Denis Ménochet

Denis Ménochet is an actor hitting his prime, and I am all in. International audiences first knew him as Perrier LaPadite, the French farmer interrogated in the opening of Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and in 2023 he won the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Beasts. He uses that large frame to change the air of a scene just by standing in it, which is a quality I am a sucker for. He brings the full-bodied, human texture of French cinema right at you. The Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres confirms home recognition too. I expect him to break out even wider.

Denis Ménochet (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor. Ménochet is best known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds. In 2023, he won the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Beasts.

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Name (English)

Denis Ménochet

Name (Japanese)

ドゥニ・メノーシェ

Reading

どぅに・めのーしぇ

Born

September 18, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Enghien-les-Bains, Seine-et-Oise, France

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2023 Goya Award for Best Actor

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7

Tags

• Seine-et-Oise
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.