Acting
Apr 4, 1970
Saumur, France
Tony Baillargeat
Acting
Biography
Born in Saumur (Maine-et-Loire), he spent his adolescence in Tübingen (Germany). At nineteen, he made a stint with the marines of Lorient. He arrived in Paris in 1993 and directed his first feature film entitled Les Déclassés in 1997, which was only released in 2001 in Germany1. This film, in spite of its lack of means, is a success of esteem in Germany, where it is considered as one of the best French films of the last ten years by Hans Schiffer in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He also signs a short film, Eternae (dedicated to his writer friend Jean Parvulesco). This one is integrated with several others which, directed by the directors of the various European capitals (among which Xawery Zulawski, Richard Stanley, Harry Kümel, Nacho Cerda ...) form a feature film entitled Europe - 99euro-films. He participates, as an actor, in various television series (Homicides, Commissioner Moulin, Duval and Moretti, etc.) and in some feature films (Sombre, The President, Première Neiges). In January 2007, he co-produced the Seasons of Souls album (Fremeaux et associés) which marks the return of Bob Lenox then, in 2010, participated in the development of Bruno Putzulu's first album, Drôle de monde. Her first novel titled Jihad or Mary's Salvation was released in 2006, followed by a second, The Last Voyage (2008), dedicated to her daughter Thelma; both are published by La Compagnie Littéraire. In May 2013, he released a small booklet entitled Arsène Lupine, À propos de l'E (s) toile (Éditions La Compagnie Littéraire) devoted to the gentleman-burglar and his double in flesh and blood: Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair. It is presented on the back cover as being the report of a “mysterosophical” meeting that took place on the afternoon of June 21, 2010 between Jean Parvulesco, Arnaud de l'Estoile and himself. He also signs the foreword to a book by Jean-Paul Bourre: The Elected of the Red Serpent: The Sphinx and the President and has released a book of interviews with this same author entitled: The awakening of Kernunos at Éditions Alexipharmaque. In 2016, Tony Baillargeat directed Tanya Drouginska's first music video for the title La Mariée.
Feature Films (4)
State secrets, sincere convictions, ecstatic crowds, a regal lifestyle, prying journalists, suspicious disappearances: what goes on behind the scenes in the halls of power or the daily life of a President.
President
On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.
First Snow
In Paris in full German occupation in 1942, a Jewish child Isaac escapes a raid organized by the SS. He then took refuge in the Great Mosque of Paris. The imam decides to protect him by passing him off as a Muslim, as well as the other Jewish children that he manages to free with the help of the resistance networks. The French militia and the Gestapo have suspicions... This fiction film is based on the true story of the rector of the Paris mosque, Si Kaddour Benghabrit, who saved several Jews from deportation during the Second World War.
Ensemble
Television & Series (2)
Inspectors Duval and Moretti, inseparable cops and friends, work under the leadership of Paloma Ruiz, a commissioner with the iron hand, with the help of their favorite informer, Caesar.
Duval and Moretti
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.