Son of a nurse and a bank employee, Benoît Magimel was born in Paris and grew up there. At age 12, he played Momo in Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, La by Étienne Chatiliez. He stopped his studies at age 16 to become an actor.

But he had a dual personality: on one hand the man of low budget films like Fille seule, La, Une minute de silence, The King Is Dancing, Déjà mort, Voleurs, Les, To Mathieu alongside Nathalie Baye, The Flower of Evil, Errance, The Children of the Century with Juliette Binoche, The Bridesmaid with Laura Smet, The Piano Player alongside Isabelle Huppert, and on the other hand also wide audience releases like The Nest, Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse, _Trouble (2005/I)_ , Strange Gardens and Sky Fighters.

Charming, ambiguous, talented Benoit Magimel will probably illuminate the next decade, and more.


Juliette Binoche and he have a daughter, Hannah, born on December 16, 1999. In childhood, he wanted to become a firefighter. His mother is a nurse. French citizen.