François-Xavier Demaison

Acting

François-Xavier Demaison

Born 1973-09-22 · Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

François-Xavier Demaison (born 22 September 1973) is a French actor and humorist. Demaison was born in Asnières-sur-Seine. Both his parents were lawyers. He studied theater but dropped out to focus on an economics degree. After graduating in 1998 from the Sciences Po in Paris, he began his career as an auditor before joining Landwell & Associés (law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC) in the field of International taxation. In August 2001 he was sent on an internship to their New York office. On 11 September 2001, Demaison witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center from his office in Manhattan. After this traumatic event, he decided not to continue on this career path and returned to his first love, the theater. He resumed contact with former teachers who helped him stage his own show, Act Two (he invested his saving of 5000 euros). It opened at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris on 2 December 2002. Source: Article "François-Xavier Demaison" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés

2026

Good Vibes Only poster
6.3

Based on the true story of a married couple who invented a groundbreaking sex toy heralded as forever changing the way women experience pleasure.

Good Vibes Only

2026

Little Nicholas poster
6.1

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.

Little Nicholas

2009

Wedding Unplanned poster
6.1

When she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "YES" to Mathias unaware that it belongs to his mistress. The groom is now trapped between his bride, and his lover who in charge of his unwanted marriage.

Wedding Unplanned

2017

Rolling to You poster
6.5

Jocelyn is a selfish and misogynist businessman. He tries to seduce a young pretty woman by pretending to be handicapped, till the day he meets her sister, who is also in a wheelchair.

Rolling to You

2018

Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia poster
NR

The irreductible Gauls are turned into harmless children after a rare youth elixir accidentally ends up into the magic potion. To find the antidote and save the village from the Romans attack, Asterix and Obelix embark on a crazy journey to the far away Kingdom of Nubia.

Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia

2026

Nicholas on Holiday poster
5.4

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.

Nicholas on Holiday

2014

Zarafa poster
6.9

Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.

Zarafa

2012

Divorce Club poster
5.7

Ben is devastated when his wife asks for a divorce. While everyone chooses her side, Ben comes across Patrick, an old friend from college, recently divorced. Patrick invites him to crash at his place. The two roommates are soon joined by other divorced, separated and single people looking for a refuge.

Divorce Club

2020

Sur la route de la grande vadrouille poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sur la route de la grande vadrouille

2016

La Syndicaliste poster
6.6

The true story of the Irish national Maureen Kearney- head tradeunion representative-turned-whistleblower of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. After denouncing top-secret deals that shook the sector, Kearney’s life is suddenly turned upside-down when she is violently assaulted in her own house.

La Syndicaliste

2023

My Afternoons with Margueritte poster
7.0

An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.

My Afternoons with Margueritte

2010

Second Chance poster
5.7

Julien Monnier has a serious problem. Though he's a brilliant couples counselor, he can't keep a woman in his life for more than two weeks. Indeed, ever since his childhood, Julien jinxes every woman who falls in love with him. But it's not just any small jinx. It's the kind that sends you to the hospital several times a week, that destroys your professional life or that turns your friends into enemies. Julien is strictly speaking a true black cat for women. Joanna Sorini will soon learn this at her expense the day she meets him. A career that's just taking off, a love life that finally seems to be taking a good turn, all that may just change.

Second Chance

2011

Neuilly Yo Mama! poster
6.0

Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.

Neuilly Yo Mama!

2009

Arrête ton cinéma ! poster
4.6

Sybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own screenplay. Everything seems to go well at first. Her producers, two sisters, are two wacky but lovable characters, and Sybille dives into the adventure with them, putting aside her family life. But, from the unlikely choice of actresses, the successive rewrites of the script and the financial issues, the wonderful dream turns into a nightmare. Ever the optimist, Sybille will realise too late that her whimsical and totally crazy producers are going to drag her in their madness ... One thing is certain, nothing will happen as planned.

Arrête ton cinéma !

2016

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde poster
4.8

As a successful businessman, an uninhibited symbol of modern capitalism, Michel Gani has everything: money, power, love. And he wants it known. As he prepares to make the "coup"of his career, he agrees to let cameras follow him by Joseph Klein, a sassy and committed journalist. This is supposed to become an ode to the genius of a great man. An astonishing and exhilarating journey into the corridors of business and life of the rich and powerful ensues.

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde

2011

Connectés poster
4.5

On a Saturday night during lock down, a group of very good friends go online to share a virtual aperitif. Suddenly, one of them is attacked and kidnapped live by an unknown man in front of his friends who watch helplessly from behind their screens. They soon discover that this mysterious stranger knows all their worst secrets, which he intends to bring to light one after the other.

Connectés

2020

Tous Inconnus poster
3.4

The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are unknown! They'll eventually find out that their career, films, sketches & songs do exist but from someone else!

Tous Inconnus

2022

Panique au grand magasin poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Panique au grand magasin

2025

The Outsider poster
6.9

A drama about the less known aspects of the trading activity inside one of the biggest banks in the world - Société Générale. The movie tracks the rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned escape goat - Jérôme Kerviel - just as the 2008 financial crisis was unfolding

The Outsider

2016

La Traque poster
6.2

The Belgian and French police investigate the activities of Michel Fourniret, a serial killer who was active on both sides of the border.

La Traque

2021

Champagne ! poster
5.2

Springtime in the French vineyards of Champagne. Patrick has gathered his oldest friends for his bachelor party. The trouble is, everyone hates his future wife. This could thus become one hellish weekend in gourmet paradise.

Champagne !

2022

Traceless poster
6.3

Étienne Meunier (Benoît Magimel) is a young executive who has everything going for him. His career is skyrocketing and he is about to become #1 at work, he is married to a picture-perfect wife, has a dream home and money. To top it off, he's charming, healthy and everyone likes him and seems to consider him "a great guy". But beneath the surface, not everything is perfect. Meunier feels some pressure at work, knowing others eye his future position and he and his wife have been unable to have children so far. One day, Meunier bumps into a childhood friend, Patrick Chambon (François-Xavier Demaison) and the two resume their friendship, despite Chambon having struggled as a petty criminal.

Traceless

2010

Emilie Jolie poster
6.9

With the help of the Little Stone, the Hedgehog and the Great Bird, Emilie saves little blue rabbit Gilbert and the fantasy world. Throughout her adventure, she discovers the value of courage, friendship and generosity.

Emilie Jolie

2011

Behind the camera