won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Élisabeth Garraud-Larchet. De Tonquédec had been nominated two years prior for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role he held in the eponymous play in Paris's Théâtre Édouard VII, upon which the film was based.
He was subsequently nominated twice for the Molière Award for Best Actor, in 2017 and 2020.
Personal life
Guillaume de Tonquédec, whose ancestors owned the Château de Tonquédec in Brittany from 1626 to 1801 and again from 1828 until 1878, is married to interior designer Christèle Marchal. They reside in L'Étang-la-Ville, Yvelines. They have three children: Amaury, Timothé and Victoire.
Theater
- 1988 — The Way of the World — William Congreve — Gérard Watkins
- 1989-90 — The Playboy of the Western World — John Millington Synge — Jacques Nichet
- 1990-91 — Life Is a Dream — Pedro Calderón de la Barca — Jacques Nichet
- 1992 — The School for Wives — Molière — Jean-Luc Boutté
- 1993 — The Taming of the Shrew — William Shakespeare — Jérôme Savary
- 1994 — The Misanthrope — Molière — Jacques Weber
- 1994-95 — Tartuffe — Molière — Jacques Weber
- 1996 — The Venetian Twins — Carlo Goldoni — Gildas Bourdet
- 1997 — Després de la pluja — Sergi Belbel — Marion Bierry
- 1998 — Le Sénateur Fox — Luigi Lunari — Jean-Luc Tardieu
- 1998 — Time of My Life — Alan Ayckbourn — Alain Sachs
- 2000 — Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell — Keith Waterhouse — Jean-Michel Ribes
- 2003 — Hedda Gabler — Henrik Ibsen — Roman Polanski
- 2003 — Les Directeurs — Daniel Besse — Étienne Bierry
- 2004-05 — Le Sénateur Fox — Luigi Lunari — Jean-Luc Tardieu
- 2005 — Le Meilleur Professeur — Daniel Besse — Stéphane Hillel
- 2006 — Hedda Gabler — Henrik Ibsen — Roman Polanski
- 2006-07 — La Sainte Catherine — Stephan Wojtowicz — José Paul & Agnès Boury
- 2006-08 — Le Jardin — Brigitte Buc — Jean Bouchaud
- 2010-11 — What's in a Name? — Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de La Patellière — Bernard Murat — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2014 — Un dîner d’adieu — Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de La Patellière — Bernard Murat
- 2016 — Un dîner d’adieu — Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de La Patellière — Bernard Murat
- 2017-18 — La Vraie Vie — Fabrice Roger-Lacan — Bernard Murat
- 2017-18 — The Apartment — Billy Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond — José Paul — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
- 2019-20 — The Seven Year Itch — George Axelrod — Stéphane Hillel — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
- 2022-23 — Times Square — Clément Koch — José Paul
Book
- Les Portes de mon imaginaire, Éditions de L'Observatoire, 2018
📚 Source: Wikipedia
