# Julien Boisselier
**Julien Boisselier** (born 1970 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique) is a French actor who works in film, television, and theater, and who has also directed stage productions. He became widely known through the film *Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas* (2006), which earned him a César nomination for best supporting actor, and he has since appeared in a steady stream of French television series and TV movies alongside his film and stage work.[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) • [2](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/167/121/31143/presse/cortex-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) |
| Training | ENSATT under Jean-Pierre Bouvier and Denise Chalem; also trained at the Cours Florent[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) |
| Screen debut | Television in the 1996 summer saga *Dans un grand vent de fleurs*; cinema in *Nationale 7* (Jean-Pierre Sinapi, 2000)[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) |
| Breakthrough | *Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas* (Philippe Lioret, 2006); César nomination, best supporting actor, 2007[2](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/167/121/31143/presse/cortex-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf) |
| Notable roles | Henri IV in *Henri 4* (2009/2010); Stanislas Matter in *Comme un chef* (2011); Mathieu Lecerf in *Tout le monde ment 2* (2024)[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/) • [4](https://www.programme-television.org/news/tv/telefilms/julien-boisselier-en-acteur-accuse-de-viol-tout-le-monde-ment-2-jai-vu-des-comportements-qui-ne-seraient-plus-toleres-aujourdhui-37728) |
| Theater directing | *La Médiation* (2016), *12 millimètres* (2018), *L'Effet miroir* (2023), *Cochons d'Inde* (2026)[5](https://www.offi.fr/artiste/julien-boisselier-3587.html) |
| Output | AlloCiné lists 98 films and series over a 30-year career[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) |
## Training and early career
After a childhood in Nantes, Boisselier moved to Paris to study acting under Jean-[Pierre Bouvier](https://www.edgepedia.org/pierre-bouvier) and Denise Chalem at the ENSATT (the national school of theater arts and techniques), while also training at the Cours Florent.[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) He has said that acting was not an early ambition: he failed his baccalauréat twice, worked as a photographer at 20, and came to the stage through a friend's suggestion that theater might help him overcome shyness.[6](https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/ce-personnage-m-a-transcende-15-11-2006-2007507846.php)
His stage debut came in *Les pavés de l'ours* in 1993, in a production directed by Sylvie Testud, and he was soon noticed on television in the summer saga *Dans un grand vent de fleurs*, a téléfilm by Fabrice Cazeneuve.[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) From the mid-1990s he accumulated roles in miniseries and TV movies such as *La Belle Vie*, *Crimes en série*, and *L'Eté des hannetons*.[2](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/167/121/31143/presse/cortex-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf)
## Film career
His first cinema role was a sectarian psychiatrist in *Nationale 7*, directed by Jean-Pierre Sinapi, released in 2000.[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) He then worked repeatedly with directors of the younger generation, including Benoît Cohen (*Les Acteurs anonymes*, *Nos enfants chéris*), Renaud Cohen (*Quand on sera grand*), and Nicolas Boukhrief (*Le Convoyeur*).[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html) His role in *Nos enfants chéris*, alongside Romane Bohringer and Mathieu Demy, is cited as one of the films that revealed him.[6](https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/ce-personnage-m-a-transcende-15-11-2006-2007507846.php)
The success of Philippe Lioret's *Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas* (2006), in which he played Thomas, made him famous and brought a nomination for the 2007 César for best supporting actor.[2](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/167/121/31143/presse/cortex-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf) The same year he played Charles Gaessler in the television adaptation of [Daniel Keyes](https://www.edgepedia.org/daniel-keyes)'s novel *Des fleurs pour Algernon*, a role he prepared by observing people with intellectual disabilities and by filming his own rehearsals; he called it a role actors dream of, taking his character from intellectual disability to genius.[6](https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/ce-personnage-m-a-transcende-15-11-2006-2007507846.php)
