Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet was born on September 3, 1955, in Bayonne, France. He is a renowned French actor, and the twin brother of actor Pierre Malet.
Malet's stage debut took place in 1975 with the role of Troilus in La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, alongside Claude Jade. His breakthrough came in 1978 when he starred as Andrew in Les Liens de sang, alongside Donald Sutherland and Stéphane Audran, directed by Claude Chabrol. The same year, he received the lead role in Haro, courtesy of Gilles Béhat.
In 1979, Malet shared the screen with Yves Montand in Les Routes du sud, directed by Joseph Losey, and played the son of Lino Ventura in Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère). He also appeared as Roger Bataille in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Querelle, an adaptation of Jean Genet's novel, and starred alongside Sandrine Bonnaire in Tir à vue, directed by Marc Angelo, in 1984.
Malet's notable roles continued in 1995 when he portrayed Arthur Rimbaud in Marc Rivière's L'Homme aux semelles de vent.
Laurent Malet's personal life has been marked by a deep connection with his family, particularly his brother and mother. In the terminal stages of a brain tumour, his mother asked him to end her suffering, which he recounts in his 2006 book En attendant la suite. In this book, he urges the candidates in the presidential election to work towards legislation on euthanasia.
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