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Paul Hamy | |
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 Paul Hamy at the Lumières Awards 2014 | |
| Born | 7 January 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, model |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Paul Hamy (born 7 January 1982) is a French actor and model. He started his career early as a model, working for Elite Model Management before turning to cinema in 2013. [1] [2]
He was spotted at the age of sixteen by fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. He worked with big names like Hedi Slimane for Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garçons, Christian Lacroix, poses for Vogue and travelled all over the world. [3]
He also studied drawing and sculpture and founded “POK - Pain O choKolat”, a collective of visual artists, photographers, designers, videographers, actors, dancers, DJs and musicians. In 2010, he unveiled a series of sculptures under the title Chapeau, Chimère & Forme. [4]
He made his on-screen debut with two movies in 2013 : On My Way directed by Emmanuelle Bercot and Suzanne directed by Katell Quillévéré, for which he was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor and the Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation
His father is american and his mother french. In September 2020, he married Denitza Stefanova. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2013 | Suzanne | Julien | Katell Quillévéré | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation |
| On My Way | Marco | Emmanuelle Bercot | ||
| Vitalic - Fade Away | Hitman | Romain Chassaing | Music video | |
| 2014 | Mikado | Goran | Nicolas Peduzzi | Short |
| Errance | Djé | Peter Dourountzis | Short | |
| La séance | Pierre-Louis Pierson | Edouard de La Poëze | Short | |
| Borgia | Simon d'Auxerre | Christoph Schrewe | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2015 | Mon Roi | Pascal | Maïwenn | |
| Disorder | Denis | Alice Winocour | ||
| French Blood | Grand-Guy | Diastème | ||
| Fort Buchanan | Steve | Benjamin Crotty | ||
| Louis | Louis | Stéphanie Doncker | Short | |
| 8 coups | Axel | Virginie Schwartz | Short | |
| Un regret | Him | Thibaut Buccellato | Short | |
| 2016 | Sex Doll | Cook | Sylvie Verheyde | |
| Parisienne | Jean-Marc | Danielle Arbid | ||
| Despite the Night | Louis | Philippe Grandrieux | ||
| The Ornithologist | Fernando | João Pedro Rodrigues | ||
| 2017 | Le divan de Staline | Oleg Iakoblevitch Danilov | Fanny Ardant | |
| Martin pleure | Voice | Jonathan Vinel | Short | |
| 2018 | 9 doigts | Magloire | F.J. Ossang | |
| Occidental | Giorgio | Neïl Beloufa | ||
| Le Cri | Munch | Charles Ayats & Sandra Paugam | Short | |
| The Unicorn | Christophe | Chloe Boreham | Short | |
| 2019 | Sibyl | Étienne | Justine Triet | |
| Get In | Mickey | Olivier Abbou | ||
| Jessica Forever | Raiden | Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel | ||
| Territory of Love | Olivier | Romain Cogitore | ||
| Someone, Somewhere | Steevy | Cédric Klapisch | ||
| Calls | Maxence | Timothée Hochet | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2021 | Villa Caprice | Jérémie | Bernard Stora | |
| Madame Claude | André | Sylvie Verheyde | ||
| Last Journey of Paul W.R. | Eliott W.R | Romain Quirot | ||
| Maroni | David Le Gall | Olivier Abbou | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2022 | Séparation | Arkhip | Aurélien Achache | Short |
| Avant la nuit | Franck | Hervé Freiburger | Short | |
| 2023 | Jusqu'ici tout va bien | Alban | Nawell Madani & Lionel Smila | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2024 | The Soul Eater | Franck de Rolan | Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo | Post-Production |
| Rien ni personne | Jean | Gallien Guibert | Post-Production | |
| TBA | Maoussi | Charlotte Schioler | Post-Production | |
| Year | Title | Author | Director |
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| 2016 | Cordelia-Requiescat | Olivier Dhénin | Olivier Dhénin |
| 2016-18 | Tilim-Bom Fantaisie | Olivier Dhénin | Olivier Dhénin |
| 2018 | Le Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate | Laurent Gaudé | Olivier Dhénin |
| 2022-23 | Souvenirs de Combray | Marcel Proust | Olivier Dhénin |
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