Hugo Becker
Becker at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 37)
EducationCours Florent
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
Years active2010–present

Hugo Becker (born 13 May 1986) is a French actor, director and producer. He is known for his roles as Louis Grimaldi in the American drama television series Gossip Girl and Romain in the French thriller series Chefs.

Career

Becker attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in France, the court Florent (Olga Hörstig Prize) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London.

He was part of the promotion of Young Talents Cannes in 2010. That same year, he made his debut on screen in a variety of roles. He played a young politician in L'Assaut, directed by Julien Leclercq, an alcoholic hitchhiker in La Proie, directed by Eric Valette, a student in Marie-Castille Mention Schaar's Ma Première Fois and a young businessman in La Croisière, by Pascale Pouzadoux.

In 2010, he made his debut in Hollywood, playing Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in the CW drama Gossip Girl. Initially, he signed on for two episodes in the fourth season. Later, his role was extended for another eighteen episodes.[1]

In 2011, he played Xavier in the American film Damsels in Distress, directed by Whit Stillman. The film closed the 68th Venice Film Festival and was selected at the Toronto Film Festival.

In 2012, Becker starred as Antoine Lavoisier in the American docufiction Mystery of the Matter, directed by Mr. Meyer. In 2013, Hugo played Isaac Dreyfuss, a football star involved in a terrorist affair, for two episodes of the BBC1 series Silent Witness.[2]

In 2014, he played the role of Romain in the 6 episodes of the miniseries Chefs alongside Clovis Cornillac, for which he received the Adami Prize for the best promising actor at the Luchon festival.[3][4][5]

Since 2014, he has been one of the producers at Nouvelle Donne Productions.

In 2015 and 2018, he played the lead role of André Merlaux, a young recruit to the French secret service in the year 1960, in the two seasons (24 episodes) of the French television series Au service de la France, known in English as A Very Secret Service.[6][7][8]

In 2016, he began playing the role of Cyril Balsan in the political drama series Baron Noir alongside Niels Arestrup, Kad Merad and Anna Mouglalis. In the same year, he starred in a main role alongside Yon González and Lluís Homar in the Spanish crime drama series Bajo sospecha. He played the role of a police officer infiltrated to find a missing person in a hospital in Madrid. He also played the role of Guillaume in the comedy Un jour mon prince, directed by Flavia Coste.

In 2018, he starred in Xavier Durringer's Paradise Beach alongside Sami Bouajila, Kool Shen, Seth Gueko and Tewfik Jallab. In the same year, he starred in Jusqu'ici tout va bien, by Mohamed Hamidi, alongside Gilles Lellouche, Malik Bentalha and Sabrina Ouazani.

In 2019, he starred as Paul Vanhove in the Netflix science fiction series Osmosis.[9] He is set to play a role as Paul WR in Le dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R. by Romain Quirot and as Max in the film Döner directed by Jean-Luc Herbulot.

Hugo Becker is fluent in English and Spanish.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 La mariée n'est pas qu'une marchande de frites Guillaume Short film
2010 The Assault Vincent Leroy
2011 The Prey The hitchhiking student
2011 La Croisière Alix's contributor
2011 Damsels in Distress Xavier
2012 Ma première fois Antoine
2013 Breathe In Clement
2013 Hybris Guillaume Short film
2014 F.A.N The man Short film; also director, writer and producer
2014 La dernière virée Alexandre Short film
2014 Le pont de l'ange Short film
2015 Le dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul WR Paul WR Short film
2016 Un jour mon prince Guillaume
2016 City of Lost Love Thibault
2017 1971 Motorcycle Heart Christian Ravel Short film
2017 La nuit juste avant les forêts The man
2019 Jusqu'ici tout va bien Mike
2019 Paradise Beach Franck
2020 Last Journey of Paul W.R. Paul W.R
2022 Pilote Daniel
2022 Tempête Pierre
2023 Pour la France David
2023 Vaincre ou mourir François de Charette
2023 Apaches Bel Oeil
2023 Les Grands Hommes Sylvain Short film
TBA Döner Max
TBA Maria The director
TBA Ici et là bas

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010–2012 Gossip Girl Louis Grimaldi 18 episodes
2011 Julie Lescaut Thierry Bouvier Episode: "La mariée du pont neuf"
2011 R.I.S, police scientifique Emmanuel Episode: "Requiem assassin"
2013 Jo Eddy 2 episodes
2014 Silent Witness Isaac Dreyfus Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts)
2014 Collection rue des ravissantes: Boris Vian fait son cinéma The hitchhiker Episode: "L'autostoppeur"
2014 Où es-tu maintenant? Mathieu Delmas Television film
2015 The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements Antoine Lavoisier Miniseries; episode: "Out of Thin Air"
2015 Mystère à l'Opéra Paul Santerre Television film
2015–2016 Chefs Romain Main role; 14 episodes
Luchon International Film Festival – Best Young Actor
2015–2018 A Very Secret Service André Merlaux Main role; 24 episodes
2016 Bajo sospecha Alain Juillard 10 episodes
2016–2020 Baron Noir Cyril Balsan Main role; 18 episodes
2018 La mort dans l'âme Tristan Delmas Television film
2018 Tu vivras ma fille Simon Laffargue Television film
2018 Deux gouttes d'eau Antoine / Tom Delvoye Television film
2019 Osmosis Paul Vanhove Main role; 8 episodes
2020 Call My Agent! Éric Episode: "Charlotte"
2021 Leonardo Thierry 3 episodes
2021–2023 Je te promets Paul Gallo Main role; 34 episodes
2022 Diane de Poitiers Henry II of France TV mini-series
2024 The New Look Hervé 1 episode
TBA Concordia Alexandre TV series
TBA La Peste Sylvain Rambert TV mini-series

Theatre

Year Title Author Director
2016 La nuit juste avant les forêts Bernard-Marie Koltès Paul-Emile Fourny
2018 Amadeus Peter Shaffer Paul-Emile Fourny
2019 Roberto Zucco Bernard-Marie Koltès Paul-Emile Fourny
Le cas Eduard Einstein Laurent Seksik Stéphanie Fagadau

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result
2015 Luchon International Film Festival Best Young Actor Chefs Won

References

  1. ^ Beaudonnet, Laure (11 February 2015). "" Hugo Becker, j'ai vécu le rêve américain "" (in French). 20minutes. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ^ Barnaby, Walter (2 January 2014). "Review: Silent Witness: Commodity, Part 1". The Edge. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ^ Langlais, Pierre (12 September 2014). "Chefs, une série qui sent bon" (in French). Télérama. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ^ Gindensperger, Sophie (10 February 2015). "Hugo Becker, première étoile". Libération (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ Koenig, Marie (24 February 2015). "" Hugo Becker, l'acteur messin au pays des chefs "" (in French). Le Républicain lorrain. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  6. ^ pro, Arte (10 October 2014). "" Au service de la France ", une série d'espionnage en tournage pour ARTE" (in French). Arte. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ^ Jaeger, Jean-Pierre (11 February 2015). "" Becker Street "" (in French). The Week. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  8. ^ Jarry, Marjolaine (11 February 2015). "" Hugo, futur boss "" (in French). Le Nouvel Observateur. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  9. ^ Beaudonnet, Laure (6 August 2018). "Osmosis (Netflix): intrigues, casting, release date ... All the information about season 1" (in French). Télé Loisirs. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

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