# Edward Akrout

Edward Akrout is a Franco-British artist and actor.

## Early life and education

Born in Paris, Akrout grew up between France and England. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before attending Le Cours Florent in Paris for theatre, followed by time at the National Institute in Bucharest. He lives between London, New York and Paris.
Akrout moved to England where he studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Since graduating in 2008, Akrout has been prominent on both the screen and the stage.
He is the grandson of Air Commodore Anthony Norman Davis (14 August 1918 – 1988) a British Royal Air Force officer who served as a pilot during the Second World War.

## Acting career

Akrout is best known for his role as The Dauphin in The Hollow Crown. Other notable roles include Yves D'Allegre in The Borgias, Laurent Debienne in Genius: Picasso, Diego in Killing Eve and Edward Steichen in Rodin directed by Jacques Doillon.

## Personal life

Akrout is married to journalist Shelby Wilder. The couple provide for charity and had numerous Getty Images taken together in various events.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Swinging with the Finkels | Andrew | |
| 2013 | Dead in Tombstone | Snake | Direct-to-video |
| 2014 | Deadly Virtues | Aaron | |
| 2015 | Sword of Vengeance | Romain | |
| 2017 | Rodin | Edward Steichen |
| 2017 | Bitter Harvest | Professor Temchuck | |
| 2021 | Alia's Birth | Tom | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Doctors | Louis Lyon | Episode: "Chef's Secret" |
| 2011–2012 | The Borgias | French Captain | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | The Dauphin | Episode: "Henry V" |
| 2015 | Father Brown | Gregoire Bisset | Episode: "The Truth in the Wine" |
| 2015 | Mr Selfridge | Pierre Longchamp | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Midsomer Murders | Damien Lamerat | Episode: "Breaking the Chain" |
| 2016 | Houdini & Doyle | Henry | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Gypsy | Zal | Episode: "Morgan Stop" |
| 2017 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Amos Parker | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Killing Eve | Diego | Episode: "Sorry Baby" |
| 2018 | Genius | Laurent Debienne | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Strangers | Matteo | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Dark Heart | Paulo | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | The Enemy Within | Aslan Aksoy | Episode: "Confessions" |
| 2020 | Blue Bloods | Samson James | Episode: "Hide in Plain Sight" |
| 2022 | Bull | Henri Fray | 3 episodes |

## Art

Akrout has had solo exhibitions at The Hoxton (2015), London; Hotel Café Royal (2015), London.
His work has been included in group exhibitions at Metamatic: The Art Foundation (2016), Athens; The Gallery of African Art (2016), London; Le Carreau du Temple (2018), Paris; The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2018), Berlin.
In 2017, Akrout created the art video Quantum Political Feedback in collaboration with artist, Jakob S. Boeskov. Quantum Political Feedback was in the official selection for Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. The film debuted in Paris (12 April 2018) at Le Carreau du Temple in association with the Pompidou Centre, followed by opening at the festival in Berlin on 21 June 2018 at the venue HKW (Haus der Kulturen der Welt).