Benoît Magimel

Born and raised in Paris, Benoît Magimel began acting at a young age; when he was 12 when he won the role of Momo in LIFE IS A LONG QUIET RIVER (1988) by Etiene Chatiliez. At age 16 he dropped his studies to pursue acting as a career and has been performing ever since. Magimel has famously chosen roles in both low budget independent films such as TO MATTHIEU (2000) as well as wide audience feature films such as DUPLICITY (2005). It was on the set of one of these… (more)