Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic

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'', 17 septembre 2011 When he was two years old he left Paris for

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, then, at seven,

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. He studied acting at the Belgian school

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. He is the father of the actor Émile Berling.

Filmography

Theater

Narrator

March of the Penguins ''March of the Penguins'' (French ''La Marche de l'empereur'' ; ) is a 2005 French feature-length nature documentary directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The documentary dep ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berling, Charles 1958 births Living people People from Saint-Mandé French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Best Actor Lumières Award winners French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors