Nicolas Giraud

Nicolas Giraud

Born: November 12, 1978
in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Nicolas Giraud (born 1978) is a French actor. He had a significant role in the movie Taken. He has also appeared in at least 10 other movies, and a number of television episodes. He was the writer and director of Faiblesses (2009).

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Movies for Nicolas Giraud...

The Astronaut
Title: The Astronaut
Character: Jim Desforges
Released: February 15, 2023
Type: Movie
An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first manned space flight as an amateur. But to realize his dream, he must learn to share it.
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Close Enemies
Title: Close Enemies
Character: Rémi Rufo
Released: October 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
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Du soleil dans mes yeux
Title: Du soleil dans mes yeux
Character: Yann
Released: April 11, 2018
Type: Movie
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The Guardians
Title: The Guardians
Character: Constant Sandrail
Released: December 6, 2017
Type: Movie
In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.
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The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.R
Title: The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.R
Character: Le psychopathe
Released: December 7, 2015
Type: Movie
The red moon threatens our existence on earth. Our only hope is the the most talented astronaut of his generation, the enigmatic Paul W.R. But a few hours before the start of the Great Mission, Paul disappears.
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Anton Tchekhov 1890
Title: Anton Tchekhov 1890
Character: Anton Tchékhov
Released: March 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation is improving and Anton Chekhov gets the Pushkin prices and admiration of Tolstoy. But when one of his brothers died of tuberculosis, Anton saw it as a personal failure and wants to escape his fame and his love.
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Far from Men
Title: Far from Men
Character: Lieutenant Le Tallec
Released: January 14, 2015
Type: Movie
A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.
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Among the Living
Title: Among the Living
Character: Nathan
Released: March 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Three teenagers skip school in order to explore an abandoned film studio lot where they catch sight of a woman being dragged by a masked man.
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Dust
Title: Dust
Character: M. Chabert
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
For some time the village was just sentenced to silence and dust. Not a soul out there, not even a noise. However this evening, something is moving again.
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What the Day Owes the Night
Title: What the Day Owes the Night
Character: Fabrice
Released: September 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
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The Speed of the Past
Title: The Speed of the Past
Character: Pablo
Released: December 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Margot and Joseph leave move awy from the city, far from everything, and renovate an old house in which they hardly settle down. One day, the earth begins trembling and time stops, congealing Joseph in his fall from the roof of the house. He remains congealed in space and time, but continues nevertheless to fall slowly towards the ground. Margot,she, does not seem to undergo this experience and continues to live, hoping that Joseph starts moving again at a normal speed.
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Les Tribulations d'une caissière
Title: Les Tribulations d'une caissière
Character: Charles
Released: December 14, 2011
Type: Movie
La vie n’est pas rose tous les jours pour Solweig, caissière dans un supermarché. Mais elle garde le sourire, malgré les remarques souvent déplaisantes des clients et un chef teigneux. Peut-être grâce au blog qu’elle tient en secret, où elle s’épanche avec humour sur son quotidien difficile… Un soir, sous la neige, son destin croise celui de Charles. Le jeune homme tombe aussitôt amoureux d’elle, sans se douter qu’ils ne sont pas du même monde. Mais si un simple blog peut changer le sort de milliers de caissières, n’est-il pas permis de croire aux contes de fées ?
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Jardins du Palais Royal
Title: Jardins du Palais Royal
Released: November 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A couple of actors are playing roles of seduction and teasing, on and off screen, to better love each other. Is it only for the movie, or for their entire life?
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Les Robins des pauvres
Title: Les Robins des pauvres
Character: Franck Delmas
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: Movie
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The First Man
Title: The First Man
Character: Uncle Étienne (1924)
Released: September 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
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A Butterfly Kiss
Title: A Butterfly Kiss
Character: Samuel
