Mathieu Kassovitz

Biography

Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967) is a French director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for his Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company.

Career Overview

Mathieu Kassovitz has 115 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently De Gaulle Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include La Haine, Babylon A.D., Gothika. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 115
Birth Date: 1967-08-03 00:00:00
Birth Place: Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

De Gaulle Collection (2 titles)
Street Flow Collection (1 titles)
Asterix and Obelix (1 titles)
Asterix & Obelix Live-action Collection (1 titles)
The Crimson Rivers Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Nicolas Becker (4 collaborations)
Patrick Médioni (3 collaborations)
Vincent Tulli (3 collaborations)
Giuseppe Ponturo (2 collaborations)
Guy Ferrandis (2 collaborations)
Virginie Montel (2 collaborations)
Christophe Rossignon (2 collaborations)
Arash Mansour (2 collaborations)
Dominique Dalmasso (2 collaborations)
Eric Pujol (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (79 credits)
- The Way of the Wind
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- De Gaulle: Liberté
  Darlan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- De Gaulle: Résistance
  Darlan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Le doc Quotidien - Les baskets et nous
  Self - Guest
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Brothers
  Patrice (adulte)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Rachel's Game
  Sam Zimmerman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Furies
  Driss
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Namaste, asshole (2024) ... Driss actor actors
  
  - Where are the knives? (2024) ... Driss actor actors
  
  - Nature abhors a vacuum (2024) ... Driss actor actors
  
  - Hello, my love (2024) ... Driss actor actors
  
  - The Fury is like scabies (2024) ... Driss actor actors
  
  2024
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
  
  - Can't Say I Remember No At Attin (2024) ... General Strix actor actors
  
  2024
- Visions
  Guillaume
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Astronaut
  Alexandre Ribbot
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Amélie: The Real Story
  Nino (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Accusation
  Prof. Adam Wizman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Him
  Friend
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Fake News
  Guillaume Kekchoz
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Simply Black
  Mathieu Kassovitz
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Street Flow
  Dominique
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- The Wolf's Call
  Alfost
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Apocalypse: Never-Ending War (1918-1926)
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Return to Hell (2018) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - Vengeance (2018) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  2018
- Fan Club
  Narrateur
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Making of Happy End
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Apocalypse - La paix impossible (1918-1926)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Sparring
  Steve Landry
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
  Hawker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Happy End
  Thomas Laurent
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Two Snails Set Off
  (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Ladies
  Clovis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Gang of the Caribbean
  The bar owner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun
  Self - Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- War and Peace
  Napoleon Bonaparte
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Episode 6 (2016) ... Napoleon Bonaparte actor actors
  
  - Episode 5 (2016) ... Napoleon Bonaparte actor actors
  
  - Episode 4 (2016) ... Napoleon Bonaparte actor actors
  
  - Episode 3 (2016) ... Napoleon Bonaparte actor actors
  
  - Episode 2 (2016) ... Napoleon Bonaparte actor actors
  
  2016
- Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Bureau
  Guillaume Debailly
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Episode 10 (2020) ... Guillaume Debailly actor actors
  
  - Episode 9 (2020) ... Guillaume Debailly actor actors
  
  - Episode 8 (2020) ... Guillaume Debailly actor actors
  
  - Episode 7 (2020) ... Guillaume Debailly actor actors
  
  - Episode 6 (2020) ... Guillaume Debailly actor actors
  
  2015
- Nobody from Nowhere
  Sébastien Nicolas / Henri de Montalte
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Wild Life
  Philippe Fournier (Paco)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Angélique
  Nicolas / Calembredaine
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- The Lookout
  Vincent Kaminski
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Another Woman's Life
  Paul Speranski
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Il était une fois... « La Haine »
  Self - Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Rebellion
  Philippe Legorjus
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Fucking Kassovitz
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Haywire
  Studer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Apocalypse: The Second World War
  Self - Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Inferno (1944-1945) (2009) ... Self - Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - The Noose (1942-1943) (2009) ... Self - Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - World Ablaze (1941-1942) (2009) ... Self - Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - Shock (1940–1941) (2009) ... Self - Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - Crushing Defeat (1939–1940) (2009) ... Self - Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  2009
- Louise-Michel
  Le propriétaire de la ferme
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Hunting Down the Nazis
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Ten Years of La Haine
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Munich
  Robert
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Just for Kicks
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Le Cercle
  
  - Episode 25 (2024) ... Self actor actors
  
  2005
- On the Set of 'Gothika'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Painting with Fire
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Kourtrajmé Vol 1
  Mathieu
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Amen.
  Riccardo Fontana
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
  Banquet physiognomist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Making of "la scène au scalpel"
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Birthday Girl
  Yuri
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Amélie
  Nino Quincampoix
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Inside the Making of - Amélie
  Nino Quincampoix
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
  Le mec dans la voiture
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)
  Roland
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- The Fifth Element
  Mugger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Assassin(s)
  Max
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- News from the Good Lord
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- A Self-Made Hero
  Albert Dehousse
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- My Man
  1st client
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- La Haine
  Young Skin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- The City of Lost Children
  Man on the Street (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Elle voulait faire quelque chose
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Putain de porte
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Avant... mais après
  Vincent
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Métisse
  Felix
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Zone interdite
  
  - Episode 9 (2008) ... Self actor actors
  
  1993
- Assassins...
  Max
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Fierrot le pou
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Next Year If All Goes Well
  le petit garcon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Make Room for Tomorrow
  Mathias Oppenheim
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
  
  - Episode 18 (1979) ... Self actor actors
  
  1975
directing (13 credits)
- The Big War
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- La Haine : jusqu'ici rien n'a changé
  
  stage director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Rebellion
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Babylon A.D.
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Gothika
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- The Crimson Rivers
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- Assassin(s)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- La Haine
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Métisse
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- White Nightmare
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Assassins...
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Fierrot le pou
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
writing (13 credits)
- The Big War
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
- La Haine : jusqu'ici rien n'a changé
  
  idea
  
  writing
  
  2025
- Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin
  
  author
  
  writing
  
  2024
- Short cuts : La Haine
  
  original film writer
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Rebellion
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2011
- Babylon A.D.
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2008
- The Crimson Rivers
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2000
- Assassin(s)
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1997
- La Haine
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1995
- Métisse
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- White Nightmare
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1992
- Assassins...
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1992
- Fierrot le pou
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1990
art (1 credits)
- La Haine : jusqu'ici rien n'a changé
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2025
crew (2 credits)
- La Haine : jusqu'ici rien n'a changé
  
  creator
  
  crew
  
  2025
- My Man
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1996
editing (3 credits)
- Rebellion
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2011
- Assassin(s)
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1997
- La Haine
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1995
production (4 credits)
- Rebellion
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2011
- Johnny Mad Dog
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Two Worlds
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2007
- Nèg maron
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2005