Hugo Becker Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Director , Screenwriter more
Nationality French
Birth May 13, 1987 (Metz, Moselle, France)

BIOGRAPHY
Hugo Becker trained at the Cours Florent in Paris and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Originally from Metz, he first appeared in a short film which, in 2010, allowed him to be part of the Adami Young Talents selection at Cannes. Since then, the filming has continued. The actor notably plays opposite Vincent Elbaz in the action thriller L’Assaut , directed by Julien Leclercq . He played an alcoholic hitchhiker in the thriller La Proie alongside Albert Dupontel , and distinguished himself in the comedy La Croise .

Hugo Becker then landed a role in the CW drama Gossip Girl , propelling his career internationally. In the guise of Prince Louis Grimaldi of Monaco, he is the fiancé of Blair Waldorf. His French accent and his mastery of English quickly attracted a large audience, so much so that he landed one of the main roles in Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman , then quickly joined Felicity Jones in the cast of Breathe In by Drake Doremus .

Back in France, the actor distinguished himself in the police drama Jo , alongside Jean Reno , before donning the costume of Romain for the French series Chefs ( Adami Prize for best male hopeful at the Luchon festival). In the shoes of a former crook, he arrives for the first time in the refined world of gastronomy, under the orders of Clovis Cornillac .

Then, Arte offered him a choice role in its original series Au service de la France . The actor portrays André Merlaux , a secret agent born from the writing of Jean-François Halin , father of OSS 117 . The Canal+ channel subsequently offered him a character in Baron Noir , where he took on the costume of a young socialist deputy, defender of secularism, alongside Kad Merad and Niels Arestrup .

At the same time, he demonstrates that he also speaks Spanish perfectly in the series Bajo Sospecha , audience leader in Spain. In Death in the Soul , by Xavier Durringer , he plays a lawyer who defends a father played by Didier Bourdon . He performs and directs a film adaptation of the play by Bernard-Marie Koltès, The Night Just Before the Forests, shot in a 95-minute sequence shot.

The year 2019 is very prolific for Hugo Becker, since he is starring in Paradise Beach in the skin of a gangster, as artistic director in So far everything is fine alongside Gilles Lellouche , or even in Two drops of water with Sylvie Testud . Building on his growing notoriety, Netflix finally approached Hugo to play a leading role in its new series Osmosis . The actor remains very present in the theater, as with Amadeus , alongside Thierry Frémont . The artist is currently at the Comédie des Champs Elysées in The Eduard Einstein Case , alongside Michel Jonasz .