Antoine Chappey Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Co-writer , Screenwriter
Nationality French
Birth June 29, 1960 (France)

BIOGRAPHY
Initially a musician, Antoine Chappey made his film debut in Mona et Moi . He plays a book-selling bassist, activities he then pursues in life. Continuing with small roles at Klapisch , he is one of the eccentric heroes of Indian Swimming , the first film by Xavier Durringer . The actor then delivers two very notable compositions, one disturbing, in The Rock of Acapulco (1993), the other hilarious in the vaudeville Pour Ris! by Lucas Belvaux (1994). Supporting role accustomed to playing solid men with hidden sensitivity ( Le Bleu des ville in 1999), Antoine Chappey often works alongside his partner Maryline Canto ( On ​​Call ça… le Printemps , Le Lait de la tenderesse humaine ).

A familiar silhouette of the new French auteur cinema, Chappey is also entrusted with beautiful characters by the master of Portuguese cinema Manoel de Oliveira : moving M. de Clèves in La Lettre , he is Michel Piccoli ‘s agent in I’m returning home. house . The actor finds major roles in demanding but confidential films ( The Days where I do not exist by Jean-Charles Fitoussi ) and participates in numerous short and medium-sized films, signed Ravalec or Marie Vermillard . An anti-star with a brilliant filmography, this subtle and discreet actor also works with successful authors Ozon (he plays Stéphane Freiss ‘s gay brother in 5 x 2 ) and Xavier Beauvois : he plays Benoît Magimel ‘s eldest in the harsh According to Matthieu (2000), then one of the cops who welcome Le Petit Lieutenant Lespert (2005).

In 2006, he starred in Hide and Seek , Yves Caumon ‘s “tale”, which received several nominations at the 37th edition of the Directors’ Fortnight. The actor is also requested in several French comedies, and in particular in La Maison du Bonheur by Dany Boon or in Mauvaise Faith by Roschdy Zem , which he found the same year in Indigènes by Rachid Bouchareb . On the occasion of the collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, Everyone has their own cinema ,Manoel de Oliveira offers him a new role in his “Single Encounter” segment.

After a few appearances in television series such as Le Grand Patron or Suite noire , Antoine Chappey played the role of Charles Blondin in the first season of the drama series Maison broth in 2010. He then returned to the big screen by playing in the thriller Poupoupidou by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu and in the comedy Pauline detective by Marc Fitoussi , in which he opposite Sandrine Kiberlain and Audrey Lamy .