Alexandre
Pavloff

506e sociétaire

Alexandre Pavloff followed theatre studies at the École supérieure d'art dramatique de Paris before training at the Paris Conservatory in classes by Daniel Mesguich and Jacques Lassalle. Alexandre Pavloff has been pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française since the 1st of June 1997, and became the 506th sociétaire of the Company on the 1st of January 2002.

Having played most notably in Les Fourberies de Scapin and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Jean-Louis Benoit, Georges Dandin by Catherine Hiegel, L’École des maris by Thierry Hancisse, The Miser (L’Avare) by Andrei Serban, The Imaginary Invalid (Le Malade imaginaire) by Claude Stratz, Amphitryon by Anatoli Vassiliev, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Philippe Adrien, Alexandre Pavloff has often been associated with Molière’s plays. He has however been equally as convincing in much less comical roles, such as Nero in Racine’s Britannicus and Rodrigue in Corneille’s Le Cid, both directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman; Ferdinand in Shakespeare The Tempest by Daniel Mesguich; Yasha in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard by Alain Françon; Ergaste in Marivaux’s Les Sincères by Jean Liermier; Daniel in Labiche’s Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon by Julie Brochen; and Maigreux in Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor by Andrés Lima.

In 2010, Alexandre Pavloff played the Emperor in Andersen’s The Emperor’s New Clothes directed by Jacques Allaire. The following year, he played Dorante in Marivaux’s Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard under the direction of Galin Stoev. He assumed this character again in 2013 in Que d’amour!, a movie adaptation of the play by Valérie Donzelli for Arte Television. A significant part of his career has been dedicated to contemporary authors. He played in Le Début de l’A. as written and directed by Pascal Rambert; in L’Espace furieux written and directed by Valère Novarina; in Pur written and directed by Lars Norén, in Weekend Quartet written and directed Gao Xingjian, and in Tony Kushner’s Homebody / Kabul by Jorge Lavelli. In 2015, he played in Gorky’s Summerfolk directed by Gérard Desarthe, and then in Strindberg’s The Father directed by Arnaud Desplechin. Denis Podalydès entrusted him with playing Jeppo Liveretto in Victor Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia, while Claude Mathieu had him singing in Cabaret Léo Ferré. At the Avignon Festival in July 2016, Ivo van Hove cast him along with other members of the Company in The Damned (Les Damnés), an adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s screenplay. The show was taken over by the Salle Richelieu. In 2017, he reunited with writer and director Pascal Rambert for Une vie, a play created for the Company.

Currently in

La Puce à l'oreille

by Georges Feydeau
Directed by Lilo Baur

Richelieu

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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare
Translated by Yves Bonnefoy
Directed by Silvia Costa

Richelieu

Available soon

Les Démons

adapted from Fiodor Dostoïevski
Adapted by Erwin Mortier
Translate by Marie Hooghe
Directed by Guy Cassiers

Richelieu

Available soon

At the Comédie-Française

2023-2024

  • Les Démons

    adapted from Fiodor Dostoïevski Adapted by Erwin Mortier Translate by Marie...

    Richelieu

  • Macbeth

    by William Shakespeare Translated by Yves Bonnefoy Directed by Silvia Costa

    Richelieu

  • La Puce à l'oreille

    by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lilo Baur

    Docteur Finache

    Richelieu

2022-2023

  • Théorème / Je me sens un cœur à aimer...

    d'Amine Adjina d’après Pier Paolo Pasolini directed by Amine Adjina et Émilie Prévosteau

    le Père

    Vx-Colombier

  • La Puce à l'oreille

    by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lilo Baur

    Docteur Finache

    Richelieu

  • Richard III

    William Shakespeare artistic director Suliane Brahim

    Georges, duc de Clarence, frère du roi Édouard IV et de Richard III, l’Évêque d’Ely, le...

  • Gabriel

    After George Sand Adapted by Laurent Delvert et Aurélien Hamard-Padis Directed by...

    l'Abbé Chiavari, précepteur de Gabriel

    Vx-Colombier

2021-2022

  • Le Médecin volant

    by Molière artistic direction by Géraldine Martineau

    Gorgibus, père de Lucile

  • Dom Juan

    by Molière Directed by Emmanuel Daumas

    Gusman, Mathurine, Don Carlos, La Violette, Don Louis, Ragotin et la Statue du Commandeur

