# Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon (French pronunciation:; born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker. For his role in the film The Measure of a Man (2015), Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the 41st César Awards and the IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.
Lindon was selected as the president of the jury for the main competition section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2024, Lindon was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.

## Early life and education

Vincent Lindon is the son of Laurent Lindon, who was director of the company Audioline. He is the grandson of Raymond Lindon, who served as the magistrate and mayor of Étretat between 1929 and 1959, as well as the nephew of Jérôme Lindon, director of Les Éditions de Minuit. He is also the great-grandson of Fernande Citroën, the older sister of André Citroën and wife of Alfred Lindon (born Abner Lindenbaum), a Jewish jeweler and modern art collector originally from Kraków, Poland. Through his mother, Alix Dufaure, a journalist for Marie Claire, Lindon is a descendant of French Prime minister Jules Dufaure and Marshal Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans.
Lindon completed studies at the Lycée Victor-Duruy, where he obtained a baccalauréat scientifique. He then enrolled in an école supérieure de commerce, but lost interest in his studies after 22 days. In 1979, his mother secured an internship for him as a costume design assistant on the set of Alain Resnais' film My American Uncle (1980), on which he worked with actor Gérard Depardieu. He then spent six months in New York working as an assistant in charge of radio promotion with his uncle, Eric Dufaure, founder of the label Cachalot Records (Ian North, Die Hausfrauen, Medium Medium, Malaria, Stars of the Streets, Comateens, Made in France, Personal Effects). When he returned to Paris, his father-in-law Pierre Bénichou secured a position for him managing the microphones for the tour of comedian Coluche in 1981. He was also a courier for the newspaper Le Matin de Paris before entering the Cours Florent drama school.

## Career

Since 1980, Vincent Lindon has worked with renowned film directors Claude Sautet, Claude Lelouch, Coline Serreau, Bertrand Blier, Claire Denis, Emmanuel Carrère, Nicole Garcia, Stéphane Brizé, Jacques Doillon, Xavier Giannoli, Julia Ducournau, Alain Cavalier, Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoît Jacquot, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Diane Kurys, Claude Pinoteau, Pierre Jolivet.
In 2005, he won the Swann d'Or for best actor at the Cabourg Film Festival for La Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère.
In 2013, he chaired the jury of the 39th Deauville American Film Festival.
In 2015, he earned the Best Actor Award at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and then the César Award for Best Actor at the 41st ceremony for the film The Measure of a Man directed by Stéphane Brizé.
In May 2022, he was appointed as president of the jury for the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, succeeding Spike Lee.
In 2024, he starred in the film Le Deuxième Acte directed by Quentin Dupieux, which was the opening film for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival
Lindon was also awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for his lead role in The Quiet Son.

## Personal life

In the 1980s, Lindon was in a relationship with Claude Chirac, daughter of President Jacques Chirac, for nearly ten years. Lindon later had a highly-publicised relationship with Caroline, Princess of Monaco. Lindon has a son, Marcel, born in 1996. He married actress Sandrine Kiberlain in 1998, with whom he has a daughter, Suzanne, born in 2000. The couple met in 1993 on the set of the film L'Irrésolu (1994). They separated in 2003.

