Éric Elmosnino

Éric Elmosnino
Éric Elmosnino in 2015.
Born	(1964-05-02) 2 May 1964 (age 59) Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupations	Actor musician
Years active	1985–present

Éric Elmosnino (born 2 May 1964) is a French actor and musician.^[1] He is known internationally for portraying Serge Gainsbourg in Gainsbourg, for which he won the César Award for Best Actor.^[2]

He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. After leaving the Conservatory, he worked at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers with Jean-Pierre Vincent.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992 he played Christian Ribet, a friend of Guillaume de Tonquédec, in the film Tableau d'honneur (Honour Roll) by Charles Nemes. In 2006, he played in the theater as Edward Bond, directed by Alain Francon, at the Avignon Festival and the Théâtre de la Colline in Paris. In January 2008, he performed in a show at the Theatre Antoine in Paris for Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Elmosnino was born in the Paris suburbs to a Sephardic Jewish (Moroccan-Jewish) father who was an industrial designer at Thomson CSF, and to an Alsatian mother who left EDF to raise her children.^[3]

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Éric Elmosnino.

• Éric Elmosnino at IMDb
• Éric Elmosnino at AllMovie

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