Andy Gillet is a French fashion model and actor.

Gillet grew up in Megève

Megève

Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.Megève is a famous ski resort near the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps...

 in Haute Savoie, the son of a policeman and a secretary, he has a younger brother.

After studies at a school of commerce, he turned to modelling (he currently makes the publicity for the perfume Kenzo Power by Kenzo Takada

Kenzo Takada

Kenzo Takada is a Japanese fashion designer. He is also the founder of Kenzo, a worldwide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes....

), while taking acting lessons.

He first appeared in theatre in the title role of Caligula

Caligula (play)

Caligula is a play written by Albert Camus, begun in 1938 and published for the first time in May 1944 by Éditions Gallimard. The play was later the subject of numerous revisions. It was part of what the author called the "Cycle of the Absurd", with the novel The Outsider and the essay The Myth...

, in a celebrated staging by Charles Berling

Charles Berling

Charles Berling is a French actor, director, scenario writer and producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne .-Biography:Son of a marine physician, he is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard...

. He made his television debut in 2005, in the role of Hugh Despenser in Maurice Druon

Maurice Druon

Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française.Born in Paris, France, Druon was the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he translated the Chant des Partisans, a French Resistance anthem of World War II, with music and words originally by Anna Marly.In 1948...

's remake of Les Rois Maudits

Les Rois Maudits

The Accursed Kings , is a sequence of seven historical novels by Maurice Druon, of the Académie française.The seven books are:The book's characters are colorful and larger than life, but also have depth. The narration is gripping and very much plot-driven, whether a conspiracy to assassinate the...

, also appearring in series such as Éternelle and Un village français.

His debut in cinema came in 2006, with Nouvelle chance

Nouvelle chance

Nouvelle chance is a 2006 French drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. It was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Danielle Darrieux - Odette Saint-Gilles* Arielle Dombasle - Bettina Fleischer...

by Anne Fontaine and L'homme de sa vie by Zabou Breitman. The following year, he appeared in acclaimed director Eric Rohmer

Éric Rohmer

Éric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma....

's film, Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon

Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon

Romance of Astree and Celadon is the final film directed by Éric Rohmer. It was released September 5, 2007.* Director of Photography Diane Baratier* Edited by Mary Stephen- Cast :* Stéphanie de Crayencour * Andy Gillet...

. Other films include, Vieillesse ennemie (2008), Antique

Antique Bakery

is a manga by Fumi Yoshinaga depicting the lives of four men who work in a small bakery. It was published in Japan by Shinshokan and in English by Digital Manga Publishing. The series won the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga...

(2008), and La dérive (2009), in the latter he also worked as an assistant director.

Sources

Andy Gillet on IMDB