Hippolyte Girardot

Hippolyte Girardot

Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. A loner, Hippolyte Girardot set out to be an illustrator. He dreamt of working as production designer on the film set and tempted his chance at the entrance exam to the Arts Déco. While there, he was offered the project of a series of shorts working with a group of adolescents from the suburbs in a workshop setting. Even if he made his first appearance on the silver screen as the son of actor Claude Rich in "John's Wife" by Yannick Bellon, who was a friend of his mother's, he still had no intention of becoming an actor and continued to take on the various jobs proposed. Hippolyte Girardot developed a taste for acting while filming "The Destiny of Juliette" (1983) by Aline Issermann, and again with the same director for "L'Amant magnifique". He got his first nods from the profession when he was nominated for Most Promising Young Actor in 1985 for "Le Bon Plaisir", continuing his career with Godard ("First Name: Carmen") and other A film projects, notably in "Fort Saganne" and "Jean de Florette II" in which he plays a school teacher in love with Emmanuelle Beart. His film acclaim arrived in 1990 with "A World Without Pity", a disenchanted observation of society by Eric Rochant; his character Hippo resonated with an entire generation: ironically aimless yet charming. The following year, Girardot landed the lead role playing a photographer taken hostage in Lebanon in "Out of Life" by Maroun Bagdadi. He incarnated the mysterious seducer ("After Love", "The Scent of Yvonne"), but more often found himself performing in comedies: completely crazy in "Barjo" and unemployed in "Long Live the Republic" (1997) by close collaborator, Eric Rochant. After working for the television for a few years, his return to film was acclaimed in "Rashevski's Tango" in 2003. Joining the Desplechin film universe, Hippolyte Girardot gave notable performances as a business man in "Playing 'In the Company of Men'", a crooked lawyer involved in drugs in "Kings and Queen" (2004) and Anne Consigny's husband in "A Christmas Tale". Other renowned directors with whom he has collaborated include Pascal Bonitzer and Pascale Ferran ("Lady Chatterley"), and in 2006, he juggled a formidable acting career, appearing in no less than six films. After his role as a shaddy doctor in "Crime Is Our Business", his roles began to become more and more original: the alter ego of Jerome Clement in "Later" by Amos Gitai and Nanni Moretti's partner in "Quiet Chaos". He had a spell at co-directing with Nobuhiro Suwa for the film "Yuki & Nina", a touchy look at childhood that was presented at the Directors' Fortnight in 2009. Continuing to accept roles in films with a political message, he will appear in "Les Mains en l'air", which denounces Italian fascism in the year 2067, and take the lead in the dark comedy "Dernier étage gauche gauche" in which he plays a bailiff taken hostage in a housing projects building, both films to be released in 2010.

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Filmography

2025

Nous voilà grands !
Nous voilà grands !
as (Voice)
Movie - Released: 4/2/2025

2024

Le Voyage en pyjama
Le Voyage en pyjama
as Vladimir Desrosiers
Movie - Released: 1/17/2024
Just a Couple of Days
Just a Couple of Days
as Laurent
Movie - Released: 4/3/2024

2023

Babyphone
Babyphone
as Le Maire
Movie - Released: 1/13/2023
The Astronaut
The Astronaut
as Monsieur Dominique, Jim's superior at Arianespace
Movie - Released: 2/15/2023
Bardot
Bardot
as Louis Bardot
TV - Released: 5/8/2023

2022

Irma Vep
Irma Vep
as Robert Danjou
TV - Released: 6/6/2022

2021

The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
as Chou-fleur
Movie - Released: 10/21/2021
That's Fine
That's Fine
as Paul
Movie - Released: 3/26/2021
Les Héritiers
Les Héritiers
as Vaillant
Movie - Released: 9/13/2021
Voltaire in Love
Voltaire in Love
as Duc de Sully
TV - Released: 1/26/2021

2020

Mama Weed
Mama Weed
as Philippe
Movie - Released: 9/9/2020
An Irrepressible Woman
An Irrepressible Woman
as Léon Blum
Movie - Released: 1/15/2020
The Black Book
The Black Book
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/13/2020
Grand Hôtel
Grand Hôtel
as Paul Andrieux
TV - Released: 9/3/2020

2019

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
as L'homme de Mobun
TV - Released: 2/28/2019
Inside
Inside
as Raphaël Santi
TV - Released: 8/15/2019

2018

On the Sly
On the Sly
as Yves, le patron du club
Movie - Released: 1/17/2018
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
as Jacques D'Alantour
TV - Released: 5/12/2018

2017

Ismael's Ghosts
Ismael's Ghosts
as Zwy
Movie - Released: 5/17/2017
Le Viol
Le Viol
as Président cour d’assises
Movie - Released: 9/19/2017
Where I've Never Lived
Where I've Never Lived
as Benoît
Movie - Released: 10/12/2017
Paris etc.
Paris etc.
as Bruno
TV - Released: 11/27/2017

