CIVIL STATUS
Profession Actor
Nationality French
Born 24 December 1996 (Paris, Ile-de-France, France)
BIOGRAPHY
After studying at the Cours Florent and the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, Benjamin Voisin appeared in two short films (Adèle and Le Pérou), as well as an episode of the detective series Emma. He then found his first film role in Good Apple (2017). Although this comedy was not well received, it allowed him to play opposite the big names Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve.

In 2018, he took part in the feature film The Happy Prince, the first film directed by British actor Rupert Everett, focusing on the last two years of Oscar Wilde’s life. The same year, he made a name for himself in the Arte mini-series Fiertés, which followed the struggles of the homosexual community for the recognition and freedom of sexual identities in France over several decades. The actor plays the young version of the character played by Samuel Theis.

2020 sees Benjamin Voisin’s career accelerate at an impressive speed. First of all, in A Real Man, he plays a young man whose omnipresence alongside his little brother turns into a toxic influence. In the aftermath, we see him play the title role in Simon’s Last Life, a fantasy film where an orphan is able to take on the appearance of every person he touches.

Prized by the most prestigious directors, Benjamin Voisin stars in François Ozon’s Summer of 85, which focuses on the passion that unites two teenagers during the 80s in a Normandy seaside resort. A performance that earned him the Lumière Award for Best Newcomer and to compete for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.

An award he ended up winning the following year with Lost Illusions by Xavier Giannoli, an adaptation of Balzac’s book of the same name led by a four-star cast (including Depardieu and Cécile de France). The actor lends his features to Lucien de Rubempré, a young poet in nineteenth-century France who arrives in Paris to try his luck.

In 2022, he is a young man who, after stealing a car, finds himself unwillingly embarked on the road-movie En roue libre in the company of Marina Foïs. The following year, he played opposite Noémie Merlant under the direction of André Téchiné for Les Ames soeurs.

In the fall of 2023, he will take to the stage in a single stage to take up the text Guerre by Louis-Ferdinand Céline – rediscovered in 2022 – and directed by Benoît Lavigne.