Benoît Petitjean (born in 1982), is a French

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and a

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/ref> He is a theatre and cinema actor, he initially trained under

René Simon René Simon (1898 in Troyes – 1971) was a French actor and founder in 1925 of the Cours Simon drama school in Paris. Notable alumni of Cours Simon include Benoît Petitjean and Jean Reno Jean Reno () (born 30 July 1948), is a French actor ...

and completed several internships with director Jean Périmony to develop his acting skills. In 2005, he acted on the stage, in the play ''Grosse chaleur'' directed by

Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter. Life and career Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Insti ...

. He was cast in several more roles in the 2000s. He then played in writer Feydeau's comic play ''L'Âge d'Or'', directed in 2003 by Chantal Brière. In 2004, he played Hédiard in the musical ''Grosse Chaleur'' (''Heat Wave''), written by

Laurent Ruquier Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (; born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Be ...

. The young actor performs with

Annick Alane Annick Alane (5 September 1925 – 28 October 2019) was a French film, television, and theatre actress from Carnac. Filmography *1957: ''Les Truands'' (directed by Carlo Rim) *1965: ''Les Pieds dans le plâtre'' (directed by Jacques Fabbri a ...

, Catherine Arditi and Pierre Bénichou at the

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, Paris. He has also acted in a few TV films, such as ''Préjudices'', by Frédéric Berthe in 2006, also ''La nouvelle Clara'' and ''Chat bleu, chat noir'', by Jean-Louis Lorenzi in 2006. In the cinema, the actor is noticed in the dramatic comedy ''Enfin veuve'' (''Finally widow'') by Isabelle Mergault. In 2008, he returned to the stage, notably to Bouffes Parisiens in ''Open Bed'', directed by

Charlotte de Turckheim Anne-Charlotte de Turckheim (born 5 April 1955) is a French actress, screenwriter, comedian and film producer. Born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France, the daughter of Françoise Husson and Arnaud de Turckheim, a member of a noble ...

. He was in a

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with French television presenter

until 2018.« Il aurait été injuste que Benoît n’y soit pas »
''

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'', December 14, 2012

Work

Film

*'' Enfin veuve'' (dir.

Isabelle Mergault Isabelle Mergault (born 11 May 1958) is a French actress, director, writer and television/radio personality. Personal life Isabelle Mergault was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris Paris () is the capital and most populo ...

, 2007). *'' Little White Lies'' (dir.

Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me If ...

, 2010). *'' Dépression et des potes'' (dir.

Arnaud Lemort Arnaud may refer to: People * Arnaud (given name) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the German given name Arnold * Arnaud (surname) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the name Arnold * Arnauld family, a noble French f ...

, 2012). *''

Jappeloup Jappeloup is a 2013 Canadian-French film directed by Christian Duguay. In January 2014, Lou de Laâge was nominated for the Most Promising Actress award at the 39th César Awards. Plot In the early 1980s, Pierre Durand, Jr. resigns from his ...

'' (dir. Christian Duguay, 2013).

Television

*''Grosse chaleur'' (TV movie, 2006). *''Cabaret'' (one episode, 2007). *''The Purge'' (TV movie, 2007). *''

Clara Sheller Clara Sheller is a French television series created by Nicolas Mercier after the idea of Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta that was aired from 18 May 2005 to 3 December 2008 on France 2. The casting was completely changed between the first and second season, b ...

'' (one episode, 2008).

References

Living people 21st-century French male actors French gay actors 1982 births 21st-century French LGBT people {{France-actor-stub