Jean-Hugues Anglade

French screenwriter, actor, director Jean-Hugues Anglade was born in 1955 in the French town of Toire (Poitou Charante). During his artistic career, he starred in 68 films, among which there are mainly dramas, comedies and thrillers. He has worked extensively with Les Films du Dauphin, Taking Lives Pictures Inc., Village Roadshow Pictures, GAUMONT, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, and Warner Bros. Pictures. His family was far from the world of cinema: his father worked as a veterinarian, his mother more

French screenwriter, actor, director Jean-Hugues Anglade was born in 1955 in the French town of Toire (Poitou Charante). During his artistic career, he starred in 68 films, among which there are mainly dramas, comedies and thrillers. He has worked extensively with Les Films du Dauphin, Taking Lives Pictures Inc., Village Roadshow Pictures, GAUMONT, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

His family was far from the world of cinema: his father worked as a veterinarian, his mother as a social worker. After graduating from the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art, Jean-Yug Anglad made his film debut in a tiny supporting role in the film L’indiscretion, then he was offered to play the main character of the film Patrice Sherault “Wounded”. But the real success for Anglad came when "Elephant diagonal"
- The third film in which he starred, won an Oscar in the nomination "Best Foreign Film". The development of his career was promoted by his participation in Besson’s films. "Underground" "Thirty-seven and two in the morning." In "Nikita" he starred with Anne Parillaud; in the film "Queen Margot" played the unstable King Charles and for this role was awarded "Cesar"; the tape with the participation of Jean-Yug Anglad "Kill Zoe", produced by Tarantino, noted at the Yubari Film Festival (Japan).
His debut as a director came in 1997, when he directed an "ethno-sports-love drama." "Tonka" In which he played the role of the main character-sprinter.
Jean-Yug has a reputation as a non-standard, emotional and flexible (both physically and psychologically) actor. In his youth, he played unbalanced young men, always engaged in the search for the meaning of life. The heroes of today’s Anglad seek well-being and peace. He does not hesitate to appear naked, and still looks like a young man - slim and even fragile, but invariably enjoys the sympathy of French women. /