Samuel Arnold is a French actor best known for playing the role of Julien in the Netflix series Emily in Paris (2020).
Wiki/Biography
Samuel Arnold was born on Wednesday July 12, 1995 (27 years old; in 2022) in Paris. In 2012, he studied theater at EICAR, the international film school in Paris. In 2014 he moved to London where he enrolled in an intensive acting program at the Giles Foreman Center for Acting.
Physical appearance
Height: 5′ 10
Hair color: Black
Eye colour: Black
Family and ethnicity
He is of French origin.
Parents and siblings
Samuel Arnold’s sister, Jeleesa Kimmi Arnold, is a dance teacher at the Paris dance school.
Samuel Arnold with his sister
Relationship, wife and children
Not much is known about his relationships.
Career
Samuel started his career as a professional hip-hop dancer. In 2009, he participated in a reality TV show. “France has an incredible talent” (French Got Talent) in which he was a member of “Secrets of Moonwalk”, a dance group that danced to the song of Michael Jackson.
Samuel Arnold in the show “France has an incredible talent”
In 2016, Samuel made his film debut with the TV movie Killing a Man in which he played the role of Rufin, a thief. The film won the prize for best television series at the 18th La Rochelle Fiction Festival. In 2018 he starred as Supernumeraries in the play ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’ at the National Theater in London. The same year, he also played the role of Acaste in the play ‘Le Misanthrope’.
Samuel Arnold in the show Misanthrope (2018)
In 2019, he appeared in the French television series ‘Platane’ in which he played the role of graffiti artist. In 2020 he also starred as Julien Who is Emily’s Fashion-Forward but a critical collaborator in the Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’.
Samuel Arnold as Julien in Emily in Paris (2020)
Favorites
- TV shows: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
- Music album: Nothing Was the Same by Drake
Net value
His salary for doing the show is not disclosed to the public, but before he got Emily’s job in Paris, he reportedly struggled while in London. Suffice it to say, his move to the popular Netflix original earned him a net worth of $1 million.
Facts/Anecdotes
- Before entering the entertainment industry, Samuel wanted to pursue a career in web design, but since he felt the classes were long and tiring, he decided to become an actor. In an interview he said,
“I really wanted to be like a web designer…I always liked computers and stuff, but I was like that! It’s tiring! So I applied for acting school instead I thought I was going the easiest way, but found out I wasn’t.” During his hard days, Samuel worked as a bartender at Wahaca Wimbledon, a Mexican restaurant in London, to earn money.
- In addition to being an actor, he also produced and directed a web series “La Petite Princesse” in Paris.
- Arnold recently signed with APA for representation.
Samuel Arnold posted a photo on his APA links
- He took to Instagram on April 18, 2021 with a photo of himself and the caption “Day off. Good Sunday.”
Arnold Samuel’s first Instagram post
- He is a professional dancer. He claims to have helped him play his gay character in Emily in Paris.
- It was reported that Samuel had specifically returned to Paris just to shoot the show “Emily in Paris”. As he was already based in
- In London, he had to crash and stay in the two-bedroom apartment in Ashley Park with his co-star Lucas Bravo for about a month and a half to shoot the series Emily in Paris.
