Jean-Hugues Anglade
Actor
Biography
Jean-Hugues Anglade is a French actor, film director, and screenwriter, known for his roles as Eric in Killing Zoe, Zorg in Betty Blue and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita in Nikita.
Jean-Hugues Anglade was born in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. His father was a veterinary surgeon and his mother was a social worker. He entered the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris (class of 1980), where he attended classes with Antoine Vitez. This allowed him, in particular, to make his first appearance on television in 1980 in an adaptation by Michel Favart of La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac.
Anglade has acted in many films, TV series and on stage.
He plays a major role in the TF1 2022 French TV series Visions, which premiered at Canneseries that year. The series, directed by directed by Akim Isker, also stars Louane Emera, Soufiane Guerrab, and Julien Boisselier.
On the 21st of August 2015, Anglade was a passenger on board the Paris-bound Thalys train that suffered an attempted attack. However, the assailant was subdued by other passengers. The event resulted in injuries to four passengers, including Anglade. He cut his hand while breaking the glass on the emergency alarm.
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As Director
Filmography
Léon: The Professional
as Extra (uncredited) 1994
Nikita
as Marco 1990
Taking Lives
as Duval 2004
Sink or Swim
as Simon 2018
Suburra
as Cardinal Berchet 2015
Maximum Risk
as Sebastien 1996
Superwho?
as Michel Dugimont 2022
Subway
as Le Roller 1985
Betty Blue
as Zorg 1986
Queen Margot
as Charles IX 1994
Killing Zoe
as Eric 1993
The Marquis
as Jo 2011
The Deep Dark
as Berthier 2023
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Vincent Granec 1995
Vanquish or Die
as Ruelle 2023
Look to the Sky
as Max Oberski 1993
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Bernard Kouchner 2007