Michaël Cohen

Director & actor · born 13 December 1970 · Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France

Michaël Cohen (born December 13, 1970, in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France) is a French actor, director, and writer who has been active since 1991, accumulating over 50 film and television credits. He also directed two feature films — It Begins with the End (2010) and L'Invitation (2016) — in both of which he also starred, and has worked extensively in French television since the 1990s, including a recurring role in the long-running series Tout pour la lumière (2025, 90 episodes). His most notable film credits include Lucas in Them (2006), Mehdi Jayde in Kandisha (2008), Zoe's Husband in The Art of Love (2011), Simon in Bangkok Revenge (2012), Jacques Chirac in The Law (2014), Jérôme in Puerto Ricans in Paris (2015), Arnaud Desjardins in Dalida (2016, with Leïla Bekhti), Olivier in All That Divides Us (2017), Maxime Drumond in La Belle Époque (2019, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes), Léa's father in Versus (2019), Cédric in An Alibi (2022), Franck in The Rebellious (2024), and David in Dead Man Memory (2026). On television he is best known as Théodore Belin in Master Crimes (2023, 12 episodes), Lucien Moreira in Alphonse (2023), David Meyers in Gloria (2021, 6 episodes), Thomas Duret in Fear by the Lake (2020, 6 episodes), Louis Mosca in Maison Close (2013, 8 episodes), and Le Coz in The Passenger (2015, 6 episodes), with earlier credits in Alice Nevers (1993) and The Liars (1996).

Where to start: La Belle Époque (2019).