He took the title role in *Henri 4* (a 2009 feature followed by a 2010 series version), learning to ride a horse for the part during shooting in Germany.[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/) • [7](https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle%3D18592492.html) In Daniel Cohen's comedy *Comme un chef* (2011) he played Stanislas Matter, an unscrupulous heir who had to read as a credible threat without leaving the comic register.[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/) • [8](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/73/22/71241/presse/comme-un-chef-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf) Later film credits include *Bis* (2015), *Marseille* (2016), *Monsieur & Madame Adelman* (2016), and *Quand on crie au loup* (2019).[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/)
## Television
Boisselier has moved between television and cinema throughout his career, an unusual combination in France, where the two tend to be treated as separate tracks; in a 2010 interview he argued against the habit of calling French television twenty years behind cinema.[9](https://www.ozap.com/actu/interview-julien-boisselier-bonheur-hommes-m6/324208) His television work includes recurring roles as Dr Smireni in *Nina* (seasons 4 and 5), Shuller in all 12 episodes of *Mike* (2019), and lead parts in *Xanadu* (2010), *Chefs* season 2 (2016), and *Les Copains d'abord* (2020).[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/)
In recent years he has often played antagonists: Stéphane Morand in the thriller *Visions* (TF1, 2022), Vincent Marsac in the revenge-porn téléfilm *Mise à nu* ([France 2](https://www.edgepedia.org/france-2), 2021), and Mathieu Lecerf, a famous actor accused of rape, in *Tout le monde ment 2* (France 2, 2024).[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/) • [4](https://www.programme-television.org/news/tv/telefilms/julien-boisselier-en-acteur-accuse-de-viol-tout-le-monde-ment-2-jai-vu-des-comportements-qui-ne-seraient-plus-toleres-aujourdhui-37728) Speaking about the last role, he said he belonged to a generation caught between eras, having witnessed on early sets behavior that would no longer be tolerated.[4](https://www.programme-television.org/news/tv/telefilms/julien-boisselier-en-acteur-accuse-de-viol-tout-le-monde-ment-2-jai-vu-des-comportements-qui-ne-seraient-plus-toleres-aujourdhui-37728)
## Theater
Theater has remained a parallel career and, since the mid-2010s, a directing one. He directed Chloé Lambert's *La Médiation* at the Théâtre de Poche-[Montparnasse](https://www.edgepedia.org/montparnasse) in 2016, and in 2018 he directed and performed alone in *12 millimètres* by Vincent Juillet and Mélissa Drigeard at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, playing a celebrated chef looking back on his life on the eve of the 25th anniversary of his television program.[5](https://www.offi.fr/artiste/julien-boisselier-3587.html) • [10](https://www.journaldesfemmes.fr/people/actus/1867323-julien-boisselier-12-millimetres-interview/) He later directed Léonore Confino's *L'Effet miroir* (Théâtre de l'Œuvre, 2023) and Alexis Macquart's *Je me souviendrai de presque tout* (Théâtre Montparnasse, 2025), and was scheduled to direct Sébastien Thiéry's *Cochons d'Inde* at the Théâtre des Nouveautés from January to April 2026.[5](https://www.offi.fr/artiste/julien-boisselier-3587.html)
## References
1. [Julien Boisselier, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D57797.html)
2. [Cortex dossier de presse, UniFrance](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/167/121/31143/presse/cortex-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf)
3. [Julien Boisselier : Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-57797/filmographie/)
4. [Julien Boisselier en acteur accusé de viol (Tout le monde ment 2), Télé 7 Jours](https://www.programme-television.org/news/tv/telefilms/julien-boisselier-en-acteur-accuse-de-viol-tout-le-monde-ment-2-jai-vu-des-comportements-qui-ne-seraient-plus-toleres-aujourdhui-37728)
5. [Julien Boisselier, L'Officiel des spectacles](https://www.offi.fr/artiste/julien-boisselier-3587.html)
6. [« Ce personnage m'a transcendé », Le Parisien (15 November 2006)](https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/ce-personnage-m-a-transcende-15-11-2006-2007507846.php)
7. [Rencontre avec l'équipe d'Henri 4, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle%3D18592492.html)
8. [Comme un chef dossier de presse, UniFrance](https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/73/22/71241/presse/comme-un-chef-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf)
9. [Julien Boisselier : « Il faut arrêter de dire que la télé française a 20 ans de retard », Puremédias (17 March 2010)](https://www.ozap.com/actu/interview-julien-boisselier-bonheur-hommes-m6/324208)
10. [Julien Boisselier : confessions d'un homme heureux, Le Journal des Femmes](https://www.journaldesfemmes.fr/people/actus/1867323-julien-boisselier-12-millimetres-interview/)
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