Nicolas Bouchaud isn’t all that well known in the United States, and that’s mostly because he has more or less only acted in films and TV projects in his native country of France. If you have seen, him, though, you will likely remember him both because he’s very handsome and/or because he is always sporting some pretty wild, unkempt hair on his head. With a couple of exceptions, he’s primarily acted in films—short, made-for TV, and feature releases—including Un mariage (2003), La dame de Chez Maxim (2009), Faire avec (2009), and Mon arbre (2011). He really leaned in to his persona as a somewhat strange, unruly person in one scene in the acclaimed drama In the Courtyard (2014), playing a character named Laurent Maillard. We first hear him off screen, when, in the middle of the night, one of the main characters is awoken by a strange noise and approaches the window out into the courtyard to investigate its source. The source ends up being Nicolas’ character, who is inexplicably barking and howling like a dog loudly into the night, giving us a good look at his impressive, shirtless figure.
