Laurent Stocker (born 27 May 1973) is a French theatre and cinema actor, and a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.
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Life and career
He trained at the Ateliers Gérard Philipe and the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique from 1993 to 1996 in the classes of Madeleine Marion, Daniel Mesguich and Philippe Adrien.
He entered the Comédie-Française on 14 June 2001, where he became the 511th sociétaire on 1 January 2004.
He starred in, among other films, Ensemble, c'est tout by Claude Berri, after the novel of the same name by Anna Gavalda, a role for which he was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor on 22 February 2008. He also starred in Le code a changé by Danièle Thompson with Dany Boon and Karin Viard, and also in Cyprien with Elie Semoun and Catherine Deneuve.
He is also a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.
Filmography
Cinema
2005 : Saint-Jacques… La Mecque by Coline Serreau
2005 : Aux abois by Philippe Collin
2007 : Miss Oliver a filé à l'anglaise (project) by Claude Zidi
2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout by Claude Berri
2009 : Change of Plans by Danièle Thompson
2009 : Cyprien by David Charhon
2009 : Je ne dis pas non by Iliana Lolic
2011 : The Art of Love by Emmanuel Mouret
2011 : The Minister by Pierre Schoeller (acting Yan)
2011 : Nuit Blanche by Frédéric Jardin
2014: 1001 Grams
2014: Brèves de comptoir by Jean-Michel Ribes
2015: Chic! by Jérôme Cornuau
2015: Caprice by Emmanuel Mouret
2015: Love at First Child by Anne Giafferi
2016: Cézanne and I by Danièle Thompson
2017: Garde alternée by Alexandra Leclère
2018: The Summer House by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
2020: Villa Caprice by Bernard Stora
2023: Bernadette
Television
2009 : Un homme d'honneur by Laurent Heynemann
2009 : Envoyez la fracture in the Suite noire collection by Claire Devers
2010 : Contes et nouvelles du XIXe siècle : L'Écornifleur by Jean-Charles Tacchella
2010 : Fracture by Alain Tasma
2023 : Bardot by Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson
Theatre
1992 : Un fil à la patte by Georges Feydeau, directed by Philippe Duclos
1996 : La Cour des comédiens by Antoine Vitez, directed by Georges Lavaudant, Festival d'Avignon
1996 : Six fois deux, directed by Georges Lavaudant
1997 : Histoires de France by Michel Deutsch and Georges Lavaudant, directed by Georges Lavaudant, Théâtre de l'Odéon
1997 : Ulysse Matériaux, directed by Georges Lavaudant
1999 : Saint Joan of the Stockyards by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Alain Milianti
1999 : Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir by Roger Vitrac, directed by Philippe Adrien
1999 : Les Muses orphelines by Michel-Marc Bouchard, directed by Isabelle Ronayette
1999 : Henry V by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean-Louis Benoit, Théâtre de l'Aquarium
2001 : Le Balcon by Jean Genet, directed by Jean Boillt, Festival d'Avignon
2001 : La Fille que j’aime written and directed by Guillaume Hasson
2001 : Les Parfums du cheik written and directed by Fawzi Ben Saidi
2001 : Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, directed by Mario Gonzalez
2001 : Henri VI by William Shakespeare, directed by Nadine Varoutsikos
Awards and nominations
2008 : Nominated for César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Ensemble, c'est tout
2008 : César Award for Most Promising Actor for Ensemble, c'est tout
2008 : Nominated for Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor for Juste la fin du monde