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Grégory Fitoussi

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Grégory Fitoussi
Grégory Fitoussi at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2013
Born (1976-08-13) 13 August 1976 (age 48)
OccupationActor

Grégory Fitoussi (born 13 August 1976) is a French actor best known for appearing in television series such as Spiral, Spin and Mr Selfridge.

Personal life

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He was born in Paris to Pied-Noir Sephardi Jewish parents. His parents opened a clothing store in Paris managed by his mother, while his father designed the displays.[1] He appears alongside his brother, Mikaël Fitoussi, in the short film Alliés Nés, roughly based on his own family.[2] He was in a relationship for several years with the actress Anne Caillon.[citation needed] He lives in Saint-Mandé, a high-end commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris.[3]

Career

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Fitoussi appeared in the TF1 television soap Sous le soleil in which he played Benjamin, the husband of the character Laure Olivier. He also appeared in L'État de Grace, a television series broadcast on France 2, in which he played the gynaecologist of Grace, the president of France. Later, he played Maître Vidal, the lawyer of Marie Besnard (played by Muriel Robin), in the French docudrama The Poisoner (Marie Besnard, l'empoisonneuse).

Fitoussi had one of the lead roles in seasons 1-5 of French police procedural drama Engrenages, known in English as Spiral, where he played prosecutor/advocate Pierre Clément alongside Caroline Proust as Chief Inspector Laure Berthaud.

Fitoussi at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

In 2012 and 2014, Fitoussi played spin doctor Ludovic Desmeuze in France 2's politics thriller Les Hommes de l'ombre (Spin in English-speaking countries). The series has won acclaim in the United Kingdom where it began to air in 2016 as part of the Walter Presents service on Channel 4's All 4 platform. Its third and final season aired in 2016 in France and in 2017 in the UK.[4] It was also broadcast internationally on the TV5Monde channels.

Between 2013 and 2015, Fitoussi appeared as Henri Leclair in 24 episodes of ITV's Mr Selfridge.[5]

In 2015, he appeared as Luc Girard in the NBC drama series American Odyssey.

In 2018, it was announced that he would join the cast of season 2 Sky Atlantic's Riviera

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1999 Un café... l'addition Le charmeur Félicie Dutertre & François Rabes Short
2002 Double Flair Thomas Ceyssac Denis Malleval TV film
2003 Les Baigneuses Nico Viviane Candas English title: "The Bathers"
2004 Doo Wop Vendeur des puces David Lanzmann
Cinq de coeur Jérémy Bertrand Jérôme Cornuau TV film
2005 Colomba Orso Laurent Jaoui TV film
Vache-qui-rit Lui Philippe Lioret Short
Confession d'un menteur Vincent Didier Grousset TV film
Convivium Tanguy Michael Nakache Short
2006 Marie Besnard, l'empoisonneuse Maître Vidal Christian Faure TV film, English title: "The Poisoner"
2007 Opération Turquoise L'adjudant Philippart Alain Tasma TV film
2008 Le Nouveau Monde Hugo Étienne Dhaene TV film
Adrien Olivier Pascale Bailly TV film
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Baron de Cobray Stephen Sommers
Cartouche, le brigand magnifique La Reynie Henri Helman TV film
2010 Quand vient la peur... Mathias Élisabeth Rappeneau TV film
Le livre de Marc Antonin Claude Farge
2011 La conquête Laurent Solly Xavier Durringer English title: "The Conquest"
Mystère au Moulin-Rouge Julien Anselme Stéphane Kappes TV film
L'Amour fraternel Marc Gérard Vergez TV film
Un été brûlant Lepartenare du film d'époque Philippe Garrel English title: "A Burning Hot Summer"
Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé Clément de Saudre Henri Helman TV film
Picture Paris Waiter Brad Hall Short
L'amère nature Lui Hugues Espinasse Short
2012 En apparence Bruno Benoît d'Aubert TV film
Une nuit Paul Gorsky Philippe Lefebvre English title: "Paris by Night"
Mince alors! Gaspard Charlotte de Turckheim English title: "Big Is Beautiful"
Edwige Seb Mounia Meddour Short
2013 World War Z C130 Pilot Marc Forster
2014 Jamais le premier soir Ange Mélissa Drigeard English title: "Never on the First Night"
Pas d'inquiétude Marc Thierry Binisti TV film
2015 Qui c'est les plus forts? Paul Charlotte de Turckheim English title: "You'll Never Walk Alone"
2017 Hostile Jack Mathieu Turi
Daddy Cool Renaud Maxime Govare
2018 L'école est finie Raphaël Anne Depétrini
2019 Entangled Max Milena Lurie
2021 Journaliste(s) Kerner Caroline Proust & Etienne Saldés Short

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998-2001 Sous le soleil Benjamin Series regular
2001 Méditerranée Pierre Lantosque Mini-series
2002 Vertiges Lieutenant Laurent Episode: "Accords et à Cris"
2003 Joséphine, ange gardien Manu Episode: "Le stagiaire"
Vertiges Marco Segal Episode: "La femme de l'ombre"
2004 La Crim' Bastien Calais Episode: "Ivresse mortelle"
Ariane Ferry Fabrice Adler Episode: "La monitrice"
Navarro Serge Lheureux Episode: "Les bourreaux de l'ombre"
2005-2017 Engrenages Pierre Clément Series regular, English title: "Spiral"
2006 L'État de Grace Docteur Dan Odelman Mini-series
2007 Chat bleu, chat noir Skibel Mini-series, English title: "Cabaret"
2008 Voici venir l'orage... Itzhak Nadson Mini-series, English title: "Elena's Destiny, a Russian Saga"
2009 Revivre Jacob Azoulay Mini-series
2011 Les Saisons meurtrières Fabrice Berthier Mini-series
2012-2016 Les hommes de l'ombre Ludovic Desmeuze Series regular, English title: "Spin"
2013-2015 Mr Selfridge Henri Leclair Series regular
2015 Odyssey Luc Girard Series regular
2016 La Main du mal Thomas Schaffner Mini-series
Accusé Léo Episode: "L'histoire de Léo"
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Razzak 4 episodes
2018 Speakerine Éric Jauffret Series regular
Le Bureau des Légendes Jean-Paul Recurring role, English title: "The Bureau"
2019 Riviera Noah Levy Series 2 regular
Beecham House Benoît Castillon Series regular
Le temps est assassin Paul Idrissi Series regular
2020 Mirage Thomas Grasset 3 episodes
La Garçonne Roman Ketoff Mini-series
2021 Peaky Blinders Jean Claude, seafaring smuggler Appearance during Season 6
2022 The Forest of the Missing (Les Disparus de la Forêt Noire) Erik Maes, police chief inspector Mini-series

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2017 A Night of Horror International Film Festival Best Male Performance Hostile Nominated
Fantastic Planet Film Festival Best Actor Hostile Nominated
FilmQuest Cthulhu Best Supporting Actor Hostile Nominated
New York City Horror Film Festival Best Actor Hostile Won
Nocturna Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival Official International Competition for Best Acting Hostile Nominated
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival Best Feature Actor Hostile Nominated
2018 Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival Best Actor Hostile Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Grégory Fitoussi: the heart-throb du jour Archived 2016-11-09 at the Wayback Machine The Times. 23 January 2016
  2. ^ Alliés Nes Retrieved on 8 November 2016
  3. ^ A Tour of Grégory Fitoussi’s Apartment Outside Paris The New York Times. 1 December 2017
  4. ^ Spinning a good tale The Big Issue. 8 February 2016
  5. ^ Mr Selfridge: six questions for Henri and Agnes Leclair, Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 15 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016