Jean-Hugues Anglade is a French actor, film director, and screenwriter, known for his roles as Eric in '' Killing Zoe'', Zorg in '' Betty Blue'' and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita in '' Nikita''.

Early life

Jean-Hugues Anglade was born in Thouars,

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, Poitou-Charentes, France. His father was a veterinary surgeon and his mother was a social worker. He entered the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris (class of 1980), where he attended classes with Antoine Vitez. This allowed him, in particular, to make his first appearance on television in 1980 in an adaptation by Michel Favart of ''La Peau de chagrin'' by Honoré de Balzac.

Career

Anglade has acted in many films, TV series and on stage. He plays a major role in the

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2022 French TV series '' Visions'', which premiered at Canneseries that year. The series, directed by directed by Akim Isker, also stars

Louane Emera Anne Edwige Maria Peichert (; born 26 November 1996), known by her stage name Louane Emera () or simply Louane, is a French singer and actress. In France she became known for being a semi-finalist in the The Voice: la plus belle voix (season 2), ...

Soufiane Guerrab Soufiane Guerrab is a French actor best known to international audiences for his role as police detective Youssef Guédira in the Netflix crime thriller series ''Lupin''. Early life Born to a Moroccan father and a mother of Italian and German d ...

, and Julien Boisselier.

Personal life

On the 21st of August 2015, Anglade was a passenger on board the Paris-bound

Thalys Thalys (French: ) was a brand name used for high-speed rail, high-speed train services between Paris Gare du Nord and both Amsterdam Centraal and German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Aachen, Köln Hauptbahnhof, Cologne, Düsseldorf Hauptba ...

train that suffered an attempted attack. However, the assailant was subdued by other passengers. The event resulted in injuries to four passengers, including Anglade. He cut his hand while breaking the glass on the emergency alarm.

Theatre

Filmography

References

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