Éric Savin

Biography

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 L.627. He then alternated between theater, television and cinema. His first theatre successes came with Durringer's 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 Emmène-moi (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 (J'ai horreur de l'amour) 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 J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (I'll go to heaven because hell is here) in 1997, film is about gangsters. He gets a nomination to the Sept d'or 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 Butterfly's Wing Flapping) in 2000), with Pierre-Erwan Guillaume in Bonne résistance à la douleur, (Good resistance to pain) in 1999 and L'Ennemi 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 Clermont-Ferrand in 1998. Finally in 2002, he plays in the famous short film Squash directed by Lionel Bailliu, which was multi-award-winning in several festivals around the world, including the interpretation prize in Clermont-Ferrand. 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 CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Charles

Squash

le militant onze de pique

Chacun cherche son chat

Christian (uncredited)

Au cœur du mensonge

Richard

Le Battement d'ailes du papillon

Torture sergeant

L'Ennemi intime

Maurizio

Une affaire d'État

Charles

Fair Play

Fausses alertes

Vincent

Je déteste les enfants des autres

Vincent

Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard

Le gratteur / Comédon

Les aventures de Philibert, capitaine puceau

Pierre

La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil

Alex

J'ai horreur de l'amour

Mathias

Captifs

Jean-Jacques Tilche

Cloclo

Chef de la police

Le Libertin

Gilles, le premier gendarme

Bâtards

Eric

La maîtresse en maillot de bain

Jean-Paul

Mystère

Jean

Lady Bar 2

Alexandre German

Mirages

Denis Perrac

Les Mystères de la duchesse

Jean

Lady Bar

Tony

Quartier V.I.P.

Giordano

Emmène-moi

Bloody Christmas 2 : La révolte des sapins

Tony

Agents secrets

Félix Guyon

La Fulgurée

Jean-Noël

Les Volets

Eric

La vieille barrière

Colonel Gilles Dambreuse

Pour l'honneur d'un fils

Alex's lover

Alex

Robic

Rouge sang

Vincent

L'enfant éternel

Richard Louvain

Crime dans le Larzac

Xavier Berg

Le Secret de la grotte

Florian

Mon cher petit village

Police officer

Un Homme idéal

Uncle Georges

Carnets d'ados - La vie quand même

Father of the little girls

Anna M.

Max

Bien agités

Van Gaals

Les oreilles sur le dos

Jacques Pelletier

Les heures souterraines

Tony

Une minute de silence

Pilou

La nage indienne

Inspector

Elle

Doumé

J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

Prosecutor

Ne le dis à personne

Jean-Marie

Le Temps du silence

Damien

Pièce Montée

Julien

À la folie... pas du tout

Jean

Edy

José

Lundi CDI

Gerbert

Par le Sang

Joseph Cadier

L'Incroyable Histoire du facteur Cheval

Lefort

L.627

Luc Thomassot

César Wagner

Boris Raikov

Charlotte Link – Die Entscheidung

Francis

Les p'tits gars Ladouceur

Sans mentir

Sébastien

De l'autre côté

Annick's Boyfriend

Presque rien

Marc

Les terres froides

Armand

Le bal des célibataires

Brigadier Beaupré

L'Ennemi naturel

Thierry

Bonne résistance à la douleur

Educator

De toutes mes forces

Patrick Guillemin

Les Baumettes

Olivier

Par accident

Pierre Montégnac

The Deep House

Eric

Les Petites Vacances

Pierre Larmont

Brasier

Torso

La part des anges

Durante

Elyas

Armurier

Capitaine Conan

Soubirou

Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique