Biography
Nicolas Giraud (born 12 November 1978) is a French actor and filmmaker. Giraud is known for playing the role of Peter in the 2008 action film Taken. He is the writer, director and lead actor of the short film Faiblesses (2009). Giraud played the lead role in L'Astronaute (2022), a French film that he wrote and directed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicolas Giraud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Astronaut
2023
as Jim Desforges
An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first ...
The Astronaut
2023
Director, Screenplay, Idea
An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first ...
Close Enemies
2018
as Rémi Rufo
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belo...
Du soleil dans mes yeux
2018
as Yann
Du soleil dans mes yeux
2018
Director, Writer
The Guardians
2017
as Constant Sandrail
In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World ...
The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.R
2015
as Le psychopathe
The red moon threatens our existence on earth. Our only hope is the the most talented astronaut of his generation, the enigmatic Paul W.R. But a few h...
Anton Tchekhov 1890
2015
as Anton Tchékhov
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchék...
Far from Men
2015
as Lieutenant Le Tallec
A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the a...
Among the Living
2014
as Nathan
Three teenagers skip school in order to explore an abandoned film studio lot where they catch sight of a woman being dragged by a masked man.
Dust
2013
as M. Chabert
For some time the village was just sentenced to silence and dust. Not a soul out there, not even a noise. However this evening, something is moving ag...
What the Day Owes the Night
2012
as Fabrice
Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, wi...
The Speed of the Past
2011
as Pablo
Margot and Joseph leave move awy from the city, far from everything, and renovate an old house in which they hardly settle down. One day, the earth be...
Les Tribulations d'une caissière
2011
as Charles
La vie n’est pas rose tous les jours pour Solweig, caissière dans un supermarché. Mais elle garde le sourire, malgré les remarques souvent déplaisante...
The Robin Hoods of the Poor
2011
as Franck Delmas
Two brothers in impoverished Cantal steal money from the banks with the assistance of the locals to distribute it amongst the poor. The police are bef...
The First Man
2011
as Uncle Étienne (1924)
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childh...
A Butterfly Kiss
2011
as Samuel
Billie and Louis have the good fortune of loving each other passionately and of having a family. But then one day terrible news turns their existence ...
Voir la Mer
2011
as Nicolas
Two brothers live in Montbard, Burgundy. For their summer vacation, they decide to visit their mother in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, because it’s been a long t...
Coup d'éclat
2011
as Cédric, le subordonné de Fabienne
Fabienne is a police officer. She does her job well but is gradually growing tired of the dehumanized nature of her work : arresting undocumented alie...
Bruc: The Manhunt
2010
as Nouaille
Spain, 1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his dr...
Elsewhere
2010
as Patrick's brother
Patrick Perrin is a dealer in a small seaside casino. His dream? To leave. To leave everything for an unknown destination. But a trip such as this doe...
Pas si simple
2010
as Jean-Marc
Nadia, an 18-year-old French girl from Moroccan origin, is now of age to get married. Despite her reluctance to marriage during the family summer vaca...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
2010
as Andrej Zborowski
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and ...
High Lane
2009
as Fred
A group of friends on a climbing vacation ignore warnings that the mountains are closed and start their ascent anyway. Collapsing bridges, bear traps ...
Weaknesses
2009
as Lui
A young woman decides to go after a man she’s in love with… – Semaine de la critique
Weaknesses
2009
Director, Writer, Editor
A young woman decides to go after a man she’s in love with… – Semaine de la critique
Like a Star Shining in the Night
2008
as Marc
A young couple finds out what love truly means when one of them has a brush with death. When Anne and Marc met, it was love at first sight, and the lo...
Welcome Home
2008
as Bob
Julien, 28, returns to his home town after spending the past 13 years in prison. Out on probation, he's obsessed with a girl... Emilie. And one day, h...
Taken
2008
as Peter
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let K...
In Your Wake
2007
as Marco
An estranged father returns with plans to open a bar with the son who still harbors resentment towards him.
Sous le bleu
2004
as Michel
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