Stéphane Rideau (born 25 July 1976) is a French actor. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a

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game and then auditioned for a role in the film ''Les Roseaux sauvages'' (''

Wild Reeds ''Wild Reeds'' (french: Les Roseaux sauvages) is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné about the sexual awakening of four teenagers and their subsequent sensitive passage into adulthood at the end of the Algerian War. The film wa ...

'') by

André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...

. He was, at the time, sixteen years old. He later played the role of a gay teenager in ''

Presque rien ''Presque rien'' (meaning ''Almost Nothing'', which is also the UK release title; the U.S. title is ''Come Undone'') is a 2000 French-Belgian romantic drama film directed by Sebastien Lifshitz, set in Brittany, depicting a stormy holiday romance ...

'' (''Come Undone'') directed by

Sébastien Lifshitz Sébastien Lifshitz (born 21 January 1968) is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the Universit ...

. Rideau has a long acting experience that includes the films ''

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'', '' Le Ventre de Juliette'', ''

Le Clan ''3 Dancing Slaves'' (French: ''Le Clan'') is a 2004 French film directed by Gaël Morel. Plot Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc (Nicolas Cazalé) i ...

'' and '' Le Cadeau d'Élena''. He currently lives with his partner Celia and their daughter.

Filmography

External links

Official website of Stéphane Rideau
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rideau, Stephane 1976 births Living people People from Agen French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors