Florent Dorin (born 30 December 1985 in Paris) is a French actor and musician,[1] known primarily for his role as The Visitor in the web series The Visitor from the Future directed by François Descraques. He is also a member of the artistic collective Frenchnerd.

Florent Dorin
Dorin at the 2013 Comic Con Paris
Born30 December 1985
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Musician
Notable work
  • The Visitor from the Future
  • J'ai jamais su dire non
  • La Théorie des balls
  • Le Secret des balls

Background

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Florent Dorin spent his childhood shuttling back and forth between Paris and the commune of Dinan. At the age of 12, he began to make videos with his friend François Descraques and developed a taste for acting. But it was only in 2002 (at the age of 17), while shooting Les Chroniques de l'Étrange, that he considered making a career out of it.

He performed in several plays as well as in some short films, and got into the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 2009.

During the same period of time, he took part in various Frenchnerd projects, including the very successful web series The Visitor from the Future directed by François Descraques, from 2009 to 2014.[2][3] He later joined the cast of La Théorie des balls directed by Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun[4] and Rock Macabre directed by François Descraques.[5]

Since then, he has kept on contributing to theater,[6] street theater as well as other web series and short films. From 2015[7] to 2018, he performed in Homer's Iliad at the Théâtre de Belleville in Paris; and in Odyssey since 2017.[8] Those two productions were directed by Pauline Bayle with Florent Dorin and other actors alternating characters irrespective of their age, gender or social rank.[9][10]

He is also a musician and singer,[11] and has released several EPs.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2002–2005 Les Chroniques de l'Étrange François Descraques Short film
2003 L'Éternel Combat François Descraques Short film
2003 Assurance vie M. Baradel Short film
2005 Le Couteau sous la couette Julien Diaz, François Descraques Short film
2005 Il est où ton pote super mignon? M. Marchal Short film
2008 Le jour où je suis tombé amoureux J. Borvon Short film
2009 Destination Pluton François Descraques Short film
2009 St Jacut-de-la-mer François Descraques Short film
2009 Mémoire L. Bourven Short film
2010 Coyotes J. Minster Short film
2010–2011 Starleague François Descraques Short film
2011 L'Holocube François Descraques Short film
2011 Bonne nouvelle François Descraques Short film
2012 Nous ne ferons pas d'histoires Julie Debiton Short film
2013 Modern Day Prince Charming Suricate Short film
2013 Le Métronome Ça va le faire Short film
2014 FRENCHBALL – Le coup d'envoi Frenchball Short film
2014 Le paramétrage de la vie Raphaël Descraques Short film
2014 Reign of Kids Raphaël Descraques Short film
2015 La chasse aux canards François Descraques Short film
2015 Je suis un tombeur Juliette Tresanini Short film
2015 Noise & Confusion Leo Wolfenstein, Guillaume Devallois Short film
2015 The Nobodies Himself Suricate
2017 Dans les films Jérémy Strohm Short film; Le temps mort
2022 The Visitor from the Future The Visitor François Descraques

Web series

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2009–2014 The Visitor from the Future[12] The Visitor François Descraques
2010–2011 J'ai jamais su dire non[13] Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun
2011–2012 42e étage Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun
2012 Le Gichet Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun
2012 Golden Show François Descraques
2013 Hero Corp : les survivants Simon Astier
2015 La Théorie des balls Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun
2015 Rock Macabre François Descraques
2016 Le Secret des balls Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun
2019 Abonne-toi Florent Guillaume Cremonese episode 2 : Seb la Frite nous accueille dans sa nouvelle maison

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Le Ciné du Comité
2013 Jo Yannick (voice)

Dubbing

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2011 Melancholia Tim Lars von Trier
2012 The Angels' Share Robbie Ken Loach
2014 Escobar: Paradise Lost Dylan Andrea Di Stefano
2015 Youth Jimmy Tree Paolo Sorrentino
2016 The Boy and the Beast Jirōmaru (adult) Mamoru Hosoda
2017 The Man with the Iron Heart Jozef Gabčík Cédric Jimenez

Theatre

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Year Title Role Director Author Notes
2010 Iliad Nada Strancar Homer
2010 La Troade Nada Strancar Robert Garnier
2010 Un petit détournement Sophie Mourousi Sophie Mourousi
2011 Mystère Pessoa Stanislas Grassian Fernando Pessoa, Stanislas Grassian
2012–2013 Life Is a Dream Jacques Vincey Pedro Calderón de la Barca
2013 Berenice Yannik Landrein Jean Racine
2014 Immortels Nasser Djemaï Nasser Djemaï
2015–2018 Iliad Pauline Bayle Homer
2017–2018 Odyssey Pauline Bayle Homer

Discography

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  • Florent Dorin (2009)
  • Finally (2014)
  • Halfway (2020)

Notes and references

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  1. ^ see on soundcloud.com.
  2. ^ Olivier Dumons, Apocalypse à Néo-Versailles, Le Monde, January 13, 2014 (in French).
  3. ^ Corinne Renou-Nativel, Le Visiteur du futur, un succès au présent, La Croix, November 6, 2013 (in French).
  4. ^ Clémence Bodoc, La Théorie des balls, la nouvelle websérie de Frenchnerd, bientôt au cinéma!, Madmoizelle.com, February 13, 2015 (in French).
  5. ^ Clémence Bodoc, Rock Macabre, la mini-série de François Descraques avec des zombies, suite et fin, Madmoizelle.com, November 19, 2015 (in French).
  6. ^ Philippe Guedj, François Descraques : « Le Visiteur du futur aura un nouveau héros », Le Point, October 15, 2018 (in French).
  7. ^ " Iliade au Théâtre de Belleville " [archive], Théâtres Parisiens Associés (in French).
  8. ^ Christophe Candoni, Iliade / Odyssée, le diptyque Homère de Pauline Bayle, Sceneweb.fr, January 14, 2018 (in French).
  9. ^ Philippe Chevilley, Iliade / Odyssée : Homère à tire-d'aile au Théâtre de la Bastille[permanent dead link], Les Échos, January 15, 2018 (in French).
  10. ^ Jack Dion, La leçon d'un héros nommé Ulysse, Marianne, January 9, 2018 (in French).
  11. ^ Clémence Bodoc, « La Chanson des Vrais Gens » de Florent Dorin, Madmoizelle.com, November 27, 2014 (in French).
  12. ^ see on levisiteurdufutur.com.
  13. ^ see on frenchnerd.com.
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