Éric Savin born Dijon 14 November 1964 is a French film and TV actor Savin comes from a rugby family which meant he was more interested in a sports career But a strong conviction led him to Paris to try a career as an actor He was a hospital agent at the Bichat hospital in Paris from 1985 to 1988 and then passed the Drama school Cours Florent free class competition It was during an audition that he met Xavier Durringer playwright screenwriter and filmmaker with whom he still works today He made his stage debut in 1989 in Lorenzaccio written by Alfred de Musset directed by Francis Huster Bertrand Tavernier entrusted him with his first cinema role in 1992 as Inspector Lefort in L627 He then alternated between theater television and cinema His first theatre successes came with Durringers shows like La Petite Entaille in 1991 or Sureur in 1997 presented at the Avignon Festival In 1993 he starred with actress Karin Viard in La nage indienne the Indian Swim in the first feature film by Durringer Then he had several supporting roles including Giordano in Emmènemoi Take me by Michel Spinosa distinguished at the Berlin International Film Festival and Captain Conan again with Tavernier in 1996 followed by I Hate Love Jai horreur de lamour by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa in 1997 then in 1998 social film Une minute de silence One minute of silence the first film of Florent Emilio Siri He returned to work with Durringer on Jirai au paradis car lenfer est ici Ill go to heaven because hell is here in 1997 film is about gangsters He gets a nomination to the Sept dor for his portrayal of a divorced father who kidnaps his daughter in the TV movie Vacances volées or Stolen Vacation it was directed by Olivier Panchot He also accompanies many filmmakers and directors from short to feature film such as Laurent Firode Les astres The Stars in 1998 Happenstance The Butterflys Wing Flapping in 2000 with PierreErwan Guillaume in Bonne résistance à la douleur Good resistance to pain in 1999 and LEnnemi naturel The Natural Enemy in 2004 Then with Lyčče Boukhitine for which he takes the character in her short film La Vielle barrière The old barrier which won a jury prize at the festival of ClermontFerrand in 1998 Finally in 2002 he plays in the famous short film Squash directed by Lionel Bailliu which was multiawardwinning in several festivals around the world including the interpretation prize in ClermontFerrand Lionel Bailliu won an Oscar nomination in 2004 for Best Live Action Short Film This performance leads Éric Savin to take the leading role of the compulsive domineering boss in the feature film adaptation in 2006 entitled Fair Play where he shares the poster with Marion Cotillard and Benoît Magimel Source Article Éric Savin from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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