Marc Ruchmann (born 27 January 1981 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French actor, director and musician.

Biography

Ruchmann is of Alsatian Jewish and ''

Pied-Noir The ''Pieds-Noirs'' (; ; ''Pied-Noir''), are the people of French and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of French rule from 1830 to 1962; the vast majority of whom departed for mainland France as soon as Algeri ...

''-Italian descent. Ruchmann trained at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

between 1998 and 2000. He continued with classes at

Théâtre national de Chaillot The Théâtre National de Chaillot (English: Chaillot National Theatre) is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Th� ...

. He was given his first feature film role in

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's '' 5x2''.Marc Ruchmann
Festival de Cabourg. Retrieved 25 December 2018 In 2009 he appeared in the

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French-Israeli mini-series, ''Revivre'' about the founding of the State of Israel following the

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. In the same year he appeared alongside the late

Ronit Elkabetz Ronit Elkabetz ( he, רונית אלקבץ; 27 November 1964 – 19 April 2016) was an Israeli actress, screenwriter and film director. She worked in both Israeli and French cinema. She won three Ophir Awards and received a total of seven nomin ...

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's directorial debut, '' Ashes and Blood''. He also acted alongside Hollywood actresses

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and

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in '' The Tourist'' (2010) and ''

Largo Winch II ''Largo Winch II'' (released internationally as ''The Burma Conspiracy'') is a 2011 French action thriller film based on the Belgian comic book '' Largo Winch''. It was released in France and Belgium on 16 February 2011. It is the sequel to the 20 ...

'' (2011) respectively. In 2015 he directed the short film, ''Who Am I After Your Exile in Me?'' about a love affair between an Israeli Jewish woman and a

Palestinian Arab Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

Muslim man. In 2016 he appeared in ''

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'' as the hate-crime victim,

Ilan Halimi The murder of Ilan Halimi ( he, אילן חלימי) was the kidnapping, torture, and murder of a young Frenchman of Moroccan Jewish ancestry in France in 2006. Halimi was kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a group calling itself the Gang of Barbar ...

. Halimi's murder was described by ''

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'' as "the most brutal attack on a European Jew since WW2." In 2017 he appeared in the

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series, '' The Chalet'' and is currently appearing in a new Netflix project, The Hook Up Plan where he plays a male escort. As a singer he performs under the pseudonym Markus. He has also appeared as an actor in music videos for other artists. Appearing in "Orders and Degrees" by

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and "Club 27" by Les Fils du Calvaire.Les Fils du Calvaire – CLUB 27 (Clip Officiel)
YouTube. 2 November 2017

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruchmann, Marc 1981 births Living people Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male television actors French people of Italian descent French people of Jewish descent French people of Algerian descent Pieds-Noirs 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Male actors of Algerian descent