Hugo Becker
Becker at the2018 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1987-05-13)13 May 1987 (age 38)
Education	Cours Florent Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations	Actor director producer
Years active	2010–present

Hugo Becker (born 13 May 1987) is a French actor, director and producer. He is known for his roles asLouis Grimaldi in the American drama television seriesGossip Girl and Romain in the French thriller seriesChefs.

Becker attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in France, the court Florent (Olga Hörstig Prize) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London.

He was part of the promotion of Young Talents Cannes in 2010. That same year, he made his debut on screen in a variety of roles. He played a young politician inL'Assaut, directed by Julien Leclercq, an alcoholic hitchhiker inLa Proie, directed by Eric Valette, a student in Marie-Castille Mention Schaar'sMa Première Fois and a young businessman inLa Croisière, by Pascale Pouzadoux.

In 2010, he made his debut inHollywood, playing Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in theCW dramaGossip Girl. Initially, he signed on for two episodes in the fourth season. Later, his role was extended for another eighteen episodes.^[1]

In 2011, he played Xavier in the American filmDamsels in Distress, directed byWhit Stillman. The film closed the 68th Venice Film Festival and was selected at the Toronto Film Festival.

In 2012, Becker starred as Antoine Lavoisier in the American docufictionMystery of the Matter, directed by Mr. Meyer. In 2013, Hugo played Isaac Dreyfuss, a football star involved in a terrorist affair, for two episodes of theBBC1 seriesSilent Witness.^[2]

In 2014, he played the role of Romain in the 6 episodes of the miniseriesChefs alongsideClovis Cornillac, for which he received the Adami Prize for the best promising actor at the Luchon festival.^[3][4][5]

Since 2014, he has been one of the producers at Nouvelle Donne Productions.

In 2015 and 2018, he played the lead role of André Merlaux, a young recruit to the French secret service in the year 1960, in the two seasons (24 episodes) of the French television seriesAu service de la France, known in English asA Very Secret Service.^[6][7][8]

In 2016, he began playing the role of Cyril Balsan in the political drama seriesBaron Noir alongsideNiels Arestrup,Kad Merad andAnna Mouglalis. In the same year, he starred in a main role alongsideYon González andLluís Homar in the Spanish crime drama seriesBajo sospecha. He played the role of a police officer infiltrated to find a missing person in a hospital in Madrid. He also played the role of Guillaume in the comedyUn jour mon prince, directed by Flavia Coste.

In 2018, he starred in Xavier Durringer'sParadise Beach alongsideSami Bouajila,Kool Shen,Seth Gueko andTewfik Jallab. In the same year, he starred inJusqu'ici tout va bien, by Mohamed Hamidi, alongsideGilles Lellouche,Malik Bentalha andSabrina Ouazani.

In 2019, he starred as Paul Vanhove in theNetflix science fiction seriesOsmosis.^[9] He is set to play a role as Paul WR inLe dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R. by Romain Quirot and as Max in the filmDöner directed by Jean-Luc Herbulot.

Hugo Becker is fluent inEnglish andSpanish.

• Hugo Becker atIMDb

• 21st-century French male actors
• French male film actors
• French male television actors
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• Actors from Metz
• Male actors from Grand Est
• Cours Florent alumni
• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• 1986 births

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