Swann Arlaud

Swann Arlaud
Arlaud in 2019
Born	(1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 44) [1] [2] Fontenay-aux-Roses, France [3]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Children	1

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.

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 another César Award for Best Supporting Actor. ^[12]

In June 2024, Arlaud was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ^[13]

Personal life

Arlaud has a son with French cinematographer Sarah Boutin, with whom he worked in the short film Venerman (2016). ^[14]

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. ^[15]

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. ^[16] 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. ^[17]

In January 2024, Arlaud signed a petition against actor Gérard Depardieu after he was accused of sexual assault by several women. ^{[18] [19]}

In June 2024, Arlaud signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine. ^[20]

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Jeux d'artifices
1992	La Révolte des enfants	Lucien
1994	Bête de scène		Short film
2004	PJ	Luc	TV series
2005	D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires	A musketeer	Telefilm
2005	Les Monos	Double L	TV series
2005	Groupe flag	The student	TV series
2005	Les Âmes grises	A soldier
2005	L'Ordre du temple solaire	Patrick Vuarnet	Telefilm
2006	Le Temps des porte-plumes	Étienne
2006	Les Aristos	A good looking man
2006	Femmes de loi	Jérôme Caubert	TV series
2007	PJ	Pierrick	TV series
2007	Reporters	Monteur de Thomas	TV series
2007	Sur le fil	Fabrice Andréani	TV series
2008	Paris enquêtes criminelles	Rémi Royer	TV series
2008	A Simple Heart	Paul Aubain
2008	Spiral	Steph	TV series
2008	Central Nuit	Ludo Fortin	TV series
2009	Extase	Hugo
2009	Réfractaire	Ady
2009	La Femme invisible	The trainee researcher
2009	Le Bel Âge	François
2009	Nicolas Le Floch	Jean Galaine	TV series
2009	The Last Flight	Duclos
2010	Le Repenti	Jérémie	Telefilm
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 Mora	TV series
2010	Contes et nouvelles du XIXe siècle	The young merchant	TV series
2010	Romantics Anonymous	Antoine
2011	Face	The deserter	Short film
2011	Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon héros	Alex	Short film
2011	Xanadu	Lapo Valadine	TV series
2011	Elles	A young client
2011	Ne nous soumets pas à la tentation	Stéphan
2011	A quoi tu joues ?	Benoît	Short film
2012	L'Homme qui rit	Sylvain
2012	La Joie de vivre	Lazare	Telefilm
2012	Crawl	Martin
2012	Une place	Denis	Short film
2013	Chat	The young man	Short film
2013	Lazare	Virgile	Short film
2013	Murders at	Loïc	TV series - episode Meurtres à Saint-Malo
2013	Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas	The Baron
2013	Nous sommes tous des êtres penchés	Paul	Short film
2013	Alibi	The Gypsy	Short film
2014	Get Well Soon	Camille
2014	Bouboule	Pat
2015	Paris	Simon	TV series
2015	En immersion	The Chemist	TV miniseries
2015	Elixir	André
2015	Les Anarchistes	Elisée Mayer	Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor
2015	The Wakhan Front	Jérémie Lernowski
2015	La Dernière Ballade		Short film
2016	Baden Baden	Simon
2016	The End	The young man
2016	Goliath	Nico	Short film
2016	La Prunelle de mes yeux	Nicolai
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—Lumière Award for Best Actor
2017	Gros chagrin	Jean (voice)	Short film
2018	A Clever Crook	François Albagnac, Bertrand ou Antoine
2019	By the Grace of God	Emmanuel Thomassin	César Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Actor
2019	Escape from Raqqa	Sylvain Henri
2019	The Swallows of Kabul	Mohsen	animation - voice
2019	The Bare Necessity	Pierre Perdrix
2019	L'aventure Atomique	The Scientist	Short film
2020	How I Became a Super Hero	Naja
2021	I Want to Talk About Duras	Yann Andréa
2021	Valiant Hearts	The curator
2022	About Joan	Nathan Verra
2022	Beating Sun	Max
2023	L'établi	Robert Linhart
2023	Anatomy of a Fall	Maître Vincent Renzi	César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2025	Sukkwan Island	Tom
2025	Arco	Iris' father	Voice
2025	The Great Arch (L'Inconnu du Grande Arche)	Paul Andreu

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Notes
2002	Tolérance Zéro	Short film
2016	Venerman	Short film; co-director [21]
2021	Zorey	Short film; director, co-writer [22]

Theatre

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2010	Une femme à Berlin	Tatiana Vialle	Théâtre du Rond-Point
2013	En réunion	Patrice Kerbrat	Théâtre du Petit Montparnasse
2013	Prendre le risque d'aller mieux	Tatiana Vialle	Ciné 13 Théâtre
2022	Exécuteur 14	Tatiana Vialle	Théâtre 14
2025	Trahisons	Tatiana Vialle	Théâtre de l'Œuvre

References

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External links

• Swann Arlaud at IMDb  
• Swann Arlaud at AlloCiné (in French)