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Edward Akrout
Franco-British artist and actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward Akrout is a Franco-British artist and actor.
Early life and education
Born in Paris, Akrout grew up between France and England. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before attending Le Cours Florent in Paris for theatre, followed by time at the National Institute in Bucharest. He lives between London, New York and Paris.[1]
Akrout moved to England where he studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Since graduating in 2008, Akrout has been prominent on both the screen and the stage.[2]
He is the grandson of Air Commodore Anthony Norman Davis (14 August 1918 – 1988) a British Royal Air Force officer who served as a pilot during the Second World War.[3]
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Acting career
Akrout is best known for his role as The Dauphin in The Hollow Crown.[4] Other notable roles include Yves D'Allegre in The Borgias,[5] Laurent Debienne in Genius: Picasso, Diego in Killing Eve[6] and Edward Steichen in Rodin directed by Jacques Doillon.[1][7]
Personal life
Akrout is married to journalist Shelby Wilder. The couple provide for charity and had numerous Getty Images taken together in various events.[citation needed]
Filmography
Film
Television
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Art
Akrout has had solo exhibitions at The Hoxton (2015), London; Hotel Café Royal (2015), London.
His work has been included in group exhibitions at Metamatic: The Art Foundation (2016), Athens; The Gallery of African Art (2016), London; Le Carreau du Temple (2018), Paris; The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2018), Berlin.[8][9][10][11]
In 2017, Akrout created the art video Quantum Political Feedback in collaboration with artist, Jakob S. Boeskov.[12] Quantum Political Feedback was in the official selection for Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. The film debuted in Paris (12 April 2018) [13] at Le Carreau du Temple in association with the Pompidou Centre,[14] followed by opening at the festival in Berlin on 21 June 2018 at the venue HKW (Haus der Kulturen der Welt).[15][16]
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Art Shield
In 2013, he travelled to Ukraine to film Bitter Harvest, about the Holodomor. The Revolution of Dignity and the war that followed deeply affected him, inspiring his return in 2022 to found Art Shield, a platform supporting artists from crisis zones, where he now serves as CEO.
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