Daniel Mesguich (born 15 July 1952) is a French actor and director in theater and opera, and professor of stage acting school.
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Biography
In 1970, he was admitted into the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, after which he opened the Théâtre du Miroir ("Mirror Theater"), with whom he opened a course in drama. After ten years, he returned to the school to teach at the request of Jean-Pierre Miquel, becoming the youngest professor on campus. He is currently the director of the school.
He has acted in over a hundred plays, fifty operas in France and abroad, and some 40 movies and television pieces.
The actor William Mesguich is his son.
Actor
1978: Molière by Ariane Mnouchkine
1978: Le Dossier 51 by Michel Deville
1979: Love on the Run by François Truffaut
1980: The Lady Banker by Francis Girod
1981: Quartet by James Ivory
1983: La Belle captive by Alain Robbe-Grillet
1990: L'Autrichienne by Pierre Granier-Deferre (as Fouquier-Tinville)
1994: Jefferson in Paris by James Ivory
1996: Limited Edition by Bernard Rapp
2001: The Musketeer by Peter Hyams (as King Louis XIII)
2003: Le Divorce by James Ivory
2012: Capital by Costa-Gavras
2021: Everything Went Fine by François Ozon
2025: Kaamelott: The Second Chapter by Alexandre Astier