---
name: "François Arnaud"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francois-arnaud"
fi1m_id: "francois-arnaud"
imdb_id: "nm2957696"
tmdb_id: 469462
wikidata_id: "Q970787"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 July 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:13:27.685514+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# François Arnaud

## Identity

François Arnaud

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-arnaud
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francois-arnaud
- **IMDb ID:** nm2957696
- **TMDB ID:** 469462
- **Wikidata ID:** Q970787
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2957696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/469462

Actor. Born 5 July 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 July 1985, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2957696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/469462

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Heated Rivalry*](https://film.one/tv/heated-rivalry.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

François Arnaud is a Canadian actor. Born François Landriault-Barbeau on 5 July 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, he trained at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal.

He began his screen career with a role in Xavier Dolan's *I Killed My Mother* (2009), for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award. Arnaud gained wider recognition as Cesare Borgia in the series *The Borgias* (2011–2013) and as Manfred Bernardo in *Midnight, Texas* (2017–2018). He has also appeared in *Schitt's Creek* (2015), *Yellowjackets* (2021), *Marlowe* (2023) and *Twinless* (2025).

In 2025 he began portraying Scott Hunter in the Crave series *Heated Rivalry*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Heated Rivalry* (2025), Fi1m 77, as Scott Hunter — [page](https://film.one/tv/heated-rivalry.md)
- *Yellowjackets* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Paul — [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Someone's Daughter* (2026), as Paul
- *ABRIL* (2026), as Gabriel
- *Heated Rivalry* (2025), series, as Scott Hunter — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/heated-rivalry.md)
- *The Letter* (2025), as Demian
- *Twinless* (2025), as Sammy
- *In Transit* (2025), as Tom
- *Fucktoys* (2025), as The Mechanic
- *Mr Big* (2025), series, as Jean-François 'Jeff' Sauvageau
- *Mom* (2025), as Jared
- *Canadian, Sniper* (2023), as Sniper
- *Plan B* (2023), series, as Patrick Landry
- *Marlowe* (2023), as Nico Peterson
- *Two Days Before Christmas* (2022), as Alex
- *The Switch* (2022), as Leblanc
- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, as Sgt. Curtis Bailey
- *Surface* (2022), series, as Harrison
- *Norbourg* (2022), as Vincent Lacroix
- *Secret Intelligence* (2022), as Peter Benson
- *Goodbye Happiness* (2021), as L'Épicurien - Nicolas
- *Yellowjackets* (2021), series, as Paul — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)
- *The Winter House* (2021), as Jesse
- *Paint* (2020), as Connor Fontaine
- *Esther's Choice* (2020), as Michael · Producer
- *Tenderly* (2020), as James
- *She's in Portland* (2020), as Luke
- *The Moodys* (2019), series, as Dan Moody
- *Rapid Eye Movement* (2019), as Rick Weider
- *Permission* (2018), as Dane
- *Midnight, Texas* (2017), series, as Manfred Bernardo
- *Origami* (2017), as David Marceau
- *High School Lover* (2017), as Christian Booth
- *The Man Who Was Thursday* (2016), as Father Smith / Thursday
- *Jean of the Joneses* (2016), as Jeremiah
- *The People Garden* (2016), as Jamie
- *The Girl King* (2015), as Karl Gustav Kasimir
- *Rabid Dogs* (2015), as Vincent
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as Oscar
- *Big Sky* (2015), as Clete
- *UnREAL* (2015), series, as Tommy Castelli
- *X Company* (2015), series, as Rene
- *Schitt's Creek* (2015), series, as Sebastian Raine — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/schitts-creek.md)
- *Amapola* (2014), as Luke
- *Hamelin* (2013), as The Piper
- *Copperhead* (2013), as Warner Pitts
- *Moroccan Gigolos* (2013), as Nicolas
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, as Cesare Borgia
- *Missing* (2011), as Derek
- *Yamaska* (2009), series, as Théo Carpentier
- *Heat Wave* (2009), as Yannick Ménard
- *I Killed My Mother* (2009), as Antonin Rimbaud
- *The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall* (2008), as Stefan
- *The Board* (2006), series, as Serveur resto Maude
- *Old Friends New Friends*, Actor
- *Alice*, series, Actor
- *Keeper of the Cup*, as Brad
- *Godstar*, as Sky Blue
- *Butterfly in the Typewriter*, as Dave Kubach

## Gallery

- ![Alia Azamat Ashkenazi and Francois Arnaud on set of Esther's Choice (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-3bd41fd9d90c.jpg) Alia Azamat Ashkenazi and Francois Arnaud on set of Esther's Choice (2019) — Akella8877, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Alia_Azamat_Ashkenazi_and_Francois_Arnaud.jpg/1280px-Alia_Azamat_Ashkenazi_and_Francois_Arnaud.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![From left to right, en:Anne Dorval, en:François Arnaud (actor), and en:Xavier Dolan. At the en:Isabel Bader Theatre during the 2009 Toronto International Film F](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-cacbc41a3fd0.jpg) From left to right, en:Anne Dorval, en:François Arnaud (actor), and en:Xavier Dolan. At the en:Isabel Bader Theatre during the 2009 Toronto International Film F — Mathew5000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Anne_Dorval_-_TIFF_2009.JPG/1280px-Anne_Dorval_-_TIFF_2009.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of The Borgias and Midnight, Texas. NYC Jan '18. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-6ececa29149d.jpg) Star of The Borgias and Midnight, Texas. NYC Jan '18. (2018) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_%2839032922585%29.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_%2839032922585%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-0f9147ad0779.jpg) François Arnaud — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_%2839032922585%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_%2839032922585%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-346bcebeab76.jpg) François Arnaud — Image via TMDB
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-d7e44f9f5d51.jpg) François Arnaud — Image via TMDB
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-e74045d96c5b.jpg) François Arnaud — Image via TMDB
- ![en:François Arnaud (actor), with en:Anne Dorval and en:Xavier Dolan. At the en:Isabel Bader Theatre for one of the en:2009 Toronto International Film Festival s](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-8cb2074f9d2f.jpg) en:François Arnaud (actor), with en:Anne Dorval and en:Xavier Dolan. At the en:Isabel Bader Theatre for one of the en:2009 Toronto International Film Festival s — Mathew5000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_-_TIFF_2009.JPG/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Arnaud_-_TIFF_2009.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-f61c1abc79ff.jpg) François Arnaud — Image via TMDB
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-740f62b6479e.jpg) François Arnaud — Image via TMDB
- ![François Arnaud](https://film.one/media/person/518558/gallery-be4c7395af5a.jpg) François Arnaud — Image via TMDB

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