Hugo Becker is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 movies and television actor. He is known on his role as Prince Louis Grimaldi in the television adaption of Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...

aired on the CW Television Network.

Career

After graduating from both French and English drama schools (Conservatory of Dramatic Art; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). Hugo was awarded Young Cannes Talent in 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival.
This same year, he made his debut on screen with a bunch of different roles, as a young politician in The Assault

The Assault

The Assault is a 1982 novel by Harry Mulisch about the Second World War. It deals with the consequences for the lone survivor of a Nazi retaliation on an innocent family after a collaborator named Fake Ploeg is found killed outside their home.The novel takes readers on the journey through the main...

 (L'assaut) dir. by Julien Leclercq

Julien Leclercq

Julien Leclercq was a French poet and art critic, devoted to Symbolism. Like his close friend Albert Aurier, he contributed regularly to the Mercure de France, for example in September 1890 an obituary of Vincent van Gogh...

, a drunk hitchhiker in The prey (La Proie) dir. by Eric Valette, a heavy student in The very First Time

The Very First Time

"The Very First Time" is a song by dance-pop group ABC, released as the first single from their album Traffic. The song was released on April 14, 2008 on various Internet outlets such as iTunes and 7digital....

 (La première fois) dir. by M-C Mention-Schaar, a funny young trader in The Cruise (La Croisière) dir. by Pascale Pouzadoux. We can also see him in two police TV shows, in which he plays criminals, or young prisoners.

Then, in English, the role of a Prince from Monaco named "Louis Grimaldi" in the American series Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...

 shooting two episodes in Paris.

In 2011, he gets one of the main parts in 'Damsels in distress' directed by Whit Stillman (nominated to the oscar for Metropolitan), shooting in NYC, and alongside Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody, closing the 68th Venice Film Festival (Mostra of Venice) and selected in Toronto.
Gossip Girl calls him back, in NY this time, for five additional episodes until the end of season 4.
Hugo is also part of season 5 for an indeterminate number of episodes.

Hugo also recently directed a music video.

Filmography

2011 Damsels in Distress dir. by Whit Stillman

Whit Stillman

Whit Stillman is an American writer-director known for his sly depictions of the "urban haute bourgeoisie" Whit Stillman (born John Whitney Stillman on January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director known for his sly depictions of the "urban haute bourgeoisie" Whit Stillman (born John Whitney...

 -Tom-

2011 : The Cruise dir. by Pascale Pouzadoux - the young trader-

2011 : The Prey dir. by Eric Valette -the drunk hitchhiker-

2011 : The very First Time

The Very First Time

"The Very First Time" is a song by dance-pop group ABC, released as the first single from their album Traffic. The song was released on April 14, 2008 on various Internet outlets such as iTunes and 7digital....

 dir. by M-C Mention-Schaar -the heavy student-

2010 : The Assault

The Assault

The Assault is a 1982 novel by Harry Mulisch about the Second World War. It deals with the consequences for the lone survivor of a Nazi retaliation on an innocent family after a collaborator named Fake Ploeg is found killed outside their home.The novel takes readers on the journey through the main...

dir. by Julien Leclercq

Julien Leclercq

Julien Leclercq was a French poet and art critic, devoted to Symbolism. Like his close friend Albert Aurier, he contributed regularly to the Mercure de France, for example in September 1890 an obituary of Vincent van Gogh...

 -Leroy-

2010 : La Mariée n'est pas qu'une Marchande de Frites dir. by Flavia Coste -Guillaume-

Television

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2010–present	Gossip Girl Gossip Girl Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...	Louis Grimaldi	Recurring role -Memoirs of an Invisible Dan -Beauty and the Feast Yes, Then Zero - The Wrong Goodbye -Shattered Bass - The Princesses and the Frog - Petty in Pink - The Kids Stay in the Picture - Double Identity  - Belles de Jour
2011	R.I.S. Police Scientifique	Emmanuel	Guest star Ep. "Requiem assassin"

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