Emilien Vekemans

Emilien Vekemans (born 1992) is a Belgian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in the Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself.

Early life Vekemans is from Brussels. He studied Drama at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, graduating in 2013 and then completing a Master's in 2014. In 2016, he took a drama course at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and a workshop with James Temp in Berlin.

Career From 2013 to 2015, Vekemans starred as Max in the YouTube and La Deux comedy web series Typique. He made his feature film debut in the 2014 children's fantasy film The Secret of Arkandias . In 2017, he appeared in the RTBF series La Théorie du Y as well as the Netflix series Transferts.

Vekemans had recurring roles as Tom Rivière in the first two seasons of ASKIP, le collège se la raconte on France 4 and Roger Lagarrigue in the 1960s high school-set Amazon Prime series Voltaire High . He also appeared in the France 2 miniseries Voltaire in Love. He made his English-language debut starring as Gabriel in the 2022 British Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, an adaptation of Sally Green's young adult fantasy novel Half Bad.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Secret of Arkandias Fabrice 2015 We Will All Be Famous Jake Short film 2016 Fighting Story Lionel Short film 2017 Blue Boy Emile Short film 2018 Lendemain de mariage Thibaud Short film Horizontale Gabriel Short film 2019 Saudade Arnaud Short film Panda Leo Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2013–2015 Typique Max Web; main role 2017 La Théorie du Y Sam 3 episodes Promo 2017 Victor Lucas etc. Kevin 2 episodes Transferts Fabrice 3 episodes Unit 42 Benjamin Corti Episode: "Standby Mode" 2020 Candice Renoir Ludovic Desanti Episode: "Souvent le Feu Éteint Dort Sous la Cendre" Spiral Young OPJ 1 episode 2020–2021 Askip Tom Rivière recurring role (seasons 1–2 - 28 episodes) 2021 Voltaire in Love Comédien Oedipe Miniseries Mixte Roger Lagarrigue 5 episodes 2022 The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself Gabriel Boutin Main role 2024 La Maison Minister's Assistant Episode: "17 Seconds" 2025 Hotel Costiera Bastien 2 episodes