Francis Huster

Acting

Francis Huster

Born

1947-12-08 (78)

Place of birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Known for

Acting

Credits

101 titles

Francis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter. Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national (1968), where he had René Simon and later Antoine Vitez as teachers. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1971, became sociétaire in 1977, and left this institution in 1982. He later founded the theater group Compagnie Francis Huster, of which the following actors have been members: Clotilde Courau, Valérie Crunchant, Christiana Réali, Estelle Skornik, Valentine Varela, Olivier Martinez, Mathieu Carriere. …

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 10 titles

Everyone's Life poster
4.6

Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.

Everyone's Life

2017

Bourvil, un homme vrai poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bourvil, un homme vrai

2016

My Name Is Bernadette poster
7.3

Between February and July 1858, in the Massabielle cave, the Virgin appeared eighteen times to Bernadette Soubirous, a miserable little girl from Lourdes. A true revolution in the heart of the Second Empire that shakes the established order by his universal message of love and prayer.

My Name Is Bernadette

2011

The Curse of Edgar poster
7.2

Based on the bestselling novel by Marc Dugain, this original docudrama weaves unique archival footage within a fictional story and sheds a new light on J. Edgar Hoover. This film reveals the FBI director's battle to retain power from the Kennedy clan. From 1960 and 1963, two ideals of America come face to face and two sets of morals clash. Clyde Tolson, Hoover's right-hand man and secret lover, is the last survivor of this psychological drama. He recounts this intense political period when America's destiny has never been as dependent on one of the most powerful and mysterious figures of the time.

The Curse of Edgar

2013

Jean Gabin intime poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jean Gabin intime

2010

La folle histoire de Sophie Marceau poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

La folle histoire de Sophie Marceau

2016

À droite, à gauche poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

À droite, à gauche

2016

On refait le boulevard poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

On refait le boulevard

2016

Confidences pour confidences poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Confidences pour confidences

2016

Pourvu qu'il soit heureux poster
NR

Everything was fine in Camille’s life until his parents accidentally discovered his homosexuality. How will Claudine and Maxime react? Turnarounds, an inimitable sense of dialogue make this comedy the feeling of back to school. How easy it is to be tolerant when you are not involved yourself! Because when Claudine and Maxime, an open-minded couple, who even demonstrated for marriage for all, come across, by leafing through a celebrity newspaper, on a photo of their son in the company of a man, the sky plummets them. the head. Claudine, more benevolent, tries to reason with her husband, but he finds it difficult to digest the news. Each in turn, the mother and father will question themselves, question themselves, and try to face this revelation, which cannot alter the love they have for their child.

Pourvu qu'il soit heureux

2019

2000s · 8 titles

A Man and His Dog poster
5.8

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

A Man and His Dog

2009

Jean Moulin, une affaire française poster
8.0

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French resistance and the patriotism during the dark years of Nazi occupation.

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

2003

The Role of Her Life poster
6.0

A humble copy editor becomes a personal assistant to her favorite actress and eventually loses herself both in the actress' demands and her own ego.

The Role of Her Life

2004

Comme t'y es belle ! poster
6.0

Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.

Comme t'y es belle !

2006

Mausolée pour une garce poster
4.0

Adapted from a best-selling novel by Frédéric Dard. Agnès Taride has a closet full of skeletons. A beautiful woman, accustomed to using her body to get what she wants, she persuades her lover to murder her ex-husband for the life insurance money that will otherwise go to her daughter when she reaches her upcoming 18th birthday. The murder attempt goes awry, and not only does the ex survive, but a witness calls on his underworld connections to avenge the attack on his friend. From here, the plot and counter-plot become ever more complicated, with blackmail, kidnap, murder, seduction and suicide on the agenda, and a surprise twist in the ending.

Mausolée pour une garce

2001

Toutes les femmes sont des déesses poster
8.0

A few months pregnant, Valerie is leading the construction of the Athens metro, which will reduce pollution in the Greek capital. However, on the construction site, archaeologists are trying to suspend the work because the subsoil contains archaeological treasures.

Toutes les femmes sont des déesses

2000

Why (Not) Brazil? poster
4.2

A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt an inadaptable best selling novel. Will she succeed or will the book adapt her in the process?

Why (Not) Brazil?

