Christian
Hecq

525e sociétaire

As a teenager, Christian Hecq was passionate about physics and for a while dreamed of specializing in alternative energy sources. At the same time, he was also already active in amateur theatre, and finally enrolled in the Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle de Bruxelles. In 1987, Isabelle Pousseur directed him in Marivaux’s Les Acteurs de bonne foi at the Théâtre national de Belgique. George Bernard Shaw’s Cesar and Cleopatra; Claude Mauriac’s Le Cirque and Kafka’s Metamorphosis directed by Steven Berkoff followed. In 1989, he won the Eve Award for Belgian best young actor. He began working with director Daniel Mesguich in 1992, with Boulevard du boulevard at the Théâtre de la Métaphore in Lille, a play that was taken over by the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris in 2006. Their collaboration continued in 1994 with L’Histoire qu’on ne connaîtra jamais by Hélène Cixous at the Théâtre de la Ville and again, in 2001, with Molière’s Dom Juan at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. In 1997, he directed Achille et Léonie, a comedy duo selected to represent Belgium at the 20th Festival du cirque de demain. In 2000, he won the Molière Award for Best Newcomer in Theatre for playing in Feydeau’s La Main passe directed by Gildas Bourdet. As part of the Compagnie Philippe Genty, he performed in shows combining visual arts and puppetry.

Christian Hecq has been pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française since 2008, where he made his debut in Beaumarchais’s Le Mariage de Figaro directed by Christophe Rauck. He was appointed the 525th sociétaire of the Company on the 1st of January 2013. Whether Gubetta in Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia directed by Denis Podalydès; Nonancourt in Labiche’s An Italian Straw hat (Un chapeau de paille d'Italie) by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti; Sosie in Molière’s Amphitryon by Jacques Vincey; Monsieur Orgon in Marivaux’s Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard by Galin Stoev; or Mathieu in Feydeau’s Free Exchange Hotel (L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange) by Isabelle Nanty, Christian Hecq performs them in such a singular way so as to make each a landmark role. In 2010, Muriel Mayette-Holtz staged him in Mystère Bouffe et Fabulages de Dario Fo, while Philippe Meyer directed him in the cabaret Chansons des jours avec et chansons des jours sans. His hilarious interpretation of Bouzin in Feydeau’s Un fil à la patte directed by Jérôme Deschamps earned him a Molière Award for Best Actor in 2011. He was equally acclaimed in 2015 for playing an extreme and surrealist Lunardo in Goldoni’s The Boors (Les Rustres) staged by Jean-Louis Benoit.

In 2016, Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort adapted and directed Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (20 000 lieues sous les mers), in which he also played Nemo and for which he was nominated for four Molière Awards. He won the Award for Visual Creation.

His Portrait d'acteur has been reveal during the first Nuit du jeu broadcasted on decembre 20, 2022. The interveiw is available on YouTube.

His filmography includes The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour) by Jaco Van Dormaël; Nine Month Stretch (9 mois ferme) by Albert Dupontel; Cézanne and I (Cézanne et moi) by Danièle Thompson; Knock by Loraine Lévy and Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape (Pourquoi j’ai pas mangé mon père) by Jamel Debbouze. On television, he appeared in La Parure by Claude Chabrol, Crimes en série by Patrick Dewolf and Spiral (Engrenages).

Christian Hecq is Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres). He first appeared in Le Petit Larousse dictionary in 2017.

During the 2018/2019 season, Christian Hecq will perform in the rerun of Victor Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia by Denis Podalydès, in the rerun of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea written and directed with Valérie Lesort and in the rerun of Feydeau’s Free Exchange Hotel by Isabelle Nanty.

