# Philippe Duquesne

Philippe Duquesne (born 30 June 1965) is a French actor.

## Career

He is best known for playing in the cult TV series Les Deschiens (1993–2002). In 2004, after the end of the show on Canal+, Yolande Moreau, his partner on screen, hired him in her first film as a director : When the Sea Rises. The movie became a critical success and won the César Award for Best First Feature Film.
In 2008, he starred in the hugely successful Welcome to the Sticks, which pays homage to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
He is often cast in Albert Dupontel's movies, like Locked Out in 2006, The Villain in 2009, 9 Month Stretch in 2013, See You Up There in 2017 and his last one Second Tour, released in 2023.
Since 2020, he play the role of Michel Specklin, one of the main characters in the tv series Parlement created by Noé Debré.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1989–91 | Lapin chasseur | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
| 1992–93 | Les pieds dans l'eau | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
| 1997 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
| 1999–2001 | Les Pensionnaires | Jérôme Deschamps | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
| 2000 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff |
| 2002 | Retour définitif et durable de l'être aimé | Olivier Cadiot | Ludovic Lagarde |
| 2003 | À la recherche de Mister K. | Maryse Delente | Maryse Delente |
| 2004 | The Love of a Good Man | Howard Barker | Jean-Paul Wenzel |
| 2004–05 | Fairy Queen | Olivier Cadiot | Ludovic Lagarde |
| 2007–08 | Le Médecin malgré lui | Molière | Jean Liermier |
| 2008 | L'Hôtel du libre échange | Georges Feydeau | Alain Françon |
| 2009 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Alain Françon |
| 2009–10 | Miam Miam | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer |
| 2010–11 | Du mariage au divorce | Georges Feydeau | Alain Françon |
| 2012 | à la française ! | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer |
| 2012–14 | Par hasard et pas rasé | Philippe Duquesne & Camille Grandville | Camille Grandville |
| 2015 | Frangins | Jean-Paul Wenzel | Lou Wenzel |
| 2016 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Catherine Hiegel |
| 2017 | Les Autres | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Jean-Louis Benoît |
| 2021 | Brèves de comptoir, tournée générale ! | Jean-Marie Gourio | Jean-Michel Ribes |
| 2022 | Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | Alain Françon |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1993 | Lost in Transit | C.R.S. | Philippe Lioret | |
| 1993 | Une journée chez ma mère | The first paramedic | Dominique Cheminal | |
| 1993–2002 | Les Deschiens | Philippe | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeïeff | TV series |
| 1994 | Aux petits bonheurs | | Michel Deville | |
| 1995 | Élisa | P.M.U. Owner | Jean Becker | |
| 1995 | ...à la campagne | | Manuel Poirier | |
| 1995 | The Apprentices | Man in Flat 48 | Pierre Salvadori | |
| 1996 | Sélect Hôtel | | Laurent Bouhnik | |
| 1997 | Ouvrez le chien | | Pierre Dugowson | |
| 1997 | Le silence de Rak | | Christophe Loizillon | |
| 1997 | J'ai horreur de l'amour | Inspector | Laurence Ferreira Barbosa | |
| 1998 | Folle d'elle | Victor | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 1999 | Lovers | The client | Jean-Marc Barr | |
| 1999 | Le bleu des villes | Jean-Paul | Stéphane Brizé | |
| 1999 | Marée haute | | Caroline Champetier | Short |
| 2000 | Sade | Coignard | Benoît Jacquot | |
| 2000 | Photo de famille | | Xavier Barthélemy | Short |
| 2000 | François Kléber | M. Corentin | Patrick Jamain | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Being Light | M. Lamartinier | Pascal Arnold & Jean-Marc Barr | |
| 2002 | If I Were a Rich Man | Bergeron | Gérard Bitton & Michel Munz | |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Café Cook | Jonathan Demme | |
