RENAUD

Renaud Séchan, known as Renaud, was born in Paris on 11 May 1952. He became known in France as a singer-songwriter as well as an actor.

One early screen appearance came in Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon (1956). AlloCiné records that he and his twin brother visited the set with their uncle, cinematographer Edmond Séchan.

His musical career took shape in the 1970s. His first album, Amoureux de Paname, appeared in 1975; the song Laisse béton helped bring him national success two years later.

His songs drew on the language of Parisian streets, while his screen work continued. In Claude Berri’s Germinal (1993), he appeared in an adaptation of Émile Zola’s novel.

The film links below show works in the FLM.RED catalogue, not his complete filmography or discography.