Laurent Fabien Fernand Lafitte (; born 22 August 1973) is a French actor. He was nominated three times for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Elle (2016), See You Up There (2017), and The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), and won the César Award for Best Actor for The Richest Woman in the World (2025). In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series Class Act (original name Tapie) as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie, earning him a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor.

Lafitte hosted the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 and 2025 Cannes Film Festival. From 2012 to 2024 he was a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française.

Filmography

Feature films Year Title Role Director Notes 1998 Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas) A guest Nicolas Boukhrief 1999 Belle maman Franck Gabriel Aghion 2000 The Crimson Rivers Hubert Mathieu Kassovitz 2001 Boomer Didier Karim Adda Short 2002 Whatever You Say Fabrice Guillaume Canet 2003 Les gaous Bertrand Igor Sekulic 2004 The Role of Her Life Arnaud François Favrat Narco The host Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche 2006 Tell No One The Basque Guillaume Canet Président Deputy Lionel Delplanque 2007 A Secret The cop Claude Miller Ma place au soleil Eric de Montalier La 17ème marche Lieutenant Karim Adda Short J'ai plein de projets Karim Adda 2008 Le bruit des gens autour Philippe Diastème 2010 Little White Lies Antoine Guillaume Canet L'amour, c'est mieux à deux Sylvain Dominique Farrugia & Arnaud Lemort Ensemble, c'est trop Hervé Léa Fazer 2011 Une pure affaire Brice Teller Alexandre Coffre Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde Joseph Klein Stéphane Kazandjian 2012 On the Other Side of the Tracks François Monge David Charhon Also writer Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose? Perkins Olivier Baroux & Kad Merad 2013 Bright Days Ahead Julien Marion Vernoux The Love Punch Vincent Kruger Joel Hopkins Mood Indigo CEO Michel Gondry 16 ans ou presque Arnaud Mustier Tristan Séguéla Clean Eric Benjamin Bouhana Short Turbo Theo / Turbo David Soren French voice 2014 Asterix: The Land of the Gods Duplicatha Alexandre Astier & Louis Clichy Voice; French version Fool Circle Léon Camus Vincent Mariette Number One Fan Vincent Lacroix Jeanne Herry The Easy Way Out Antoine Brice Cauvin Monstre The man Stéphen Méance Short 2015 Boomerang Antoine Rey François Favrat Daddy or Mommy Vincent Leroy Martin Bourboulon The Little Prince The Conceited Man Mark Osborne Voice; French version 2016 Elle Patrick Paul Verhoeven Daddy or Mommy 2 Vincent Leroy Martin Bourboulon 2017 See You Up There Captain Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle Albert Dupontel The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir Ken Scott K.O. Antoine Fabrice Gobert 2018 Paul Sanchez est revenu! Paul Sanchez Patricia Mazuy One Nation, One King Louis XVI Pierre Schoeller School's Out Pierre Hoffman Sébastien Marnier 2020 Dear Mother Jean-Louis Bordier Himself 2022 Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be Jean-Jacques Sempé Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre Voice The Takedown François Monge Louis Leterrier Everybody Loves Jeanne Jean Céline Devaux For My Country General Caillard Rachid Hami 2024 The Count of Monte Cristo Gérard de Villefort Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière Meet the Barbarians Hervé Riou Julie Delpy 2025 A Magnificent Life Marcel Pagnol Sylvain Chomet Voice The Richest Woman in the World Pierre-Alain Fantin Thierry Klifa 2026 Call My Agent! The Movie Himself Émilie Noblet My Duchess Mike Newell CompletedWake Me UpHimselfFilming

Television Year Title Role Director Notes 1992 Premiers baisers The man Jacques Samyn TV series (1 episode)1993 Seconde B Patrick Christophe Gregeois Classe mannequin Juan Several TV series (35 episodes) 1998 Avocats & associés The lawyer Philippe Triboit TV series (1 episode) 1999 Bonne Nuit Jan Lucas TV movie Coronation Street Sacha Adrian Bean TV series (2 episodes) 2002 Caméra Café Nicolas Carton Francis Duquet TV series (1 episode) 2003 Julie Lescaut Valérie's husband Bernard Uzan 2004 Joe Pollox et les mauvais esprits Julien Jérôme Foulon TV movie 2005 Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux Manu Olivier Guignard TV series (1 episode) 2008 Voici venir l'orage... Andrei Kovner Nina Companeez TV mini-series Section de recherches Paul Mathieu Gérard Marx TV series (1 episode) 2012 Birdsong René Azaire Philip Martin TV mini-series 2013 Le débarquement Various Renaud Le Van Kim TV series (1 episode) 2023 Class Act Bernard Tapie Tristan Séguéla TV mini-series 2025 Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight Julius Caesar (voice) Alain Chabat Animated mini-series

Theatre Year Title Author Director1994 The Miser Molière Jacqueline Bœuf Jeffrey Paul Rudnick Raymond Acquaviva 1995 Croque-monsieur Marcel Mithois Raymond Acquaviva 1999 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Ben Duke Damn Yankees Richard Adler & Jerry Ross Gerry Tubbet 2000 Davina's Landed Ben Duke Ben Duke 2001 Célibataires Rodolphe Sand & David Talbot Rodolphe Sand2003 The Imaginary Invalid Molière Gildas Bourdet Le Jour du destin Michel del Castillo Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Désveaux 2004 How the Other Half Loves Alan Ayckbourn Gildas Bourdet 2006 Un cheval Jean-Marie Besset & Christophe Donner Gilbert Désveaux 2007 Des gens Raymond Depardon Zabou Breitman Qu'elle aille au diable, Meryl Streep ! Mohamed Kacimi & Rachid El-Daïf Laurent Lafitte 2008-11 Laurent Lafitte, comme son nom l'indique Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin Laurent Lafitte & Cyrille Thouvenin 2010 Rendez-vous Miklós László Jean-Luc Revol 2012 Le Mariage Nicolas Gogol Lilo Baur2013 Le Système Ribadier Georges Feydeau Zabou Breitman Candide Voltaire Emmanuel Daumas Other People's Heads Marcel Aymé Lilo Baur 2014 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Muriel Mayette 2015 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Eric Ruf

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 British Academy Television Awards Best International Programme Class Act 2017César AwardsBest Supporting Actor Elle 2018 See You up There 2025 The Count of Monte Cristo 2026Best Actor The Richest Woman in the World 2024 International Emmy Awards Best Actor Class Act 2024Molière AwardsBest Actor Cyrano de Bergerac 2026 La Cage aux Folles

Honours Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite (2022) Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2013)

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