Person Details

Birthday: 1986-05-13 18:13:46

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France

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Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

Hugo Becker (born 13 May 1987) is a French actor and director. He is known for his roles as Louis Grimaldi in the American drama television series Gossip Girl and Romain in the French thriller series Chefs. Becker attended the Conservatory of dramatic art in France, the court Florent (Olga Hörstig Prize) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London. He was part of the promotion of Young Talents Cannes in 2010. That same year, he made his debut on screen in a variety of roles. He played a young politician in L'Assaut, directed by Julien Leclercq, an alcoholic hitchhiker in La Proie, directed by Eric Valette, a student in Marie-Castille Mention Schaar’s Ma Première Fois and a young businessman in La Croisière, by Pascale Pouzadoux. In 2010, he made his debut in Hollywood, playing Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in the CW drama Gossip Girl. Initially, he signed on for two episodes in the fourth season. Later, his role was extended for another eighteen episodes. In 2011, he played Xavier in the American film Damsels in Distress, directed by Whit Stillman (Oscar nominated for his film Metropolitan). The film closed the 68th Venice Film Festival and was selected at the Toronto Film Festival. In 2012, Becker starred as Antoine Lavoisier in the American docufiction Mystery of the Matter, directed by Mr. Meyer. In 2013, Hugo played Isaac Dreyfuss, a football star involved in a terrorist affair, for two episodes of a BBC3 series. In 2014, he played the role of Romain in the 6 episodes of the miniseries Chefs alongside Clovis Cornillac, for which he received the Adami Prize for the best promising actor at the Luchon festival. In 2015, he played the lead role in the 12 episodes French series entitled Au service de la France, written by Jean-François Halin, for the role of André Merlaux, a young recruit of the French secret service, in the year 1960. In 2016, he began playing the role of Cyril Balsan in the political drama series Baron Noir alongside Niels Arestrup, Kad Merad and Anna Mouglalis. In the same year, he starred in a main role alongside Yon González and Lluís Homar in the Spanish crime drama series Bajo sospecha. He played the role of a police officer infiltrated to find a missing person in a hospital in Madrid. He also played the role of Guillaume in the comedy Un jour mon prince, directed by Flavia Coste. In 2018, he starred in Xavier Durringer's Paradise Beach alongside Sami Bouajila, Kool Shen, Seth Gueko and Tewfik Jallab. In the same year, he starred in Jusqu'ici tout va bien, by Mohamed Hamidi, alongside Gilles Lellouche, Malik Bentalha and Sabrina Ouazani. In 2019, he starred as Paul Vanhove in the Netflix science fiction series Osmosis. He is set to play a role as Paul WR in Le dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R. by Romain Quirot and as Max in the film Döner directed by Jean-Luc Herbulot. Hugo Becker is fluent in English and Spanish. Since 2014, he is one of the producers at Nouvelle Donne Productions. Source: Article "Hugo Becker" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Gossip Girl
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8

Gossip Girl

(2007) Louis Grimaldi
Leonardo
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7

Leonardo

(2021) Thierry
Apaches: Gang of Paris
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6

Apaches: Gang of Paris

(2023) Bel œil
Baron Noir
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8

Baron Noir

(2016) Cyril Balsan
Breathe In
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6

Breathe In

(2013) Clément
Paradise Beach
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5

Paradise Beach

(2019) Franck
The Prey
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6

The Prey

(2011) L'étudiant auto-stoppeur
The Last Journey
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5

The Last Journey

(2021) Paul W.R

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 N/A
Bel œil
David
Charette
2022 N/A
Henri II
Daniel
2021 Paul W.R
Thierry
Paul Gallo
2019 Paul Vanhove
Mike
Franck
2018 Antoine / Tom Delvoye
Simon Laffargue
Tristan Delmas
2017 l'Homme
Christian Ravel
Guillaume
Paul Santerre
2016 Cyril Balsan
2015 Paul W.R.
André Merlaux
Éric, le producteur
Antoine Lavoisier
Alain Juillard
L'autostoppeur
Romain
2014 Mathieu Delmas
The hitchhiker
2013 Clément
2012 Xavier
2011 N/A
Paul Senterre
L'étudiant auto-stoppeur
Leroy
2007 Louis Grimaldi
Sylvain
N/A
Sylvain Rambert
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Director
2017 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

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