Actor
Frédéric Saurel
Born May 1, 1967 in Lodève, France34 films
Frédéric Saurel, then a college student, auditioned for a play by Luigi Pirandello, and thus obtained his first role. Describing himself as a "bad student", except in French and theater, he repeated his second year before stopping everything to study drama. From 1984 to 1986, Fred Saurel followed the drama course of Alain Janey and Paulette Frantz.
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In 1986, at the age of 19, Fred Saurel was admitted to the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris (1986 -1988).2 He played in the theater in “Les dégoudis de la 11ème” with Robert Hirsch and Darry Cowl. He will return to the theater in 2016 in a single on stage: “The Soliloquy of Grimm” by Bruno George.
In the cinema, he has played in more than 30 films (“Give me wings” by Nicolas Vanier) and on television in nearly fifty series or TV films (“Baron Noir, Season 3” for Canal +). Also a producer and director, he directed two feature films (“Bâtards” TPS/Pathé Vidéo) and produced around ten short films.
Fred Saurel created S.P.A.C.E (European Artistic and Cinematographic Production Company) in 1989, producing independent short and feature films, based in Aveyron.
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First watchSpread Your Wings20197.5as BjornChristian, a visionary scientist, studies wild geese. For his son, a teenager obsessed with video games, the idea of spending a holiday with his father in the wilderness is a nightmare.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
34 films as actor- TBADans l’ère du temps
- 2026Les GendarmesPatrick Bonnamy
- 2025La TournéeGaston
- 2025A Violent WorldYves
- 2024Not Without My ShrinkJean
- 2020Storm WarningSerge Riou
- 2019Spread Your WingsBjorn
- 2017With Open ArmsGardien de parc
- 2017School of LifeDédé
- 2016A Mighty TeamDépanneur
- 2014It's Never Too LateJean-Louis
- 2014Serial (Bad) WeddingsPastry Chef of Chinon
- 2013Back in CrimePierrot
- 2012Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacationle poissonnier
- 2011Chicken with PlumsMirza
- 2010Le Troisième JourLe père
- 2010The shadow of Mont st. MichelFrère Jude
- 2009Murphy's LawHugo Serrano
- 2008CrossfireRémy Andréani
- 2008AsylumLe gardien
- 2007Even Pigeons Go to HeavenLe curé (voice)
- 2005Twisted SoulsDavid
- 2005Hot Acts of LoveLe réceptionniste hôtel
- 2002BâtardsRémi, le deuxième gendarme
- 2002Accidental SaintSwan
- 2001Tête de chouL'homme perdu
- 2001GamerJosé
- 1999Les ParasitesThéo
- 1995MaydayOlivier
- 1994Le fusil de boisMartinet
- 1991Ragazzi
- 1991Mauvaise filleBaptiste
- 1987The Cruel EmbraceTatar
- 1986Les Dégourdis de la onzièmeSoldat Pome Roméo