Aurélien Recoing (born 5 May 1958) is a French actor and stage director.
Personal life Aurélien Recoing is the son of (puppeteer), and the brother of (director and translator), Blaise Recoing (actor and musician), and David Recoing (pianist, composer).
Born in Paris on May 5, 1958, Aurélien Recoing began training to be an actor in 1974 at Cours Florent, and studied at Quartier d'Ivry. In 1977, the actor-in-training, who spoke fluent English and a little Russian, joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where he studied under Jean-Pierre Miquel and Antoine Vitez. He has appeared in more than 30 plays and has directed stage performances of works by Thomas Bernhard, Fernando Pessoa and Paul Claudel. He was awarded the in 1989.
In 1980, Aurélien Recoing took his first steps into the world of cinema, in Exploits of a Young Don Juan. Finding art-house cinema appealing to him, he worked with Philippe Garrel on Emergency Kisses (Les baisers de secours), and with Laurence Ferreira Barbosa on Modern Life. The actor rose to fame in 2001 thanks to Laurent Cantet's Time Out (L'Emploi du Temps), in which he plays a man who invents a false life to avoid having to tell his friends and family that he has been fired from his job. As he became more and more in demand, he alternated between blockbusters such as Ruby & Quentin and That Woman and art-house films like L'Ennemi naturel and Orlando Vargas. Lending his talents to a number of unusual projects, in 2006 he portrayed a gamblers in 13 Tzameti, Géla Babluani's black-and-white thriller, and also appeared in Forgive Me (Pardonnez-moi), Maïwenn's home-movie style drama. In the same year, the physically imposing actor found himself transported back to 1914 France in Fragments of Antonin, and then to 1959 Kabylia in Florent Emilio Siri's Intimate Enemies. In 2008, he starred in ' Paris Nord-Sud and in La Saison des Orphelins. The following year, he was cast in Gilles Béhat's crime thriller Diamant 13 with Gérard Depardieu, and in Denis Dercourt's Tomorrow at Dawn (Demain dès l'aube).
He has made appearances in The Horde, directed by and , ' Joseph and the Girl with Jacques Dutronc, and 's Cargo, the Lost Men in 2010. He appeared in Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Switch, as well as in 's Kill Me Please, which won the Marc'Aurelio d'Oro for best film at Rome Film Festival in 2010. He also appeared in Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Colour, which took the Palme d'Or at Cannes. In 2020 he appeared in Adults in the room. An upcoming appearance is in Grand Ciel an Arte Film.
He made his first short film as a director The Rifleman (Un Bon Tireur) which won an Award Winner for Best Drama in 2021. He is developing his first feature film Naked Hands (À Mains Nues) with Sensito Films Productions.
Theatre Year Title Author Director Notes 1976 La Ballade de Mister Punch Eloi Recoing Antoine Vitez Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry 1977 Hamlet William Shakespeare Daniel Mesguich Maison de la culture de Grenoble 1978 Simplex ou la Peau de fou Hansjörg Schneider Guy Kagat Théâtre 71 1980 La Malédiction Aeschylus, Euripides & Sophocles Jean-Pierre Miquel Festival d'Avignon1981 Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Antoine Vitez (2) Théâtre national de Chaillot Britannicus Jean Racine Antoine Vitez (3) Théâtre national de Chaillot Caligula Albert Camus Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe Pierre Guyotat Antoine Vitez (4) Théâtre national de Chaillot 1982 The Prince of Homburg Heinrich von Kleist (2) Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe 1983 Hamlet William Shakespeare Antoine Vitez (5) Théâtre national de Chaillot 1985 Hernani Victor Hugo Antoine Vitez (6) Théâtre national de Chaillot 1986 Nicht Fisch nicht Fleisch Franz Xaver Kroetz Les Ateliers 1987 The Satin Slipper Paul Claudel Antoine Vitez (7) Théâtre national de Chaillot 1988 Paul Claudel Aurélien Recoing Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe1989-90 Oedipus Rex Sophocles Jean-Pierre Vincent Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles Jean-Pierre Vincent (2) Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers The Birds Aristophanes Jean-Pierre Vincent (3) Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers1991 Summer and Smoke Tennessee Williams Théâtre de Rungis1991-92 Le Vieil Hiver Roger Planchon Roger Planchon Théâtre national de la Colline Fragile Forêt Roger Planchon Roger Planchon (2) Théâtre national de la Colline1993 Munich-Athènes Lars Norén Théâtre des Carmes Faust Fernando Pessoa Aurélien Recoing (2) Théâtre de la commune Aubervilliers 1994 Entretiens Thomas Bernhard & Krista Fleischman Laurence Roy & Aurélien Recoing (3) Festival d'Avignon 1995 Pier Paolo Pasolini Christophe Perton Théâtre de Gennevilliers1997 Nathan the Wise Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Denis Marleau National Theatre of Strasbourg Poèmes Antoine Vitez Antoine Vitez (8) Festival d'Avignon 2010-11 Andromaque Jean Racine Muriel Mayette Roman Theatre of Orange 2011 Bérénice Jean Racine Muriel Mayette (2) Comédie-Française 2011-12 The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Aurélien Recoing (4) Studio-Théâtre 2014 People Edward Bond Alain Françon Théâtre Gérard-Philippe
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes1982 Saint Louis ou La royauté bienfaisante Alphonse Jean-Claude Lubtchansky TV movie1987 Exploits of a Young Don Juan Adolphe Gianfranco Mingozzi 1988 Jacques Roussel Claude Fournier TV mini-series1989 The comedian Philippe Garrel Liberté, Libertés Frétaux Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld TV movie Le masque Patrick Villedieu Bruno Gantillon TV series (1 episode) Les dossiers de l'écran Henri de Guise Yves-André Hubert TV series (1 episode)1990 Lacenaire François Francis Girod Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret M. Gourion Philippe Laïk TV series (1 episode)1991 La note bleue Auguste Clésinger Andrzej Zulawski Absolution Jean-Marie Cailleaux Short1993 Louis, the Child King Jean François Paul de Gondi Roger Planchon La femme à abattre Richard Guy Pinon Le bourgeois gentilhomme Count Dorante Yves-André Hubert (2) TV movie1994 Aux petits bonheurs Michel Deville Poubelles The man Olias Barco Short Toilettes Olias Barco (2) Short1995 La femme piégée Jeff Frédéric Compain TV movie Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Gérard Lelong Jean-Marc Seban TV series (1 episode)1996 Passage à l'acte Francis Girod (2) Antoine Gilles Jérôme Foulon TV movie Julie Lescaut Marc Lefranc Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)1997 Le cri du silence Marie's Husband Jacques Malaterre TV movie En danger de vie Paul Bruno Gantillon (2) TV movie Rideau de feu Arthur Igaal Niddam TV movie La vie à trois Gilles Moutiers Christiane Lehérissey TV movie Nestor Burma Vialar Philippe Venault TV series (1 episode)1998 Tous ensemble Gérard Bertrand Arthuys TV movie L'échappée Charles Roger Guillot TV movie La kiné Stopira Aline Issermann TV series (1 episode)1999 La rivale Sébastien Alain Nahum TV movie Margot des Clairies Georges Jean-Marc Seban (2) TV movie Décollage immédiat Roland Bartholdi Aline Issermann (2) TV mini-series Juliette Pomerleau Claude Fournier (2) TV series (1 episode)2000 Modern Life Georges Laurence Ferreira Barbosa Fidelity Bernard Andrzej Żuławski (2) 2001 Time Out Vincent Laurent Cantet Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorNominated - Village Voice Film Poll - Best Actor Un jeu d'enfants Inspector Mayens Laurent Tuel Un coeur oublié Denis Diderot Philippe Monnier TV movie Les rencontres de Joëlle Antoine Patrick Poubel TV movie2002 Loup ! Ferdinand Zoé Galeron Short Premier cri The man Xavier Mussel Short La boîte noire Angelo Cianci Short Garonne Sylvain Claude d'Anna TV mini-series2003 Ruby & Quentin Rocco Francis Veber That Woman The Identification Man Guillaume Nicloux Dans le rouge du couchant The man with the knife Edgardo Cozarinsky Un fils Max Amal Bedjaoui Pôv' fille Paul Jean-Luc Baraton & Patrick Maurin Short Le pays des ours Henri Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Short Un autre homme André Catherine Klein Short Sergueï & Tatiana Sergueï Komiakoff Jean-Yves Guilleux Short Mauvais jour The man Juan Carlos Medina Short