Aurélien Recoing
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1958-05-05 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
Biography
Aurélien Recoing (born 5 May 1958) is a French actor and stage director.
Aurélien Recoing is the son of Alain Recoing (puppeteer), and the brother of Éloi Recoing (director and translator), Blaise Recoing (actor and musician), and David Recoing (pianist, composer).
Born in Paris on May 5, 1958, Aurélien Recoing began training to be an actor in 1974 at Cours Florent, and studied at Quartier d'Ivry. In 1977, the actor-in-training, who spoke fluent English and a little Russian, joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where he studied under Jean-Pierre Miquel and Antoine Vitez. He has appeared in more than 30 plays and has directed stage performances of works by Thomas Bernhard, Fernando Pessoa and Paul Claudel. He was awarded the Prix Gérard Philipe in 1989.
In 1980, Aurélien Recoing took his first steps into the world of cinema, in Exploits of a Young Don Juan. Finding art-house cinema appealing to him, he worked with Philippe Garrel on Emergency Kisses (Les baisers de secours), and with Laurence Ferreira Barbosa on Modern Life. The actor rose to fame in 2001 thanks to Laurent Cantet's Time Out (L'Emploi du Temps), in which he plays a man who invents a false life to avoid having to tell his friends and family that he has been fired from his job. As he became more and more in demand, he alternated between blockbusters such as Ruby & Quentin and That Woman and art-house films like L'Ennemi naturel and Orlando Vargas. Lending his talents to a number of unusual projects, in 2006 he portrayed a gamblers in 13 Tzameti, Géla Babluani's black-and-white thriller, and also appeared in Forgive Me (Pardonnez-moi), Maïwenn's home-movie style drama. In the same year, the physically imposing actor found himself transported back to 1914 France in Fragments of Antonin, and then to 1959 Kabylia in Florent Emilio Siri's Intimate Enemies. In 2008, he starred in Franck Llopis' Paris Nord-Sud and in La Saison des Orphelins. The following year, he was cast in Gilles Béhat's crime thriller Diamant 13 with Gérard Depardieu, and in Denis Dercourt's Tomorrow at Dawn (Demain dès l'aube).
He has made appearances in The Horde, directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, Xavier de Choudens' Joseph and the Girl with Jacques Dutronc, and Léon Desclozeaux's Cargo, the Lost Men in 2010. He appeared in Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Switch, as well as in Olias Barco's Kill Me Please, which won the Marc'Aurelio d'Oro for best film at Rome Film Festival in 2010. He also appeared in Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Colour, which took the Palme d'Or at Cannes. In 2020 he appeared in Adults in the room. An upcoming appearance is in Grand Ciel an Arte Film.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (85)
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986
as Adolphe
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013
as Adèle's Father
Ruby & Quentin
2003
as Rocco
Black Box
2021
as Claude Varins
Pacific Fear
2024
as General
Fidelity
2000
as Bernard
The Horde
2010
as Jiménez
Adults in the Room
2019
as Pierre Moscovici
13 Tzameti
2006
as Jacky
Cold Showers
2005
as Louis Steiner
Switch
2011
as Delors
Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation
2022
as Yves
Counter Investigation
2007
as Josse
Diamond 13
2009
as Ladje
Intimate Enemies
2007
as Vesoul
Louis, the Child King
1993
as Coadjuteur de l'Archevêque de Paris, futur Cardinal de Retz
My Worst Nightmare
2011
as Thierry
Ghosts
2005
as Pierre
Dark Night, October 17, 1961
2005
as Somveille
Natural Enemy
2004
as Monsieur Tanguy
Despite the Night
2016
as Paul
The Blue Note
1991
as Auguste Clésinger
The Clouzot Scandal
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Elegant Criminal
1990
as François
Pardonnez-moi
2006
as Paul
The Plough
2023
as Simon
Ruby Is Dead
2017
as Marty
The Stranger
2007
as Yvan
Pure Life
2014
as Edgar Maufrais
Life's Little Treasures
1994
as Photographer
The Soviet Revolution Told Through its Cinema
2017
as Self
Opération Turquoise
2007
as Capitaine Cormery
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
1988
as Jacques Roussel
Red Sunset
2004
as L'homme au cutter
Trois Couples en quête d'orages
2005
as Rémi
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
1988
Joseph et la fille
2010
as Raphaël
La fille et le garçon
2023
as Jean
Kill Me Please
2010
as Docteur Krueger
Children's Play
2001
as l'inspecteur Mayens
Sartre, Years of Passion
2006
as Raymond Aron
Two Women
2021
as Commissaire André Faureins
A Perfect Friend
2006
as le médecin
Souffler plus fort que la mer
2017
as Loïc, le père
Textiles
2001
as Michel
Time Out
2001
as Vincent
Fragments of Antonin
2006
as le professeur Labrousse
Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The Wrong Man
2012
as Daniel Varini
Le repenti
2009
as Victor Fontanel
Sea Workers
1986
as Gilliatt
La Saison des orphelins
2008
as Achille
Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça!
