François Berléand

François Berléand born April 22 1952 is a French actor He plays Gilles Triquet the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau the French version of The Office produced by Canal He also appeared in the 2002 film The Transporter as the French commissaire named Tarconi an active and honest police officer who is an acquaintance of Frank Martin Jason Statham He reprised the role in the sequels Transporter 2 and Transporter 3 and the TV series Berléand was born in Paris France The son of a RussianArmenian father and a French mother until the age of eleven he found his childhood traumatic after being told by his father that Berléand was the son of the Invisible Man While studying at business school he trained as an actor somewhat against his will his first stage role was in a play called Sur une plage de lOuest On a beach in the West After graduation he enrolled in drama classes with Tania Balachova and then met Daniel a director under whose auspices he worked from 1974 to 1981 participating in a dozen productions mainly of contemporary classics Berléand began his film career in 1978 with supporting roles in successful comedies throughout the 1980s After a series of highly acclaimed supporting roles including My Small Business for which he won the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2000 he won his first major role in the film My Idol by Guillaume Canet which brought his name and face to the wider public For this Berléand thanks his former girlfriend actressdirector Nicole Garcia In Martin et Léa he plays a police inspector a role he went on to perform many times on screen La Balance Les mois davril sont meurtriers based on the novel The Devils Home on Leave by Derek Raymond Marche à lombre Walking in the Shade The Bait The Death the Chinese Fred The Smile of the Clown Ne le dis à personne Tell No One Transporter 1 2 and 3 thanks in part to a cold distant and piercing gaze Berléand often plays military characters The Hostage of Europe Stella Les Milles Captain Conan The Prince of the Pacific he has also played a detective Follow This Plane pastor Au revoir les enfants and psychiatrist in Seventh Heaven the film that really showed his talents to the public in late 1997 He released a book about his childhood in 2006 Le fils de lhomme invisible The son of the invisible man Berléand was in a relationship with French actress film director and screenwriter Nicole Garcia for twelve years He has been in a longterm relationship with Alexia Stresi their twins Adèle and Lucy were born in December 2008 He is also the father of two grown children Martin born 1978 and Fanny born 1983 He is the grandfather of Elios born 2013 son of Martin Description above from the Wikipedia article François Berléand licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia