Samuel Le Bihan is a French actor and is best known for his role as Prince in Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Wiki/Biography
Samuel Le Bihan was born on Tuesday, November 2, 1965 (aged 57; in 2022.) His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He grew up in a modest environment in Plougastel-Daoulas (Brittany). He always had a desire to become an actor, but he also considered becoming a painter. He spent a year and a half at the Cours Florent before following a course in Commedia dell’arte which led him to do street performances, a mixture of clowning and burlesque mime mixing juggling and “spitting fire”. In order to enrich his theatrical experience, he decided to study classical texts at the Ecole de la rue Blanche and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD). Leaving for New York after a year of study, he took free lessons at the Actors Studio during his stay.
Samuel le Bihan as a teenager
Physical appearance
- Height (approx): 6 feet 2 inches / 187 cm
- Mass: 185 lbs / 84 kg
- Eye colour: Brown
- Hair color: Black
Family and ethnicity
Parents and Siblings
Samuel le Bihan with his father
Samuel le Bihan with his mother and sister
Samuel le Bihan with his sister during his childhood
Samuel Le Bihan spoke about his grandfather in an Instagram post
Relationships/Affairs, Wife, Children
From his marriage to actress Patricia Francino, he has a son named Jules, born in 1995. He was engaged to Cameroonian-Gabonese model and fashion designer Daniela Beye from 2002 to 2015; they had a daughter, Angie, who has autism, born in December 2011.
Angie, Samuel’s daughter
It was reported in 2016 that he started dating Angie Vu Ha, a Vietnamese-born DJ, model, actress and producer. The couple has a daughter named Emma-Rose born August 13, 2018. Since 2022, he has been dating Stefania Cristian, a French model.
Samuel Le Bihan with Stefanie
Career
Back in France in 1994, Samuel Le Bihan joined the Comédie-Française company. During his four years of debates, he defended the texts of Corneille, Racine, Hugo, Kleist, Feydeau, and many others. Catherine Tasca, then French Minister of Culture, conferred on him the honorary title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. It was also at this time that directors such as Régis Wargnier, Bertrand Tavernier, Alain Corneau or Tonie Marshall introduced him to cinema. Finally, he left the Comédie-Française but returned soon after to play Stanley Kowalski in the play A Streetcar Named Desire with a partner, Caroline Cellier, directed by Philippe Adrien. Following this performance, he was nominated for the Molières in the “Young Hope” category. His career as a filmmaker began when he landed the role of Norbert, the reasonable officer of Captain Conan, a role for which he was nominated for the César and won the prize. This was followed by Vénus Beauté (Institut), for which he received the Jean-Gabin prize, and Le Pacte des Loups, which established him as a leading artist.
Samuel le Bihan in The Pact of the Wolves as Grégoire de Fronsac
His filmography includes successful comedies such as Restons grouped, Jet Set, Trois Zéros, auteur cinema with Catherine Breillat, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Laëtitia Masson, Émilie Deleuze, Anne Le Ny and many others. Other genre films such as Total Western, The Wolf Pact and Fury have also shown its influence, as have thrillers like The Cousin.
Samuel le Bihan in Le Cousin as Francis
In 2004, he collaborated with Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Kathy Bates in the American production Le Pont du Roi Saint-Louis, as well as with Andie MacDowell and Tim Roth in The Last Sign.
Samuel le Bihan in The Bridge of King Saint-Louis
The former Marseille policeman joined the cast of the Alex Hugo series on France 2 in 2014, in which he plays the title character, a former cook who decides to live alone in the mountains.
Samuel le Bihan in Alex Hugo (2014)
Along with the creation of his own production company, Frelon Productions, he discovered and produced several shows by François-Xavier Demaison, with whom he is also associated as one of their authors.
Additional activities
“November en Enfance”, a French association serving children, is one of Samuel’s main patrons. It also supports the international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger.
Awards/honours
- 1999: Jean Gabin Prize
- Carthage International Festival 2008: Best Supporting Actor for El hombre de arena
- AdamiCitizen Artist Award 2019
Appointment
- César 1997: César for the most promising male actor for Captain Conan
- Molières 1999: Molière of the theatrical revelation for A tramway named Desire
Decoration
- Knight of the Legion of Honor (2021)
Autograph
Autograph of Samuel Le Bihan
Facts / Anecdotes
- Samuel Le Bihan received 56 kisses from his wife for his 56th birthday on November 3, 2021.
Samuel shares his birthday kisses
- He enjoys surfing (an activity he shares with his father), cycling, rock climbing and hiking in his free time.
Samuel Le Bihan’s father goes surfing
Samuel Le Bihan surfing
Samuel Le Bihan on his bike
Hike Samuel Le Bihan
- His favorite city is Nice.
Samuel posted on the city of Nice
- He became involved in Action Against Hunger as a director, traveling to Darfur, Liberia, Haiti and Mongolia, and returning with written or video reports each time explaining the state of emergency. With the photographer Richard Aujard, he traveled 12 days in Mongolia as part of the program Envoyé Spécial de France 2 in 2008. His commentary appears in a documentary entitled Nomad’s Land, in which he provides voice-overs that he himself even written. The purpose of this documentary is to raise awareness about poverty in this country.
Samuel Le Bihan posted about his book Nomad’s Land
- With the former leaders of Action Against Hunger, he created “Earthwake”, an association that tackles the spread of plastic pollution on continents and oceans, and for which he will speak in December 2015 during the COP 21. While waiting for the arrival in force of New Energies, Samuel Le Bihan explores the transformation of plastic bags into petroleum products during the TEX 2016 conference this week.
Earthwake Logo
- Father of an autistic child as well as founder of numerous associations, he founded with Florent Chapel in 2018 the Autism Info Service platform which aims to inform and support people with autism and the whole of society on autism. He also published at the same time a book entitled “A Happiness I Wish Nobody”, in which he describes his relationship with his autistic daughter.
Samuel Le Bihan posted about his book
- He has talked about his daughter Angie many times and even appeared with her in magazines like Paris Match.
Samuel Le Bihan with his daughter on Paris Match
Samuel Le Bihan and Angie in Paris Match
- Samuel often likes to draw and paint and even talks about it on his Instagram.
A portrait of Samuel Le Bihan
A portrait by Samuel Le Bihan
An old portrait of Samuel Le Bihan
- His first photo on Instagram dates from September 9, 2015 when he posted a photo of his visit to the France 2 studio for an interview.
Samuel Le Bihan’s first post on Instagram
