Julien Vialon was born in 1968 in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France.
His father taught him architecture, design and also about Italian
creativity. His mother introduced him to travel and foreign cultures.
He first came to London at age 7 and, that same year, discovered his
first film on the silver screen; "Goldfinger". His decision was made:
later, Julien would become an actor. He made his first debut on stage
at age 15, in a local theatre group, performing in English. After
getting a degree at University in Literature and Foreign Languages
(English, Italian, Spanish), he then moved to Paris and joined the
prestigious Florent Acting School. He made his first screen debut as a
professional, playing opposite Marcello Mastroianni, in "Three lives
and only one death". After appearing in many French TV series and short
films, he began to travel around the world, filming commercials. He
reinvested the money he made from these in his first directorial debut;
to date, he has directed six short films and written two features. In
2004, his third short film script won the award for best short film at
a festival in Paris and was later shown at the Cannes Film Festival in
the "Short Film Corner". Back on stage, he performed the singing part
of "Enjolras", the revolutionary, in "Les Misérables" in Paris in 2006.
He then joined the American Actors Studio, where he spent two years
improving his grasp of the Stanislavski "method". 2008 saw him
portraying the lead part of Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the play "Sacco &
Vanzetti". This was the story of two Italian men who went to the United
States in the late 1910s in search of the "American dream" and ended up
- on the electric chair. A worldwide scandal at the time, their story
was later immortalized in the Joan Baez song "Here's to you, Nicola and
Bart". In 2010, Julien moved on to London and the play "Platform"
marked his stage debut in England, at Kevin Spacey's Old Vic. Chosen by
Ron Howard to join the stellar-cast of "Rush", his next feature, Julien
faced Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth in this recreation of the 1976
Formula One season. The film will be released in 2013. Following that
performance, Julien was cast in "Katherine of Alexandria", directed by
Michael Redwood. Facing Peter O'Toole and Edward Fox, Julien plays the
part of the pagan Emperor Maxentius. The film is expected to hit the
screen in March 2013. Before that, Julien will be seen playing opposite
Cameron Diaz and Michael Fassbender in the new Ridley Scott film, "The
Counselor". "Saleh Sharif" will mark the third cooperation between
Julien Vialon and film maker Zahi Farah, after "TIme" and "Rage".
During the spring of 2013, Julien will join the team of "Skins", the
Channel 4 TV series, for its 7th season. Later on, Julien will appear
in "Base", directed by Richard Parry and produced by Vertigo Films. The
english urban myth of the Victorian era, known as "Spring-Heeled jack":
very popular in its time, due to the tales of his bizarre appearance
and ability to make extraordinary leaps, to the point that he became
the topic of several works of fiction. Julien portrayed Thomas Herring,
a time-traveling adventurer, sent to capture Spring-Heeled Jack. The
film is directed by Steven Wheeler. 2014 will see the collaboration
between Julien and italian director Alessandro Zonin, on "From Italy
with love" and "Momento Divino" (release 2015) and also Stephen Frears,
on his Lance Armstrong biopic, starring Ben Foster. 2015 will see
Julien back on stage, this time in Paris, in Nathalie Veneau's
adaptation of Conan Doyle's novel "The valley of fear". He'll portray
the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. BW
- IMDb mini biography by: B.W.
