Paul Hamy

{{short description|French actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| image = Paul Hamy 2014 2.jpg

| caption = Paul Hamy at the Lumières Awards 2014

| name = Paul Hamy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|01|07|df=yes}}

| birth_place = France

| death_date =

| death_place =

| othername =

| occupation = Actor, model

| years active = 1998–present

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Paul Hamy (born 7 January 1982) is a French actor and model. He started his career early as a model, working for Elite Model Management before turning to cinema in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.elitemodel.fr/|title=Elite Paris|website=Elite Paris|accessdate=12 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=606623.html|title=Paul Hamy|last=AlloCine|website=AlloCiné|accessdate=12 March 2019}}

Career

He was spotted at the age of sixteen by fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. He worked with big names like Hedi Slimane for Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garçons, Christian Lacroix, poses for Vogue and travelled all over the world.{{cite web | url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/l-ornithologue-paul-hamy-une-gueule-qui-s-impose_1851449.html | title=L'Ornithologue: Paul Hamy, une gueule qui s'impose | date=30 November 2016 }}

He also studied drawing and sculpture and founded “POK - Pain O choKolat”, a collective of visual artists, photographers, designers, videographers, actors, dancers, DJs and musicians. In 2010, he unveiled a series of sculptures under the title Chapeau, Chimère & Forme.http://www.lamjc.com/Paul-Hamy-Pigalle {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

He made his on-screen debut with two movies in 2013 : On My Way directed by Emmanuelle Bercot and Suzanne directed by Katell Quillévéré, for which he was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor and the Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation

Life

His father is american and his mother french. In September 2020, he married Denitza Stefanova.{{cite web | url=https://www.marieclaire.fr/,paul-hamy-qui-es-tu-vraiment,738712.asp | title=Paul Hamy, qui es-tu vraiment ? }}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Title

!Role

!Director

!Notes

rowspan=3|2013

| Suzanne

| Julien

| Katell Quillévéré

| Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor
Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation

On My Way

| Marco

| Emmanuelle Bercot

|

Vitalic - Fade Away

| Hitman

| Romain Chassaing

| Music video

rowspan=4|2014

| Mikado

| Goran

| Nicolas Peduzzi

| Short

Errance

| Djé

| Peter Dourountzis

| Short

La séance

| Pierre-Louis Pierson

| Edouard de La Poëze

| Short

Borgia

| Simon d'Auxerre

| Christoph Schrewe

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=7|2015

| Mon Roi

| Pascal

| Maïwenn

|

Disorder

| Denis

| Alice Winocour

|

French Blood

| Grand-Guy

| Diastème

|

Fort Buchanan

| Steve

| Benjamin Crotty

|

Louis

| Louis

| Stéphanie Doncker

| Short

8 coups

| Axel

| Virginie Schwartz

| Short

Un regret

| Him

| Thibaut Buccellato

| Short

rowspan=4|2016

| Sex Doll

| Cook

| Sylvie Verheyde

|

Parisienne

| Jean-Marc

| Danielle Arbid

|

Despite the Night

| Louis

| Philippe Grandrieux

|

The Ornithologist

| Fernando

| João Pedro Rodrigues

|

rowspan=2|2017

| Le divan de Staline

| Oleg Iakoblevitch Danilov

| Fanny Ardant

|

Martin pleure

| Voice

| Jonathan Vinel

| Short

rowspan=4|2018

| 9 doigts

| Magloire

| F.J. Ossang

|

Occidental

| Giorgio

| Neïl Beloufa

|

Le Cri

| Munch

| Charles Ayats &
Sandra Paugam

| Short

The Unicorn

| Christophe

| Chloe Boreham

| Short

rowspan=6|2019

| Sibyl

| Étienne

| Justine Triet

|

Get In

| Mickey

| Olivier Abbou

|

Jessica Forever

| Raiden

| Caroline Poggi &
Jonathan Vinel

|

Territory of Love

| Olivier

| Romain Cogitore

|

Someone, Somewhere

| Steevy

| Cédric Klapisch

|

Calls

| Maxence

| Timothée Hochet

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=4|2021

| Villa Caprice

| Jérémie

| Bernard Stora

|

Madame Claude

| André

| Sylvie Verheyde

|

Last Journey of Paul W.R.

| Eliott W.R

| Romain Quirot

|

Maroni

| David Le Gall

| Olivier Abbou

| TV series (6 episodes)

rowspan=2|2022

| Séparation

| Arkhip

| Aurélien Achache

| Short

Avant la nuit

| Franck

| Hervé Freiburger

| Short

2023

| Jusqu'ici tout va bien

| Alban

| Nawell Madani &
Lionel Smila

| TV series (6 episodes)

rowspan=2|2024

| The Soul Eater

| Franck de Rolan

| Julien Maury &
Alexandre Bustillo

| Post-Production

Rien ni personne

| Jean

| Gallien Guibert

| Post-Production

TBA

| Maoussi

|

| Charlotte Schioler

| Post-Production

Theater

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Year

! Title

! Author

! Director

2016

| Cordelia-Requiescat

| Olivier Dhénin

| Olivier Dhénin

2016-18

| Tilim-Bom Fantaisie

| Olivier Dhénin

| Olivier Dhénin

2018

| Le Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate

| Laurent Gaudé

| Olivier Dhénin

2022-23

| Souvenirs de Combray

| Marcel Proust

| Olivier Dhénin

References

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