Benjamin
Lavernhe
534e sociétaire
Benjamin Lavernhe dreamed of becoming a journalist. Following university studies in information sciences and communication, alongside which he attended night comedy classes at the École Florent, he decided to become an actor. He joined the Classe libre, following courses taught by Jean-Pierre Garnier, Loïc Corbery, Paul Desveaux and Magali Léris. In 2008, he enrolled in the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique de Paris and worked with Mario Gonzalez, Yann-Joël Collin, Dominique Valadié, Alain Françon and Olivier Py. In 2011, it was Olivier Py who entrusted him with the role of Benvolio in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe.
Benjamin Lavernhe’s debuted at the Comédie-Française, in 2012, as Lycante in Corneille’s La Place Royale under the direction of Anne-Laure Liégeois. Since then, he has continued to demonstrate the scope of his range as a performer, whether it is Pierre, a cross-dresser in L’Interlope (cabaret) written and directed by Serge Bagdassarian or Second lieutenant Vladimir Karlovitch Rode in Chekhov’s Three Sisters by Alain Françon, he is able to imbibe each of his characters with disconcerting accuracy. In 2017, Denis Podalydès entrusted him with the title role in Les Fourberies de Scapin, an emblematic role in Molière’s repertoire. He carried off this challenge with aplomb winning over the theatre audience, the critics, as well as those who attended live broadcasts of the play in cinemas.
Directors continue to reveal Benjamin Lavernhe’s talent in performing classical roles. Alain Françon directed him in Goldoni’s The Villegiatura Trilogy; Dan Jemmett in Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Jean-Pierre Vincent in Molière’s Dom Juan; Robert Carsen in Shakespeare’s Tempest; Stéphane Braunschweig in Racine’s Britannicus; Maëlle Poésy in Chekhov’s The Bear; Denis Podalydès in Victor Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia; Clément Hervieu-Léger in Molière’s Misanthrope; Muriel Mayette-Holtz in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Giorgio Barberio Corsetti in Labiche’s An Italian Straw Hat (Un chapeau de paille d’Italie); Anne Kessler in Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde; Michael Marmarinos in Racine’s Phèdre and Claude Stratz in Molière’s Imaginary Invalid.
Benjamin Lavernhe has also acted in films, such as Radiostars by Romain Lévy (2012); Going Away (Un beau dimanche) by Nicole Garcia (2014); and in The Sense of Wonder (Le Goût des merveilles) by Éric Besnard (2015). In 2016, he was billed as a star in two films: Jérôme Salle's The Odyssey and Éric Capitaine's Love is Dead (Rupture pour tous). In 2017, Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache cast him as Pierre, the Husband in C’est la Vie (Le Sens de la fête). Philippe Monnier directed him in La Cagnotte and later in Les Méchantes, broadcast on France 2 Television in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
During the 2018/2019 season, Benjamin Lavernhe will be playing in Euripides’ Electre / Oreste by Ivo van Hove, Les Serge (Gainsbourg Point Barre) written and directed by Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux, the rerun of Molière’s Les Fourberies de Scapin by Denis Podalydès and Molière’s Le Misanthrope by Clément Hervieu-Léger.
Currently in
At the Comédie-Française
2023-2024
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by Molière Masks and staging Louis Arene
Pancrace, Lycaste et Troisième Bohémienne
On tour
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by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Scapin, valet de Léandre (alternating)
Richelieu
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Bertolt Brecht - Kurt Weil with Elisabeth Hauptmann Adapted and directed by Thomas...
Brown, chef de la police de Londres (en alt.)
Richelieu
2022-2023
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by Henrik Ibsen adapted for the stage and directed Géraldine Martineau
Arnholm
Vx-Colombier
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by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lilo Baur
Carlos Homénidès de Histangua (en alternance)
Richelieu
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Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre)
adapted and directed by Stéphane Varupenne et Sébastien Pouderoux
chant, batterie, basse
Studio
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger
Epikhodov, Semione Panteleevitch, employé (alternating)
Richelieu
2021-2022
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by Molière Masks and staging Louis Arene
Pancrace, Lycaste et Troisième Bohémienne
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by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Scapin
Richelieu
2019-2020
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"Electra / Orestes" by Euripide Directed by Ivo van Hove
un laboureur mycénien (alternately)
Richelieu
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"Scapin The Schemer" by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Scapin
Richelieu
2018-2019
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger
Clitandre
Richelieu
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Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre)
Adaptation and direction Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux
chant, batterie, basse
Studio
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Electra / Orestes by Euripide Directed by Ivo van Hove
un laboureur mycénien
Richelieu
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Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Scapin
Richelieu
2017-2018
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by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig
Narcisse
Richelieu
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Actor School
Studio
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by Goethe Adapted and directed by Valentine Losseau and Raphaël Navarro
le Directeur de théâtre, Valentin (frère de Marguerite) ; manipulation magique
Vx-Colombier
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by Serge Bagdassarian Directed by Serge Bagdassarian
Pierre
Studio
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare French adaptation by Jean-Claude Carrière Directed...
