
Michaël Cohen (born December 13, 1970, in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France) is a French actor, director, and writer who has been active since 1991, accumulating over 50 film and television credits. He also directed two feature films — It Begins with the End (2010) and L'Invitation (2016) — in both of which he also starred, and has worked extensively in French television since the 1990s, including a recurring role in the long-running series Tout pour la lumière (2025, 90 episodes). His most notable film credits include Lucas in Them (2006), Mehdi Jayde in Kandisha (2008), Zoe's Husband in The Art of Love (2011), Simon in Bangkok Revenge (2012), Jacques Chirac in The Law (2014), Jérôme in Puerto Ricans in Paris (2015), Arnaud Desjardins in Dalida (2016, with Leïla Bekhti), Olivier in All That Divides Us (2017), Maxime Drumond in La Belle Époque (2019, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes), Léa's father in Versus (2019), Cédric in An Alibi (2022), Franck in The Rebellious (2024), and David in Dead Man Memory (2026). On television he is best known as Théodore Belin in Master Crimes (2023, 12 episodes), Lucien Moreira in Alphonse (2023), David Meyers in Gloria (2021, 6 episodes), Thomas Duret in Fear by the Lake (2020, 6 episodes), Louis Mosca in Maison Close (2013, 8 episodes), and Le Coz in The Passenger (2015, 6 episodes), with earlier credits in Alice Nevers (1993) and The Liars (1996).

as David

as Le mari

as Mika

as Yves Montand

as Franck

as Cédric

as Maxime Drumond

as Psychiatrist

as Stan

as Olivier

as Arnaud Desjardins

as M. Becot / l'ambassadeur

as Raphaël

as Yann

as Adrien de Volnay

as Doctor / Decapitated Man

as Stéphane Jourdan

as Jerome

as Jacques Chirac

as Le mari de Zoé

as Simon

as Ernest Treives

as Jean

as Mehdi Jayde

as Nicolas

as Gabriel

as Nino Bensalem

as Lucas

as Lucas

as Eric

as David

as Julien

as Le prêtre

as Le présentateur télé

as Julien

as Armand Duval

as Antoine

as Marius

as Henri Hadjedj