Kên Higelin (born 11 February 1972) is a French stage and film actor, theatre director and music video director. After having worked at a young age with theatre director Peter Brook, most notably in ''La Tempête'', a French adaptation of

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

. He is best known for his

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s for Mathieu Boogaerts and

Brigitte Fontaine Brigitte Fontaine (born 24 June 1939) is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereola ...

. He has also played lead role of Fausto Barbarico in the 1993 film '' Fausto'' depicted as a young fashion designer.

Personal life

He is the son of French singer

Jacques Higelin Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (; 18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early life Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian de ...

and of Kuelan Nguyen, and half brother of singers

Arthur H Arthur Higelin (born 27 March 1966), better known under his stage name Arthur H (), is a French singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known in France for his live performances—four of his albums were recorded live. Life and career He is t ...

and

Izïa Higelin Izïa Anna Rosine Higelin (; born 24 September 1990), more commonly known by her stage name Izïa, is a French rock singer, guitarist and actress. Her most recent album, ''La Vitesse'', was released in 2022. Early life Izïa was born in Paris ...

. He is of Vietnamese descent through his mother.

Theatre

*1985: '' Mahâbhârata'', directed by

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 ...

(

Festival d'Avignon The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival (), is an annual arts festival held in the France, French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by ...

) *1991: ''

La Tempête ''La Tempête'' ("the tempest") is a 1982 novel by the French writer René Barjavel. It is set in a near future during a chemically induced world peace, and follows a woman and a man in Paris who must find a future for humanity. The narrative is ...

'' of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, directed by Peter Brook, (

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord The Bouffes du Nord is a theatre at 37 bis, boulevard de la Chapelle, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris located near the Gare du Nord. It has been listed since 1993 as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture. History left, ...

and Festival d'Avignon) *1995: '' L'Histoire tragique de la vie et de la mort du Dr Faustus'' of

Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe ( ; Baptism, baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the English Renaissance theatre, Eli ...

, directed by

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, (

Théâtre de la Ville (; "City Theatre") is one of the two theatres built in the 19th century by Baron Haussmann at Place du Châtelet, Paris, the other being the Théâtre du Châtelet. It is located at 2, place du Châtelet in the 4th arrondissement. Included a ...

)

Filmography

;films *1993: ''Fausto'' as Fausto Barbarico (lead role) ;TV series *1989: ''The Mahabharata'' as deathless boy (TV mini-series) *1995: ''Police des polices'' (TV series - 1 episode - "Vidéo preuves") ;shorts *1993: ''Total!'' *1994: ''Une femme dans l'ennui'' *1998: ''Il suffirait d'un pont''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Higelin, Ken 1972 births Living people French film directors French male stage actors French male film actors French people of Vietnamese descent French people of Belgian descent