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Melchior Derouet

Melchior Derouet

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About me

MELCHIOR DEROUET (blind actor) 
Born on 15/11/1981, Melchior Derouet is an actor who has been blind since birth, but who already has a successful career under his belt. 

Despite his visual handicap, he was trained as a professional from an early age. 
His career includes theatre films and television. From the age of 7 onwards, he has been directed by leading artists in France and abroad: Mnouchkine, Tyckwer, Cochet, Garcia. 

His disability has not prevented him from being just as independent on long tours that have taken him as far as Guyana or South Africa, or on complex sets alongside international actors such as Alexandra Maria Lara or Nathalie Portman, with whom he has a story in Tom Tyckwer's film "PARIS JE T'AIME". 

Melchior starred in Kirk Ellis's series "THE GRAND MASTER: FRANKLIN IN PARIS", in which he played an able-bodied person. He also performed the Aviator in Saint-Exupéry's "VOL DE NUIT", and the dictator 
Jean de Leyde in Martin le Chevallier's project. 

He is a competitive skier, further proof of his great independence. He's 
a person of magnificent sensitivity!

Information

Place of birth
Paris France
Height (cm)
184
Weight (in kg)
70
Eye color
hazel
Hair color
black-brown
Hair length
Short
Place of residence
Paris (FR), Marseille (FR)
Housing options
Lyon (FR)
Nationality
French
Languages
French(native-language)EnglishSpanish
Instruments
Piano
Sport
Alpine skiingHorse ridingSwimming
Dance
Contemporary dance
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Theater
Singing
Chorale
Special skills
Disc jockey
Pitch
Tenor

Credits

Awards

1998
Acteurs à l'Écran

Film

2017
Un peu après minuit (Short film)
Antoine Jean-Raymond Garcia, Anne-Marie Puga Producer: Baptiste Bauduin, Jean-Raymond Garcia Written by: Jean-Raymond Garcia, Anne-Marie Puga
2016
Münster
Jean de Leyde Martin Le Chevallier Producer: Cédric Walter
2012
Imagine
Serrano Andrzej Jakimowski Producer: François d'Artemare, Mike Downey, Andrzej Jakimowski Written by: Andrzej Jakimowski
2011
La peinture à l'huile (Short film)
Claude Duty Producer: Sylvie Dufaur Written by: Claude Duty
2010
Suite parlée
'La rumeur' Joël Brisse, Marie Vermillard Producer: Stéphanie Andriot Written by: Joël Brisse
2006
Paris, je t'aime
Thomas (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis") Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha Producer: Matthias Batthyany, Emmanuel Benbihy, Chris Bolzli Written by: Tristan Carné, Bruno Podalydès, Paul Mayeda Berges
2004
True (Short film)
Thomas Tom Tykwer Producer: Emmanuel Benbihy, Patrick Gordon, Maria Köpf Written by: Tom Tykwer
2001
La gardienne du B (Short film)
Gaspard Joël Brisse Producer: Philippe Missonnier Written by: Joël Brisse
2000
Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
Otto Tom Tykwer Producer: Stefan Arndt, Katja De Bock, Gebhard Henke Written by: Tom Tykwer
1998
Les pinces à linge (Short film)
Alban Joël Brisse Producer: Laurent Bénégui, Philippe Missonnier Written by: Joël Brisse

Television

2024
Franklin (Mini series)
Street Preacher 1 - Palais Royal Timothy Van Patten Producer: Delaura Attaran, John Bernard, John Eric Capps Written by: Kirk Ellis, Howard Korder, Stacy Schiff
2021
Plus belle la vie (TV series)
José Carnivo Roger Wielgus, Philippe Dajoux, Emmanuelle Dubergey Producer: Michelle Podroznik, Hubert Besson, Géraldine Gendre Written by: Georges Desmouceaux, Olivier Szulzynger, Hubert Besson
2009
Julie Lescaut (TV series)
Etienne Alain Wermus, Daniel Janneau, Josée Dayan Producer: Jean-Pierre Guérin, Christophe Valette, Véronique Marchat Written by: Alexis Lecaye, Charlotte Oubitza, Stéphane Kaminka
2009
Aveugle mais pas trop (TV movie)
François Charlotte Brändström Producer: Martine Chicot, Anne Leduc, Christophe Louis Written by: Jean-Carol Larrivé, Marie Du Roy, Pierre Monjanel
2008
Une lumière dans la nuit (TV series)
Louis Braille Olivier Guignard Producer: Arnauld de Battice, Florence Laneurie, Anne Leduc Written by: Sandro Agénor, Vincent Lambert