Xavier Deluc

Xavier Deluc

Xavier Deluc (born 18 March 1958) is a French actor, director and scriptwriter. He is most known for acting in TV series such as 'Marc Eliot' (a French police drama), Dolmen (Brittany based family drama) and 12 seasons of 'Research Unit' (another specialized French police drama) as 'Captain Martin Bernier', and starring role in movies including He Died with His Eyes Open in 1985 and Captive in 1986. Xavier Lepetit was born in Caen in Calvados. His childhood was spent in Jacob-Mesnil, a hamlet just near Bretteville-sur-Laize. He was raised in boarding school in Lisieux. When he turned 14 he got involved in amateur dramatics and performed in his first short film. Aged twenty, he went to Paris and enrolls in the Cours Florent (a private drama school). The actor Robert Hossein then noticed him. Xavier recalls that "I was the only blond, - I was taken!". Hossein then gave him his first role as the young 'Edgar Linton' in his play 'Les Hauts de Hurlevent' (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë), performed in the theater of Boulogne-Billancourt and Lyon in 1979. It was under his birth name, Xavier Lepetit while aged 22, that he debuted in his first film Les surdoués de la première compagnie, directed by Michel Gérard in 1981, before joining Max Pécas for Belles, blondes et bronzées (also in 1981) and Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez in 1983. In 1984, he was in Yannick Bellon's film La Triche (The Cheat), a distributor then asked him to take a pseudonym to improve the posters. The actor thought of his weekends in Luc-sur-Mer on the Côte de Nacre, where he spent a lot of his time, he then becomes Xavier Deluc. Thanks to his performance in the film, he was named as the most promising actor at the 10th César ceremony of 1985. Then the following year, at the 11th ceremony of the César, where he is nominated as the best actor in a supporting role for He Died with His Eyes Open by Jacques Deray, just after completing Robert Kramer's science-fiction film Diesel in 1985. He is also a theater actor, performing in Jean-Claude Brisville's The Blue Villa at Espace Cardin theatre (Paris) in 1986. He then met director Jean Marais at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens to don 'Hans' costume in Jean Cocteau's play Bacchus in 1988. Xavier later said about Jean Marais, that "I did not know how to die and (he) taught me to die on stage". In 1989, he starred with James Wilby and Serena Gordon in a two-part TV mini-series of A Tale of Two Cities for ITV Granada. The production also aired on Masterpiece Theatre on the PBS in the United States. In 1991, he started a campaign called 'No to drugs, Yes to life' based on his own previous drug abuse, he then staged his self=written play called 'La Pluie du Soleil' (or "The rain of the sun") performed at the Comédie-Caumartin theater. In 1991 he also recorded a duet single with Viktor Lazlo called "Baiser sacré" on the Polydor label. From 1998 to 2005, he starred in the Marc Eliot television series and then in 2006, he landed his most important role in his television career, performing the Major, then Lieutenant, then Captain Martin Bernier, main character of the series 'Research Unit', which in 2018 reached the twelfth season, with him being the only surviving cast member since the start. ... Source: Article "Xavier Deluc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Xavier Deluc
  • Popularity : 1.78
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1958-03-18
  • Place of Birth : Caen, Calvados, France
  • Homepage : http://www.xavierdeluc.com/
  • Also Known As : Xavier Lepetit
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Xavier Deluc Movies

  • 2008
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    Marié(s) ou presque

    Marié(s) ou presque

    1 2008 HD

    Coustaud and Milka have to organize a memorable party to bury the boy life of their friend Tom. They go into their usual cafe, where all the guests...

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  • 1994
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    Un jour avant l'aube

    Un jour avant l'aube

    4 1994 HD

    At the time of the Battle of Normandy in 1944, French paratroopers of the Special Air Service carried out commando actions in Brittany.

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  • 1984
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    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    3.6 1984 HD

    In the docks of Bordeaux a well-known homosexual was murdered. Police Inspector Michel Verta starts investigating, when he falls in love with...

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  • 1986
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    États d'âme

    États d'âme

    4 1986 HD

    In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is...

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  • 1986
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    Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée

    Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée

    5.4 1986 HD

    This slice-of-life drama about an elderly couple and their estranged son covers twenty-four fateful hours that begin with the usual daily routine for...

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  • 1995
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    L'Affaire Dreyfus

    L'Affaire Dreyfus

    5.8 1995 HD

    In 1894, the French Army discovered the existence of a traitor Alsatian and Jewish, the French officer Alfred Dreyfus makes an ideal culprit. For...

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  • 1985
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    He Died with His Eyes Open

    He Died with His Eyes Open

    5.9 1985 HD

    Police Inspector Staniland is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he...

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  • 1985
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    Diesel

    Diesel

    4.7 1985 HD

    A prostitute, released from prison, tries to change her life, but a murderous slave organization, the Consortium, is determined to bring her back to...