| 2002 | Maigret | Louis Paumelle | Yves de Chalonge | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Vertiges | Loyal | Jérôme Cornuau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Avocats & associés | Maurice Malachon | Alexandre Pidoux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Livraison à domicile | André | Bruno Delahaye | |
| 2003 | Motus | Psychiatrist | Laurence Ferreira Barbosa | TV movie |
| 2003 | Clémence | Joubert | Pascal Chaumeil | TV movie |
| 2004 | Ordo | Mario | Laurence Ferreira Barbosa | |
| 2004 | When the Sea Rises | Café owner | Yolande Moreau & Gilles Porte | |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Favart | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| 2004 | Passage(s) | The ferryman | Colas & Mathias Rifkiss | Short |
| 2005 | Quartier V.I.P. | The prison director | Laurent Firode | |
| 2005 | La pomme de Newton | Tony | Laurent Firode | TV movie |
| 2005 | Vénus & Apollon | | Pascal Lahmani & Tonie Marshall | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Poltergay | Michel | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2006 | Locked Out | The Indian | Albert Dupontel | |
| 2006 | The Tiger Brigades | Casimir Cagne | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 2007 | Mon homme | The Lieutenant | Ramzi Ben Sliman | Short |
| 2007 | Fairy Queen | Gertrude Stein | Christophe Derouet & Ludovic Lagarde | TV movie |
| 2007 | Nos familles | Paul | Siegrid Alnoy | TV movie |
| 2007 | Maman est folle | Bernard | Jean-Pierre Améris | TV movie |
| 2008 | 15 ans et demi | Jean-Louis | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| 2008 | Welcome to the Sticks | Fabrice Canoli | Dany Boon | |
| 2008 | Par suite d'un arrêt de travail... | Pierrot | Frédéric Andréi | |
| 2008 | La mort n'oublie personne | M. Tourbier | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 2008 | Central nuit | Monsieur Vergnolles | Olivier Barma | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | The Villain | The redhead painter | Albert Dupontel | |
| 2009 | Rose et noir | The Inquisitor | Gérard Jugnot | |
| 2009 | La grande vie | Jean-Bernard | Emmanuel Salinger | |
| 2009 | Jalousie | The marriage counselor | Bibi Naceri | Short |
| 2009 | Rech JF: pour court-métrage rémunéré | Christian Gingerland | Manuel Schapira | Short |
| 2009 | Suite noire | The neighbor | Laurent Bouhnik | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | La tête ailleurs | Dr. Christophilos | Frédéric Pelle | |
| 2010 | Qui a envie d'être aimé ? | The priest | Anne Giafferi | |
| 2010 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Lucky Sarcelles | Joann Sfar | |
| 2010 | Je vous aime très beaucoup | The lieutenant | Philippe Locquet | |
| 2010 | The Women on the 6th Floor | Gérard | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 2010 | Ya basta! | | Gustave Kervern & Sébastien Rost | Short |
| 2010 | Petites révoltes du milieu | Monsieur Roubit | François Brunet | Short |
| 2010 | Big Jim | Bernard | Christian Merret-Palmair | TV movie |
| 2010 | La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais | Brother Souillard | Hervé Baslé | TV movie |
| 2010 | Profilage | Michel Rivière | Eric Summer | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Par amour | Alain | Laurent Firode | |
| 2012 | Sexual Chronicles of a French Family | The school director | Pascal Arnold & Jean-Marc Barr | |
| 2012 | Les Chiens Verts | Babass | Colas & Mathias Rifkiss | Short |
| 2012 | Trafics | Milan Koudelka | Olivier Barma | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2013 | Turf | Fifi | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2013 | Henri | Jean-Lou | Yolande Moreau | |
| 2013 | Blanche nuit | Lieutenant Gégé | Fabrice Sébille | |
| 2013 | 9 Month Stretch | Dr. Toulate | Albert Dupontel | |