2013
as Vincent / Nuissbaum
Modern Life
2000
as Georges
The Jewish Cardinal
2013
as Jean-Paul II
Pasteur et Koch : Un duel de géants dans la guerre des microbes
2018
as Narration
Grand ciel
2022
as Guy
Tomorrow at Dawn
2009
as Capitaine Déprées
Hanging Offense
2003
as L'homme de l'identité judiciaire
La femme à abattre
1993
as Richard
L'ombre d'un flic
2011
as Julien Ortéguy
Müetter
2006
as Mathieu
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
as Harry
Le Pays des ours
2003
as Henri
A Son
2004
as Max
The Rest of the Night
2008
as Giovanni
Poor Girl!
2003
as Paul
Private Life
2007
as Guillaume Vaudrey
One Long Winter Without Fire
2005
as Jean
Le pays des enfants perdus
2004
as Dolor
Monsieur
as Monsieur Auguste Desmest
Emergency Kisses
1989
as Comedian
La Vie à trois
1997
as Gilles Moutiers
Le Pain du diable
2010
as Aimé Sailant
Des pierres en ce jardin
2015
as Pierre
Souli
2004
as Yann
Le Crime des Renards
2005
as Baptiste
Cargo, the Lost Men
2010
as Buck
Poursuite
2011
Le Soulier de Satin
1987
as Ange Gardien / Archéologue / Diego Rodriguez
Orlando Vargas
2005
as Orlando Vargas
The Kid Tintouin
2011
as (Voice)
Le JT des nouvelles technos
The Human Factor
2012
as Ernest (voice)
Premier cri
2002
as L'homme
About Aurélien Recoing
Aurélien Recoing (born 5 May 1958) is a French actor and stage director. Aurélien Recoing is the son of Alain Recoing (puppeteer), and the brother of Éloi Recoing (director and translator), Blaise Recoing (actor and musician), and David Recoing (pianist, composer). Born in Paris on May 5, 1958, Aurélien Recoing began training to be an actor in 1974 at Cours Florent, and studied at Quartier d'Ivry. In 1977, the actor-in-training, who spoke fluent English and a little Russian, joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris… With 93 credits spanning from 1986 to 2024, Aurélien Recoing has appeared in 85 films and 8 TV shows.
Fans searching for Aurélien Recoing movies, Aurélien Recoing filmography, or the latest projects starring Aurélien Recoing can stream many of these titles on Bowood.TV, free and in HD, with no subscription required.
Most Popular Aurélien Recoing Movies
- Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986) — as Adolphe
- Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) — as Adèle's Father
- Ruby & Quentin (2003) — as Rocco
- Black Box (2021) — as Claude Varins
- Pacific Fear (2024) — as General
Where to Watch Aurélien Recoing Films
Most Aurélien Recoing movies and series are available to stream on Bowood.TV in full HD, completely free and without signup. Browse the complete filmography above to jump directly to any title. For more films and the latest web series featuring Aurélien Recoing, check our movies catalogue and browse page.