Gilles Cohen

Early life

Cohen studied at Lycée Voltaire in Paris, where he developed an interest in theater. After obtaining his baccalaureate, he enrolled in the Cours Florent under the direction of Francis Huster.

Career

Cohen began his acting career in theater, working both as an actor and a director. He made his film debut in 1985 and has since appeared in numerous French films and television series.

Filmography

Cinema

1978: La Clé sur la porte by Yves Boisset – A teenager

1985: Parking by Jacques Demy – The man at Bercy

1985: Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) by Coline Serreau – The second thug

1985: L'Affaire des divisions Morituri by F. J. Ossang – The Bentley driver

1989: Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (Romuald et Juliette )by Coline Serreau – A driver

1992: Un vampire au paradis by Abdelkrim Bahloul

2001: Chaos by Coline Serreau – A doctor

2004: Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine) by Arnaud Desplechin – Simon, the cousin

2005: The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté) by Jacques Audiard – Sami

2005: Good Girl (Gentille) by Sophie Fillières – Hugues

2006: Les Ambitieux by Catherine Corsini – Simon

2006: L'École pour tous by Éric Rochant – Jean-Christophe Despalin

2007: Ma place au soleil by Éric de Montalier

2007: Actrices by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Jean-Luc

2007: Le Temps d'un regard by Ilan Flammer – The pharmacist

2007: The Key (La Clef) by Guillaume Nicloux – Larue

Television

2008: Vénus et Apollon (Season 2) by Pascal Lahmani – Chassard

2009: Des gens qui passent by Alain Nahum – Ansart

2010: Spiral (Engrenages Season 3) by Manuel Boursinhac – Martin Roban

2015–2020: The Bureau (Le Bureau des légendes – Seasons 1 to 5) by Éric Rochant – Marc Lauré, also known as "Moule à gaufres"

2016: Damoclès by Manuel Schapira – Richard

2017: Robin by Alice Douard – Lawrence

2018: Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent – Episode: Béatrice) – Pascal Birague

2018: Les Fantômes du Havre by Thierry Binisti – Commissioner Maxime Cartier

2019: Le Voyageur by Stéphanie Murat – Raphaël Cesnat

2019: Le Bazar de la Charité by Alexandre Laurent – Prefect Leblanc

2020: Paris-Brest by Philippe Lioret – Éric

2020: Si tu vois ma mère by Nathanaël Guedj – Philippe

2022: Oussekine by Antoine Chevrollier – Maître Garraud

2024: Mercato by David Hourrègue – Alain Cherki

2024: Cat's Eyes by Alexandre Laurent – Thomas Godard

Theater

1985: Le Cid by Corneille, directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault

1989: Richard II (Richard Gloucester) by William Shakespeare, directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault

1988: La Pièce de Chambertin and Un mouton à l'entresol by Eugène Labiche, directed by Gilles Cohen, Théâtre de la Tempête

1990: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Le Mystère de la chambre jaune) by Gaston Leroux, adapted and directed by Gilles Cohen with Dominique Thomas, Théâtre de la Tempête

1992: Les Petits Marteaux, written and directed by Gilles Cohen, Théâtre de la Tempête

1994: Quisaitout et Grobêta by Coline Serreau, directed by Benno Besson, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin

2007: La Mémoire de l'eau by Shelach Stephenson, directed by Bernard Murat

2011: Mer by Tino Caspanello, directed by Jean-Louis Benoît, Théâtre de l'Atelier

2013: Hughie by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Jean-Yves Ruf, Espace des Arts (Chalon-sur-Saône), touring production

2014: Tartuffe (Le Tartuffe) by Molière, directed by Luc Bondy, Théâtre de l'Odéon

2016: Revenez demain by Blandine Costaz, directed by Laurent Fréchuret, touring production and Théâtre du Rond-Point

2019: Mon dîner avec Winston by Hervé Le Tellier, directed by Gilles Cohen, touring production

Honors

Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2021)

Personal life

Gilles Cohen is married to Karine Paschal. He has two sons, Raphaël and Samuel Cohen from his previous marriage to actress Emmanuelle Devos.