Aurélien Wiik (born 24 September 1980) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is the son of a Norwegian father and of the French actress Françoise Deldick.

Life and career

Acting career

He made his cinematic acting debut at the age of twelve, playing Antoine in the 1994 film ''Cache cash'', directed by

Claude Pinoteau Claude Pinoteau (; 25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France (region), Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87. (in French) ...

. In 1997, he played "Pierrot" in

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's film ''Soleil'', starring

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Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student a ...

and

Marianne Sägebrecht Marianne Sägebrecht (; born 27 August 1945) is a German film actress. Her background included stints as a medical lab assistant and magazine assistant editor before she found her calling in show business. Claiming to be inspired by Bavaria's ma ...

. In 2004, he played Jean Lupin in ''

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'', starring

Romain Duris Romain Duris (; born 28 May 1974) is a French actor. He is best known for his role in Cédric Klapisch's ''Spanish Apartment'' trilogy, which consists of '' L'Auberge Espagnole'' (2002), '' Russian Dolls'' (2005), and '' Chinese Puzzle'' (2013) ...

and

Kristin Scott Thomas Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994) and the Olivi ...

. In 2005, he appeared in four films, including: '' À travers la forêt'', directed by

Jean-Paul Civeyrac Jean-Paul Civeyrac (born 24 December 1964) is a French director whose films are usually characterized by close attention to music and actors' bodies. He has adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, ''Hymnes à l'amour'', with the title '' All th ...

, and ''Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte'', directed by

Philippe Harel Philippe Harel (born 22 December 1956) is a French film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors ...

. In 2006, he was in ''Sans Elle'', directed by

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Directing career

He made his directorial debut in 2005 with ''Rue des vertus''.

Theatre

Wiik's debut stage role was in a 1994 production of Henri de Montherlant's play '' La Ville dont le prince est un enfant'' (as the boy Serge Souplier), at the

Théâtre Hébertot Théâtre Hébertot () is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The theatre was completed in 1838 and opened as the Théâtre des Batignolles. It was later renamed Théâtre des Arts ...

in Paris. In 2003 he was the student Loïc in the popular comedy ''Les Amazones'' by Jean-Marie Chevret which had a long run at the

Théâtre Rive Gauche The Théâtre Rive Gauche () is a theatre in Paris in France located at 6, rue de la Gaîté in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It is owned by the Edgar Entertainment Society, which also owns the Edgar Café and the Edgar Theatre located at 58 ...

in Paris (and also filmed for television), and in 2005 and 2007 he took the title role in the second and third revivals of ''L'Autre'' by

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staged at the

Théâtre des Mathurins The théâtre des Mathurins (), also called Les Mathurins, is a Parisian theatre located at 36, rue des Mathurins, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was established in 1897. Directions * 1898–1901: Marguerite Deval * 1901–1908: Ju ...

, Paris. Then in 2013 he was in the premiere of ''Mensonges d'états'' about

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by Xavier Daugreilh, and in a 2018 revival of ''La Conversation'' (as

Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

) by Jean d'Ormesson directed by Alain Sachs.Aurelien Wiik page at the Les Archives du Spectacle site
accessed 31 October 2022.

Partial filmography

*1993: ''Arène'' (Short, director: Nicolas Cuche) *1994: ''Cache cash'' (director:

) - Antoine *1997: ''Soleil'' (director:

) - Pierrot *1999: ''Belle Maman'' (director: Gabriel Aghion) *1999: ''Sous-sols'' (Short, director: Jérôme Le Maire) - Ben *2000: ''

In extremis ''In extremis'' is a Latin phrase meaning "in the farthest reaches" or "at the point of death." In extremis or extremis may also refer to: * ''Extremis'' (2005–2006), a six-issue story arc from the Marvel Comics series ''Iron Man'' (vol. 4), p ...

'' (director: Étienne Faure), Vincent *2000: ''Carla'' (Short, director: Dramane Sangare) - le chauffeur *2001: ''

Chaos Chaos or CHAOS may refer to: Science, technology, and astronomy * '' Chaos: Making a New Science'', a 1987 book by James Gleick * Chaos (company), a Bulgarian rendering and simulation software company * ''Chaos'' (genus), a genus of amoebae * ...

'' (director:

Coline Serreau Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French people, French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris,

) - Fabrice *2002: ''La Bande du drugstore'' (director: François Armanet) - Marc Bensoussan *2002: ''Les frères Hélias'' (Short, director: Frédy Busso) - Nico *2002: '' Parlez-moi d'amour'' (director:

Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...

