Stéphane Blancafort (born 6 May 1970) is a French

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Biography

Stéphane Blancafort discovered

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because of his mother and sport because of his father, both of whom were teachers. He was highly engaged in sport, but eventually turned to theatre and, in 1991, joined the ''Conservatoire de Montpellier'', and later the ''Conservatoire de Bordeaux''. In 1996, Blancafort created a theatre company, known as ''Le théâtre du Gaucher'', in Pau,

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. He directed scenes from several pieces, including those of

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, and

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. He has also had a career in

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, in series like ''

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'' and ''Mafiosa'', and in

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with his work in ''Mea Culpa'' and ''Vilaine''.' In 2014, he received a

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on the television series ''

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'' as the character David Canovas, and in 2016 he was cast for the role of Captain Paul Marchal in ''Tandem''. Together, the series have amassed over 5,000,000 television views.

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