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April 10, 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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by Rebecca Flint Marx biography

A rising star and bonafide heartthrob in his native France, Guillaume Canet became known to international audiences as one of the stars of Danny Boyle's The Beach. As the affable, levelheaded Etienne, Canet held his own against co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Virginie Ledoyen, and in the process he established himself as the European Union's latest poster boy for sensitive, trod-upon hunks everywhere.

Born in Boulougne-Billancourt on April 10, 1973, Canet began his professional career on the stage. He got his breakthrough starring with Christophe Malavoy in Pierre Boutron's production of La Ville dont Le Prince est un Enfant, and he subsequently acted in and directed a number of stage productions. After starring in various television features, Canet made his film debut in 1997's Barracuda, a Misery-esque psychological thriller in which the young actor played a comic book artist held hostage in the home of a mad man (Jean Rochefort).

In 1998, Canet won critical adulation for his starring role opposite Virginie Ledoyen in Pierre Jolivet's Un Plein Coeur. Cast as Ledoyen's hopelessly devoted boyfriend (a role that he would essentially repeat in The Beach), the actor earned a César nomination for Most Promising Young Actor for his portrayal. He went on to play a son looking for guidance from his errant father Jean Yanne in Remi Waterhouse's Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père (1999), and in 2000, he starred in the highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing The Beach. That same year, Canet appeared in Andrzej Zulawski's La Fidélité, a romantic drama that cast the up-and-coming actor alongside the likes of Sophie Marceau, Pascal Greggory, and Edith Scob.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Blood Ties Director, Screenwriter	2013
Jappeloup Actor, Screenwriter	2012
Les infidèles Actor	2012
A Better Life Actor	2011
The War of the Buttons Actor	2011
Last Night Actor	2010
Little White Lies Director, Screenwriter	2010
Espion(s) Actor	2009
Farewell Actor	2009
Le dernier vol Actor	2009
Les Liens du sang Actor	2008
Hunting and Gathering Actor	2007
La Clef Actor	2007
Tell No One Actor, Adaptation by, Dialogue Writer, Director, Screenwriter	2006
Ticket to Outer Space Actor	2006
Hell Actor	2005
Merry Christmas Actor	2005
Narco Actor	2004
Le Clefs de Bagnole Actor	2003
Love Me If You Dare Actor	2003
Le Frere du Guerrier Actor	2002
Mille Millièmes Actor	2002
Mon Idole Actor, Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter	2002
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq Actor	2001
Love Bites Actor	2001
La Fidélité Actor	2000
The Beach Actor	2000
The Day The Ponies Come Back Actor	2000
Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père Actor	1999
En Plein Coeur Actor	1998
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train Actor	1998
Barracuda Actor	1997
La Colline aux mille enfants Actor	1994

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