Hugo Becker

Hugo Becker (born 13 May 1987) is a French actor, director and producer. He is known for his roles as Louis Grimaldi in the American drama television series Gossip Girl and Romain in the French thriller series Chefs.

Career Becker attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in France, the court Florent (Olga Hörstig Prize) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London.

He was part of the promotion of Young Talents Cannes in 2010. That same year, he made his debut on screen in a variety of roles. He played a young politician in L'Assaut, directed by Julien Leclercq, an alcoholic hitchhiker in La Proie, directed by Eric Valette, a student in Marie-Castille Mention Schaar's Ma Première Fois and a young businessman in La Croisière, by Pascale Pouzadoux.

In 2010, he made his debut in Hollywood, playing Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in the CW drama Gossip Girl. Initially, he signed on for two episodes in the fourth season. Later, his role was extended for another eighteen episodes.

In 2011, he played Xavier in the American film Damsels in Distress, directed by Whit Stillman. The film closed the 68th Venice Film Festival and was selected at the Toronto Film Festival.

In 2012, Becker starred as Antoine Lavoisier in the American docufiction Mystery of the Matter, directed by Mr. Meyer. In 2013, Hugo played Isaac Dreyfuss, a football star involved in a terrorist affair, for two episodes of the BBC1 series Silent Witness.

In 2014, he played the role of Romain in the 6 episodes of the miniseries Chefs alongside Clovis Cornillac, for which he received the Adami Prize for the best promising actor at the Luchon festival.

Since 2014, he has been one of the producers at Nouvelle Donne Productions.

In 2015 and 2018, he played the lead role of André Merlaux, a young recruit to the French secret service in the year 1960, in the two seasons (24 episodes) of the French television series Au service de la France, known in English as A Very Secret Service.

In 2016, he began playing the role of Cyril Balsan in the political drama series Baron Noir alongside Niels Arestrup, Kad Merad and Anna Mouglalis. In the same year, he starred in a main role alongside Yon González and Lluís Homar in the Spanish crime drama series Bajo sospecha. He played the role of a police officer infiltrated to find a missing person in a hospital in Madrid. He also played the role of Guillaume in the comedy Un jour mon prince, directed by Flavia Coste.

In 2018, he starred in Xavier Durringer's Paradise Beach alongside Sami Bouajila, Kool Shen, Seth Gueko and Tewfik Jallab. In the same year, he starred in Jusqu'ici tout va bien, by Mohamed Hamidi, alongside Gilles Lellouche, Malik Bentalha and Sabrina Ouazani.

In 2019, he starred as Paul Vanhove in the Netflix science fiction series Osmosis. He is set to play a role as Paul WR in Le dernier voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R. by Romain Quirot and as Max in the film Döner directed by Jean-Luc Herbulot.

Hugo Becker is fluent in English and Spanish.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 Guillaume Short film Vincent Leroy 2011 The hitchhiking student Alix's contributor Damsels in Distress Xavier 2012 Ma première fois Antoine 2013 Breathe In Clement Hybris Guillaume Short film 2014 F.A.N The man Short film; also director, writer and producer Alexandre Short film 2015 Paul WR 2016 Guillaume City of Lost Love Thibault 2017 1971 Motorcycle Heart Christian Ravel Short film The man 2019 Jusqu'ici tout va bien Mike Paradise Beach Franck 2020 Last Journey of Paul W.R. Paul W.R 2022 Pilote Daniel Tempête Pierre 2023 For My Country David Vaincre ou mourir François de Charette Apaches Bel Oeil Les Grands Hommes Sylvain Short film TBA Döner Max TBA Maria The director TBA Ici et là bas

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010–2012 Gossip Girl Louis Grimaldi 18 episodes 2011 Julie Lescaut Thierry Bouvier Episode: "La mariée du pont neuf" R.I.S, police scientifique Emmanuel Episode: "Requiem assassin" 2013 Jo Eddy 2 episodes 2014 Silent Witness Isaac Dreyfus Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts) Collection rue des ravissantes: Boris Vian fait son cinéma The hitchhiker Episode: "L'autostoppeur" Où es-tu maintenant? Mathieu Delmas Television film 2015 Antoine Lavoisier Miniseries; episode: "Out of Thin Air" Mystère à l'Opéra Paul Santerre Television film 2015–2016 Chefs Romain Main role; 14 episodesLuchon International Film Festival – Best Young Actor 2015–2018 André Merlaux Main role; 24 episodes 2016 Bajo sospecha Alain Juillard 10 episodes 2016–2020 Baron Noir Cyril Balsan Main role; 18 episodes 2018 Tristan Delmas Television film Tu vivras ma fille Simon Laffargue Deux gouttes d'eau Antoine / Tom Delvoye 2019 Osmosis Paul Vanhove Main role; 8 episodes 2020 Call My Agent! Éric Episode: "Charlotte" 2021 Leonardo Thierry 3 episodes 2021–2023 Je te promets Paul Gallo Main role; 34 episodes 2022 Diane de Poitiers Henry II of France Miniseries 2024 Hervé 7 episodes Concordia Alexandre La Peste Sylvain Rambert Miniseries

Theatre Year Title Author Director 2016 La nuit juste avant les forêts Bernard-Marie Koltès Paul-Emile Fourny 2018 Amadeus Peter Shaffer Paul-Emile Fourny 2019 Roberto Zucco Bernard-Marie Koltès Paul-Emile Fourny Le cas Eduard Einstein Laurent Seksik Stéphanie Fagadau

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result 2015 Luchon International Film Festival Best Young Actor Chefs