{{short description|French actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Hugo Becker | image = Hugo Becker - Adami - Cannes 2018 (cropped).jpg | caption = Becker at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|5|13}} | birth_place = | education = Cours Florent<br>Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | occupation = {{hlist|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 as Louis Grimaldi in the American drama television series ''Gossip Girl'' and Romain in the French thriller series ''Chefs''.
==Career== 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 in ''L'Assaut'', directed by Julien Leclercq, an alcoholic hitchhiker in ''La Proie'', directed by Eric Valette, a student in Marie-Castille Mention Schaar's ''Ma Première Fois'' and a young businessman in ''La Croisière'', by Pascale Pouzadoux.
In 2010, he made his debut in Hollywood, playing Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in the CW drama ''Gossip Girl''. Initially, he signed on for two episodes in the fourth season. Later, his role was extended for another eighteen episodes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beaudonnet|first=Laure|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/culture/1537471-20150211-hugo-becker-serie-chefs-vecu-reve-americain|title=" Hugo Becker, j'ai vécu le rêve américain "|language=fr|publisher=20minutes|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=11 February 2015}}</ref>
In 2011, he played Xavier in the American film ''Damsels in Distress'', directed by Whit 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 docufiction ''Mystery 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 the BBC1 series Silent Witness.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnaby|first=Walter|url=http://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/culture/2014/01/02/review-silent-witness-commodity-part-1//|title=Review: Silent Witness: Commodity, Part 1|publisher=The Edge|date=2 January 2014|accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref>
In 2014, he played the role of Romain in the 6 episodes of the miniseries ''Chefs'' alongside Clovis Cornillac, for which he received the Adami Prize for the best promising actor at the Luchon festival.<ref>{{cite web |last=Langlais |first=Pierre |url=http://www.telerama.fr/series-tv/sur-france-2-la-bonne-surprise-de-chefs,116707.php |title=Chefs, une série qui sent bon |language=French |publisher=Télérama |date=12 September 2014 |accessdate=12 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gindensperger |first=Sophie |url=http://ecrans.liberation.fr/ecrans/2015/02/10/hugo-becker-premiere-etoile_1199665 |title=Hugo Becker, première étoile |language=fr |work=Libération |date=10 February 2015 |accessdate=10 February 2015 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211195438/http://ecrans.liberation.fr/ecrans/2015/02/10/hugo-becker-premiere-etoile_1199665 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Koenig |first=Marie |url=http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/moselle/2015/02/24/hugo-becker-l-acteur-messin-au-pays-des-chefs |title=" Hugo Becker, l'acteur messin au pays des chefs " |language=fr |publisher=Le Républicain lorrain |date=24 February 2015 |accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>
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 series ''Au service de la France'', known in English as ''A Very Secret Service''.<ref>{{cite web|last=pro|first=Arte |url=http://pro.arte.tv/2014/10/au-service-de-la-france-une-serie-despionnage-en-tournage-pour-arte/ |title=" Au service de la France ", une série d'espionnage en tournage pour ARTE |language=French |publisher=Arte|date=10 October 2014|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jaeger|first=Jean-Pierre |url=http://www.lasemaine.fr/2015/02/12/becker-street-|title=" Becker Street "|language=fr |publisher=The Week |date=11 February 2015 |accessdate=11 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jarry |first=Marjolaine |url=http://teleobs.nouvelobs.com/series/20150208.OBS1983/hugo-futur-boss.html |title=" Hugo, futur boss "|language=fr|publisher=Le Nouvel Observateur|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=11 February 2015}}</ref>
In 2016, he began playing the role of Cyril Balsan in the political drama series ''Baron Noir'' alongside Niels Arestrup, Kad Merad and Anna Mouglalis. In the same year, he starred in a main role alongside Yon González and Lluís Homar in the Spanish crime drama series ''Bajo 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 comedy ''Un jour mon prince'', directed by Flavia Coste.
In 2018, he starred in Xavier Durringer's ''Paradise Beach'' alongside Sami Bouajila, Kool Shen, Seth Gueko and Tewfik Jallab. In the same year, he starred in ''Jusqu'ici tout va bien'', by Mohamed Hamidi, alongside Gilles Lellouche, Malik Bentalha and Sabrina Ouazani.
In 2019, he starred as Paul Vanhove in the Netflix science fiction series ''Osmosis''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beaudonnet|first=Laure|url=https://www.programme-tv.net/news/evenement/netflix-series-films-et-documentaires-sur-netflix/212237-osmosis-netflix-intrigues-casting-date-de-sortie-toutes-les-infos-sur-la-saison-1/|title=Osmosis (Netflix): intrigues, casting, release date ... All the information about season 1|language=fr|publisher= Télé Loisirs|access-date=21 January 2019|date=6 August 2018}}</ref> He is set to play a role as Paul WR in ''Le dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R.'' by Romain Quirot and as Max in the film ''Döner'' directed by Jean-Luc Herbulot.
Hugo Becker is fluent in English and Spanish.
