Melvil Poupaud

Personal context

Summary

Melvil Poupaud is a French actor and filmmaker whose long career includes work with Raúl Ruiz, Éric Rohmer, François Ozon, Arnaud Desplechin, and Xavier Dolan. He is known for varied roles in auteur dramas, including playing a transgender woman in Laurence Anyways. Poupaud has said he has never been into politics and has described himself as discreet and focused on serving a director’s film. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or activism, or public advocacy affiliations, are on record.