Nominated for three Césars, Raphaël Quenard did not initially intend for a career as an actor. A look back at the astonishing journey of the new darling of French cinema.
The year 2023 was definitely that of Raphaël Quenard. The 32-year-old actor was in all the projects, whether in cinema or streaming. Last year we saw it on Netflix In Cashon Prime Video in Sentinels and in dark rooms, quickly in I will always see your facesbut also in Dog of the breakage And Yannick. His performances in these last two films were praised to the point that the one who is a member of the jury of the Nikon Film Festival 2024 won the César for best male revelation for Dog of the breakage.
However, originally, Raphaël Quenard did not intend for a career on the screens. After growing up on the outskirts of Grenoble, he studied chemistry and graduated from the ENS of chemistry in Paris in 2014. He also worked for a few months as a parliamentary assistant alongside the MP for the fourth constituency of Savoie. Bernadette Laclais.
Nothing prepared Raphaël Quenard, initially, to become an actor. And yet, the actor began studying in Jean-Laurent Cochet’s classes, before meeting director Emma Benestan during a workshop. One thing led to another, his connections allowed him to audition for the series HP.
In 2021, Raphaël Quenard also appears in the cast of season 3 of Family Business. After a performance in the Caesarized short film The Bad Boyshe played a series of supporting roles: first in Cut! then in Mandibles And Smoking makes you cough which mark his first collaborations with Quentin Dupieux, director of Yannick. And since then, it has become a must-have in the French seventh art.