2004

Taking Wing poster
5.5

This is the story of Stan, a young man who might be considered an ordinary, run of the mill guy. But his love and passion for the theatre propels him to realize the most extraordinary desires. He is very attached to his grandfather, who owns a butcher's shop and who offers that Stan take over the family business. But Stan refuses. He decides to drop out of school and move out of his family's apartment, despite the opposition of his parents. His uncle is the only one to support him in the impossible dream of becoming an actor.

Taking Wing

2000

1990s · 7 titles

1980s · 12 titles

The Public Woman poster
6.0

An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.

The Public Woman

1984

Mad Love poster
5.7

After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.

Mad Love

1985

Bolero poster
6.9

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.

Bolero

1981

Edith and Marcel poster
5.7

This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf.

Edith and Marcel

1983

Equator poster
4.1

Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.

Equator

1983

On a volé Charlie Spencer ! poster
4.7

Students of film history will appreciate the many tributes to famous films of yore which appear in this first-time feature directed and written by former drama teacher Francis Huster. In the story, a mild-mannered bank clerk has heroic dreams of being a real he-man. Given his diffident, shy nature, it comes as a bit of a surprise that not only does he actually have a girlfriend, but he has managed to get her pregnant. However, she doesn't fit his image of himself, and he can't bring himself to marry her. When the bank he works in is robbed by a daring group which includes a magnetically attractive woman, the clerk throws his lot in with them and becomes an outlaw.

On a volé Charlie Spencer !

1986

Drôle de samedi poster
4.5

For Véronique and Pierre, it's a strange Saturday: unusual encounters and unpredictable events follow one after another...

Drôle de samedi

1985

Parking poster
5.5

Rock star Orpheus writes love songs for Eurydice, who designs his album covers. Torn between her and his sound engineer, Calaïs, he discovers Eurydice has died of an overdose. Desperate, he descends into the Underworld to bargain with Hades.

Parking

1985

I Married a Shadow poster
6.5

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.

I Married a Shadow

1983

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? poster
5.8

David, a Jewish filmmaker in his thirties, is working on a screenplay with autobiographical overtones. His girlfriend, Anna, with whom he lives, finds his story very narcissistic.

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?

1982

Les Caprices de Marianne poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Caprices de Marianne

1982

The Hawk poster
5.8

Detective Frank Zodiac is a cop traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident that also left his daughter in a coma. This tragedy prevented him from being present to apprehend the dangerous gangster Gus Sabor, who was then able to escape from law enforcement. Three years later, Frank and Gus' paths cross again. Frank then sets out to pursue the criminal through Paris.

The Hawk

1983

1970s · 18 titles

The Adolescent poster
4.8

In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.

The Adolescent

1979

Another Man, Another Chance poster
6.0

Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile, animal doctor David lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. She has already decided to return to France as soon as possible, but love, and fate, have other plans.

Another Man, Another Chance

1977

The Sewers of Paradise poster
6.4

In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won the nickname, "the great drain robbery," and this romanticized cinematic retelling of the true story stars Francis Huster as Spaggiari.

The Sewers of Paradise

1979

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer poster
5.8

Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two brothers live in the large house. One is divorced and one has recently remarried, both of them live there with their teenaged and adult children. Though the boys of the household are drawn to Faustine, she grows ever more smitten with the divorced older man...

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

1972

As Easy as Pie poster
7.0

Imitating stars from French pop music is the only leisure activity of a village girl. She decides to go to Paris with her mother in order to try her luck in show business industry.

As Easy as Pie

1977

Ondine poster
9.0

In the forest, knight-errant Hans meets and falls in love with Ondine, a water-sprite who is attracted to the world of mortal man.

Ondine

1975

Lorenzaccio poster
NR

This stage play from 1977 is adapted from the well-known play "Lorenzaccio" written by French poet and playwright Alfred de Musset. Set in 16th-century Florence, the play revolves around the complex and tormented protagonist Lorenzo, known as Lorenzaccio, who faces inner conflicts as he struggles with his desire for personal freedom and the responsibility he feels towards his city. Between political corruption, morality, and the struggle for justice; the stage blends with historical drama and psychological exploration.

Lorenzaccio

1977

Lumière poster
6.7

Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in Provence. This is the prologue for what happened a year ago in Paris with a man Sarah had long considered a platonic friend. She had just finished a film, had also finished her relationship with the director and was about to receive an award…

Lumière

1976

La muse et la madone poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La muse et la madone

1979

A Second Chance poster
6.3

Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon, who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome prison buddy Sarah, and gradually these people whose lives have been frozen in time "thaw" and get on with the business of living.