2016

La face
La face
as Serge Vauban
Movie - Released: 5/24/2016
Munch
Munch
as Mathieu
TV - Released: 11/21/2016
Marseille
Marseille
as Le docteur Osmond
TV - Released: 5/5/2016
Marseille
Marseille
as Le docteur Osmond (uncredited)
TV - Released: 5/5/2016

2015

The Girl King
The Girl King
as Ambassador Pierre Hector Chanut
Movie - Released: 12/11/2015
No Second Chance
No Second Chance
as Tessier
TV - Released: 10/15/2015
Occupied
Occupied
as French EU Commissioner
TV - Released: 11/19/2015
Capitaine Marleau
Capitaine Marleau
as Pierre Claudel
TV - Released: 9/15/2015

2014

Life of Riley
Life of Riley
as Colin
Movie - Released: 3/26/2014
To Life
To Life
as Henri
Movie - Released: 11/26/2014
Bird People
Bird People
as Vengers
Movie - Released: 6/4/2014
Benedict Ironbreaker: The Red Taxis
Benedict Ironbreaker: The Red Taxis
as Le Commissaire
Movie - Released: 12/17/2014
Lanester
Lanester
as Professeur Vincent Gerhardt
TV - Released: 1/22/2014

2013

Kidon
Kidon
as Monsieur Garnier
Movie - Released: 8/24/2013
La rupture
La rupture
as Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Movie - Released: 11/26/2013
L'Aurore boréale
L'Aurore boréale
as Le père
Movie - Released: 8/23/2013
Murders in...
Murders in...
as Demeziere
TV - Released: 4/23/2013

2012

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
as Dulac
Movie - Released: 9/1/2012
Capital
Capital
as Raphaël Sieg
Movie - Released: 11/14/2012
An Open Heart
An Open Heart
as Marc
Movie - Released: 8/8/2012
Haute Cuisine
Haute Cuisine
as David Azoulay
Movie - Released: 9/17/2012
La Chartreuse de Parme
La Chartreuse de Parme
as Count Mosca
Movie - Released: 3/4/2012

2011

The Conquest
The Conquest
as Claude Guéant
Movie - Released: 5/18/2011
Sleeping Sickness
Sleeping Sickness
as Gaspard Signac
Movie - Released: 6/23/2011
The Edge
The Edge
as Sam
Movie - Released: 4/27/2011
The Robin Hoods of the Poor
The Robin Hoods of the Poor
as le commandant Viennot
Movie - Released: 10/25/2011

2010

Hands in the Air
Hands in the Air
as Rodolphe
Movie - Released: 7/6/2010
Top Floor Left Wing
Top Floor Left Wing
as François Etcheveria
Movie - Released: 11/15/2010

2009

Spy(ies)
Spy(ies)
as Simon
Movie - Released: 1/28/2009
Park Benches
Park Benches
as Executive # 1
Movie - Released: 7/8/2009
Yuki & Nina
Yuki & Nina
as Frédéric
Movie - Released: 11/27/2009
Des gens qui passent
Des gens qui passent
as Grabely
Movie - Released: 11/20/2009

2008

Quiet Chaos
Quiet Chaos
as Jean Claude
Movie - Released: 2/8/2008
One Day You'll Understand
One Day You'll Understand
as Victor
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
A Christmas Tale
A Christmas Tale
as Claude Dédalus
Movie - Released: 5/21/2008
Resolution 819
Resolution 819
as Lherbier
Movie - Released: 10/27/2008
Où avais-je la tête ?
Où avais-je la tête ?
as Paul-Vincent
Movie - Released: 1/23/2008
Crime Is Our Business
Crime Is Our Business
as le docteur François Lagarde
Movie - Released: 10/2/2008
Off and Running
Off and Running
as L'homme à la chemise blanche
Movie - Released: 4/16/2008
L'Affaire Ben Barka
L'Affaire Ben Barka
as Georges Figon, voyou au cœur du complot, ami du réalisateur Georges Franju
Movie - Released: 1/21/2008

2007

Flight of the Red Balloon
Flight of the Red Balloon
as Marc
Movie - Released: 5/17/2007
The Dinner Guest
The Dinner Guest
as Pontignac
Movie - Released: 9/19/2007
My Place in the Sun
My Place in the Sun
as François
Movie - Released: 3/14/2007
Movie
Parallel Parking
as Hervé
Movie - Released: 1/31/2007
Gustave Courbet, the Origins of His World
Gustave Courbet, the Origins of His World
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007
Off Prime
Off Prime
TV - Released: 5/12/2007

2006

Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
as Le père (Place des Victoires)
Movie - Released: 6/21/2006
Lady Chatterley
Lady Chatterley
as Clifford
Movie - Released: 11/1/2006
Premonition
Premonition
as Marc Bénesteau
Movie - Released: 10/4/2006
Made in Paris
Made in Paris
as Antoine Carré
Movie - Released: 11/29/2006
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
as Callaghan
Movie - Released: 5/5/2006
Incontrôlable
Incontrôlable
as Roger
Movie - Released: 2/8/2006
Un an
Un an
as Félix
Movie - Released: 6/28/2006