Released: June 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Billie and Louis have the good fortune of loving each other passionately and of having a family. But then one day terrible news turns their existence and that of their friends' upside down. Marie, a famous actress who is Billie's friend and confidant, redoubles her determination to give life, while Alice, her nurse, fighting for freedom, maintains that life 'is here and now and in the moment.' A film about love, hope, and the conviction that the force of life, despite the toughest tests, will always gain the upper hand.
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Voir la Mer
Title: Voir la Mer
Character: Nicolas
Released: May 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Two brothers live in Montbard, Burgundy. For their summer vacation, they decide to visit their mother in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, because it’s been a long time, because it would make her happy… There’s no shortage of reasons. They buy a second-hand motor home and plan to stay open to whatever the road brings them, embarking on a brothers’ journey across France. Just the two of them. But then an endearing young woman crosses their path...
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Coup d'éclat
Title: Coup d'éclat
Character: Cédric, le subordonné de Fabienne
Released: April 27, 2011
Type: Movie
Fabienne is a police officer. She does her job well but is gradually growing tired of the dehumanized nature of her work : arresting undocumented aliens day after day does not fit in with her ideals. That's why when, one night, Olga, the Kazakh prostitute she apprehends, begs her to free her not to leave her four-year-old son alone, she hesitates... And why, after Olga has run away and is found dead, Fabienne decides to deal with this matter personally...
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Bruc: The Manhunt
Title: Bruc: The Manhunt
Character: Nouaille
Released: December 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Spain, 1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon, he furiously orders the captain of the Imperial Guard to bring back the head of the young hero responsible for his army's defeat…
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Elsewhere
Title: Elsewhere
Character: Patrick's brother
Released: December 8, 2010
Type: Movie
Patrick Perrin is a dealer in a small seaside casino. His dream? To leave. To leave everything for an unknown destination. But a trip such as this doesn't happen overnight. To start with, Patrick decides to buy a suitcase. A nice red one with wheels that he immediately puts at the foot of his bed. All that's left to do is to fill it up and choose a destination.
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Pas si simple
Title: Pas si simple
Character: Jean-Marc
Released: April 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Nadia, an 18-year-old French girl from Moroccan origin, is now of age to get married. Despite her reluctance to marriage during the family summer vacation in Morocco, she finally chooses Samir.
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Title: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Character: Andrej Zborowski
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: Movie
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
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High Lane
Title: High Lane
Character: Fred
Released: June 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A group of friends on a climbing vacation ignore warnings that the mountains are closed and start their ascent anyway. Collapsing bridges, bear traps and other dangers threaten to splinter the group… when the real hell begins and an unseen villain begins picking them off one by one.
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Weaknesses
Title: Weaknesses
Character: Lui
Released: May 20, 2009
Type: Movie
A young woman decides to go after a man she’s in love with… – Semaine de la critique
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The Revelations 2009
Title: The Revelations 2009
Released: January 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Every year, the family of cinema is growing by welcoming a young and new generation of actresses and actors, who loudly declare their passion for film.
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Like a Star Shining in the Night
Title: Like a Star Shining in the Night
Character: Marc
Released: December 3, 2008
Type: Movie
A young couple finds out what love truly means when one of them has a brush with death. When Anne and Marc met, it was love at first sight, and the longer they were together, the more they realized they never wanted to be apart. But not long after they married, Marc's doctor discoveres some unexpected symptoms...
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Welcome Home
Title: Welcome Home
Character: Bob
Released: December 3, 2008
Type: Movie
Julien, 28, returns to his home town after spending the past 13 years in prison. Out on probation, he's obsessed with a girl... Emilie. And one day, he reaches for her: "it's me". She turns around, looks at him and starts to scream.
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Taken
Title: Taken
Character: Peter
Released: February 18, 2008
Type: Movie
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
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In Your Wake
Title: In Your Wake
Character: Marco
Released: September 17, 2007
Type: Movie
An estranged father returns with plans to open a bar with the son who still harbors resentment towards him.
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Sous le bleu
Title: Sous le bleu
Character: Michel
Released: August 17, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: Ladies of the Law
Character: Thomas Delauney
Released: June 22, 2000
Type: TV