Thierry Lhermitte Movies and Career Information

Thierry Lhermitte (born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, known for his comedic roles. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, and Michel Blanc. That group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema, and scored major successes with films such as Les bronzés (1978), Les bronzés font du ski (1979) and Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982). He is the 2010 Big Brother Award receiver. He has also had a successful career away from Le Splendid, particularly with the films Les ripoux (1984), La Totale ! (1990; remade as True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Lhermitte's role) and Le dîner de cons (1998, with the late Jacques Villeret), among many others. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2001. He was made Officier (Officer) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2005. Recently as part of the HADOPI Three-Strikes Law, Lhermitte's company Trident Media Guard was selected to police Peer to peer downloads over the French internet. This poses a problem of neutrality as Lhermitte is himself biased against Peer to peer technology and a prominent