He’s best known for playing the role of Cesare Borgia in Showtime’s popular TV series The Borgias, a performance that really put him on the map. And before that, he made a strong impression as Antonin in the critically acclaimed French-Canadian film J’ai tué ma mère, which earned praise at several international film festivals. Before fame took hold, he spent his early years immersed in music—studying singing and piano at Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, a well-known Boys Choir School in Montreal. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he grew up in a creative yet structured environment; his father worked as both a lawyer and a real estate developer, offering a stable backdrop to his artistic pursuits. Over the years, he’s also been romantically linked to actress Évelyne Brochu, drawing attention not just for his acting but for his personal life as well. Throughout it all, he’s maintained a quiet intensity that fans and critics alike find compelling—truly, he’s become one of the more intriguing figures in contemporary cinema and television.
Well, you know, his background in stage acting actually turned out to be a real advantage when it came to sword-fighting—it helped him with timing and presence. But when he joined the cast of Borgias, honestly, he was starting from scratch with horseback riding. I mean, he’d only been on a horse twice in his entire life, and that was way back in childhood. So yeah, while he had some skills locked down, riding definitely wasn’t one of them at that point. Still, he managed to pull it off, which says a lot about his adaptability.