L'aubaine Alex Aline Issermann (3) TV movie2004 Souli Yann Alexander Abela One Long Winter Without Fire Jean Greg Zglinski L'ennemi naturel Monsieur Tanguy Pierre-Erwan Guillaume Insurrection/résurrection The psychiatrist Pierre Méréjkowsky Jour blanc Graham Germinal Alvarez Short Claire l'obscure The cellist Joël Farges Short Je m'indiffère The Inspector Alain Rudaz & Sébastien Spitz Short Issa Idir Serghine Short Le pays des enfants perdus Dolor Francis Girod (3) TV movie2005 13 Tzameti Jacky Géla Babluani Ghosts Pierre Christian Petzold Cold Showers Louis Steiner Antony Cordier Trois couples en quête d'orages Rémi Jacques Otmezguine Orlando Vargas Orlando Vargas Juan Pittaluga Naissance de l'orgueil Antonio Hébrard Short Le crime des renards Baptiste Serge Meynard TV movie Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 Pierre Somveille Alain Tasma TV movie Blandine, l'insoumise Abel Pagano Claude d'Anna (2) TV series (1 episode)2006 Pardonnez-moi Paul Maïwenn Un ami parfait The doctor Francis Girod (4) Müetter Mathieu Dominique Lienhard Les fragments d'Antonin Professor Labrousse Gabriel Le Bomin La vie privée Guillaume Vaudrey Zina Modiano Play the Game Captain W.P. Nevill Stéphane Barbato Short Le secret The father Sébastien Fabioux Short Sharpe's Challenge Gudin Tom Clegg TV movie Sartre, l'âge des passions Raymond Aron Claude Goretta TV movie2007 Intimate Enemies Commander Vesoul Florent Emilio Siri Contre-enquête Stéphane Josse Franck Mancuso One Lucas Serge Mirzabekiantz Short Un éclat Pierre Lumens Rodolphe Viémont Short L'inconnu Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux Short Notable donc coupable Maurice Ballard Dominique Baron & Francis Girod (5) TV movie Opération Turquoise Captain Cormery Alain Tasma (2) TV movie Ondes de choc Rossi Laurent Carcélès TV mini-series Paris enquêtes criminelles Father Roche Gilles Béhat TV series (1 episode)2008 Il resto della notte Giovanni Boarin Francesco Munzi La saison des orphelins Achille David Tardé Paris Nord Sud Justin Franck Llopis Troubles sens Martin Anna Condo Short Béthune sur Nil Daniel Vaillant Jérôme Foulon (2) TV movie Six angles vifs Rossi Laurent Carcélès (2) TV mini-series2009 Tomorrow at Dawn Captain Déprées Denis Dercourt La Horde Jimenez Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher Diamant 13 Ladje Gilles Béhat (2) Magma Commissioner Darcy Pierre Vinour Le repenti Victor Fontanel Olivier Guignard TV movie2010 Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) Internet Stranger Lodge Kerrigan Kill Me Please Doctor Krueger Olias Barco (3) Poursuite Patrick Marina Deak Cargo, les hommes perdus. Buck Léon Desclozeaux Joseph et la fille Raphaël Xavier De Choudens L'étranger M. Raymond Franck Llopis (2) Le pain du diable Aimé Saillant Bertrand Arthuys (2) TV movie2011 My Worst Nightmare Thierry Anne Fontaine Switch Delors Frédéric Schoendoerffer Équinoxe Martin Laurent Carcélès (3) L'ombre d'un flic Julien Ortéguy David Delrieux TV movie Faux coupable Daniel Varini Didier Le Pêcheur TV movie2012 Le grand bain André Tom Gargonne Short Le grand Georges Maurice Thorez François Marthouret TV movie Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça ! Vincent / Nuissbaum Dominique Cabrera TV movie2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle's father Abdellatif Kechiche Là-haut Xavier Bill Barluet Short Le métis de Dieu Pope John Paul II Ilan Duran Cohen TV movie2014 La vie pure Edgar Maufrais Jeremy Banster Mars Steve Morton Martin Douaire Short Le criquet Eric Daisy Sadler Short Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus Harry Olivier Guignard (2) TV movie Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond François Darlan Mat Whitecross TV mini-series2015 Despite the Night Paul Philippe Grandrieux Des pierres en ce jardin Pierre Pascal Bonnelle La clinique du docteur H Doctor H Olivier Barma TV movie The Returned Etienne Berg Fabrice Gobert & Frédéric Goupil TV series (5 episodes)2016 Souffler plus fort que la mer Loïc Marine Place Trepalium Silas Vincent Lannoo TV mini-series 2023 The Plough father Philippe Garrel
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