Sebastian, frère d’Alonso (en alternance)
Richelieu
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The Rules of the Game based on the screenplay by Jean Renoir Directed by Christiane...
Invité
Richelieu
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Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Denis Podalydès
Scapin
Richelieu
2016-2017
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Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...
Vx-Colombier
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Oloferno Vitellozzo (en alternance)
Richelieu
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The Rules of the Game after the screenplay by Jean Renoir Directed by Christiane Jatahy
Invité
Richelieu
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20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (adapted by Christian Hecq and Valérie...
Conseil, serviteur du Professeur Aronnax, et manipulation de marionnettes
Vx-Colombier
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by Arthur Schnitzler Directed by Anne Kessler
Le Jeune Homme
Vx-Colombier
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by Serge Bagdassarian Directed by Serge Bagdassarian
Pierre
Studio
2015-2016
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A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps
Jean (en alternance)
Richelieu
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Fadinard, rentier
Richelieu
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by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig
Narcisse
Richelieu
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Oloferno Vitellozzo
Richelieu
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Maëlle Poésy
Grigory Stépanovitch Smirnov
Studio
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Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...
Vx-Colombier
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger
Clitandre (alternating)
Richelieu
2014-2015
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by William Shakespeare Directed by Dan Jemmett
Marcellus, Reynaldo, 3e Comédien, Un Capitaine, Osrik, 2e fossoyeur
Richelieu
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Oloferno Vitellozzo
Richelieu
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Dark Cuts by Guy Zilberstein Directed by Anne Kessler
A Woodcutter
TOP
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Flûte
Richelieu
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by Eugène Labiche Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Hyacinthe
Studio
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger
Clitandre
Richelieu
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
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Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre
Dom Juan or the Feast with the Statue by Molière Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Pierrot and Don Alonse
Richelieu
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Fadinard, rentier (en alternance)
Richelieu
2013-2014
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by Jean Racine Directed by Michael Marmarinos
Hippolyte, fils de Thésée et d’Antiope, reine des Amazones
Richelieu
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The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz
Cléante (en alternance)
Richelieu
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Oloferno Vitellozzo
Richelieu
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger
Clitandre
Richelieu
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by William Shakespeare Reading directed by Anne Kessler
Brakenbury, Archevêque d'York, Le Cardinal, un messager, un prêtre, Evêque d'Ely, un...
Maison de la Radio
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Flûte
Richelieu
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Dark Cuts by Guy Zilberstein Directed by Anne Kessler
A Woodcutter
Vx-Colombier
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by François Christophe Reading directed by Bruno Raffaelli
Richelieu
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A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps
Jean (en alternance)
Richelieu
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by William Shakespeare Directed by Dan Jemmett
Marcellus, Reynaldo, 3e Comédien, Un Capitaine, Un Messager, Osrik, 2e fossoyeur
Richelieu
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La Trilogie de la villégiature
The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon
Tognino
Richelieu
2012-2013
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The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Vladimir Karlovitch Rode, sous-lieutenant
Richelieu
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A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps
Jean
Richelieu
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by Jean Racine Directed by Michael Marmarinos
Hippolyte, fils de Thésée et d’Antiope, reine des Amazones (en alternance) Et :
Richelieu
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Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Directed by Jean-Yves Ruf
Diomède (alternating)
Richelieu
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The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz
Cléante
Théâtre éphémère
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Carte Blanche
A Woodcutter
Vx-Colombier
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by Pierre Corneille Directed by Anne-Laure Liégeois
Lycante
Vx-Colombier
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
Gallery
L'opéra de quat'sous 23-24
Marie Oppert, Birane Ba, Benjamin Lavernhe
La Dame de la mer 22/23
Géraldine Martineau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Elisa Erka
Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre) 22/23
Noam Morgensztern, Benjamin Lavernhe
Le Mariage forcé 2022
Julie Sicard, Benjamin Lavernhe
Électre / Oreste 18/19
Christophe Montenez, Suliane Brahim Benjamin Lavernhe
Britannicus 17/18
Stéphane Varupenne, Benjamin Lavernhe, Dominique Blanc, Laurent Stocker
L'Interlope (cabaret) 17/18
Benjamin Lavernhe
20 000 lieues sous les mers 16/17
Benjamin Lavernhe
La Ronde 16/17
Anna Cervinka, Benjamin Lavernhe
Le Chant du Cygne / L'Ours 15/16
Julie Sicard and Benjamin Lavernhe
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie 15/16
Christophe Cravero, Benjamin Lavernhe, Hervé Pouliquen and Hervé Legeay
La Place Royale 12/13
Benjamin Lavernhe, Clément Hervieu-Léger, Elsa Lepoivre
