Swann Arlaud Biography

CIVIL STATUS
Profession Actor
Nationality French
Born 30 November 1981 (Fontenay-aux-roses, France)
BIOGRAPHY
Swann Arlaud began his career at a very early age, shooting commercials and obtaining small roles in television and film during the 1990s. He played the young Lucien in The Children’s Revolt. At the same time, he studied the Decorative Arts of Strasbourg for four years and graduated.

It was in the 2000s that his youthful air gave him access to the roles of a slightly fragile and rebellious teenager, such as in The Time of the Pen Bearers where he played alongside another childish-looking actor, Lorànt Deutsch. He also made an appearance in Les Aristos, Charlotte De Turckheim’s second film, and then starred in several successful series such as P.J., Engrenages and Les Bleus. In the meantime, he directed two short films: “Zero Tolerance” and “Settling Accounts”.

As time went by, Swann Arlaud took on small roles alongside the greatest: Sandrine Bonnaire, Marina Foïs, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling, Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet and Michel Piccoli to name but a few. In 2010, the actor joined the cast of La Rafle which evokes the year 1942 in France. He also played a leading role in Extase with Astrid Berges-Frisbey and in Ne nous soumises pas à la tentation.

Later, he devoted himself to the joys of pastry with Pierre Niney and Benoît Poelvoorde in the comedy Les Emotifs anonymes. Swann also played alongside Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet and Pierre Niney (again) in L’Autre Monde with Louise Bourgoin. He also found the latter in Adèle Blanc-Sec’s adaptation.

He then starred opposite Emmanuelle Seigner and Gérard Depardieu in 2012 in The Man Who Laughs. It was only a year later that he got another leading role as Martin, a young man who goes adrift in the drama Crawl. In the same year, he played a 16th-century baron alongside international actor Mads Mikkelsen in Michael Kohlhass.

In 2014, Swann Arlaud starred opposite Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Claudia Tagbo in the comedy Bon Recovery!. A solid supporting actor in The Anarchists, Neither Heaven nor Earth and The End, the actor’s career took an important turn when he landed the lead role in Little Peasant. This brilliant mix of thriller and rural drama won three César Awards in 2018: Best First Film, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress (Sara Giraudeau).

His roles then gained prominence, as evidenced by his performances in the crime comedy A Beautiful Rogue, the thriller Exfiltrators and the comedy Partridge. Swann Arlaud also delivers a moving performance as a victim of paedophilia in François Ozon’s drama By the Grace of God.