Éric Elmosnino (born 2 May 1964) is a French actor and musician. He is known internationally for portraying

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in '' Gainsbourg'', for which he won the

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. He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. After leaving the Conservatory, he worked at the

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with Jean-Pierre Vincent. 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

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's ''

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''.

Early life

Elmosnino was born in the

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suburbs to a

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( Moroccan-Jewish) father who was an industrial designer at

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, and to an Alsatian mother who left

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to raise her children.L’adolescent Eric Elmosnino et sa deuxième vie
La Croix, 26 décembre 2014

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elmosnino, Eric 1964 births Living people Best Actor César Award winners French male film actors French male stage actors French musicians French people of Moroccan-Jewish descent People from Suresnes Male actors from Île-de-France French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French theatre directors Jewish French male actors