Charles Burling is a French theater, film and television actor. Only after 30 years, directors began to notice him and invite him to shoot. With maturity, a special charm came to him, and a couple of extra pounds only adorned Charles, making him more unusual. The name of Charles Berling at home, in France, enjoys well-deserved recognition and respect.
Charles Berling biography
Charles Burling was born on April 30, 1958 in the French city of Saint-Mand. Parents named Charles in honor of the French military leader Charles de Gaulle, who became a symbol of the resistance of France during World War II. The family was large. The actor had 5 brothers and sisters. My father served as a naval anesthesiologist in the medical service of the national naval forces of France. Mother worked as an English teacher. The boy's uncle, Raymond Picard, was a famous person. He was a French philological scholar who became famous for his caustic treatise A New Criticism or a New Fraud? When Charles was 2 years old, the family moved to the city of Toulon on the Cote d'Azur of the Mediterranean Sea.
Creative career
Theater actor
Charles Berling's first amateur theatrical performances were performed at the theatrical lyceum. He was 15 years old at that time, he attended the lyceum with his brother. After completing his studies at an educational institution, having received a bachelor's degree, Charles tried to join the main troupe of the National Theater of Strasbourg, but he failed. Without betraying his acting skills, the young man entered the Brussels Theater Institute.
He made his first simultaneous film and theater debut in the early 80s. But first he became famous on the theater stage in Paris, Strasbourg and Toulon. In 1990, Charles met the famous French director Jean-Louis Martinelli. He noticed the 32-year-old actor and invited him to work in his performances. The most popular were the performances "Mama and Confused" by Jean Estache and "Year of Thirteen Moons" by Fassbinder.
Movie actor
The first film with Charles Berling's participation, Murder in the House, was released in 1982. In 1949, the actor starred in Pascal Ferrand's film "Little Deals with the Dead." For his role in this motion picture, he received a nomination for the Cesar Film Award as "Most Promising Actor."
Two years later, the Cannes Film Festival presented the feature film "Ridicule" (directed by Patrice Lecomte), in which Charles played one of the main roles - an 18th century nobleman at the Versailles court. A year later, he received the Lumière Prize and was nominated for Cesar as Best Actor.
In subsequent years, Charles received a nomination for "Cesar" three more times, but the prize itself was not received. The actor remained a guest of honor at both the Cannes Film Festival and Avignon. Until the age of thirty, filmmakers did not seem to notice Beurling, who, in turn, was ready to give a lot to act in films. However, with maturity, a special charm came to him, a couple of extra pounds only adorned Charles, making him more unusual. He was ideally suited to the roles of loyal friends or unlucky lovers. Director Sederic Kahn, while looking for actors for his film-study of the human subconscious "Desire", did not accidentally choose Berling. The trained eye of a professional director saw a mysterious duality that crept into the actor's unusual features.
At forty-one, Charles Burling starred in five films, including Gerard Depardieu's directorial Bridge Between Two Shores, Son of Two Mothers with Isabelle Huppert, and the semi-American 15 Moments by Denis Arcana (Berling's partner in the film was Hollywood stars Dan Aykroyd and Frank Langella). A large number of roles in a short period of time, 1 year - the first sign of "stardom" and "all-recognition". The piercing blue eyes of the French actor managed to charm viewers and spectators all over the world. His characters are mature men, entangled in themselves, lonely, dreaming of love. His magnetic manner of performance plunges into the world of the film: someone empathizes and cries, someone regrets and laughs.
Selected filmography of Charles Berling
- In 1982, Murders in the House.
- In 1988 - "New Knights of the Sky".
- 1989 - "Laura and Louis".
- 1990 - "Sniper".
- In 1992 - "Salt on our skin".
- 1996 - "Ridicule".
- 1998 - "Desire".
- In 1998 - "Those who love me will go by train."
- In 2000 - "A Matter of Taste".
- In 2001 - "August 15".
- 2001 - "Strong Souls".
- In 2002 - "Demon Lover".
- In 2003 - "I am staying!"
- In 2004 - "Secret Agents".
- In 2005 - "Nina's House".
- In 2005 - "Just Friends".
- In 2005 - "Delilah".
- In 2012 - "Name".
- In 2013 - "Pretend to be my boyfriend."
- In 2016 - "She".
- In 2017 - "Black Stripe".
- In 2018 - "Handsome Bandit".
- In 2019 - "Snow White".
The personal life of the French actor
Charles Burling devoted his entire life to acting. He never sought to be recognized on the streets. As the actor himself says: "I don't care where to play: in front of an audience of millions or in a half-empty hall." Charles has a non-traditional sexual orientation, considering himself neither gay, nor heterosexual, nor bisexual. Still, he has an heir. This is Charles' son - actor Emil Berling, born in 1989. Unlike his father, Emil is already famous in France at a young age. His famous films: "Vandal", "Like a Man", "Rustle of Ice Cubes", "Orly Airport", "Shelter" and others.