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Démons

    d'après Fiodor Dostoïevski Mise en scène Guy Cassiers

    Chigaliov, intellectuel et théoricien

    Richelieu

2020-2021

  • La Puce à l'oreille

    de Georges Feydeau Mise en scène Lilo Baur

    Docteur Finache

    Richelieu

  • Hors la loi

    Texte et mise en scène Pauline Bureau

    Patrick, inspecteur de police et Michel Rocard

    Vx-Colombier

2019-2020

  • Électre / Oreste

    "Electra / Orestes" by Euripide Directed by Ivo van Hove

    un esclave phrygien (alternately)

    Richelieu

  • La Puce à l'oreille

    A Flea in her ear by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lilo Baur

    Docteur Finache

    Richelieu

2018-2019

  • Hors la loi

    Outlaws Writed and directed by Pauline Bureau

    Patrick, inspecteur de police et Michel Rocard

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Damnés

    The Damned after the screenplay by Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco and Enrico...

    le Commissaire et le Recteur (Alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Jeppo Liveretto (Alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Construire un feu

    To Build a Fire by Jack London Directed by Marc Lainé

    Studio

2017-2018

2016-2017

  • Une vie

    A Life by Pascal Rambert Directed by Pascal Rambert

    Frère Amer

    Vx-Colombier

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Oloferno Vitellozzo (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Les Journées particulières (Special...

    Into the Repertoire time machine

    Vx-Colombier

  • Père

    The Father by August Strindberg Directed by Arnaud Desplechin

    Le docteur OEstermark

    Richelieu

  • Les Damnés

    The Damned after the screenplay by Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco and Enrico...

    Le Commissaire et le Recteur

    Richelieu

2015-2016

  • Les Damnés

    The Damned after the screenplay by Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco and Enrico...

    Le Commissaire et le Recteur

    Avignon

  • Alexandre Pavloff

    Actor School

    Studio

  • Cabaret Léo Ferré

    by Léo Ferré Directed by Claude Mathieu

    Studio

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Jeppo Liveretto (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • The Readers’ Bureau

    Readings of contemporary authors

    Studio

  • Père

    The Father by August Strindberg Directed by Arnaud Desplechin

    Le docteur Oestermark

    Richelieu

2014-2015

  • Les Estivants

    The Summer Folk by Maxime Gorki Directed by Gérard Desarthe

    Rioumine, Pavel Sergueïevitch

    Richelieu

  • Jean Jaurès

    Lecture au Panthéon : Jean Jaurès

    Panthéon

2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

2010-2011

2009-2010

2008-2009

2007-2008

2006-2007

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Thomas Diafoirus (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Le Cid

    by Pierre Corneille Directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman

    Don Rodrigue, fils de Don Diègue et amant de Chimène

    Richelieu

2005-2006

  • L'Espace furieux

    by Valère Novarina Directed by Valère Novarina

    l'Enfant traversant

    Richelieu

  • Le Cid

    by Pierre Corneille Directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman

    Don Rodrigue

    Richelieu

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Thomas Diafoirus (alternating)

    Richelieu

2004-2005

  • Britannicus

    by Jean Racine Directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman

    Néron

    Vx-Colombier

  • Le Début de l'A.

    by Pascal Rambert Directed by Pascal Rambert

    le Parisien à la flèche

    Studio

  • Le Privilège des chemins

    by Fernando Pessoa Directed by Éric Génovèse

    le Prince

    Studio

2003-2004

  • Homebody / Kabul

    by Tony Kushner Directed by Jorge Lavelli

    Quango Twistleton

    Vx-Colombier

  • Britannicus

    by Jean Racine Directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman

    Néron

    Vx-Colombier

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

  • La Mère confidente

    by Marivaux Directed by Sandrine Anglade

    Dorante

    Vx-Colombier

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Thomas Diafoirus (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

    The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Covielle (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • L'Avare

    The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban

    La Flèche

    Richelieu

1999-2000

  • George Dandin

    by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel

    Clitandre

    Richelieu

  • L'Avare

    The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban

    La Flèche

    Richelieu

  • L'École des maris

    The School for Husbands by Molière Directed by Thierry Hancisse

    Valère (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • La Cerisaie

    by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Iacha

    Richelieu

1998-1999

  • George Dandin

    by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel

    Clitandre

    Richelieu

  • La Cerisaie

    by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Iacha

    Richelieu

  • Les Fourberies de Scapin

    Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Octave (alternating)

    Richelieu

1997-1998

1995-1996

  • La Thébaïde

    by Jean Racine Directed by Yannis Kokkos

    Hémon

    Richelieu

1994-1995

  • Occupe-toi d'Amélie

    Take care of Amélie by Georges Feydeau Directed by Roger Planchon

    Mouilletu (alternating)

    Richelieu

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