# François-Xavier Demaison (actor)

François-Xavier Demaison (born 22 September 1973) is a French actor and humorist.

## Personal life

Demaison was born in Asnières-sur-Seine. Both his parents were lawyers. He studied theater but dropped out to focus on an economics degree. After graduating in 1998 from the Sciences Po in Paris, he began his career as an auditor before joining Landwell & Associés (law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC) in the field of International taxation.
In August 2001, he was sent on an internship to their New York office. On 11 September 2001, Demaison witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center from his office in Manhattan. After this traumatic event, he decided not to continue on this career path and returned to his first love, the theater. He resumed contact with former teachers who helped him stage his own show, Act Two (he invested his saving of 5000 euros). It opened at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris on 2 December 2002.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Notes |
| 2002-05 | A story pour les gens qui believe in dreams | Éric Théobald | Samuel Le Bihan & Mickaël Quiroga | Théâtre des Mathurins |
| 2007 | Demaison s'envole | Éric Théobald (2) | Samuel Le Bihan & Mickaël Quiroga | Casino de Paris |
| 2007 | L’Arbre de joie | Christophe Lidon | Louis-Michel Colas & David Khayat | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse |
| 2011 | Demaison s'évade | Éric Théobald (3) | Samuel Le Bihan & Mickaël Quiroga | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2005 | Olé! | Caron's driver | Florence Quentin | |
| 2005 | Tout pour plaire | The realtor | Cécile Telerman | |
| 2006 | Sable noir | The server | Samuel Le Bihan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | L'Auberge rouge | Simon Barbeuf | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 2007 | Confidences | | Laurent Dussaux | TV mini-series |
| 2008 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Doctor Marcaurel | Rémi Bezançon | |
| 2008 | Disco | Guillaume Navarre | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2008 | 48 heures par jour | TV Host | Catherine Castel | |
| 2008 | A Day at the Museum | The head home | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2008 | Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec | Coluche | Antoine de Caunes | Nominated - César Award for Best Actor |
| 2008 | Ça se soigne? | Philippe Barrois | Laurent Chouchan | |
| 2009 | Little Nicholas | Mr. Dubon | Laurent Tirard | |
| 2009 | Tellement proches | Jean-Pierre | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
| 2009 | Neuilly Yo Mama! | Father Dinaro | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| 2009 | Divorces! | Alex | Valérie Guignabodet | |
| 2009 | Une place à prendre | The dredger | Charles Meurisse | Short |
| 2009 | Réveil d'un mouton | Jonathan Cordiale | Julien Paolini | Short |
| 2010 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | Gardini | Jean Becker | |
| 2010 | Sans laisser de traces | Patrick Chambon | Grégoire Vigneron | |
| 2011 | 360 | Taxi Driver | Fernando Meirelles | |
| 2011 | La Chance de ma vie | Julien Monnier | Nicolas Cuche | |
| 2011 | Beur sur la ville | Picolini | Djamel Bensalah | |
| 2011 | Émilie Jolie | Voice | Philippe Chatel & Francis Nielsen | |
| 2011 | Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde | Michel Ganiant | Stéphane Kazandjian | |
| 2011 | Nicostratos le pélican | Aristote | Olivier Horlait | |
| 2011 | Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Jean-Pierre Bouley | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Just Like Brothers | Boris | Hugo Gélin | |
| 2012 | Zarafa | Malaterre | Jean-Christophe Lie & Rémi Bezançon | |
| 2012 | Il était une fois, une fois | Willy Vanderbrook | Christian Merret-Palmair | |
| 2012 | L'écharpe rouge | The Boss | Romain Nonn | Short |
| 2013 | Paris à tout prix | Thierry | Reem Kherici | |
| 2013 | Hubert and Takako | Hubert | Hugo Gittard | TV series (78 episodes) |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | Mr. Dubon | Laurent Tirard | |
| 2015 | Trois fois rien | | Frédéric Petitjean | Short |
| 2015 | The Disappearance | Commandant Bertrand Molina | Charlotte Brandström | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2016 | Arrête ton cinéma | Jack | Diane Kurys | |
| 2016 | Team Spirit | Fabien Keller | Christophe Barratier | |
| 2016 | La macchinazione | Moreau | David Grieco | |
| 2016 | Les têtes de l'emploi | Thierry | Alexandre Charlot & Franck Magnier | |
| 2017 | Jour J | Ben | Reem Kherici | |
| 2017 | Comment j'ai rencontré mon père | Eliott Berthet | Maxime Motte | |
| 2017 | Quadras | Alex | Isabelle Doval & Mélissa Drigeard | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2018 | Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! | Father Dinaro | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| 2018 | Naked Normandy | Thierry Levasseur | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 2018 | Tout le monde debout | The priest | Franck Dubosc | |
| 2019 | All Inclusive | Michel Goubert | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2019 | Ni une ni deux | Jean-Pierre | Anne Giafferi | |
| 2022 | The Sitting Duck | Jean-Pierre Bachmann | Jean-Paul Salomé | |