Éric Elmosnino (born 2 May 1964) is a French actor and musician. He is known internationally for portraying Serge Gainsbourg in '' Gainsbourg'', for which he won the

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. He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. After leaving the Conservatory, he worked at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers with Jean-Pierre Vincent. In 1992 he played Christian Ribet, a friend of Guillaume de Tonquédec, in the film '' Tableau d'honneur'' (Honour Roll) by Charles Nemes. In 2006, he played in the theater as Edward Bond, directed by Alain Francon, at the Avignon Festival and the Théâtre de la Colline in Paris. In January 2008, he performed in a show at the Theatre Antoine in Paris for

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's ''

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''.

Early life

Elmosnino was born in the

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suburbs to a Sephardic Jewish ( Moroccan-Jewish) father who was an industrial designer at Thomson CSF, and to an Alsatian mother who left EDF to raise her children.L’adolescent Eric Elmosnino et sa deuxième vie
La Croix, 26 décembre 2014

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

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