Ernst Umhauer (born 2 December 1989) is a French actor who is best known for his role as Claude Garcia in the 2012 film '' In The House'', directed by

François Ozon François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...

Life and career

Umhauer was born in Cherbourg, France, and was named after the famous painter

Max Ernst Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealis ...

. His father was a photographer. He studied drama for three years at the "Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture” of Cherbourg and started to act in several short movies in 2009, before obtaining his first role in the film ''Le Cri'', directed by Raphaël Mathié. In 2011, he appeared alongside

Vincent Cassel Vincent Cassel (; ; born 23 November 1966) is a French actor. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film '' La Haine (Hate)'', for which he received two César Award ...

in the film

The Monk ''The Monk: A Romance'' is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. A quickly written book from early in Lewis's career (in one letter he claimed to have written it in ten weeks, but other correspondence suggests that he ha ...

directed by

Dominik Moll Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a German-born French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bühl, West Germany. In 2001, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''Harry, He's Here to Help''. Both ''Lemming'' and ''Harry, He ...

, in which he played a young novice. In 2012, the French director

asked him to play the clever and puzzling young Claude Garcia in the film '' In The House'', alongside

Fabrice Luchini Fabrice Luchini (; born Robert Luchini; 1 November 1951) is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in films such as '' Potiche'', ''The Women on the 6th Floor'', and '' In the House''. For his role in the 2015 film '' Courted'' he won t ...

Emmanuelle Seigner Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French former fashion model, singer, and actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), '' The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominat ...

and Kristin Scott Thomas. His performance won him the 2013

Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor The Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor (french: Prix Lumières du meilleur espoir masculin) is a French annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 2000. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first with a blue background, ...

. and a nomination in the same category during the 38th Césars Award Ceremony, an award which handed down to Matthias Schoenaerts.

Filmography

* ''

Le Cri ''Le cri'' is a 2006 French-Belgian television miniseries. Plot This saga tells what was the life of Metalworkers of Lorraine through the story of a working-class family: the Panaud. From 1845 until the blast furnaces closed in 1987, the life of ...

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2011) : The novice * '' In The House'' (2012) : Claude Garcia * '' Sire Gauvain et le Chevalier Vert'' (2014): Sire Gauvain *

Les Revenants (TV series) ''The Returned'' (french: Les Revenants) is a French supernatural drama television series created by Fabrice Gobert, based on the 2004 French film '' They Came Back'' (''Les Revenants''), directed by Robin Campillo. The series debuted on 26 Nov ...

'' The Returned'' (2012-2015): Virgil * '' Scarlet'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

(2013) *Nomination for the

César Award for Most Promising Actor The César Award for Most Promising Actor (french: César du meilleur espoir masculin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a yo ...

(2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Umhauer, Ernst 1989 births Living people French male film actors People from Cherbourg-Octeville Most Promising Actor Lumières Award winners French male television actors 21st-century French male actors