Swann Arlaud

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Swann Arlaud
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Arlaud in 2019
Born (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 43) [1] [2]
Fontenay-aux-Roses, France [3]
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Children1

Swann Arlaud (born 25 March 1981) is a French actor. [4] [5] He has appeared in films such as Romantics Anonymous (2010), Elles (2011), Les Anarchistes (2015), The Wakhan Front (2015), Baden Baden (2016), Bloody Milk (2017), By the Grace of God (2019), Valiant Hearts (2021), and Anatomy of a Fall (2023). Arlaud has won three César Awards. He won the César Award for Best Actor for Bloody Milk in 2018, and the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for both By the Grace of God in 2020 and for Anatomy of a Fall in 2024.

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Early life

Arlaud's parents are production designer Yan Arlaud and actress and casting director Tatiana Vialle. His grandparents are actor Max Vialle and singer-songwriter Sonia Laroze. [6] [7] Arlaud has two younger step-siblings, Tobias and Galathée Nuytten.[ citation needed ]

Career

Arlaud debuted as a director with the short films Venerman (2016) and Zorey (2021), both co-written with his mother Tatiana Vialle, the latter premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. [8]

In 2018, Arlaud won the César Award for Best Actor for his role of Pierre in Bloody Milk . He also wore a white ribbon in support of the MeToo movement at the ceremony. [9]

In 2020, Arlaud won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a child sex abuse survivor in By the Grace of God . [10]

In 2023, Arlaud played lawyer Vincent in Justine Triet's legal thriller Anatomy of a Fall , [11] for which he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor. [12]

Personal life

Arlaud has a son with French cinematographer Sarah Boutin, with whom he worked in the short film Venerman (2016). [13]

In February 2020, Arlaud supported actress Adèle Haenel's gesture of leaving the ceremony of the 2020 César Awards after Roman Polanski won the award for Best Director. [14]

In October 2023, alongside other French artists like directors Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Céline Sciamma and actress Adèle Haenel, Arlaud signed an open letter published in the newspaper l'Humanité demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid. [15] Alongside Anatomy of a Fall co-star Milo Machado-Graner, Arlaud wore a pin with the Palestinian flag in support of the Palestinian people at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on 10 March 2024. [16]

In January 2024, Arlaud signed a petition against actor Gérard Depardieu after he was accused of sexual assault by several women. [17] [18]

Filmography

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Jeux d'artifices
1992La Révolte des enfantsLucien
1994Bête de scèneShort film
2004PJLucTV series
2005D'Artagnan et les Trois MousquetairesA musketeerTelefilm
2005 Les Monos Double LTV series
2005Groupe flagThe studentTV series
2005Les Âmes grisesA soldier
2005L'Ordre du temple solairePatrick VuarnetTelefilm
2006Le Temps des porte-plumesÉtienne
2006 Les Aristos A good looking man
2006Femmes de loiJérôme CaubertTV series
2007PJPierrickTV series
2007ReportersMonteur de ThomasTV series
2007Sur le filFabrice AndréaniTV series
2008 Paris enquêtes criminelles Rémi RoyerTV series
2008 A Simple Heart Paul Aubain
2008 Spiral StephTV series
2008Central NuitLudo FortinTV series
2009ExtaseHugo
2009RéfractaireAdy
2009La Femme invisibleThe trainee researcher
2009Le Bel ÂgeFrançois
2009 Nicolas Le Floch Jean GalaineTV series
2009 The Last Flight Duclos
2010Le RepentiJérémieTelefilm
2010 The Round Up Weismann
2010 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec The Élysée crier
2010 Belle Épine Jean-Pierre
2010 Black Heaven Dragon
2010 Les Bleus Vincent MoraTV series
2010Contes et nouvelles du XIXe siècleThe young merchantTV series
2010 Romantics Anonymous Antoine
2011FaceThe deserterShort film
2011Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon hérosAlexShort film
2011XanaduLapo ValadineTV series
2011 Elles A young client
2011Ne nous soumets pas à la tentationStéphan
2011A quoi tu joues ?BenoîtShort film
2012 L'Homme qui rit Sylvain
2012La Joie de vivreLazareTelefilm
2012CrawlMartin
2012Une placeDenisShort film
2013ChatThe young manShort film
2013LazareVirgileShort film
2013 Murders at LoïcTV series - episode Meurtres à Saint-Malo
2013 Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas The Baron
2013Nous sommes tous des êtres penchésPaulShort film
2013AlibiThe GypsyShort film
2014 Get Well Soon Camille
2014BouboulePat
2015ParisSimonTV series
2015En immersionThe ChemistTV miniseries
2015ElixirAndré
2015 Les Anarchistes Elisée MayerNominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor
2015 The Wakhan Front Jérémie Lernowski
2015La Dernière BalladeShort film
2016 Baden Baden Simon
2016 The End The young man
2016GoliathNicoShort film
2016La Prunelle de mes yeuxNicolai
2016 A Woman's Life Julien de Lamare
2017 Bloody Milk (Petit Paysan)Pierre Chavanges César Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor
2017Gros chagrinJean (voice)Short film
2018A Clever CrookFrançois Albagnac, Bertrand ou Antoine
2019 By the Grace of God Emmanuel Thomassin César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor
2019Escape from RaqqaSylvain Henri
2019 The Swallows of Kabul Mohsenanimation - voice
2019 The Bare Necessity Pierre Perdrix
2019L'aventure AtomiqueThe ScientistShort film
2020How I Became a Super HeroNaja
2021I Want to Talk About DurasYann Andréa
2021 Valiant Hearts The curator
2022 About Joan Nathan Verra
2022Beating SunMax
2023L'établiRobert Linhart
2023 Anatomy of a Fall Maître Vincent Renzi César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2024Sukkwan Island†Post-production

As filmmaker

YearTitleNotes
2002Tolérance ZéroShort film
2016VenermanShort film; co-director [19]
2021ZoreyShort film; director, co-writer [20]

Theatre

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2010Une femme à BerlinTatiana Vialle Théâtre du Rond-Point
2013En réunionPatrice Kerbrat Théâtre du Petit Montparnasse
2013Prendre le risque d'aller mieuxTatiana VialleCiné 13 Théâtre

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