Philippe Lellouche (born 30 March 1966 in Tel HaShomer, Israel) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, television presenter and singer. His brother is the actor Gilles Lellouche.
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Biography
After studying journalism, Philippe Lellouche joined the radio station France Inter where he presented a comedy show. He then became a reporter and worked for the French TV channel TF1 for a short period before joining the team of Envoyé spécial on France 2, where he was spotted by Marion Sarraut who offered him a role in the television series Une femme d'honneur. He followed this up with various roles, most notably in the films Michel Vaillant, produced by Luc Besson and Narco, co-directed by his brother Gilles Lellouche.
Encouraged by those close to him to go on the stage, Lellouche wrote his first one man show but it was with Le Jeu de la vérité, which he wrote and performed with his future wife, Vanessa Demouy, and the actors David Brécourt and Christian Vadim, that he achieved success. The show was well-received and led to a sequel, Le Jeu de la vérité 2. These two shows have been performed several hundred times as well as being recorded and regularly transmitted on television. Since 2009, his third show, featuring the same cast, has played to full houses throughout France and was broadcast live on the television channel France 4 on 14 October 2011.
In February 2010, Lellouche appeared on Paris Première's Cactus talk show alongside Christine Boutin and Robert Ménard, discussing the showing of the short film Le Baiser de la Lune in primary schools. He declared himself sceptical about this anti-homophobia initiative, judging that the clip would rather make watchers “sensitive to homosexuality” (sensibilisation à l'homosexualité); and that it shouldn't be shown to primary school students.
In July 2011, Lellouche directed the film Nos plus belles vacances in Brittany, working with his three usual collaborators as well a cast featuring other friends like Gérard Darmon et Julie Gayet. He was invited by the guitarist Jean-Félix Lalanne to sing Quand j'étais chanteur on his album Une voix, une guitare. Since March 2015, he has co-presented the French version of Top Gear on RMC Découverte with the former Le Mans racing driver Bruce Jouanny and Yann Larret-Menezo, also known as "Le Tone", former editor-in-chief of the magazine Intersection.
Private life
He is the brother of the French actor Gilles Lellouche. Since the summer of 2001, he has lived with Vanessa Demouy, with whom he has a son, Solal, born on 17 May 2003. The couple married on 26 June 2010 in the park of the Château de la Garenne de Launay near Douchy (Loiret). Their daughter Sharlie was born on 5 May 2011.
Filmography
As an actor
1997: Une femme d'honneur (episode 1-02, "Pirates de la Route") (TV)
1999: Jacotte (TV)
2000: Docteur Sylvestre (TV)
2000: Lise et André by Denis Dercourt
2001: Boomer by Karim Adda
2003: Michel Vaillant by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire
2004: Narco by Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche
2006: Famille d'accueil (TV)
2008: Parking réservé by Philippe Lellouche, short film in support of CRIPS
2010: Camping 2 by Fabien Onteniente
2011: Mineurs 27 by Tristan Aurouet
2011: Bienvenue à bord by Éric Lavaine : William
2012: Nos plus belles vacances by Philippe Lellouche
2014: Le Jeu de la vérité by François Desagnat
2014: Tu veux ou tu veux pas by Tonie Marshall
Since 2015: Clem (TV series) : Xavier Ferran
2016: Le Monde de Dory by Andrew Stanton : French voice of Hank the Octopus
2016: Camping 3 by Fabien Onteniente
Television
Since 2015: Top Gear France
Since 2015: Clem
Theatre
Writer
2004: One Man Show à trois
2005: Le Jeu de la vérité
2006: Le Jeu de la vérité 2 and the film adaptation
2007: J'en ai marre d'être juif, j'ai envie d'arrêter, Le Cherche midi
2009: Boire, fumer et conduire vite
2014: L'Appel de Londres, directed by Marion Sarraut
2016: Tout à refaire
Actor
2004: One man show à trois by Philippe Lellouche and Laurent Spielvogel, with Les Demi-Frères
2005/2006: Le Jeu de la vérité by Philippe Lellouche, directed by Marion Sarraut
2007: Le Jeu de la vérité 2 by Philippe Lellouche
2008: Le Jeu de la vérité 2 by Philippe Lellouche, directed by Philippe Lellouche and Morgan Spillemaecker, Théâtre des Mathurins
2009: Le siècle sera féminin ou ne sera pas by Dominique Coubes and Nathalie Vierne
2009: Boire, fumer et conduire vite by Philippe Lellouche, directed by Marion Sarraut and Agathe Cémin
2010: Boire, fumer et conduire vite by Philippe Lellouche, directed by Marion Sarraut, Théâtre de la Renaissance
2014: L'Appel de Londres by Philippe Lellouche, directed by Marion Sarraut