François-Xavier Demaison is author-interprets humorist French, born on September 22nd, 1973 with Asnières-sur-Seine.

Youth

Born parents both lawyers, François-Xavier Demaison is fascinated as of his more young age by the comedy.

Become student, it follows the free class of the Cours Florent while carrying out face of academic works (control of right and control of political sciences in 1995). Its entry in second year with the Institut of political studies (IEP) of Paris coincides with the abandonment of its activities of actor. Left graduate in 1998, he becomes a specialist in international taxation, and between as collaborator senior in a large cabinet of New York, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Career

September 11th, 2001, it attends the attacks of the World Trade Center from its office in Manhattan. Under the weight of the event, it calls in question the direction of its life and decides all to give up to return to its old loves, the Théâtre. It devotes its economies then to assemble a first spectacle, Pièce for an actor and 20 characters , of which it presents the first grinding to 800 guests in " showcase" with the theater of the Gymnasium on December 2nd, 2002.

Packed, the actor Samuel Bihan decides to produce his spectacle which runs, in more tightened version, several Parisian theaters like the Roundabout or Déjazet. Renamed has story for people which believe in dreams , the history of François “who does not want to lose any more his life to gain it”, the spectacle successfully continues in 2005 with the Théâtre of Small Mathurin (where he is played closed counters for 5 months), with the Théâtre of Small-Montparnasse the, with the Gaîté-Montparnasse in 2006, like in certain towns of France.

Imposing itself like a sure value of the humor of composition, Demaison is located by France Inter and becomes chronicler in the emission the insane one of the King of Stephan Bern. This last then propels it in its emission Saturday pétante on Canal+.

In March 2007, it joined on scene François Berléand and Maruschka Detmers for the part the tree of joy to the theater of Gaîté-Montparnasse.

François-Xavier Demaison made for the time being only short appearances with the cinema, in the films Tout to like (March 2005), Olé (2006) and the Red Inn (December 2007).

The year 2008 will be perhaps revolving in its career since Antoine de Caunes chose it to interpret the role of Coluche in its next film: It is the history of a guy .

Quotations

My vocation first was the theater. But by fear, by cowardice, to reassure my parents who advised me be reasonable, I had given up it. ( the Sunday newspaper , April 10th, 2005)

I want to take the risk well to run up against the convictions of a public of 200 people in a theater, but not on TV in front of million people. ( Release , October 10th, 2007)

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