Pierre-Benoist Varoclier (born 30 April 1983 in

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) is a French actor, theatre director, writer and producer. Former chess champion and financial consultant, he made his film debut as a child in

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's '' The Ogre'' (1996).

Biography

Varoclier first studied

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

and

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

business school A business school is a higher education institution or professional school that teaches courses leading to degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, s ...

, at

École Normale Supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

, at

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, and at

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. He began his career as an auditor in a large American firm, but chose not to pursue this career path. Consequently, he trained as an actor at the

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(LAMDA, Class of 2008) and at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique The Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (; "National Academy of Dramatic Arts"; abbr. CNSAD) is France's national drama academy, located in Paris and a constituent college of University PSL. It is a higher education institution r ...

(CNSAD, Class of 2009) in Paris. Varoclier was elected in 2012 at the

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Chess champion

Former junior chess champion, Varoclier started competing at the age of 8, as a young prodigy, often winning over experienced adult players. He won inter-club tournaments, then junior tournaments in parisian districts (in 1991 and 1992), as well as two junior titles in Brussels (in 1993) and in Prague (in 1994). He belongs to the generation of future French international grandmaster

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: hence, he faced him 4 times, winning only once though. He stopped competing at the end of 1994, age 11, the year of his best Elo ranking (2179), ranked 173rd worldwide at the time.

Selected filmography

* '' The Ogre'', directed by

(1996) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2006) * '' Tell No One'', directed by

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(2006) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2012) * '' Little White Lies'', directed by

(2012) * '' French Blood'', directed by Diastème (2015) * ''Le Petit Cyrano'', directed by Thibault Mombellet (2013) * ''Les Cardinaux'', directed by Ambarish Manepalli (2013) * '' My Golden Days'', directed by

Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin (; born 31 October 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''My Golden Days'' (2015). He has also written and directed the films ''The Sentinel (1992 film), The Sen ...

(2015) * ''

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'', directed by

(2017) * '' The Chalet'', directed by Camille Bordes-Resnais (2018) * '' Alice and the Mayor'', directed by Nicolas Pariser (2019) * ''Claire Andrieux'', directed by Olivier Jahan (2020)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varoclier, Pierre-Benoist 1983 births French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Living people