Actor Laurent Lafitte left the Comédie-Française on Monday after the last performance of the play Cyrano de Bergerac in which he was the headliner, the institution told Agence France-Presse. Wednesday May 1st.
“Laurent has decided to leave the House to be able to devote himself fully to his many external projects,” said Eric Ruf, general administrator of the Comédie-Française. “He will have been a valuable actor and comrade for the troupe for twelve years, and we all wish him much happiness and success in his new adventures,” he added.
Having completed the Cours Florent and the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art, Laurent Lafitte entered the Comédie-Française as a resident on January 8, 2012. He distinguished himself in particular in the role of Mamimine in Le Mariage, by Gogol , by Lilo Baur, Démétrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Shakespeare, André Jurieux in The Rules of the Game directed by Christiane Jatahy, or even Dom Juan in the eponymous play by Molière.
More recently, he played the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac in Edmond Rostand’s play directed by Emmanuel Daumas, for which he was nominated for the 2024 Molières, the 35th ceremony of which will be held next Monday.
To explain this departure, Laurent Lafitte told the newspaper Libération of a desire “to change theatrical horizons”. The actor is also in high demand in cinema where his notable collaborations include Elle, by Paul Verhoeven, in 2016, and Goodbye there, by Albert Dupontel, in 2017. These two films earned him recognition nominated for a César in the category of best supporting actor.
