Sociétaire honoraire
After training at the École nationale des arts appliqués, François Beaulieu chose acting and enrolled at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique (National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris) before joining the Troupe of the Comédie-Française on January 1, 1968. He was appointed as a sociétaire on January 1, 1974 and a sociétaire honoraire in January 2003.
He constantly strove for the betterment of his performance and language, systematically seeking to quench his thirst for knowledge and culture. In the early days of his acting career he played Racine, Corneille, Marivaux and Giraudoux and interpreted major roles from the Repertoire, such as Alceste in Molière’s The Misanthrope, Don Rodrigue in Corneille’s Le Cid as well as the title roles in Victor Hugo’s Hernani and Ruy Blas and in Corneille’s Cinna, etc. He played under the direction of Jacques Sereys, Jean-Marie Serreau, Terry Hands, Jacques Charon and Robert Hossein. In 1985, he took part in Georges Feydeau’s Hortense Says « I Don’t Give a Damn! » staged by Stuart Seide, then in Pinter’s One for the Road put on stage by Bernard Murat in 1987, in Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo staged by Antoine Vitez in 1989, in Georges Feydeau’s Occupe-toi d'Amélie staged by Roger Planchon, in Molière’s The Misanthrope staged by Simon Eine in 1995, in Corneille’s Suréna staged by Anne Delbée, in Yves Lebeau’s Le Chant de la baleine put on stage by Jacques Rosner in 1999, and in Michel de Ghelderode’s Escorial and Trois Acteurs, un drame… put on stage by Vincent Boussard in 2000. In 1980, he produced Alfred de Musset’s The Moods of Marianne.
In the movies, he played under the direction of Raymond Rouleau in Ruy Blas adapted from Victor Hugo and of Pierre Badel in Molière’s Tartuffe, along with Michel Duchaussoy. Furthermore, François Beaulieu took part in some productions combining music and literature, notably with the European Romantic Orchestra and the pianist Romain Hervé.
Escurial et Trois acteurs, un drame...
by Michel de Ghelderode Directed by Vincent Boussard
le Roi et le Père noble
Studio
by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Directed by Philippe Adrien
le Général Ado
Vx-Colombier
by Yves Lebeau Directed by Jacques Rosner
l'Aîné
Vx-Colombier
by Pierre Corneille Directed by Anne Delbée
Orode
Vx-Colombier
by Eugène Ionesco Directed by Simon Eine
Jacques Père
Studio
by Jean Racine Directed by Anne Delbée
Thésée
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Oronte
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Oronte
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Take care of Amélie by Georges Feydeau Directed by Roger Planchon
Koshnadieff
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by Jean Racine Directed by Anne Delbée
Thésée
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Take care of Amélie by Georges Feydeau Directed by Roger Planchon
Koshnadieff
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by Georges Schehadé Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
le Facteur ; José Marco ; le Commandant Crawl
Vx-Colombier
by Sophocle Directed by Otomar Krejca
le Chœur
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by Nathalie Sarraute Directed by Jacques Lassalle
H1 (Elle est là)
Vx-Colombier
by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Mr de Sotenville
Richelieu
by Sophocle Directed by Otomar Krejca
le Chœur
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by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Mr de Sotenville
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Antoine Vitez
le Cardinal Bellarmin
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by Italo Svevo Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Paolo Mansi
Odéon
by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jean-Christophe Averty
Mr Chouilloux
Odéon
by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jean-Louis Jacopin
Flaminio
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Antoine Vitez
le Cardinal Bellarmin
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Antoine Vitez
le Cardinal Bellarmin
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Oronte
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Oronte
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La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
The Trojan War Shall not Be by Jean Giraudoux Directed by Raymond Gérôme
Hector
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by Pierre Corneille Directed by Françoise Seigner
Flaminius
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by Jean Racine Directed by Françoise Seigner
Assuérus
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by Jean Racine Directed by Françoise Seigner
Assuérus
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La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
The Trojan War Shall not Be by Jean Giraudoux Directed by Raymond Gérôme
Hector
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Un pour la route, Une sorte d'Alaska et...
by Harold Pinter Directed by Bernard Murat
Victor
Odéon
by Jean Racine Directed by Françoise Seigner
Assuérus
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Six personnages en quête d'auteur
by Luigi Pirandello Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
le Directeur
Odéon
Madame’s Late Mother by Georges Feydeau Directed by Stuart Seide
Joseph
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Hortense a dit : "je m'en fous !"
by Georges Feydeau Directed by Stuart Seide
Follbraguet
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Madame’s Late Mother by Georges Feydeau Directed by Stuart Seide
Joseph
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Hortense a dit : "je m'en fous !"
by Georges Feydeau Directed by Stuart Seide
Follbraguet
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by Nicolaï Erdman Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Victor Victorovitch
Odéon
by Jean Giraudoux Directed by Jacques Sereys
le Spectre
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La Seconde surprise de l'amour
by Marivaux Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
le Comte
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by Jacques-Pierre Amette Directed by Jean-Louis Jacopin
Alphonse
Odéon
La Seconde surprise de l'amour
by Marivaux Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
le Comte
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by Pedro Calderon de la Barca Directed by Jorge Lavelli
Astolphe
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by Antonin Artaud Directed by Jacques Baillon
Giacomo
Odéon
by Victor Hugo Directed by Jacques Destoop
Ruy Blas
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La Nuit des Rois ou Ce que vous voudrez
Twelfth Night or What you will by William Shakespeare Directed by Terry Hands
le Duc Orsino
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by Pierre Corneille Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
Horace
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Pierre Dux
Alceste
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La Trilogie de la Villégiature
The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Giorgio Strehler
Guglielmo
Odéon
The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Pierre Dux
Alceste
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by Victor Hugo Directed by Jacques Destoop
Ruy Blas
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La Trilogie de la Villégiature
The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Giorgio Strehler
Guglielmo
Odéon
by Jean Racine Directed by Jacques Rosner
Thésée
Odéon
La Nuit des Rois ou Ce que vous voudrez
Twelfth Night or What you will by William Shakespeare Directed by Terry Hands
le Duc Orsino
Odéon
by Thomas Stearns Eliot Directed by Terry Hands
Thomas Becket
Odéon
by Oscar Milosz Directed by Jean-François Rémi
L'Esprit du Ciel
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The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Pierre Dux
Alceste
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jacques Rosner
The Comte Almaviva (alternatly)
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by Pierre Corneille Directed by Terry Hands
Don Rodrigue (en alternance)
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by Alfred de Musset Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Pierre Strozzi
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