François-Xavier Demaison (actor)

François-Xavier Demaison
François-Xavier Demaison in 2017
Born	(1973-09-22) 22 September 1973 Asnières-sur-Seine, France
Occupation(s)	Actor, humorist
Years active	2002–present
Children	1

François-Xavier Demaison (born 22 September 1973) is a French actor and humorist.

Personal life

Demaison was born in Asnières-sur-Seine. Both his parents were lawyers. He studied theater but dropped out to focus on an economics degree. After graduating in 1998 from the Sciences Po in Paris, he began his career as an auditor before joining Landwell & Associés (law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC) in the field of International taxation.

In August 2001 he was sent on an internship to their New York office. On 11 September 2001, Demaison witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center from his office in Manhattan. After this traumatic event, he decided not to continue on this career path and returned to his first love, the theater. He resumed contact with former teachers who helped him stage his own show, Act Two (he invested his saving of 5000 euros). It opened at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris on 2 December 2002.

Theater

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Notes
2002-05	A story pour les gens qui believe in dreams	Éric Théobald	Samuel Le Bihan & Mickaël Quiroga	Théâtre des Mathurins
2007	Demaison s'envole	Éric Théobald (2)	Samuel Le Bihan & Mickaël Quiroga	Casino de Paris
	L’Arbre de joie	Christophe Lidon	Louis-Michel Colas & David Khayat	Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse
2011	Demaison s'évade	Éric Théobald (3)	Samuel Le Bihan & Mickaël Quiroga	Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2005	Olé!	Caron's driver	Florence Quentin
	Tout pour plaire	The realtor	Cécile Telerman
2006	Sable noir	The server	Samuel Le Bihan	TV Series (1 Episode)
2007	L'Auberge rouge	Simon Barbeuf	Gérard Krawczyk
	Confidences		Laurent Dussaux	TV Mini-Series
2008	The First Day of the Rest of Your Life	Doctor Marcaurel	Rémi Bezançon
	Disco	Guillaume Navarre	Fabien Onteniente
	48 heures par jour	TV Host	Catherine Castel
	A Day at the Museum	The head home	Jean-Michel Ribes
	Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec	Coluche	Antoine de Caunes	Nominated - César Award for Best Actor
	Ça se soigne?	Philippe Barrois	Laurent Chouchan
2009	Little Nicholas	Mr. Dubon	Laurent Tirard
	Tellement proches	Jean-Pierre	Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
	Neuilly Yo Mama!	Father Dinaro	Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
	Divorces!	Alex	Valérie Guignabodet
	Une place à prendre	The dredger	Charles Meurisse	Short
	Réveil d'un mouton	Jonathan Cordiale	Julien Paolini	Short
2010	My Afternoons with Margueritte	Gardini	Jean Becker
	Sans laisser de traces	Patrick Chambon	Grégoire Vigneron
2011	360	Taxi Driver	Fernando Meirelles
	La chance de ma vie	Julien Monnier	Nicolas Cuche
	Beur sur la ville	Picolini	Djamel Bensalah
	Émilie Jolie	Voice	Philippe Chatel & Francis Nielsen
	Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde	Michel Ganiant	Stéphane Kazandjian
	Nicostratos le pélican	Aristote	Olivier Horlait
	Fais pas ci, fais pas ça	Jean-Pierre Bouley	Gabriel Julien-Laferrière	TV Series (1 Episode)
2012	Just Like Brothers	Boris	Hugo Gélin
	Zarafa	Malaterre	Jean-Christophe Lie & Rémi Bezançon
	Il était une fois, une fois	Willy Vanderbrook	Christian Merret-Palmair
	L'écharpe rouge	The Boss	Romain Nonn	Short
2013	Paris à tout prix	Thierry	Reem Kherici
	Hubert and Takako	Hubert	Hugo Gittard	TV Series (78 Episodes)
2014	Nicholas on Holiday	Mr. Dubon	Laurent Tirard
2015	Trois fois rien		Frédéric Petitjean	Short
	The Disappearance	Commandant Bertrand Molina	Charlotte Brandström	TV Series (8 Episodes)
2016	Arrête ton cinéma	Jack	Diane Kurys
	Team Spirit	Fabien Keller	Christophe Barratier
	La macchinazione	Moreau	David Grieco
	Les têtes de l'emploi	Thierry	Alexandre Charlot & Franck Magnier
2017	Jour J	Ben	Reem Kherici
	Comment j'ai rencontré mon père	Eliott Berthet	Maxime Motte
	Quadras	Alex	Isabelle Doval & Mélissa Drigeard	TV Series (8 Episodes)
2018	Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !	Father Dinaro	Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
	Normandie nue	Thierry Levasseur	Philippe Le Guay
	Tout le monde debout	The priest	Franck Dubosc
2019	All Inclusive	Michel Goubert	Fabien Onteniente
	Ni une ni deux	Jean-Pierre	Anne Giafferi

External links

• François-Xavier Demaison at IMDb