A Second Chance

1976

L'Avare poster
8.0

Harpagon, a miserly bourgeois, wishes to marry the young Mariane and marry his daughter Elise to Lord Anselme. He does not know that Cléante, his son, is in love with the young Mariane and that his daughter Elise loves a penniless young man, Valère, whom he has just hired as a steward.

L'Avare

1974

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot poster
4.9

Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancée. The search leads him to meet so many young, lovely women – that when he finally encounters his fiancée, he's no longer sure he loves her.

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

1973

One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence poster
3.5

Romance takes a back seat to drama in this movie depicting life at the once-fashionable Parisian bordello known by its address 122 Rue de Provence. Patronized by the wealthy and powerful, this elegant house of prostitution featured a top-ranked restaurant and specialized rooms for men with unusual tastes: a railroad carriage room, a stable room, etc. In the story, two young people "on the make" bump into each other as they are arriving in the same rail station. Though attracted to one another, they are deliberately vague about their destinations. He is headed for a diplomatic career, she is an ambitious young prostitute who wants to work at the best house in France. Later, they meet at 122 Rue de Provence.

One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence

1978

The Demise of Father Mouret poster
4.3

Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and loses his memory, he is nursed back to health by Albine, the beautiful carefree niece of the outspoken atheist Jeanbernat. After Serge and Albine fall in love, Serge recovers his memory and realizes the grave sin he has committed.

The Demise of Father Mouret

1970

Je suis Pierre Rivière poster
5.0

The story about Pierre Riviere, who tired of the constants demands of her mother to her father decides to kill her, but also his brother and his siste

Je suis Pierre Rivière

1976

Tom et Julie poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tom et Julie

1977

La Station Champbaudet poster
8.0

The widow Champbaudet believes herself loved by an architect. But the young man actually has views on the neighbor upstairs. Cunning, he multiplies his visits to the widow with the sole aim of getting closer to the beautiful Aglaé. It was without counting on the husband of this one, whose jealousy could well play nasty tricks on the heartthrob of these ladies!

La Station Champbaudet

1972

On ne badine pas avec l'amour poster
4.0

While Camille refuses Perdican's advances, she takes offense when he courts Rosette. Then begins a confrontation of pride, where each seeks to establish his ascendancy over the other in the name of love.

On ne badine pas avec l'amour

1978

Series credits

Ici tout commence poster
6.8

This television drama series is centered around the prestigious culinary school of renowned chef Auguste Armand. The show follows the lives of students and staff as they navigate the challenges and pressures of the culinary world—delving into their personal and professional lives, revealing secrets, rivalries, and complex relationships.

Ici tout commence

2020

Spécial cinéma poster
9.5

Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.

Spécial cinéma

1974

Sacrée soirée poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sacrée soirée

1987

Champs-Elysées poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Champs-Elysées

1982

Vivement dimanche poster
3.6

No synopsis available yet.

Vivement dimanche

1998

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

Midi trente poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Midi trente

1972

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Murders in... poster
7.3

Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

Murders in...

2013

30 millions d'amis poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

30 millions d'amis

1976

Quelle époque ! poster
5.0

Talk show hosted by Léa Salamé, featuring incisive, funny, and surprising personalities debating current events in culture, society, politics, and the media. The set is designed as an arena where artists, polemicists, intellectuals, politicians, top athletes, and powerful figures come together. Permanent guest Christophe Dechavanne can intervene at any time during the show. Comedian Philippe Caverivière is also present with a segment dedicated to the political week and another devoted to celebrity news and social media.

Quelle époque !

2022

Mask Singer poster
5.8

Twelve celebrities are masked under spectacular costumes, with their identity hidden. They compete by singing their own versions of songs, and the judges and audience must guess who is behind each mask!

Mask Singer

2019

The Unexpected Getaway poster
9.0

In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.

The Unexpected Getaway

2022

Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac

2020

Un monde, un regard poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un monde, un regard

2021

The Traitors France poster
7.7

In a magnificent castle, personalities will take part in an experience they will never forget. A game of lies, manipulation, and betrayal, hosted by Éric Antoine, where anything goes. Among the players, some will be designated as traitors, while the others will be loyal. Day and night, the traitors must lie about their true identity, devise strategies to deceive the loyal players, and secure their place in the game. To achieve this, they must win challenges, withstand psychological pressure, outwit strategies, and mislead their enemies. Most importantly, they must avoid elimination to be the last one standing and win the game!

