Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers (2003), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He has regularly appeared in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma Mère (2004), Dans Paris (2006), Love Songs (2007), The Beautiful Person (2008) and Making Plans for Lena (2009). He has also been in films directed by his father, Philippe Garrel, including Regular Lovers (2005), Frontier of the Dawn (2008), A Burning Hot Summer (2011), and Jealousy (2013). He usually plays similar characters such as men in the middle of love triangles or important historical figures such as Jacques de Bascher in Saint Laurent (2014), Jean-Luc Godard in Redoutable (2017), and Alfred Dreyfus in An Officer and a Spy (2019). His performances have received many nominations at the César Awards. Garrel has also performed in several feature films that he wrote and directed, including: Two Friends (2015), A Faithful Man (2018), The Crusade (2021) and The Innocent (2022). He is also known for working with numerous female directors such as Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Brigitte Sy, Maïwenn, Greta Gerwig and Nicole Garcia.