Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon is, to me, something close to the conscience of contemporary French cinema. Winning Best Actor at Cannes plus a César for The Measure of a Man wasn't luck; it was decades of refusing to coast on charm. His gift is stillness, the way he lets an ordinary, beaten-down man simply exist on screen until your chest tightens. That he also writes and directs only deepens my respect. He's not a movie star in the flashy sense, but a craftsman who keeps reminding audiences what unglamorous, fully inhabited acting looks like. France should treasure him.

Name (English)

Vincent Lindon

Name (Japanese)

ヴァンサン・ランドン

Reading

ゔぁんさん・らんどん

Born

July 15, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

Awards & achievements

• 1989 Prix Patrick-Dewaere
• 2007 Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
• Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
• 2016 César Award for Best Actor
• 2016 Honorary Magritte Award
• 2015 IFFI Best Actor Award
• 2016 Lumière Award for Best Actor
• 2021 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Lindon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557272

Tags

• Seine
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

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