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 2010 | ''{{sortname|La|mariée n'est pas qu'une marchande de frites|nolink=1}}'' | Guillaume | Short film |- | ''{{sortname|The|Assault|dab=2010 film}}'' | Vincent Leroy | |- | rowspan="3" | 2011 | ''{{sortname|The|Prey|dab=2011 film}}'' | The hitchhiking student | |- | ''{{sortname|La|Croisière}}'' | Alix's contributor | |- | ''Damsels in Distress'' | Xavier | |- | 2012 | ''Ma première fois'' | Antoine | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''Breathe In'' | Clement | |- | ''Hybris'' | Guillaume | Short film |- | rowspan="3" | 2014 | ''F.A.N'' | The man | Short film; also director, writer and producer |- | ''{{sortname|La|dernière virée|nolink=1}}'' | Alexandre | rowspan="3" | Short film |- | ''{{sortname|Le|pont de l'ange|nolink=1}}'' | |- | 2015 | ''{{sortname|Le|dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul WR|nolink=1}}'' | Paul WR |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | ''{{sortname|Un|jour mon prince}}'' | Guillaume | |- | ''City of Lost Love'' | Thibault | |- | rowspan="2" | 2017 | ''1971 Motorcycle Heart'' | Christian Ravel | Short film |- | ''{{sortname|La|nuit juste avant les forêts|nolink=1}}'' | The man | |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''Jusqu'ici tout va bien'' | Mike | |- | ''Paradise Beach'' | Franck | |- | 2020 | ''Last Journey of Paul W.R.'' | Paul W.R | |- | rowspan="2" | 2022 | ''Pilote'' | Daniel | |- | ''Tempête'' | Pierre | |- | rowspan="4" | 2023 | ''For My Country'' | David | |- | ''Vaincre ou mourir'' | François de Charette | |- | ''Apaches'' | Bel Oeil | |- | ''Les Grands Hommes'' | Sylvain | Short film |- | TBA | ''Döner'' | Max | |- | TBA | ''Maria'' | The director | |- | TBA | ''Ici et là bas'' | | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2010–2012 | ''Gossip Girl'' | Louis Grimaldi | 18 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ''Julie Lescaut'' | Thierry Bouvier | Episode: "La mariée du pont neuf" |- | ''R.I.S, police scientifique'' | Emmanuel | Episode: "Requiem assassin" |- | 2013 | ''Jo'' | Eddy | 2 episodes |- | rowspan="3" | 2014 | ''Silent Witness'' | Isaac Dreyfus | Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts) |- | ''Collection rue des ravissantes: Boris Vian fait son cinéma'' | The hitchhiker | Episode: "L'autostoppeur" |- | ''Où es-tu maintenant?'' | Mathieu Delmas | Television film |- | rowspan="2" | 2015 | ''{{sortname|The|Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements|The Mystery of Matter (film)}}'' | Antoine Lavoisier | Miniseries; episode: "Out of Thin Air" |- | ''Mystère à l'Opéra'' | Paul Santerre | Television film |- | 2015–2016 | ''Chefs'' | Romain | Main role; 14 episodes<br>Luchon International Film Festival – Best Young Actor |- | 2015–2018 | ''{{sortname|A|Very Secret Service}}'' | André Merlaux | Main role; 24 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Bajo sospecha'' | Alain Juillard | 10 episodes |- | 2016–2020 | ''Baron Noir'' | Cyril Balsan | Main role; 18 episodes |- | rowspan="3" | 2018 | ''{{sortname|La|mort dans l'âme|nolink=1}}'' | Tristan Delmas | rowspan="3" | Television film |- | ''Tu vivras ma fille'' | Simon Laffargue |- | ''Deux gouttes d'eau'' | Antoine / Tom Delvoye |- | 2019 | ''Osmosis'' | Paul Vanhove | Main role; 8 episodes |- | 2020 | ''Call My Agent!'' | Éric | Episode: "Charlotte" |- | 2021 | ''Leonardo'' | Thierry | 3 episodes |- | 2021–2023 | ''Je te promets'' | Paul Gallo | Main role; 34 episodes |- | 2022 | ''Diane de Poitiers'' | Henry II of France | Miniseries |- | 2024 | ''{{sortname|The|New Look|dab=TV series}}'' | Hervé | 7 episodes |- | {{TableTBA}} | ''Concordia'' | Alexandre | |- | {{TableTBA}} | ''La Peste'' | Sylvain Rambert | Miniseries |}
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director |- | 2016 | ''La nuit juste avant les forêts'' | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Paul-Emile Fourny |- | 2018 | ''Amadeus'' | Peter Shaffer | Paul-Emile Fourny |- | rowspan=2| 2019 | ''Roberto Zucco'' | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Paul-Emile Fourny |- | ''Le cas Eduard Einstein'' | Laurent Seksik | Stéphanie Fagadau |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result |- | 2015 | Luchon International Film Festival | Best Young Actor | ''Chefs'' | {{Win}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|3927701}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Hugo}} Category:21st-century French male actors Category:French male film actors Category:French male television actors Category:Living people Category:Actors from Metz Category:Male actors from Grand Est Category:Cours Florent alumni Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Category:1986 births