Nicolas Duvauchelle

Nicolas Duvauchelle (2012)

Nicolas Duvauchelle (born March 27, 1980 in Paris ) is a French actor and model .

biography

Discovery and first film roles

Nicolas Duvauchelle was born in the French capital Paris in 1980. Duvauchelle had originally planned to gain a foothold in the pharmaceutical industry by studying until he was discovered in a boxing club in Paris. The charismatic actor with the smooth facial features, the rough voice and the almost completely tattooed right arm then attended a few auditions. In 1999, the French director Erick Zonca noticed the young actor and gave him the leading role in his film The Little Thief . In the drama, Duvauchelle plays young Esse, a country man who moves to town to find a job, but drifts into crime as a thief. This was followed by the collaboration with the director Claire Denis , who Duvauchelle used in two of her films. While the actor still acted in a supporting role in the award-winning drama The Foreign Legionnaire , a larger part followed in 2001 in Denis' controversial thriller Trouble Every Day , in which he embodied the object of desire for Béatrice Dalle .

Success with It burns inside of me

Duvauchelle, an admirer of the Japanese director Takeshi Kitano , subsequently played in films in which his physical endurance was the main focus, such as the leading role of the snowboarder Gaspard in Olias Barco's sports drama Snowboarder or that of the self-destructive Antoine who seeks success as a boxer , in Jean-Pierre Améris ' Poids léger (2004). Before Poids léger he acted in Xavier Giannoli's film Es brennt in mir in 2003 , which gave him his breakthrough as an actor in France. In the drama, which is based on a novel by Christian de Montella , Duvauchelle plays the taciturn law student Paul, who enters into a love triangle with his cancer-stricken girlfriend Charlotte (played by Laura Smet ) and her cousin. Critics praised his game and Duvauchelle was nominated for Best Young Actor in 2004 for the César , the most important French film award .

Image as a rebel

Duvauchelle in 2006

The fan of the French football club Paris Saint-Germain is now one of the most talented young actors in France. Due to his choice of roles and his rebellious nature, Duvauchelle was able to establish himself as a young rebel in French cinema, which was not least supported by advertising campaigns with him by Levi Strauss & Co. and Hugo Boss . In 2005 the actor worked again with Xavier Giannoli on his romantic film Une aventure , in which Ludivine Sagnier was his film partner. In the same year was followed by Bruno Chiches Hell alongside Sara Forestier , a big screen adaptation of the popular novel by Lolita Pille , and the film Les poils du pinceau . In 2006, Nicolas Duvauchelle starred alongside Jean-Baptiste Maunier in the drama Le grand Meaulnes , a film adaptation of Alain-Fournier's only novel The Great Meaulnes . Two years later he was seen in Alain Courneau's crime film Le deuxième souffle (2007), a remake of Jean-Pierre Melville 's Second Breath (1966), alongside Daniel Auteuil and Monica Bellucci , while he was in Philippe Haïm's thriller that same year Secret défense took on the role of a drug dealer falsely suspected of having terrorist links.

In 2009, Duvauchelle appeared in Olivier Marchal's hit television series Braquo , in which he and Jean-Hugues Anglade portray a criminal investigator who decided to avenge the unjust conviction and suicide of their boss. In the same year he played the son of Isabelle Huppert in Claire Denis ' award-winning Africa drama White Material , who goes mad. In 2012, his portrayal of the contentious police officer Mathieu in Maïwenns Poliezei earned him another César nomination. The film depicts the everyday life of the youth protection police in Paris.

Nicolas Duvauchelle was in a relationship with fellow actress Ludivine Sagnier , whom he met in 2002 while filming the short film Les frères Hélias . The connection resulted in a daughter (* 2005). In 2012 he had another daughter with Laura Isaaz.

Filmography

• 1999: The Little Thief (Le petit voleur)
• 1999: The Foreign Legionnaire (Beau travail)
• 2000: You poil sous les roses
• 2001: Ligne 208
• 2001: Trouble Every Day
• 2002: Les frères Hélias (short film)
• 2003: Snowboarder
• 2003: It burns inside me (Les corps impatients)
• 2004: Here and now (À tout de suite)
• 2004: Poids léger
• 2005: I am not allowed to sleep (Une aventure)
• 2005: Hell
• 2006: Pious Lie (Avril)
• 2006: Le grand Meaulnes
• 2007: À l'intérieur
• 2007: Le deuxième souffle
• 2008: Recruits of Death (Secret défense)
• 2008: Rien dans les poches (TV)
• 2009: La fille du RER
• 2009: Caution Longing (Les herbes folles)
• 2009: White Material
• 2009-2015: Braquo (TV series, two seasons)
• 2010: A summer on the Seine (La blonde aux seins nus)
• 2010: Quartett D'Amour - Love Whoever You Want (Happy Few)
• 2011: stretch
• 2011: Who Killed Marilyn? (Poupoupidou) (voice)
• 2011: Les yeux de sa mère
• 2011: La fille du puisatier
• 2011: Poliezei (Polisse)
• 2012: Say that you love me (Parlez-moi de vous)
• 2012: Mariage à Mendoza
• 2012: Comme des frères
• 2013: Pour une femme
• 2014: Maintenant ou jamais
• 2014: bodybuilder
• 2015: Le combat ordinaire
• 2015: Je ne suis pas un salaud
• 2015: The Endless River
• 2015: Malaterra (TV series)
• 2016: Restless, Renée (Orpheline)
• 2016: Dalida
• 2017: My beautiful inner sun (Un beau soleil intérieur)
• 2017: Wedding without a plan (Jour J)
• 2019: I am selling your home (La forêt d'argent)

Awards

• 2004: César nomination for Best Young Actor for It burns in me
• 2012: César nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Poliezei
• 2017: César nomination for Best Actor for Je ne suis pas un salaud

Web links

Commons : Nicolas Duvauchelle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nicolas Duvauchelle in the Internet Movie Database (English)