Arnaud Valois (born 29 February 1984) is a French actor who was born in Lyon. He began his career in 2006. He played the protagonist Nathan, in the 2017 film BPM (Beats per Minute) (120 battements par minute).
Career Valois ceased studies at law schoolArnaud Valois the Rebirth - Crash magazine accessed 5 June 2022. and began to study acting at the Cours Florent drama school for two years. After a series of rejections as an actor, Valois left France and studied massage at Wat Pho in Bangkok and worked as a massage therapist in Thailand for six years. He returned to Paris to open a massage studio. He was invited to act in 120 BPM after Robin Campillo read his Facebook profile.
In 2017, with the international release of 120 BPM, the film's campaign for the 2018 Oscars nominations, and his ability to speak English, he became known internationally. Vanity Fair ranked him as the eleventh most influential French person in the world in 2017.
Personal life Valois is gay.
Filmography Cinema Year Title Role Director(s)Notes 2004 Plutôt d'accord The mute Christophe & Stephane Botti Short 2006 Charlie Says Adrien Nicole Garcia 2007 L'application des peines Hugo Cyprien Vial Short 2008 A French Gigolo Sylvain Josiane Balasko 2009 The Girl on the Train Gabi André Téchiné 2011 Eyes Find Eyes Thomas Jean-Manuel FernandezSean Price Williams 2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) Nathan Robin Campillo Lumière Award for Best Male RevelationNominated - César Award for Most Promising ActorNominated - International Cinephile Society - Best Supporting Actor 2018 Le ciel est clair Jérémy Marie Rosselet-Ruiz Short Étienne Daho - L'Etincelle The man Romain Winkler Music video 2019 Sweetheart Mehdi Lisa Azuelos Paradise Hills Son Alice Waddington 2020 My Best Part Albert Nicolas Maury 2021 Si demain Alex Fabienne Godet Spring Blossom Raphaël Frei Suzanne Lindon 2022 Méduse Guillaume Sophie Lévy 2023 Good Grief Theo Dan Levy
Television Year Title Role Director(s)Notes 2020 Moloch Tom Arnaud Malherbe TV mini-series 2023 LT-21 Gabriel Lemazec Melisa Godet TV mini-series 2024 Becoming Karl Lagerfeld Yves Saint Laurent Jérôme SalleAudrey Estrougo TV mini-series 2025 The Morning Show Arnaud Dumont Various TV series
Filmmaker Year TitleNotes 2021 Le nouveau moi Short
Theater Year Title Author Director 2020 Jardin d’hiver Laurence Tardieu Richard Brunel 2020-22 The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen Sandra Gaudin
References
External links
Arnaud Valois at United Agents UK