Cris Campion (born 1 September 1966) is a French film and television actor, previously known as Thierry Campion. Born in

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, Campion's first leading role came in

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’s ''

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'' (1986).Julia Ain-Krupa, ''Roman Polanski: A Life in Exile'' (2010), p. 118 The next year, he was nominated for a

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for '' Field of Honor''. In ''

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval ''Charlemagne, le prince à cheval'' is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne. A French-Portuguese-Italian-Luxembourgish coproduction, the series was directed by Clive Donner; it was his final project before his death in 2010 ...

'' (1993), he played

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.''CinémAction TV'', Issue 11 (1995), p. 61 Campion married

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in 1993, two years after she had left

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, but they separated after some ten years. Duperey has called Giraudeau “the man of my life” and Campion “the love of my life”.Marine Madelmond, “Anny Duperey: Cris Campion, l’amour de sa vie était son petit fils dans un film”, in Gala, 18 January 2018 (in French)

Appearances

*''Le café'' (1985) *''

'' (1986), as Jean-Baptiste, called Frog *'' Field of Honor'' (1987), as Pierre Naboulet *''Un sketch'' (1987) *''

Beyond Therapy ''Beyond Therapy'' is a 1981 American play written by Christopher Durang. Synopsis This farcical comedy focuses on Prudence and Bruce, two Manhattanites who are seeking stable romantic relationships with the help of their psychiatrists, each of ...

'' (1987), as Andrew *''

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'' (1988), as Terwilliger *''Le Client'' (short film, 1988), as Eric *'' Chillers (Day of Reckoning)'' (1990), as Jean Arnaud *'' Fortune Express'' (1991), as Pascal Perkiss *''

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'' (1992), as Lieutenant Gaston *'' Sup de fric'' (Christian Gion, 1992), as Victor Dargelas *''Ma sœur, mon amour'' (1992), as Gaetan *''Le voyage d'Eva'' (1992), as Laurent *''

'' (television, 1993), as

*'' Fortitude'' (television, 1994), as Pierrot *'' Taxandria'' (1995),

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*'' Navarro'' (television series, 1995 season), as Antoine *''La Femme de la forêt'' (1996), as Bertrand *''

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'' (1997), as Cyril *''Le Bahut'' (television series, 1998 season), as Jérôme *''

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'' (2000), as Vincent *'' Marie Fransson'' (2001), as Atlas *''Méditerranée'' (2001, television), as Marco *''Gaetan et Rachel en toute innocence'' (2002) *'' Leave Your Hands on My Hips'' (2003), as Musician *''

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 ...

'' (television series, 2003 episode “Hors la loi”), as Berteau *''Frank Riva'' (television series, 2004) as Stan *''

The Waves ''The Waves'' is a 1931 novel by English novelist Virginia Woolf. It is critically regarded as her most experimental work, consisting of ambiguous and cryptic soliloquies spoken mainly by six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny an ...

'' (2005) *'' Standing Tall'' (2005, TV) *''Les Hauts plateaux'' (stage play) *''PJ'' (television series, 2006 season), as Jean-Marie *''Greco'' (television, 2007), as Joseph *''

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'' (2007), as Alain *''

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'' (television soap, 2008 season), as Cédric

Notes

External links

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Cris Campion
at bfi.org.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Campion, Cris 1966 births French actors French directors Living people Actors from Versailles Male actors from Île-de-France