Mathieu Amalric (French pronunciation:  (listen); born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's Munich, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch, and for his lead performance in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim. He has also won several César Awards and the Lumières Award.

Early life
Amalric was born on 25 October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde, and Jacques Amalric, who worked as a foreign affairs editor for Le Monde and Libération. Amalric's father was French, while his mother was born in Poland, to Jewish parents, and moved to France at the outbreak of World War II.