Aurélien Wiik (born 24 September 1980) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is the son of a

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father and of the French actress Françoise Deldick.

Life and career

Acting career

He made his cinematic acting debut at the age of twelve, playing Antoine in the 1994 film ''Cache cash'', directed by

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. In 1997, he played "Pierrot" in

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's film ''Soleil'', starring

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and

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. In 2004, he played Jean Lupin in ''

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'', starring

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and

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. In 2005, he appeared in four films, including: ''

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'', directed by

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, and ''Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte'', directed by

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. In 2006, he was in ''Sans Elle'', directed by

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Directing career

He made his directorial debut in 2005 with ''Rue des vertus''.

Theatre

Wiik's debut stage role was in a 1994 production of

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's play '' La Ville dont le prince est un enfant'' (as the boy Serge Souplier), at the

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in Paris. In 2003 he was the student Loïc in the popular comedy ''Les Amazones'' by Jean-Marie Chevret which had a long run at the

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in Paris (and also filmed for television), and in 2005 and 2007 he took the title role in the second and third revivals of ''L'Autre'' by

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staged at the

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, Paris. Then in 2013 he was in the premiere of ''Mensonges d'états'' about

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by Xavier Daugreilh, and in a 2018 revival of ''La Conversation'' (as

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) by

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directed by Alain Sachs.Aurelien Wiik page at the Les Archives du Spectacle site
accessed 31 October 2022.

Partial filmography

*1993: ''Arène'' (Short, director: Nicolas Cuche) *1994: ''Cache cash'' (director:

) - Antoine *1997: ''Soleil'' (director:

) - Pierrot *1999: ''Belle Maman'' (director:

Gabriel Aghion Gabriel Aghion is a French film director and screenwriter. Aghion was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955. He is openly gay."Bonjour, sweetie darling". '' The Advocate'', 20 November 2001. Selected filmography * '' La Scarlatine' ...

) *1999: ''Sous-sols'' (Short, director: Jérôme Le Maire) - Ben *2000: ''

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'' (director: Étienne Faure), Vincent *2000: ''Carla'' (Short, director: Dramane Sangare) - le chauffeur *2001: ''

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'' (director:

Coline Serreau Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris, the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studie ...

) - Fabrice *2002: ''La Bande du drugstore'' (director: François Armanet) - Marc Bensoussan *2002: ''Les frères Hélias'' (Short, director: Frédy Busso) - Nico *2002: '' Parlez-moi d'amour'' (director:

Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...

) - William *2002: ''A l'abri des regards indiscrets'' (Short) - the playboy #2 *2003: ''Sem Ela'' (director: Anna da Palma) - Johnny Vieira *2004: ''Ce qu'ils imaginent'' (director: Anne Théron) - Santiago *2004: ''Tout le plaisir est pour moi'' (director: Isabelle Broué) - Raoul *2004: ''

'' (director:

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) - Jean Lupin *2004: ''Amazon Forever'' (director: Jean-Pierre Dutilleux) - Nicolas *2005: ''Tu vas rire mais je te quitte'' (director:

) - Thierry *2005: ''Au petit matin'' (Short, director:

Xavier Gens Xavier Gens (born on in Dunkirk, France) is a French film director. Filmography Director *''Lights Out'' (TBA) *''Vanikoro'' (TBA) *'' Gangs of London'' (2020) Season 1 Episodes 6, 7 and 8 *''Budapest'' (2018) *'' Cold Skin'' (2017) *''The Cru ...

) *2005: ''

'' (director:

) - Renaud / Hippolyte *2006: ''Sans elle...'' (director: Anna da Palma) - Johnny *2007: ''Mise à nu'' (director: Jérémy Halkin) *2007: ''

Frontière(s) ''Frontier(s)'' (french: Frontière(s)) is a 2007 French-Swiss independent horror film written and directed by Xavier Gens in his feature length debut and stars Karina Testa, Aurélien Wiik, Estelle Lefébure, and Samuel Le Bihan. It follows a g ...

'' (director:

) - Alex *2008: ''La tangente'' (Short, director: Vincent Vesco) - Lui *2008: '' Secret défense'' (director: Philippe Haim) - Jérémy *2008: ''

A Man and His Dog ''A Man and His Dog'' (''Un Homme et Son Chien'') is a 2008 French film directed by French director Francis Huster, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, based on the 1952 film ''Umberto D.'' directed by Vittorio De Sica, and written by Cesare Zavattini. ...

'' (director:

Francis Huster Francis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, director and scriptwriter. Biography Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His father is Charles Huster, commercial director at Lancia, and his Poli ...

) - Leïla's colleague *2009: ''Des illusions'' (director: Etienne Faure) - Florent *2010: '' Djinns'' (directors: Hugues Martin and Sandra Martin) - Vincent *2010: '' Somewhere'' (director: Sofia Coppola) - French Guy *2014: ''The Vineyard'' (director: James Katz) - Etiene *2014: ''Blood Sugar Baby'' (director: Igal Weitzman) - Mirko *2015: ''

Our Futures ''Our Futures'' (french: Nos futurs) is a 2015 French comedy-drama film directed by Rémi Bezançon. The film stars Pio Marmaï, Pierre Rochefort and Mélanie Bernier. Plot Yann Kerbec is in his thirties and has been leading a mundane and sta ...

'' (director:

Rémi Bezançon Rémi Bezançon (born 25 March 1971) is a French director and screenwriter. Life and career Rémi Bezançon studied at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA) in Paris and the École du Louvre. In 2005, he released his f ...

) - Vincent *2018: ''L'incroyable histoire du facteur Cheval'' (director: Nils Tavernier) - Benjamin Lecoeur

Television

He has as many television as film credits to his name. In 2000, he appeared in the first episode of ''Scénarios sur la drogue''. In 1996, he was in the second episode of Season 5 for ''

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''. In 1995, he played thirteen-year-old Benjamin in Season 1 of ''

La Rivière Espérance ''La Rivière Espérance'' is a French TV series, 9 episodes of 90 minutes each, directed by Josée Dayan based on the novel by Christian Signol and shown in 1995 on France 2. Synopsis 1832, Périgord : Benjamin and Marie are two childhood friend ...

''. *1995: ''

'' (director: Josée Dayan) - Benjamin à 13 ans *1996: ''Les Feux de la Saint-Jean'' (director: François Luciani) *1999: ''Tombé du nid'' (TV Movie, director:

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle Benja ...

) - Max *2000: ''

Scénarios sur la drogue ''Drug Scenes'' (original French title ''Scénarios sur la drogue'', also titled ''Drugs!'') is an omnibus film (2000) of 24 French short films depicting drug abuse. Varying in length from three to seven minutes, they showed in movie theaters befor ...

'' (Episode 1, directed by Simon Leloouche) - L'adolescent *2005: ''

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'' (miniseries) -

Edward III of England Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring ro ...

*2008-2009: ''Myster Mocky présente'' (Season 2:2, Season 3:1, director:

) *2019: ''

Le Bazar de la Charité ''Le Bazar de la Charité'' (''The Bonfire of Destiny'') is a French drama miniseries, that debuted on Netflix on 26 December 2019, after airing on French free-to-air channel TF1 during November–December 2019. Plot ''Le Bazar de la Charité ...

'' (TV Series, director: Alexandre Laurent) - Jean Rivière

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Life and career

Acting career

Directing career

Theatre

Partial filmography

Television

Further reading

References

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