) - William *2002: ''A l'abri des regards indiscrets'' (Short) - the playboy #2 *2003: ''Sem Ela'' (director: Anna da Palma) - Johnny Vieira (French ''Sans elle...'') *2004: ''Ce qu'ils imaginent'' (director: Anne Théron) - Santiago *2004: ''Tout le plaisir est pour moi'' (director: Isabelle Broué) - Raoul *2004: ''

'' (director:

Jean-Paul Salomé Jean-Paul Salomé (; born 14 September 1960) is a French director and screenwriter. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salome, Jean-Paul 1960 births Living people Film directors from Paris French male screenw ...

) - Jean Lupin *2004: ''Amazon Forever'' (director: Jean-Pierre Dutilleux) - Nicolas *2005: ''Tu vas rire mais je te quitte'' (director:

) - Thierry *2005: ''Au petit matin'' (Short, director:

Xavier Gens Xavier Gens (; born on ) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Career Gens directed three short films in his native language, ''BTK – Born to Kast'' (2000), ''Au petit matin'' (2005) and ''Sable noir'' (2006), before being hire ...

) *2005: '' À travers la forêt'' (director:

) - Renaud / Hippolyte *2007: ''Mise à nu'' (director: Jérémy Halkin) *2007: ''

Frontière(s) ''Frontier(s)'' () is a 2007 French-Swiss independent horror film written and directed by Xavier Gens in his feature length debut and stars Karina Testa, Aurélien Wiik, Estelle Lefébure, and Samuel Le Bihan. It follows a group of young cri ...

'' (director:

) - Alex *2008: ''La tangente'' (Short, director: Vincent Vesco) - Lui *2008: '' Secret défense'' (director: Philippe Haim) - Jérémy *2008: '' A Man and His Dog'' (director: Francis Huster) - Leïla's colleague *2009: ''Des illusions'' (director: Etienne Faure) - Florent *2010: '' Djinns'' (directors: Hugues Martin and Sandra Martin) - Vincent *2010: ''

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'' (director: Sofia Coppola) - French Guy *2014: ''The Vineyard'' (director: James Katz) - Etiene *2014: ''Blood Sugar Baby'' (director: Igal Weitzman) - Mirko *2015: '' Our Futures'' (director:

Rémi Bezançon Rémi Bezançon (born 25 March 1971) is a French director and screenwriter. References External links * 1971 births Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters Film directors from Paris French-language film di ...

) - Vincent *2018: ''L'incroyable histoire du facteur Cheval'' (director: Nils Tavernier) - Benjamin Lecoeur

Television

He has as many television as film credits to his name. In 2000, he appeared in the first episode of ''Scénarios sur la drogue''. In 1996, he was in the second episode of Season 5 for ''

Julie Lescaut ''Julie Lescaut'' is a French police television series created by Alexis Lecaye. It was broadcast from 1992 to 2014 on TF1 (France), La Une-RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland). It details the investigations of Police Superintendent Julie Lesca ...

''. In 1995, he played thirteen-year-old Benjamin in Season 1 of ''

La Rivière Espérance ''La Rivière Espérance'' is a French TV series, 9 episodes of 90 minutes each, directed by Josée Dayan based on the novel by Christian Signol and shown in 1995 on France 2. Synopsis 1832, Périgord : Benjamin and Marie are two childhood friends ...

''. *1995: ''

'' (director: Josée Dayan) - Benjamin à 13 ans *1996: ''Les Feux de la Saint-Jean'' (director: François Luciani) *1999: ''Tombé du nid'' (TV Movie, director:

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar (1967 film), Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ...

) - Max *2000: ''

Scénarios sur la drogue ''Drug Scenes'' (original French title ''Scénarios sur la drogue'', also titled ''Drugs!'') is an omnibus film (2000) of 24 France, French short films depicting drug abuse. Varying in length from three to seven minutes, they showed in movie theate ...

'' (Episode 1, directed by Simon Leloouche) - L'adolescent *2005: ''

Les Rois maudits ''The Accursed Kings'' ( ) is a series of seven historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice for television in ...

'' (miniseries) -

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*2008-2009: ''Myster Mocky présente'' (Season 2:2, Season 3:1, director:

) *2019: '' Le Bazar de la Charité'' (TV Series, director: Alexandre Laurent) - Jean Rivière

References

External links

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Life and career

Acting career

Directing career

Theatre

Partial filmography

Television

Further reading

References

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