Frdric Diefenthal Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Co-producer , Producer
Nationality French
Birth July 26, 1968 (Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne – France)

BIOGRAPHY
Having abandoned his studies at the age of fifteen, Frédéric Diefenthal worked as an apprentice in the hotel industry then became a hairdresser. He soon turned towards comedy and enrolled in the Viriot theater course. From 1990, he got noticed on television by starring in advertising spots and appearing in series ( Salut les amis , Goal ).

At the same time, director Henri-Paul Korchia asked him to play the main character in his short film entitled Max le rogue. In the cinema, Frédéric Diefenthal plays small roles: he plays a thug in La Totale (1991) by Claude Zidi or the ex-companion of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in Normal People Have Nothing Exceptional (1993) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa . He played his first major role in Douce France (1995) by Malik Chibane , but this film went completely unnoticed.

It was from 1993 that Frédéric Diefenthal achieved recognition by playing for six years a protective young cop and a frozen lover in the TV series The Judge is a Woman . But he had to wait until 1998 to obtain recognition. That year, he formed a powerful duo with Samy Naceri in Taxi by Gérard Pirès . This film full of car chases is a real hit and is the subject of two sequels directed by Gérard Krawczyk , one in 2000 ( Taxi 2 ) and the other in 2002 ( Taxi 3 ).

Propelled to stardom and nominated for a César for Most Promising Actor in 1998 for Taxi, Frédéric Diefenthal decided to alternate film genres, seeking not to remain confined to the same roles. I want everything (1999) by Guila Braoudé allows him to make a foray into the field of family comedy, the thriller Six-Pack (2000) by Alain Berberian gives him the opportunity to track down a serial killer, while Jeu de cons (2001) by Jean-Michel Verner offers him the opportunity to play a slightly awkward thug. Furthermore, Frédéric Diefenthal appears both in the credits of major French productions, such as Belphégor, the ghost of the Louvre (id.) by Jean-Paul Salomé , and in more intimate arthouse films, such as Les Ames forts (id.) by Raoul Ruiz .

In 2003, he investigated the murders committed by a schizophrenic killer ( Sylvie Testud ) in the psychological thriller Dédales , then returned to comedy by becoming Titoff ‘s unwilling host in L’Incruste, shouldn’t he let him in! Unfortunately, success became more rare, and Frédéric Diefenthal decided to devote himself more to the theater with Oscar Wilde ‘s play The Importance of Being Earnest and to television with the Clara Sheller and David Nolande series , of which he is the hero. His return to the big screen took place in 2007 with the fourth part of the Taxi saga, once again directed by Gérard Krawczyk .

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