Corentin Fila (born 28 September 1988) is a French actor.

Life and career

Son of a French specialized teacher and Franco-Congolese director David-Pierre Fila, Corentin obtained a degree in economics at Paris-Descartes while doing modeling. At the age of 23, he was inspired after watching a performance of The Suit, a

Peter Brook Peter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shak ...

play with South African actors, and decided to enter the acting profession. He enrolled at the

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private French drama school in Paris established in 1967 by François Florent. The school is located on three nearby sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Archereau, rue Mathis, and Avenue Jean-Jaurès; fu ...

to study acting in 2012. He landed his first major role in 2016 in the

André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post-French New Wave, New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a se ...

's film ''

Being 17 ''Being 17'' (french: Quand on a 17 ans) is a 2016 French drama film directed by André Téchiné and starring Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila and Sandrine Kiberlain. The script was written by Téchiné in collaboration with Céline Sciamma. ...

''. He was nominated for the

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for Most Promising Actor for his role in the film. He starred in ''

A Paris Education ''A Paris Education'' (french: Mes provinciales) is a 2018 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Andranic Manet as Etienne * Diane Rouxe ...

'' (''Mes provinciales'') 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 the ...

in 2018. In 2019, he appeared in the

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television production, '' Mortel''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fila, Corentin 1988 births Living people French male film actors 21st-century French male actors Male actors from Paris