Nicolas Giraud

Acting

Nicolas Giraud

Born November 12, 1978 · Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France (age 47)

Nicolas Giraud (born 12 November 1978) is a French actor and filmmaker. Giraud is known for playing the role of Peter in the 2008 action film Taken. He is the writer, director and lead actor of the short film Faiblesses (2009). Giraud played the lead role in L'Astronaute (2022), a French film that he wrote and directed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicolas Giraud, licensed under C…

Known For

TakenTaken · 2008
Taken
7.42008
MovieActionThriller
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-SecThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec · 2010
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
6.32010
MovieFantasyAdventure
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.
What the Day Owes the NightWhat the Day Owes the Night · 2012
What the Day Owes the Night
7.72012
MovieDramaRomance
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.
Far from MenFar from Men · 2015
Far from Men
6.82015
MovieDramaWar
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.
Close EnemiesClose Enemies · 2018
Close Enemies
5.92018
MovieDramaThriller
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…
High LaneHigh Lane · 2009
High Lane
6.02009
MovieActionThriller
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.
Mozart's SisterMozart's Sister · 2010
Mozart's Sister
6.32010
MovieDrama
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
The GuardiansThe Guardians · 2017
The Guardians
6.12017
MovieDramaWar
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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