## Selected filmography

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Guy de Maupassant | Un mec sur la plage | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Le Faucon | the inspector | |
| 1984 | L'Addition | Magnum | |
| 1984 | Notre histoire | Brechet | |
| 1985 | Parole de flic | Dax | |
| 1986 | Betty Blue | Richard | |
| 1986 | Suivez mon regard | a scoundrel | |
| 1986 | Prunelle Blues | Fernand | |
| 1986 | Half Moon Street | Sonny | |
| 1986 | Yiddish Connection | Zvi | |
| 1987 | Dernier été à Tanger | Roland Barrès | |
| 1987 | A Man in Love | Bruno Schlosser | |
| 1988 | Quelques jours avec moi | Fernand | |
| 1988 | L'Étudiante | Ned | |
| 1990 | La Baule-les-Pins | Jean-Claude | |
| 1990 | Il y a des jours... et des lunes | The innkeeper | |
| 1990 | Gaspard et Robinson | Robinson | |
| 1991 | Netchaïev est de retour | Daniel Laurencon / Netchaiev | |
| 1991 | La Cabine | | Short |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire | Simon Choulel | |
| 1992 | La Crise | Victor Barelle | |
| 1993 | Tout ça... pour ça ! | Lino | |
| 1994 | L'Irrésolu | François | |
| 1995 | La Haine | A very drunk man | |
| 1996 | Vite strozzate | Francesco | |
| 1996 | Les Victimes | Pierre Duval | |
| 1996 | La Belle Verte | Max | |
| 1997 | Fred | Fred | |
| 1997 | Seventh Heaven | Nico | |
| 1998 | Paparazzi | Michel Verdier | |
| 1998 | The School of Flesh | Chris | |
| 1999 | Belle maman | Antoine | |
| 1999 | My Little Business | Ivan Lansi | |
| 1999 | Pas de scandale | Louis Jeancourt | |
| 2001 | Mercredi, folle journée! | Martin Socoa | |
| 2001 | Chaos | Paul | |
| 2002 | Le Frère du guerrier | Thomas | |
| 2002 | Vendredi soir | Jean | |
| 2003 | Sole Sisters | Bruno | |
| 2003 | The Cost of Living | Coway | |
| 2003 | Les Clefs de bagnole | the actor who refuses to work with Laurent | |
| 2004 | La Confiance règne | Christophe Gérard | |
| 2005 | The Moustache | Marc Thiriez | |
| 2005 | L'Avion | Pierre | |
| 2006 | Charlie Says | Serge | |
| 2007 | Je crois que je l'aime | Lucas | |
| 2007 | Ceux qui restent | Bertrand Liévain | |
| 2008 | London mon amour | Mathias | |
| 2008 | Chasseurs de dragons | Lian-Chu | French version, voice |
| 2008 | Anything for Her | Julien Auclert | |
| 2009 | Welcome | Simon Calmat | |
| 2009 | Mademoiselle Chambon | Jean | |
| 2011 | Un coeur qui bat | The narrator | Television film |
| 2011 | La permission de minuit | David | |
| 2011 | Pater | Vincent Lindon | |
| 2011 | All Our Desires | Stéphane | |
| 2011 | Complices | Vincent Lindon | Video short |
| 2012 | Augustine | Professeur Jean-Martin Charcot | |
| 2012 | A Few Hours of Spring | Alain Évrard | |
| 2013 | Bastards | Marco Silvestri | |
| 2014 | Mea Culpa | Simon | |
| 2015 | Diary of a Chambermaid | Joseph | |
| 2015 | The Measure of a Man | Thierry Taugourdeau | |
| 2015 | The Little Prince | Businessman | French version, voice |
| 2015 | The White Knights | Jacques Arnault | |
| 2017 | Rodin | Auguste Rodin | |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Chief | French version, voice |
| 2018 | The Apparition | Jacques Mayano | |
| 2018 | At War | Laurent Amédéo | |
| 2019 | Casanova, Last Love | Casanova | |
| 2021 | Titane | Vincent Legrand | |
| 2021 | Another World | Philippe Lemesle | |
| 2021 | Enquête sur un scandale d'État | Jacques Billard | |
| 2022 | Both Sides of the Blade | Jean | |
| 2023 | Of Money and Blood | Simon Weynachter | Television series |
| 2024 | The Second Act | Guillaume | |
| 2024 | The Quiet Son | Pierre | |
| TBA | The Entertainment System Is Down † | | Filming |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
| 1993 | César Awards | Best Actor | La Crise | Nominated |
| 2000 | César Awards | Best Actor | My Little Business | Nominated |
| 2005 | Cabourg Film Festival | Best Actor | La Moustache | Won |
| 2008 | César Awards | Best Actor | Those Who Remain | Nominated |
| 2008 | Globe de Cristal Awards | Best Actor | Those Who Remain | Nominated |
| 2010 | César Awards | Best Actor | Welcome | Nominated |
| 2010 | Globe de Cristal Awards | Best Actor | Welcome | Nominated |
| 2010 | Lumières Award | Best Actor | Welcome | Nominated |
| 2010 | Silver Ribbon | European Silver Ribbon | Welcome | Won |
| 2013 | César Awards | Best Actor | A Few Hours of Spring | Nominated |
| 2013 | Globe de Cristal Awards | Best Actor | A Few Hours of Spring | Nominated |
| 2016 | César Awards | Best Actor | The Measure of a Man | Won |
| 2016 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | The Measure of a Man | Won |
| 2016 | European Film Awards | Best Actor | The Measure of a Man | Nominated |
| 2016 | Lumières Award | Best Actor | The Measure of a Man | Won |
| 2016 | Lumières Award | Best Actor | Diary of a Chambermaid | Won |
| 2019 | Lumières Award | Best Actor | At War | Nominated |
| 2021 | DiscussingFilm Critic Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Titane | Won |
| 2021 | European Film Awards | Best Actor | Titane | Nominated |
| 2021 | Florida Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Titane | Nominated |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Titane | Won |
| 2022 | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Titane | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actor in a Horror Movie | Titane | Nominated |
| 2022 | Lumières Award | Best Actor | Titane | Nominated |
| 2022 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Titane | Nominated |
| 2022 | Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Titane | Nominated |
| 2024 | Venice Film Festival | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | The Quiet Son | Won |