Laurent Lafitte

French actor and director

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Laurent Lafitte (born 22 August 1973) is a French actor.
In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Laurent Lafitte (born 22 August 1973) is a French actor. He is known for playing the role of Patrick in Elle. In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series Class Act (original name "Tapie") as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie.