| Intro | French Canadian actor |
| Is | Actor |
| From | Canada |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 5 July 1985, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec |
| Age: | 35 years |
François Arnaud (born François Barbeau; July 5, 1985) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.
Early life
Arnaud was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and France. In 2007, Arnaud trained at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique in Montreal.
Career
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.
Personal life
Arnaud dated French Canadian actress Évelyne Brochu. Brochu stated in a 2014 interview that the two were no longer together.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | I Killed My Mother | Antonin Rimbaud | |
| 2009 | Heat Wave | Yannick Ménard | |
| 2013 | Copperhead | Warner Pitts | |
| 2014 | Amapola | Luke | |
| 2015 | Caesar | Mark Antony | |
| 2014 | Big Sky | Clete | |
| 2015 | The Girl King | Karl Gustav Kasimir | |
| 2015 | Rabid Dogs | Vincent | |
| 2016 | The Man Who Was Thursday | Gabriel Syme | |
| 2016 | Jean of the Joneses | Jeremiah Rosen | |
| 2017 | High School Lover | Christian Booth | Completed |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | C.A. | Serveur resto Maude | Episode: “Reséau rencontre” |
| 2008 | Taxi 0-22 | Marc-André | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall | Stefan | TV film |
| 2009–2010 | Yamaska | Théo Carpentier | 15 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | The Borgias | Cesare Borgia | 29 episodes |
| 2015 | X Company | Rene | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Blindspot | Oscar | 16 episodes |
| 2017 | Midnight, Texas | Manfred Bernardo | Upcoming series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Les Fourberies de Scapin | Leandre | Théâtre Répercussion |
| 2007 | Tendres totems et croquis cruels | ||
| 2008 | L’imprésario de Smyrne | Théâtre du Nouveau Monde | |
| 2008 | L’heure du lynx | Le Jeune | Théâtre Prospero |
| 2009 | Réveillez-vous et chantez | Ralph | Théâtre de l’Opsis |