Swann Arlaud

Swann Arlaud
Arlaud in 2019
Born (1981-11-30) 30 November 1981 (age 42)[1]
Fontenay-aux-Roses, France[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Children1

Swann Arlaud (born 30 November 1981) is a French actor.[2][3] He has appeared in films such as Romantics Anonymous (2010), Elles (2011), Les Anarchistes (2015), The Wakhan Front (2015), Baden Baden (2016), Valiant Hearts (2021), and Anatomy of a Fall (2023). In 2018, he won the César Award for Best Actor for Bloody Milk (2017). In 2020, he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for By the Grace of God (2019). In 2024, he again won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Anatomy of a Fall (2023).

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.[4][5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

In 2020, Arlaud won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a child sex abuse survivor in By the Grace of God.[8]

In 2023, Arlaud played lawyer Vincent in Justine Triet's legal thriller Anatomy of a Fall, for which he again received the César Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9]

Personal life

Arlaud has a son with French cinematographer Sarah Boutin, with whom he worked in the short film Venerman (2016).[10]

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.[11]

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. [12]

In January 2024, Arlaud signed a petition against actor Gérard Depardieu after he was accused of sexual assault by several women.[13][14]

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—Lumières Award for Best Actor
2017 Gros chagrin Jean (voice) Short film
2019 By the Grace of God Emmanuel Thomassin César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor
2019 The Swallows of Kabul Mohsen animation - voice
2020 Comment je suis devenu super-héros Naja
2021 Valiant Hearts The curator
2022 About Joan Nathan Verra
2023 Anatomy of a Fall Vincent César Award for Best Supporting Actor

As filmmaker

Year Title Notes
2002 Tolérance Zéro Short film
2016 Venerman Short film; co-director[15]
2021 Zorey Short film; director, co-writer[16]

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

References

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  5. ^ Luyssen, Johanna (15 May 2015). "Swan Arlaud, l'homme pas pressé". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ^ "The 2021 Talents Adami - Semaine De La Critique de Cannes". semainedelacritique. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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  9. ^ Barat, Mathilde (23 February 2024). "César 2024: Anatomie d'une chute sacré meilleur film. Le palmarès complet de la 49e cérémonie". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  10. ^ Chauville, Christophe; Ines, Johanna (24 April 2019). "L'année du cygne : rencontre avec Swann Arlaud". Brefcinéma (in French).
  11. ^ Colpaert, Thomas (29 February 2020). "César 2020 : Swann Arlaud apporte son soutien à Adèle Haenel, "évidemment que je comprends"". Télé-Loisirs (in French).
  12. ^ "Israël-Palestine : appel du monde de la culture pour un cessez-le-feu immédiat à Gaza". L'Humanité (in French). 22 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  13. ^ "French cinema split over the case of Gérard Depardieu". Le Monde. 3 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Affaire Depardieu : un nouveau texte signé par plus de 500 artistes s'en prend à la tribune défendant l'acteur" [Depardieu affair: a new text signed by more than 500 artists attacks the forum defending the actor]. Midi Libre (in French). 31 December 2023. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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  16. ^ "Zorey de Swann Arlaud". Unifrance. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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