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Swann Arlaud
French actor (born 1981) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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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]
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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
As filmmaker
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Theatre
References
External links
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