Arnaud Valois (born 29 February 1984) is a French actor who was born in Lyon. He began his career in 2006. He played the protagonist Nathan, in the 2017 film BPM (Beats per Minute) (120 battements par minute).[1]

Career

Valois ceased studies at law school[2] and began to study acting at the Cours Florent drama school for two years.[3] After a series of rejections as an actor, Valois left France and studied massage at Wat Pho in Bangkok[2] and worked as a massage therapist in Thailand for six years. He returned to Paris to open a massage studio. He was invited to act in 120 BPM after Robin Campillo read his Facebook profile.[4][5][6]

In 2017, with the international release of 120 BPM, the film's campaign for the 2018 Oscars nominations, and his ability to speak English, he became known internationally.[7][8] Vanity Fair ranked him as the eleventh most influential French person in the world in 2017.[9]

Personal life

Valois is gay.[10]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes
2004 Plutôt d'accord The mute Christophe & Stephane Botti Short
2006 Charlie Says Adrien Nicole Garcia
2007 L'application des peines Hugo Cyprien Vial Short
2008 A French Gigolo Sylvain Josiane Balasko
2009 The Girl on the Train Gabi André Téchiné
2011 Eyes Find Eyes Thomas Jean-Manuel Fernandez
Sean Price Williams
2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) Nathan Robin Campillo Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation
Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor
Nominated - International Cinephile Society - Best Supporting Actor
2018 Le ciel est clair Jérémy Marie Rosselet-Ruiz Short
Étienne Daho - L'Etincelle The man Romain Winkler Music video
2019 Sweetheart Mehdi Lisa Azuelos
Paradise Hills Son Alice Waddington
2020 My Best Part Albert Nicolas Maury
2021 Si demain Alex Fabienne Godet
Spring Blossom Raphaël Frei Suzanne Lindon
2022 Méduse Guillaume Sophie Lévy
2023 Good Grief Theo Dan Levy

Television

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes
2020 Moloch Tom Arnaud Malherbe TV mini-series
2023 LT-21 Gabriel Lemazec Melisa Godet TV mini-series
2024 Becoming Karl Lagerfeld Yves Saint Laurent Jérôme Salle
Audrey Estrougo 		TV mini-series
2025 The Morning Show TBA TV series

Filmmaker

Year Title Notes
2021 Le nouveau moi Short

Theater

Year Title Author Director
2020 Jardin d’hiver Laurence Tardieu Richard Brunel
2020-22 The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen Sandra Gaudin

References

  1. ^ "120 battements par minute domine les nominations des Prix Lumières 2017 » Le Blog d'Ecran Noir". ecrannoir.fr. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018. With 6 nominations, 120 beats per minute dominates the 23rd International Press Awards
  2. ^ a b Arnaud Valois the Rebirth - Crash magazine accessed 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ John-Paul Pryor (19 October 2017). "Interview: Arnaud Valois; Port meets the reluctant actor whose understated talent owes as much to a passion for holistic therapy as it does to stage school". Port Magazine.
  4. ^ Tom Ellen. "Meet Arnaud Valois, the 120 Beats per Minute star who was discovered over Facebook". The Standard.
  5. ^ Ethan Sapienza (20 October 2017). "Arnaud Valois went from masseuse to star of French AIDS drama BPM". Interview Magazine.
  6. ^ Matthew Schneier (26 June 2017). "He Wanted to Give Massages, but the Movies Called Him Back". New York Times.
  7. ^ "Arnaud Valois Back to Acting After Quitting to Give Massages". The Last Magazine. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Il cast di 120 Battiti al Minuto: la rivelazione Arnaud Valois e gli altri attivisti contro l'HIV - Gay.it". gay.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Les jeunes Français les plus influents selon Vanity Fair". Les Echos Start (in French). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  10. ^ "'Believe in LGBTQ equality? Then you must join the fight against climate change'". 23 August 2019.
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