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François Arnaud in 2009
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Born |
François Barbeau 5 July 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
François Arnaud (born François Barbeau; July 5, 1985) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.
Arnaud was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and France. In 2007, Arnaud trained at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montreal. He is now based in New York City.
Arnaud is best known for his performances as Cesare Borgia in Showtime's TV series The Borgias, as Antonin in the French Canadian movie I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) directed by Xavier Dolan, and as Oscar in the NBC hit series Blindspot. In 2010, he received a VFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film for I Killed My Mother, which received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.
Arnaud will lead the cast of Midnight, Texas on NBC starting in January 2017. In this series based on books by Charlaine Harris, he will portray the role of troubled psychic Manfred Bernardo.
Arnaud dated French Canadian actress Évelyne Brochu. Brochu stated in a 2014 interview that the two were no longer together.