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Arnaud Valois
Born	(1984-02-29) 29 February 1984 (age 40) Lyon, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Arnaud Valois (born 29 February 1984) is a French actor who was born in Lyon. He began his career in 2006. He played the protagonist Nathan, in the 2017 film BPM (Beats per Minute) (120 battements par minute).

Career

Valois ceased studies at law school and began to study acting at the Cours Florent drama school for two years. After a series of rejections as an actor, Valois left France and studied massage at Wat Pho in Bangkok and worked as a massage therapist in Thailand for six years. He returned to Paris to open a massage studio. He was invited to act in 120 BPM after Robin Campillo read his Facebook profile.

In 2017, with the international release of 120 BPM, the film's campaign for the 2018 Oscars nominations, and his ability to speak English, he became known internationally. Vanity Fair ranked him as the eleventh most influential French person in the world in 2017.

Personal life

Valois is gay.

Filmography

References

1. "120 battements par minute domine les nominations des Prix Lumières 2017 » Le Blog d'Ecran Noir". ecrannoir.fr. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018. With 6 nominations, 120 beats per minute dominates the 23rd International Press Awards
2. ^ Arnaud Valois the Rebirth - Crash magazine accessed 5 June 2022.
3. John-Paul Pryor (19 October 2017). "Interview: Arnaud Valois; Port meets the reluctant actor whose understated talent owes as much to a passion for holistic therapy as it does to stage school". Port Magazine.
4. Tom Ellen. "Meet Arnaud Valois, the 120 Beats per Minute star who was discovered over Facebook". The Standard.
5. Ethan Sapienza (20 October 2017). "Arnaud Valois went from masseuse to star of French AIDS drama BPM". Interview Magazine.
6. Matthew Schneier (26 June 2017). "He Wanted to Give Massages, but the Movies Called Him Back". New York Times.
7. "Arnaud Valois Back to Acting After Quitting to Give Massages". The Last Magazine. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
8. "Il cast di 120 Battiti al Minuto: la rivelazione Arnaud Valois e gli altri attivisti contro l'HIV - Gay.it". gay.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
9. "Les jeunes Français les plus influents selon Vanity Fair". Les Echos Start (in French). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
10. "'Believe in LGBTQ equality? Then you must join the fight against climate change'". 23 August 2019.
11. "'The 'Good Grief' Trailer Shows A Different Side of Dan Levy'". 20 December 2023.
12. Kaiser Karl (Biography, Drama, History), Daniel Brühl, Agnès Jaoui, Théodore Pellerin, Gaumont, Jour Premier Production, retrieved 6 January 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Arnaud Valois at IMDb
• Arnaud Valois at United Agents UK

• 1984 births
• Living people
• 21st-century French male actors
• Male actors from Lyon
• French male film actors
• French gay actors
• Most Promising Actor Lumières Award winners
• 21st-century French LGBTQ people