The Traitors France

2022

La Boîte à secrets poster
7.0

La Boîte à secrets: confidences, emotion and entertainment. Faustine Bollaert takes over the helm of this new show on France 3. She will receive 3 guests who will relive their greatest personal and professional secrets.

La Boîte à secrets

2019

Zodiac poster
5.0

Two unhappy coworkers bond under an eccentric boss. When tasked with administering office personality tests, Susan and Jim choose to resist.

Zodiac

2026

Terre indigo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Terre indigo

1996

Zodiac II poster
8.0

July 2006, the city of Aix-en-Provence is under particular strain. The trial of Mathias Rousseau, the man who called himself the "Zodiac," is about to begin. Called back to France to testify, Esther Delaître moves in with Quentin, the child she adopted, at her brother Jérôme's house on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. But the disappearance of little Lucie Daguerre throws everything into question. The family of the missing child runs the Daguerre Institute, a renowned school where Mathias had stayed for a few months when he was younger. Is the "Zodiac" pulling the strings from his prison cell? Is he the victim of an imitator? This new case takes Esther back two years...

Zodiac II

2006

De Gaulle, l'éclat et le secret poster
7.1

Explores the life of General De Gaulle, from the Appeal of June 18, 1940, to his departure from power in 1969. A dive into the military and political career of De Gaulle and an inside portrait of his private life.

De Gaulle, l'éclat et le secret

2020

Jean Moulin, une affaire française poster
NR

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French resistance and the patriotism during the dark years of Nazi occupation.

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

2003

Les traîtres : Révélations sur la suite... poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les traîtres : Révélations sur la suite...

2024

Le Juge poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Le Juge

2005

Zodiac poster
5.5

In the Marseille region, a woman returns home for her father's birthday, only to be swept into a chilling investigation. As a string of seemingly random murders unfolds, Esther races against time to uncover the truth behind the elusive Zodiac killer.

Zodiac

2004

Le Chef de famille poster
7.0

The head of the family is a beautiful and independent woman who lives with her mother Isa, grand-mother Liane, aunt Teresa. The tribe spends holidays in the countryside. Everyone carries his issues, despite the pleasure to be together.

Le Chef de famille

1982

Les Dames de la côte poster
7.4

French miniseries.

Les Dames de la côte

1979

Les Filles du Lido poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Filles du Lido

1995

Napoléon poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Napoléon

2012

Murder party au musée poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Murder party au musée

2025

La Grande Cabriole poster
10.0

From the eve of the revolution to 1800, the loves and adventures of Laure -Adélaide, Countess of Chabrillant, her brother Alexandre, and their friends since childhood, Armand, the son of a draper, and Augustin, the son of an innkeeper.

La Grande Cabriole

1989

Commandant Nerval poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Commandant Nerval

1996

Le Grand Patron poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Grand Patron

2000

Behind the camera

A Man and His Dog poster
5.8

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

A Man and His Dog

2009

A Man and His Dog poster
5.8

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

A Man and His Dog

2009

Une folie poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Une folie

2016

On a volé Charlie Spencer ! poster
4.7

Students of film history will appreciate the many tributes to famous films of yore which appear in this first-time feature directed and written by former drama teacher Francis Huster. In the story, a mild-mannered bank clerk has heroic dreams of being a real he-man. Given his diffident, shy nature, it comes as a bit of a surprise that not only does he actually have a girlfriend, but he has managed to get her pregnant. However, she doesn't fit his image of himself, and he can't bring himself to marry her. When the bank he works in is robbed by a daring group which includes a magnetically attractive woman, the clerk throws his lot in with them and becomes an outlaw.

On a volé Charlie Spencer !

1986

On a volé Charlie Spencer ! poster
4.7

Students of film history will appreciate the many tributes to famous films of yore which appear in this first-time feature directed and written by former drama teacher Francis Huster. In the story, a mild-mannered bank clerk has heroic dreams of being a real he-man. Given his diffident, shy nature, it comes as a bit of a surprise that not only does he actually have a girlfriend, but he has managed to get her pregnant. However, she doesn't fit his image of himself, and he can't bring himself to marry her. When the bank he works in is robbed by a daring group which includes a magnetically attractive woman, the clerk throws his lot in with them and becomes an outlaw.

On a volé Charlie Spencer !

1986

Le Vrai Coupable poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Le Vrai Coupable

2007

Le Vrai Coupable poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Le Vrai Coupable

2007