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  • 1981
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    Belles, blondes et bronzées

    Belles, blondes et bronzées

    3.1 1981 HD

    Mistaken for bank robbers, two friends stumble into a group of beautiful girls and follow them to Morocco for a dance show.

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  • 1983
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    The Seducers of Saint-Tropez

    The Seducers of Saint-Tropez

    3.5 1983 HD

    Four friends discover the pleasures of Saint-Tropez.

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  • 1986
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    Captive

    Captive

    2.7 1986 HD

    The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.

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  • 1986
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    Private Tuition

    Private Tuition

    5.375 1986 HD

    Jeanne Kern is a pretty, somewhat repressed schoolteacher who suffers a smear campaign at work. Someone has been sending her director letters...

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  • 1997
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    Blood Sisters

    Blood Sisters

    1 1997 HD

    Melanie can't stand her life anymore, a source of too much suffering. One day she decides to end it all and sets off in a stolen car on a suicidal...

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  • 1993
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    L'homme au double visage

    L'homme au double visage

    1 1993 HD

    At gunpoint, a plastic surgeon must operate on a criminal to escape the police. But when the criminal returns for treatment, the doctor plans to take...

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  • 2014
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    Changement de cap

    Changement de cap

    7 2014 HD

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  • 2006
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    A Winter in Paris

    A Winter in Paris

    5.5 2006 HD

    After being released from prison, a burglar is convinced by a former accomplice to participate in the theft of a precious jewel belonging to a rich...

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  • 1987
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    La Brute

    La Brute

    5 1987 HD

    Jacques Vauthier, a blind, deaf and mute writer is accused of a crime he quickly confesses to having committed. Jacques refuses to explain himself to...

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  • 2004
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    Celle qui n'existait pas

    Celle qui n'existait pas

    1 2004 HD

    Anna, a young Russian student, finds herself in France, forced into prostitution by a mafia network. She manages to escape, but in an illegal...

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  • 1985
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    The Temptation of Isabelle

    The Temptation of Isabelle

    5.6 1985 HD

    Bruno devises a mean to test the love of his girlfriend Isabelle. Since Isabelle had been in love with Alain in the past, Bruno invites Alain to a...

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  • 1987
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    Cayenne Palace

    Cayenne Palace

    2.3 1987 HD

    French Guiana has long been the site for some notorious prisons surrounded by dense jungle. In this story, Noel Caradec (Richard Berry) is a bereft...

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  • 1996
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    The Orinoco Dam

    The Orinoco Dam

    6 1996 HD

    After the accidental death of her husband, Dominique Vallorie agrees to take over the construction of an important dam on the Orinoco River. She does...

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  • 1988
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    Let Sleeping Cops Lie

    Let Sleeping Cops Lie

    5.6 1988 HD

    This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might...

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  • 1998
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    The Pianist

    The Pianist

    7 1998 HD

    Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a...

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  • 1981
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    Les surdoués de la première compagnie

    Les surdoués de la première compagnie

    3.5 1981 HD

    As soon as they arrive at the barracks, the new contingent reveals some characters who will give their officers a hard time. There is the handsome,...

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  • 2007
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    Tombé d'une étoile

    Tombé d'une étoile

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1997
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    Joséphine, Guardian Angel

    Joséphine, Guardian Angel

    5.7 1997 HD

    Josephine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, ability of persuasion and magical powers, she...

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  • 1997
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    Sud lointain

    Sud lointain

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1992
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    Love at First Sight

    Love at First Sight

    3 1992 HD

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  • 1994
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    Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

    Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

    8.5 1994 HD

    Charlemagne, le prince à cheval is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne. It consists of five episodes and covers the...

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  • 1991
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    Riviera

    Riviera

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2013
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    Murders in...

    Murders in...

    7.2 2013 HD

    Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

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  • 2005
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    Dolmen

    Dolmen

    4.2 2005 HD

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  • 2006
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    Research Unit

    Research Unit

    8.4 2006 HD

    The Section de recherches is a special unit of the Gendarmerie nationale, responsible for the most complex cases. In Bordeaux (from 2006 to 2013) and...

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  • 2002
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    La ligne noire

    La ligne noire

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1989
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    5 1989 HD

    A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil...

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  • 1996
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    Terre indigo

    Terre indigo

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1984
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    Série noire

    Série noire

    7 1984 HD

    Série noire is a French crime television series created by Pierre Grimblat in 1984. The series was adapted from crime books by the publishing...

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  • 1984
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    The Octopus

    The Octopus

    8 1984 HD

    An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus,...

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  • 2017
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    Tomorrow Is Ours

    Tomorrow Is Ours

    6.3 2017 HD

    The story revolves around the people of Sète, France. Their lives are punctuated by family rivalries, romance and scenes from daily life, but...

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1976
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    Police Commissioner Moulin

    Police Commissioner Moulin

    5.8 1976 HD

    The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.

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  • 1998
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    Marc Eliot

    Marc Eliot

    10 1998 HD

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  • 2006
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    Camping paradis

    Camping paradis

    5.3 2006 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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