Currently in

Lucrèce Borgia

by Victor Hugo
Directed by Denis Podalydès

Richelieu

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ON TOUR / Le Mariage forcé

by Molière
Masks and staging Louis Arene

On tour

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At the Comédie-Française

2023-2024

  • ON TOUR / Le Mariage forcé

    by Molière Masks and staging Louis Arene

    Dorimène et Marphurius

    On tour

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Gubetta (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • ON TOUR / Le Malade imaginaire

    by Molière directed by Claude Stratz

    M. Diafoirus et M. Purgon

    On tour

  • Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

    Comedy-ballet by Molière Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq

    M. Jourdain, bourgeois

    Richelieu

  • L'opéra de quat'sous

    Bertolt Brecht - Kurt Weil with Elisabeth Hauptmann Adapted and directed by Thomas...

    Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, chef d’une bande de mendiants

    Richelieu

2022-2023

2021-2022

  • Le Mariage forcé

    by Molière Masks and staging Louis Arene

    Dorimène et Marphurius

  • Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

    Comedy-ballet by Molière Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq

    M. Jourdain, bourgeois

    Richelieu

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    by Molière directed by Claude Stratz

    M. Diafoirus et M. Purgon

    Richelieu

2020-2021

  • Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

    Comédie-ballet de Molière Mise en scène Valérie Lesort et Christian Hecq

    M. Jourdain, bourgeois

    Richelieu

2018-2019

  • L'Hôtel du Libre-Échange

    The Free Exchange Hotel by Georges Feydeau Directed by Isabelle Nanty

    Mathieu

    Richelieu

  • 20 000 lieues sous les mers

    20,000 Leagues under the Sea after Jules Verne Directed by Christian Hecq and Valérie...

    Le Capitaine Nemo et manipulation de marionnettes

    Vx-Colombier

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Gubetta (Alternating)

    Richelieu

2017-2018

  • Les Ondes magnétiques

    by David Lescot Directed by David Lescot

    Boulack, ingénieur du son de Radio Quoi ; Antonio Furioso, homme à rien faire de Radio...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Faust

    by Goethe Adapted and directed by Valentine Losseau and Raphaël Navarro

    Méphistophélès ; manipulation magique et de marionnette

    Vx-Colombier

2016-2017

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Cuigy, Cadet, Précieux

    Richelieu

  • L'Hôtel du Libre-Échange

    The Free Exchange Hotel by Georges Feydeau Directed by Isabelle Nanty

    Mathieu (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Printemps des Poètes

    African poetry

    Vx-Colombier

  • 20 000 lieues sous les mers

    20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (adapted by Christian Hecq and Valérie...

    le Capitaine Nemo et manipulation de marionnettes

    Vx-Colombier

2015-2016

  • Un fil à la patte

    A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps

    Bouzin

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

    Nonancourt, pépiniériste

    Richelieu

  • Le Printemps des Poètes

    Le grand XXe / Cent ans de poésie

    Richelieu

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Gubetta

    Richelieu

  • Les Rustres

    The Boors by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Lunardo, négociant

    Vx-Colombier

  • 20 000 lieues sous les mers

    20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne Adapted and directed by Christian Hecq and...

    Le capitaine Nemo, et manipulation

    Vx-Colombier

2014-2015

  • Un fil à la patte

    A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps

    Bouzin

    Richelieu

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Gubetta

    Richelieu

  • Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz

    Obéron

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

    Nonancourt, pépiniériste

    Richelieu

2013-2014

  • Lucrèce Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Gubetta

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

    Nonancourt, pépiniériste

    Richelieu

  • Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz

    Obéron

    Richelieu

  • Un fil à la patte

    A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps

    Bouzin

    Richelieu

2012-2013

  • Amphitryon

    by Molière DIrected by Jacques Vincey

    Sosie

    Vx-Colombier

  • Un fil à la patte

    A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps

    Bouzin

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel Directed by Giorgio Barberio...

    Nonancourt, pépinieriste

    Théâtre éphémère

  • La Critique de l'école des femmes

    The Critique of the School for Wives by Molière Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger

    Lysidas

    Studio

2011-2012

2010-2011

2009-2010

2008-2009

  • Figaro divorce

    Figaro Gets a Divorce by Ödön von Horváth Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Le Comte (en alternance)

    Richelieu

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