Arnaud Binard (born 18 January 1971 in Bordeaux) is a French actor and producer mainly known for his roles in many romantic or detective television hit-series broadcast throughout the French-speaking world such as Sous Le Soleil (1998–1999), France 2's Groupe Flag (2002–2004), TF1's Alice Nevers: The judge is a woman (2002–2007), France 2's Empreintes criminelles (2011), Chérif (2015-2017) or France 3's Agathe Koltès (2016–2019). His feature films include Gabriel Axel's Leïla (2001) or the erotic dramas Grande École (2004) based on Jean-Marie Besset's The Best of Schools or Jean-Claude Brisseau's À l'aventure (2009). Within the English-speaking world, Binnard appeared in Hulu's Guidestones, ABC's Modern Family and plays Laurent in Emily in Paris.
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Early life
Binard grew up in the seaside resort of Seignosse-le-Penon where his parents, sports teachers, managed the old public seawater pools. Passionate about surfing, he declared:“As a teenager, the waves were an obsession. I dreamt of it every night. I saw surfers in my village as living gods. My parents had taught me very early on how to swim into the waves, but my father refused to see me practicing this 'smoky backpacker sport'. He eventually gave in, but we had already moved to Lot-et-Garonne, far from the coast. The frustration was intense." Sud-Ouest, July 2017.
