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François Landriault-Barbeau (born July 5, 1985),[1][2] known professionally as François Arnaud, is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for his work as Cesare Borgia on Showtime's period drama series The Borgias, Manfred Bernardo on NBC's Midnight, Texas, and Tommy Castelli on UnReal.

François Arnaud
François Arnaud in 2018
Born	François Landriault-Barbeau (1985-07-05) July 5, 1985 (age 37) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

Early life

Arnaud was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. The first play he saw was 'Curano' at age nine. He was so inspired that he went home and tried to learn the monologues.[3] He auditioned for drama school with a play called 'The Bull' written by a Canadian.[3] In 2007, Arnaud trained at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montreal.[4]

Career

Arnaud started his career in his home country by landing a role in a comedy series called Taxi 0-22 and guest starring in several other Canadian shows.[5] He also starred as Antonin Rimbaud in the French-Canadian film I Killed My Mother,[6] directed by Xavier Dolan. Arnaud received a VFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film for the role,[7] and credits this with getting an agent in Hollywood which helped him audition for bigger parts.[8]

Arnaud became known for his performance as Cesare Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias which filmed in Hungary.[4][9]

He portrayed Oscar in the NBC drama series Blindspot.[10] He also starred in Midnight, Texas[11] portraying the role of a troubled psychic, Manfred Bernardo from 2017 to 2018. The show filmed in Albuquerque and Arnaud enjoyed exploring the mountains and waterfalls near by during his five months there.[12]

In 2016, Arnaud filmed Permission in New York City. Later, Arnaud filmed sci-fi thriller Origami, a French-Canadian movie that was shot in his home town of Montreal. The movie was so physically and psychologically exhausting for Arnaud that he couldn't work for a month so took respite in a cabin in the woods.[12]

In 2017, Arnaud filmed indie film, She's in Portland with Tommy Dewey that was released in 2020.[12]

Arnaud featured in an episode of Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning show, Schitt's Creek as Sebastien Raine, David's ex-boyfriend and photographer.[13]

In 2019, the movie Rapid Eye Movement was released which saw Arnaud playing a radio DJ whose ratings are falling so he plays a stunt by going without sleep to break a world record. Arnaud shot this in Times Square in a glass booth where he interacted with passersby.[14] Also in 2019, Arnaud started shooting a psychological thriller called 'Home' about a young couple dealing with raising a newborn. He plays opposite Emily Hampshire, whom he met while working on Schitt's Creek, and cast because Emily would only accept her role if Arnaud would be allowed to play her husband.[14]

Arnaud portrayed Dan Moody in The Moodys over two seasons until its cancellation in 2021.[15]

Personal life

On 20 September 2020, Arnaud came out as bisexual on his Instagram.[16] Arnaud has previously dated Holliday Grainger, Evelyne Brochu and Sarah Gadon.[17]

Arnaud confesses to being a complete skeptical atheist that doesn't believe in the supernatural, but still doesn't want it to get close to him. He regularly experiences sleep paralysis.[12] He has a tattoo of a house on his back which is based on a drawing by Egon Schiele from 1912 called House with Bell Tower.[12]

Arnaud enjoys reading Sally Rooney novels such as Normal People and Conversations with Friends because they have the best ending sentences.[14]

E.T. is a childhood favourite of Arnaud's and he estimates he has seen it over four hundred times.[3]

Arnaud can speak English, French and learnt Spanish in high school. He travelled to Latin America and had a Chilean girlfriend that helped him get a good handle of the Spanish language, he didn't use the language for a decade before working on The Borgias which required it.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)	Antonin Rimbaud
2009	Heat Wave (Les Grandes chaleurs)	Yannick Ménard
2013	Copperhead	Warner Pitts
2013	Moroccan Gigolos	Nicholas
2014	Amapola	Luke
2014	Big Sky	Clete
2015	Caesar	Mark Antony
2015	The Girl King	Karl Gustav Kasimir
2015	Rabid Dogs (Enragés)	Vincent
2016	The Man Who Was Thursday	Gabriel Syme
2016	Jean of the Joneses	Jeremiah Rosen
2016	The People Garden	Jamie
2017	Permission	Dane
2017	Origami	David
2018	Rapid Eye Movement	Rick Weider
2020	She's in Portland	Luke
2020	Paint	Conner Fontaine
2020	Esther's Choice	Michael	Short
2021	Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur)	Nicolas
2022	Norbourg	Vincent Lacroix
2022	Marlowe	Nico Peterson	Post-production
TBA	Home	Jared	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	C.A.	Serveur resto Maude	Episode: "Réseau rencontre"
2008	Taxi 0-22	Marc-André	3 episodes
2008	The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall	Stefan	Television film
2009–2010	Yamaska	Théo Carpentier	15 episodes
2011–2013	The Borgias	Cesare Borgia	29 episodes (Main role)
2014	Apocalypse: World War I	Narrator	5 episodes
2015–2016	X Company	Rene Villiers	4 episodes
2015–2016, 2020	Blindspot	Oscar	18 episodes
2017	Schitt's Creek	Sebastien Raine	Episode: "Sebastien Raine"
2017	High School Lover	Christian Booth	Television film
2017–2018	Midnight, Texas	Manfred Bernardo	Main role
2018	UnREAL	Tommy Castelli	8 episodes
2019–2021	The Moodys	Dan Moody	Main role
2022	Surface	Harrison	Main role

References

External links

• François Arnaud at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] François Arnaud (Schauspieler)

François Arnaud (* 5. Juli 1985 in Montreal, Québec) ist ein frankokanadischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] François Arnaud (actor)

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[ru] Арно, Франсуа

Франсуа́ Арно́ (фр. François Arnaud, урожд. Франсуа́ Барбо́ (фр. François Barbeau), род. 5 июля 1985, Монреаль) — франкоканадский актёр, получивший известность благодаря ролям Антонина Рембо в фильме «Я убил свою маму» и Чезаре Борджиа в телесериале «Борджиа».

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