2005

The Moustache
The Moustache
as Bruno
Movie - Released: 6/9/2005
House of 9
House of 9
as Francis
Movie - Released: 6/19/2005
Trois couples en quête d'orages
Trois couples en quête d'orages
as Jean-Xavier
Movie - Released: 4/27/2005
Adèle et Kamel
Adèle et Kamel
Movie - Released: 11/23/2005
Movie
2018 Der Ölcrash
as Paul
Movie - Released: 2/15/2005
Dolmen
Dolmen
as Pierre-Marie de Kersaint
TV - Released: 6/13/2005

2004

Modigliani
Modigliani
as Maurice Utrillo
Movie - Released: 5/18/2004
Kings & Queen
Kings & Queen
as Maître Marc Mamanne
Movie - Released: 12/22/2004
Si j'étais elle
Si j'étais elle
as Alex
Movie - Released: 12/15/2004
Nos amis les flics
Nos amis les flics
as Fatouche
Movie - Released: 6/18/2004

2003

The Rashevski Tango
The Rashevski Tango
as Antoine
Movie - Released: 9/3/2003
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
as Willian De Lille
Movie - Released: 5/15/2003
Virus au paradis
Virus au paradis
as Le ministre de la Santé
Movie - Released: 6/23/2003
Drôle de genre
Drôle de genre
as Camille Bazin
Movie - Released: 4/11/2003

2001

Jump Tomorrow
Jump Tomorrow
as Gérard
Movie - Released: 11/9/2001
L'Oiseau rare
L'Oiseau rare
as Marc
Movie - Released: 5/14/2001

1999

Jésus
Jésus
as Judas
Movie - Released: 12/15/1999
Chère Marianne
Chère Marianne
as Legarrec
TV - Released: 11/1/1999

1997

The Target
The Target
as Stan
Movie - Released: 4/23/1997
Long Live the Republic
Long Live the Republic
as Henri
Movie - Released: 11/5/1997
Movie
I Got a Woman
as L'acteur
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

1996

1914 the Glorious Summer
1914 the Glorious Summer
as Pierre Mercadier
Movie - Released: 8/21/1996

1994

When I Was 5, I Killed Myself
When I Was 5, I Killed Myself
as Dr. Edouard Valmont
Movie - Released: 2/2/1994
The Perfume of Yvonne
The Perfume of Yvonne
as Victor Chmara
Movie - Released: 3/24/1994
The Patriots
The Patriots
as Daniel
Movie - Released: 5/18/1994

1993

Toxic Affair
Toxic Affair
as Georges
Movie - Released: 5/26/1993

1992

Barjo
Barjo
as Barjo
Movie - Released: 5/12/1992
The Girl in the Air
The Girl in the Air
as Philippe
Movie - Released: 5/26/1992
Love After Love
Love After Love
as Tom
Movie - Released: 4/15/1992

1991

Out of Life
Out of Life
as Patrick Perrault
Movie - Released: 5/15/1991

1989

Love Without Pity
Love Without Pity
as Hippo
Movie - Released: 11/22/1989

1988

Les pyramides bleues
Les pyramides bleues
as Mark
Movie - Released: 1/2/1988

1986

Manon of the Spring
Manon of the Spring
as Bernard Olivier, teacher
Movie - Released: 11/19/1986
L'amant magnifique
L'amant magnifique
as Vincent
Movie - Released: 6/11/1986
Descent Into Hell
Descent Into Hell
as Philippe Devignat
Movie - Released: 11/6/1986
Follow My Gaze
Follow My Gaze
as Le reporter en Afrique
Movie - Released: 4/23/1986
Un moment d'inattention
Un moment d'inattention
as Laurent
Movie - Released: 9/17/1986

1985

L'Amour ou presque
L'Amour ou presque
as Luc
Movie - Released: 11/20/1985
French Lovers
French Lovers
Movie - Released: 1/1/1985
Movie
Comme les doigts de la main
as The narrator
Movie - Released: 1/2/1985

1984

Fort Saganne
Fort Saganne
as Courette
Movie - Released: 5/11/1984
Le Bon Plaisir
Le Bon Plaisir
as Pierre
Movie - Released: 1/18/1984

1983

First Name: Carmen
First Name: Carmen
as Fred
Movie - Released: 12/1/1983
Le Destin de Juliette
Le Destin de Juliette
as Pierre
Movie - Released: 9/21/1983
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker
as Paul
TV - Released: 11/1/1983

1982

Movie
Le Tigre du Jardin des plantes
as Robinson
Movie - Released: 1/1/1982
Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
as Self
TV - Released: 1/16/1982

1981

L'Amour nu
L'Amour nu
as Hervé
Movie - Released: 10/7/1981

1980

Inspector Blunder
Inspector Blunder
as Friend of Michel Clément (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/3/1980

1974

La femme de Jean
La femme de Jean
as Rémi
Movie - Released: 3/30/1974

Unknown

Movie
An Affair
Movie
The Prominents
The Prominents
as Leon Blum
Movie
TV