Swann Arlaud (born 25 March 1981) is a French actor. He has appeared in films such as Romantics Anonymous (2010), Elles (2011), Les Anarchistes (2015), The Wakhan Front (2015), Baden Baden (2016), Bloody Milk (2017), By the Grace of God (2019), Valiant Hearts (2021), and Anatomy of a Fall (2023). Arlaud has won three César Awards. He won the César Award for Best Actor for Bloody Milk in 2018, and the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for both By the Grace of God in 2020 and for Anatomy of a Fall in 2024.

Early life Arlaud's parents are production designer Yan Arlaud and actress and casting director Tatiana Vialle. His grandparents are actor Max Vialle and singer-songwriter Sonia Laroze. Arlaud has two younger half siblings, Tobias and Galathée Nuytten. He was named after the character Charles Swann, from Marcel Proust's novel In Search Of Lost Time.

Career

Arlaud began his acting career as a child when he was cast in a play directed by his mother. Arlaud didn't consider himself an actor at first, auditioning for television roles to earn money.

Arlaud debuted as a director with the short films Venerman (2016) and Zorey (2021), both co-written with his mother Tatiana Vialle, the latter premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2018, Arlaud won the César Award for Best Actor for his role of Pierre in Bloody Milk. He also wore a white ribbon in support of the MeToo movement at the ceremony.

In 2020, Arlaud won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a child sex abuse survivor in By the Grace of God.

In 2023, Arlaud played lawyer Vincent in Justine Triet's legal thriller Anatomy of a Fall, for which he won another César Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In June 2024, Arlaud was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Personal life Arlaud has a son, Solal, with French cinematographer Sarah Boutin, with whom he worked in the short film Venerman (2016). His name comes from the novel Belle du Seigneur.

In February 2020, Arlaud supported actress Adèle Haenel's gesture of leaving the ceremony of the 2020 César Awards after Roman Polanski won the award for Best Director.

In October 2023, alongside other French artists like directors Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Céline Sciamma and actress Adèle Haenel, Arlaud signed an open letter published in the newspaper l'Humanité demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid. Alongside Anatomy of a Fall co-star Milo Machado-Graner, Arlaud wore a pin with the Palestinian flag in support of the Palestinian people at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on 10 March 2024.

In January 2024, in the context of sexual assault accusations against actor Gérard Depardieu, Arlaud signed a petition expressing support for the victims.

In June 2024, Arlaud signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine.

Filmography As actor Year Title Role Notes 1987 Jeux d'artifices 1992 La Révolte des enfants Lucien 1994 Bête de scène Short film 2004 PJ Luc TV series 2005 D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires A musketeer Telefilm 2005 Les Monos Double L TV series 2005 Groupe flag The student TV series 2005 Les Âmes grises A soldier 2005 L'Ordre du temple solaire Patrick Vuarnet Telefilm 2006 Le Temps des porte-plumes Étienne 2006 Les Aristos A good looking man 2006 Femmes de loi Jérôme Caubert TV series 2007 PJ Pierrick TV series 2007 ReportersMonteur de Thomas TV series 2007 Sur le filFabrice Andréani TV series 2008 Paris enquêtes criminellesRémi Royer TV series 2008 A Simple HeartPaul Aubain 2008 SpiralSteph TV series 2008 Central NuitLudo Fortin TV series 2009 Extase Hugo 2009 RéfractaireAdy 2009 La Femme invisibleThe trainee researcher 2009 Le Bel ÂgeFrançois 2009 Nicolas Le FlochJean Galaine TV series 2009 The Last Flight Duclos 2010 Le Repenti Jérémie Telefilm 2010 The Round Up Weismann 2010 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec The Élysée crier 2010 Belle Épine Jean-Pierre 2010 Black Heaven Dragon 2010 Les Bleus Vincent Mora TV series 2010 Contes et nouvelles du XIXe siècleThe young merchantTV series 2010 Romantics AnonymousAntoine 2011 FaceThe deserterShort film 2011 Alexis Ivanovitch vous êtes mon hérosAlex Short film 2011 XanaduLapo Valadine TV series 2011 EllesA young client 2011 Ne nous soumets pas à la tentationStéphan 2011 A quoi tu joues ?Benoît Short film 2012 L'Homme qui ritSylvain 2012 La Joie de vivreLazare Telefilm 2012 CrawlMartin 2012 Une placeDenisShort film 2013 ChatThe young manShort film 2013 LazareVirgile Short film 2013 Murders at Loïc TV series - episode Meurtres à Saint-Malo 2013 Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Baron 2013 Nous sommes tous des êtres penchésPaul Short film 2013 AlibiThe GypsyShort film 2014 Get Well SoonCamille 2014 BouboulePat 2015 ParisSimon TV series 2015 En immersionThe ChemistTV miniseries 2015 ElixirAndré 2015 Les AnarchistesElisée Mayer Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor 2015 The Wakhan FrontJérémie Lernowski 2015 La Dernière BalladeShort film 2016 Baden BadenSimon 2016 The EndThe young man 2016 GoliathNicoShort film 2016 La Prunelle de mes yeuxNicolai 2016 A Woman's LifeJulien de Lamare 2017 Bloody Milk (Petit Paysan)Pierre ChavangesCésar Award for Best ActorNominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActorNominated—Lumière Award for Best Actor 2017 Gros chagrinJean (voice) Short film 2018 A Clever Crook François Albagnac, Bertrand ou Antoine 2019 By the Grace of God Emmanuel Thomassin César Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—Lumière Award for Best Actor 2019 Escape from Raqqa Sylvain Henri 2019 The Swallows of Kabul Mohsen animation - voice 2019 The Bare Necessity Pierre Perdrix 2019 L'aventure Atomique The Scientist Short film 2020 How I Became a Super Hero Naja 2021 I Want to Talk About Duras Yann Andréa 2021 Valiant Hearts The curator 2022 About Joan Nathan Verra 2022 Beating Sun Max 2023 L'établi Robert Linhart 2023 Anatomy of a Fall Maître Vincent Renzi César Award for Best Supporting Actor2024In the Shadows (Dans l'ombre)César CasalongaTV Miniseries 2025 Sukkwan Island Tom 2025 The Great Arch (L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche) Paul Andreu 2025 Arco Iris' father, Mikki Voice2025La ConditionAndréNominated—Lumière Award for Best Actor2025The Stranger (L'Étranger)Aumônnier prison2026A Man of His Time (Notre Salut)Henri Marre

As filmmaker Year Title Notes 2002 Tolérance ZéroShort film 2016 VenermanShort film; co-director 2021 ZoreyShort film; director, co-writerLa CatastropheFull-length film; director, writer

Theatre Year Title Director Notes 2010Une femme à Berlin Tatiana Vialle Théâtre du Rond-Point 2013En réunion Patrice Kerbrat Théâtre du Petit Montparnasse 2013Prendre le risque d'aller mieux Tatiana Vialle Ciné 13 Théâtre 2022Exécuteur 14 Tatiana Vialle Théâtre 14 2025Trahisons Tatiana Vialle Théâtre de l'Œuvre

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