| 2013 | Chérif | M. Médéros | Julien Zidi | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | Calomnies | David | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 2014 | Babysitting | Agent Caillaud | Nicolas Benamou & Philippe Lacheau | |
| 2014 | Situation amoureuse: C'est compliqué | Armand | Manu Payet & Rodolphe Lauga | |
| 2014 | Murders in Rouen | Ludovic | Christian Bonnet | TV movie |
| 2014 | Origines | Thierry Joubert | Jérôme Navarro | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | Boulevard du Palais | Alexandre / Stéphane | Bruno Garcia | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2015 | Chic! | Jean-Guy | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 2015 | Blind Date | Artus | Clovis Cornillac | |
| 2015 | Stunned | Georges | Gérard Pautonnier | Short |
| 2015 | Son seul | | Nina Maini | Short |
| 2015 | Le rustre et le juge | Judge Piotr | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Short |
| 2015 | Mon cher petit village | Gérard | Gabriel Le Bomin | TV movie |
| 2015 | Le mystère du lac | Serge Joufroy | Jérôme Cornuau | TV mini-series |
| 2015 | Candice Renoir | Albert Maruval | Nicolas Picard | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2015 | Peplum | Matho | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2016 | Paradise | Jules | Andrei Konchalovsky | |
| 2016 | Jamais contente | Laurent | Émilie Deleuze | |
| 2016 | La folle histoire de Max et Léon | The railroader | Jonathan Barré | |
| 2016 | La voix du père | Philou | Colas & Mathias Rifkiss | Short |
| 2016–18 | Scènes de ménages | Jean-Pierre | Francis Duquet | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2017 | Alibi.com | Maurice | Philippe Lacheau | |
| 2017 | Grand froid | The brother of the dead | Gérard Pautonnier | |
| 2017 | Votez pour moi ! | Boutriquet | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 2017 | See You Up There | The station officer | Albert Dupontel | |
| 2017 | Épouse-moi mon pote | Dussart | Tarek Boudali | |
| 2018 | Roulez jeunesse | Léo | Julien Guetta | |
| 2018 | Naked Normandy | Férol | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 2018 | Keep an Eye Out | Champonin | Quentin Dupieux | |
| 2019 | Oh Mercy! | Dos Santos | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| 2019 | Tout se mérite | Paul | Pierre Amstutz Roch | Short |
| 2019 | Une mort sans importance | Franck Largeon | Christian Bonnet | TV movie |
| 2019 | Olivia | Blanchot | Thierry Binisti & Octave Raspail | TV mini-series |
| 2019 | Capitaine Marleau | Major Fortin | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2020 | Le lion | The Airfield man | Ludovic Colbeau-Justin | |
| 2020 | 30 jours max | The doctor | Tarek Boudali | |
| 2020-23 | Parlement | Michel Specklin | Jérémie Sein, Émilie Noblet | TV series (23 episodes) |
| 2021 | Le Petit Piaf | Hubert | Gérard Jugnot | |
| 2021 | La pièce rapportée | Inspector Dalac | Antonin Peretjatko | |
| 2021 | La fille dans les bois | Joseph | Marie-Hélène Copti | TV movie |
| 2021 | Le bruit des trousseaux | Velterer | Philippe Claudel | TV movie |
| 2022 | Le principal | Georges | Chad Chenouga | |
| 2022 | L'homme parfait | Pat | Xavier Durringer | |
| 2022 | Astrid et Raphaëlle | Boris | Julien Seri | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2023 | BAC+12 | Mr. Richard | Michel Bulteau | |
| 2023 | Alibi.com 2 | Maurice | Philippe Lacheau & Marc David | |
| 2023 | Second tour | The hacker | Albert Dupontel | |
| 2023 | Pour l'honneur | The club president | Philippe Guillard | |
| 2023 | La fiancée du poète | Maurice | Yolande Moreau | |
| 2023 | La fille d'Albino Rodrigue | Albino Rodrigue | Christine Dory | |
| 2023 | Veuillez nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée | Patrick | Olivier Van Hoofstadt | |
| 2024 | Je ne me laisserai plus faire | | Gustave Kervern | TV movie Post-Production |