# Nicolas Bedos

Nicolas Simon Bedos (French pronunciation:; born 21 April 1979) is a French comedian, writer, director and actor. The son of Guy Bedos, he became known in 2004 as a playwright. In 2013, he joined Laurent Ruquier's late-night On n'est pas couché television talk show as a satirist, which he left two years later. His first film, Mr. & Mrs. Adelman, premiered in 2017. On 22 October 2024, a Paris court sentenced Bedos to one in year in jail, with six months suspended, and required addiction and psychological therapy after he was convicted of sexually assaulting two women in 2023.

## Filmography
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Ni reprise, ni échangée | Jean-Pierre | TV movie; also writer |
| 2011 | Bouquet final | Antoine | TV movie; also writer |
| 2011 | Love Lasts Three Years | Antoine | |
| 2012 | Populaire | Gilbert Japy | |
| 2013 | Le Débarquement | Various | Sketches |
| 2013 | Love Is in the Air | Antoine | Also writer |
| 2014 | The Easy Way Out | Louis | |
| 2016 | L'Invitation | Léo | |
| 2017 | Mr & Mme Adelman | Victor de Richemont dit Adelman | Also director, writer and composer |

### As filmmaker

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Sortie de scène | Writer | TV movie |
| 2009 | Folie douce | Writer | TV movie |
| 2010 | Ni reprise, ni échangée | Writer | TV movie |
| 2011 | Bouquet final | Writer | TV movie |
| 2012 | The Players | Writer | |
| 2013 | Love Is in the Air | Writer | |
| 2015 | Encore heureux | Writer | |
| 2017 | Mr & Mme Adelman | Director, writer, composer | Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film |
| 2019 | La Belle Époque | Director, writer, composer | Nominated—César Award for Best Director |
| 2021 | OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire | Director, writer, composer | Cameo appearance |
| 2022 | Masquerade | Director, writer, composer | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2004 | Sortie de scène | Nominated—Molière de la meilleure pièce de création |
| 2007 | Eva | |
| 2009 | Le Voyage de Victor | |
| 2010 | Promenade de santé | |

## Columnist
### Publication

| Year | Title |
| 2009–2010 | L'Officiel |
| August 2011 – April 2013 | Marianne |
| August 2013 – June 2013 | Elle |

### Television

| Year | Title |
| September 2010 – May 2011 | Semaine critique ! |
| November 2012 | Vous trouvez ça normal ?! |
| September 2013 – June 2015 | On n'est pas couché |

### Radio

| Year | Title |
| November 2009 – June 2010 | La Semaine Mythomane (Ouï FM) |

## Legal convictions
### Public insults and drunk driving

In March 2011, he spoke on French TV about two nights he spent in police custody. During his testimony, he called the policemen from these nights "odious cops". He also talked about all policemen in general and used the terms "IQ of a dead octopus" or "morons, thugs in uniform, scum who have fallen to the good side". The Minister of the Interior (France) filed a complaint, and Bedos was convicted in 2012 to a 2000 euros fine by the Paris criminal court for public insults towards the police. In 2014, he was sentenced to three months in prison and a 750 euro fine for drunk driving, insulting and threatening to kill police officers after falling off his scooter.

### Conviction for sexual assault

In 2023, he was released from police custody for sexual assault on a 25-year-old woman in a nightclub. He was also summoned to court for sexual harassment committed in 2018. His trial is scheduled for 26 September 2024. On 22 October 2024, he was sentenced to 1 year in jail. The actor kept denying being a sexual aggressor but talked instead of an "onerous friendliness" mixed with alcoholism. He is the first actor in France actually convicted to jail after a sexual offenses, and it might help the fight against sexism and sexual violence.