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Arnaud Binard (born 18 January 1971 in
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
) is a French actor and producer mainly known for his roles in many romantic or detective television hit-series broadcast throughout the French-speaking world such as ''Sous Le Soleil'' (1998–1999),
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's ''Groupe Flag'' (2002–2004),
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's ''Alice Nevers: The judge is a woman'' (2002–2007),
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's ''Empreintes criminelles'' (2011), ''Chérif'' (2015-2017) or
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's ''Agathe Koltès'' (2016–2019). His feature films include
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's ''Leïla'' (2001) or the erotic dramas ''Grande École'' (2004) based on Jean-Marie Besset's ''The Best of Schools'' or
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's '' À l'aventure'' (2009). Within the
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, Binnard appeared in
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's ''Guidestones'', ABC's ''
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'' and plays Laurent in ''
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''.


Early life

Binard grew up in the
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of Seignosse-le-Penon where his parents, sports teachers, managed the old public seawater pools. Passionate about
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, he declared:
''“As a teenager, the waves were an obsession. I dreamt of it every night. I saw surfers in my village as living gods. My parents had taught me very early on how to swim into the waves, but my father refused to see me practicing this 'smoky backpacker sport'. He eventually gave in, but we had already moved to
Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne (, ) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.Sud-Ouest, July 2017.


Education

At Marmande High School, Binard volunteered to form a
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responding to the
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teacher's request to try to "conjure isgreat shyness". He started in the theater at the age of fourteen and for several years explored different facets of acting: "the pleasure of acting never left me." He continued his theatrical journey in
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, where he also began studying to become a
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teacher. From the classical repertoire to
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via
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, he extended his career by moving to
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in 1996 to take the Jean Darnel course at the
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and began his career on stage in the mid-1980s.


Career

He has been working for several years for television (''Le Dernier Seigneur des Balkans'', ''Alice Nevers'', ''Le Ciel sur la tête'', ''Empreintes criminelles''...) and cinema ('' À l'aventure'', '' ID:A''). In 2014, he portrayed the character of Brooklyn Cott on series '' Guidestones'' (season 2). In Novembre 2014, he founded broadcasting production company Atelier K-plan which is based in
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
. Since 2016, he plays the role of Captain Fontaine on TV Series '' Agathe Koltès'' (
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).


Filmography


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Binard, Arnaud 1971 births Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Male actors from Bordeaux Mass media people from Bordeaux French male film actors French male television actors