Theatre director and scriptwriter His first stage role was as
Roméo in 2001, in the play
Juliette et Roméo directed by
Irina Brook at the
théâtre de Chaillot. In 2003, he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (
CNSAD) in Paris. However, he gave up his place to stage his first show,
Une folle journée, an adaptation of
Mariage de Figaro by
Beaumarchais. He created the show in 2005 at the
Festival d'Avignon Off in the théâtre des Corps Saints, playing the role of the Count. Michalik used the name of his source material to name his theatre company,
Los Figaros. In 2006, he created
La Mégère à peu près apprivoisée at Théâtre La Luna (Buffon), a musical comedy adaptation of the play by
Shakespeare, in which he played the role of Petruchio. He met
Arthur Jugnot, who produced the play in Avignon in 2007 et 2008, at the théâtre des Béliers, then in 2009 at the Vingtième Théâtre and then in 2010 at
Le Splendid. The adaption was then put on television on the show
Paris Première. During this show, he met
Dominique Besnehard, the show's host, who would later produce two of Michalik's first short films. In 2008, he created
R&J, an adaptation of
Roméo et Juliette by
Shakespeare for three actors. In this production, he played various roles, including Romeo. The play was done in the théâtre des Béliers in Avignon, and then at the Ciné 13 Théâtre and at
Studio des Champs-Elysées. In 2010, he adapted and directed the second act of
Carmen by
Bizet, in a show titled
Carmen Rock & Soul Opéra. The show, which was put on at the
Festival des Mises en capsules, starred the singer
Julie Zenatti in the title role and Christophe Mali (
Tryo) playing Don José, and 20 other actors, singers, dancers and musicians. The show as done at Ciné 13 Théâtre. Then Benjamin Bellecour, co-director of Ciné 13 Théâtre, invited Michalik to write and direct Michalik's first play, ''Le Porteur d'histoire.
The play was done in a shortened form at the Festival Faits d'Hiver.'' In July 2011, the play was done in its current form at Théâtre des Béliers . The play came back to Avignon in 2012 and also was done in Paris at Théâtre 13 Jardin, where it was received well by the public and critics. His play was done again at the
Studio des Champs-Élysées in February 2013 and at Théâtre des Béliers in 2017. In January 2014, he wrote his second play,
Le Cercle des illusionnistes, which was produced at the théâtre de La Pépinière in Paris. The play blends fictional elements with the biography o
Robert-Houdin and filmmaker
Georges Méliès. It was performed in 2014 and it was also performed at the Théâtre des Béliers parisiens. ''Le Porteur d'histoire
and Le cercle des illusionnistes
were both nominated for the Molières 2014 award in the categories of Meilleur Spectacle de Théâtre Privé
, Meilleur Auteur Francophone Vivant
, and Meilleur Metteur en Scène de Théâtre Privé
. Le cercle des illusionnistes was also nominated for Molière de la révélation féminine
(by Jeanne Arènes) and Molière de la Création Visuelle
(by Marion Rebmann, Olivier Roset, and Pascal Sautelet).'' Alexis Michalik won two Molière awards in 2014 :
Auteur et
Metteur en scène. Jeanne Arènes was also recognized. In 2016, he created
Edmond at
Théâtre du Palais-Royal, a play that explored that challenging creation of
Cyrano de Bergerac by
Edmond Rostand. The dramaturg was played by the comedian Guillaume Sentou. In the 2017 Molière awards,
Edmond got seven nominations : Molière du Théâtre privé, Molière de la Comédie, Molière du Comédien dans un second rôle, Molière de la Révélation masculine, Molière de l'auteur francophone vivant, Molière du Metteur en scène d'un spectacle de Théâtre privé and Molière de la Création visuelle. The play is still performed today in 2025 In 2017, he created
Intra Muros at Théâtre 13, a play that was part of a theatre course in a prison; it examined the history of various characters. The play's lead actors included Jeanne Arènes,
Bernard Blancan,
Alice de Lencquesaing, Paul Jeanson and Faycal Safi.The music and soundtrack were done on stage by Raphaël Charpentier.
Television and film acting Michalik appeared in the television series
Diane, femme flic on
TF1 between 2002 and 2004, playing the role of lieutenant Sam. He then had roles in a number of TV films, series and sagas, including
Petits meurtres en famille and
Terre de lumière on
France 2. He acted in the films
Sagan by
Diane Kurys, ''
L'Autre Dumas by Safy Nebbou, L'Âge de raison by Yann Samuell, Des gens qui s'embrassent
by Danièle Thompson, La Banda de Picasso
by Fernando Colomo, and 24 jours, la vérité sur l'affaire Ilan Halimi'' by
Alexandre Arcady... Since 2012, he has played the role of Damien in the series
Kaboul Kitchen on
Canal+. In 2015, he was part of the Anglophone cast of
Versailles, for Canal+.
Director and screenwriter In 2013, Michalik did his first short film,
Au Sol, which drew on the blog
Rue89. The film, which was released in September 2014 on
France 2, garnered 30 selections and 15 festival prizes. In 2014, he did his second short film,
Pim-Poum le petit Panda for the
Talents Cannes Adami. This musical comedy was co-written with Benjamin Bellecour. In January 2019, he directed his first full-length film, an adaptation of his play
Edmond. He took on a musical comedy for the first time in 2021 by directing a stage production of
The Producers at the
Théâtre de Paris; at the time of its premiere Michalik had six of his productions on stage in Paris concurrently. The show received five nominations for the French
Trophées de la comédie musicale, winning the best production. ==Filmography==