Eric Savin

Eric Savin

Biography

Éric Savin (born Dijon, 14 November 1964) is a French film and TV actor.

Savin comes from a rugby family, which meant he was more interested in a sports career. But a strong conviction led him to Paris to try a career as an actor. He was a hospital agent at the Bichat hospital in Paris from 1985 to 1988, and then passed the (Drama school) Cours Florent free class competition. It was during an audition that he met Xavier Durringer (playwright , screenwriter and filmmaker) with whom he still works today.

He made his stage debut in 1989 in Lorenzaccio (written by Alfred de Musset) directed by Francis Huster. Bertrand Tavernier entrusted him with his first cinema role in 1992, as Inspector Lefort in L.627. He then alternated between theater, television and cinema. His first theatre successes came with Durringer's shows like La Petite Entaille in 1991, or Sureur in 1997, presented at the Avignon Festival.

In 1993, he starred with actress Karin Viard in La nage indienne (the Indian Swim), in the first feature film by Durringer. Then he had several supporting roles including Giordano in Emmène-moi (Take me) by Michel Spinosa, distinguished at the Berlin International Film Festival and Captain Conan again with Tavernier in 1996, followed by I Hate Love (J'ai horreur de l'amour) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa in 1997 then in 1998 social film Une minute de silence ('One minute of silence') the first film of Florent Emilio Siri. He returned to work with Durringer on J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (I'll go to heaven because hell is here) in 1997, film is about gangsters.

He gets a nomination to the Sept d'or for his portrayal of a divorced father who kidnaps his daughter in the TV movie Vacances volées (or Stolen Vacation), it was directed by Olivier Panchot. He also accompanies many filmmakers and directors from short to feature film, such as Laurent Firode (Les astres (The Stars) in 1998, Happenstance (The Butterfly's Wing Flapping) in 2000), with Pierre-Erwan Guillaume in Bonne résistance à la douleur, (Good resistance to pain) in 1999 and L'Ennemi naturel (The Natural Enemy) in 2004. Then with Lyčče Boukhitine for which he takes the character in her short film La Vielle barrière (The old barrier), which won a 'jury prize' at the festival of Clermont-Ferrand in 1998. Finally in 2002, he plays in the famous short film Squash directed by Lionel Bailliu, which was multi-award-winning in several festivals around the world, including the interpretation prize in Clermont-Ferrand. Lionel Bailliu won an Oscar nomination in 2004 for Best Live Action Short Film. This performance leads Éric Savin to take the leading role of the compulsive domineering boss in the feature film adaptation in 2006 entitled Fair Play where he shares the poster with Marion Cotillard and Benoît Magimel. ...

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Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-11-14

Place of birth

Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

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Cast

Squash

Squash

2002

6.20

Happenstance

Happenstance

2000

6.50

Fair Play

Fair Play

2006

5.60

I Hate Love

I Hate Love

1997

5.50

Caged

Caged

2010

5.35

My Way

My Way

2012

6.46

Bâtards

Bâtards

2002

0.00

Lady Bar 2

Lady Bar 2

2009

9.00

Mirages

Mirages

2011

4.80

Lady Bar

Lady Bar

2007

9.00

Emmène-moi

Emmène-moi

1995

5.33

La Fulgurée

La Fulgurée

2024

7.00

Les Volets

Les Volets

2006

0.00

For My Son

For My Son

2020

5.60

Alex

Alex

2005

1.00

Blood Red

Blood Red

2014

4.96

Anna M.

Anna M.

2007

5.67

Totally Nuts

Totally Nuts

2004

0.00

Sidestroke

Sidestroke

1993

4.60

Elle

Elle

2016

6.66

Tell No One

Tell No One

2006

7.24

Edy

Edy

2005

5.46

Lundi CDI

Lundi CDI

2010

7.00

By Blood

By Blood

2018

0.00

L.627

L.627

1992

7.10

Sans mentir

Sans mentir

2008

0.00

Come Undone

Come Undone

2000

6.50

Cold Lands

Cold Lands

1999

5.40

Do it Right

Do it Right

2017

6.60

Par accident

Par accident

2004

2.00

Brasier

Brasier

2005

0.00

Elyas

Elyas

2024

6.20