Arnaud Valois

Arnaud Valois
Born	(1984-02-29) 29 February 1984 (age 40) Lyon, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Arnaud Valois (born 29 February 1984) is a French actor who was born in Lyon. He began his career in 2006. He played the protagonist Nathan, in the 2017 film BPM (Beats per Minute) (120 battements par minute). ^[1]

Career

Valois ceased studies at law school ^[2] and began to study acting at the Cours Florent drama school for two years. ^[3] After a series of rejections as an actor, Valois left France and studied massage at Wat Pho in Bangkok ^[2] and worked as a massage therapist in Thailand for six years. He returned to Paris to open a massage studio. He was invited to act in 120 BPM after Robin Campillo read his Facebook profile. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

In 2017, with the international release of 120 BPM, the film's campaign for the 2018 Oscars nominations, and his ability to speak English, he became known internationally. ^{[7] [8]} Vanity Fair ranked him as the eleventh most influential French person in the world in 2017. ^[9]

Personal life

Valois is gay. ^[10]

Filmography

Cinema

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
2004	Plutôt d'accord	The mute	Christophe & Stephane Botti	Short
2006	Charlie Says	Adrien	Nicole Garcia
2007	L'application des peines	Hugo	Cyprien Vial	Short
2008	A French Gigolo	Sylvain	Josiane Balasko
2009	The Girl on the Train	Gabi	André Téchiné
2011	Eyes Find Eyes	Thomas	Jean-Manuel Fernandez Sean Price Williams
2017	BPM (Beats per Minute)	Nathan	Robin Campillo	Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor Nominated - International Cinephile Society - Best Supporting Actor
2018	Le ciel est clair	Jérémy	Marie Rosselet-Ruiz	Short
	Étienne Daho - L'Etincelle	The man	Romain Winkler	Music video
2019	Sweetheart	Mehdi	Lisa Azuelos
	Paradise Hills	Son	Alice Waddington
2020	My Best Part	Albert	Nicolas Maury
2021	Si demain	Alex	Fabienne Godet
	Spring Blossom	Raphaël Frei	Suzanne Lindon
2022	Méduse	Guillaume	Sophie Lévy
2023	Good Grief	Theo	Dan Levy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
2020	Moloch	Tom	Arnaud Malherbe	TV mini-series
2023	LT-21	Gabriel Lemazec	Melisa Godet	TV mini-series
2024	Becoming Karl Lagerfeld	Yves Saint Laurent	Jérôme Salle Audrey Estrougo	TV mini-series
2025	The Morning Show		TBA	TV series

Filmmaker

Year	Title	Notes
2021	Le nouveau moi	Short

Theater

Year	Title	Author	Director
2020	Jardin d’hiver	Laurence Tardieu	Richard Brunel
2020-22	The Ugly Duckling	Hans Christian Andersen	Sandra Gaudin

References

1. "120 battements par minute domine les nominations des Prix Lumières 2017 » Le Blog d'Ecran Noir". ecrannoir.fr. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018. With 6 nominations, 120 beats per minute dominates the 23rd International Press Awards
2. Arnaud Valois the Rebirth - Crash magazine accessed 5 June 2022.
3. John-Paul Pryor (19 October 2017). "Interview: Arnaud Valois; Port meets the reluctant actor whose understated talent owes as much to a passion for holistic therapy as it does to stage school". Port Magazine.
4. Tom Ellen. "Meet Arnaud Valois, the 120 Beats per Minute star who was discovered over Facebook". The Standard.
5. Ethan Sapienza (20 October 2017). "Arnaud Valois went from masseuse to star of French AIDS drama BPM". Interview Magazine.
6. Matthew Schneier (26 June 2017). "He Wanted to Give Massages, but the Movies Called Him Back". New York Times.
7. "Arnaud Valois Back to Acting After Quitting to Give Massages". The Last Magazine. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
8. "Il cast di 120 Battiti al Minuto: la rivelazione Arnaud Valois e gli altri attivisti contro l'HIV - Gay.it". gay.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
9. "Les jeunes Français les plus influents selon Vanity Fair". Les Echos Start (in French). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
10. "'Believe in LGBTQ equality? Then you must join the fight against climate change'". 23 August 2019.

External links

• Arnaud Valois at IMDb
• Arnaud Valois at United Agents UK