César Domboy

César Domboy (born 10 March 1990) is a French actor best known for The Walk and his recurring role as Fergus Claudel Fraser in the Starz television drama Outlander.

César Domboy
César Domboy in 2018
Born
César Domboy

(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990
France
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Early life

Domboy was born on 10 March 1990 in France, the middle of three children born to his family.[1] He did not attend formal drama school; instead he received private lessons from actress and drama coach Laurence Le Dantec, who has taught theatre for more than fifteen years. In addition to Domboy, her students include Nils Hugon and Gaspard Ulliel.[2]

Career

Domboy's first professional role, at age fourteen in 2004, was director Étienne Chatiliez's feature length comedy Just Trust (La Confiance Règne), opposite Vincent Lindon.[3] The next year, he was featured in France 3's made for TV film Let's Go Small Children (Allons Petits Enfants), a war drama which centered on a young boy who was attempting to restore his family's honor after his father deserted.[4] Raspail Production's thriller Red Needles (Les Aiguilles Rouges), about a group of boys lost on a hike near Brévent Lake, saw Domboy in the role of Guy. His next role was as Ferdinand in an episode of France 2's television mini-series The Pasquier Clan (Le Clan Pasquier), a family drama set against the backdrop of early Twentieth Century France.[5] From there he returned to feature films in François Desagnat's 2008 adaptation of Vincent Ravalec's novel Daddy Cool (15 Ans et Demi).[6][7]

In 2009, Domboy starred in Canal+'s Écrire Pour un Chanteur in an episode entitled "Three Celestial Bodies (Les Astres Noirs)", opposite Julien Doré and Paul Schmitt.[8] His next film, Bus Palladium, a dramatic comedy from director Christopher Thompson, featured Domboy as a member of the band Lust as they pursued their musical aspirations.[9][10] That same year saw him feature in Bertrand Tavernier's drama The Princess of Montpensier, an adaptation of Madame de Lafayette's 1622 novella of the same name.[11]

Domboy went on to star in director Michaël Dacheux's 2011 film On the Go (Sur le Départ), a drama revolving around the lives of two young men who meet in their hometown regularly.[12][13] In the series five episode "Vue sur Internet" of France 3's dramatic comedy Familie D'accueli(2012), Domboy portrayed guest character Stan.[14] That same year he featured in the YouTube mini-series En Passant Pécho and starred as Guy de Laval in series two of Bravo/Showtime's original series The Borgias, opposite Jeremy Irons.[15][16] He also featured in Bénédicte Pagnot's political activism based film Les Lendemains and Stefan Liberski's feature length dramatic comedy Baby Balloon.[17][18] In 2014, Domboy co-starred in Week-ends, a drama based on the lives of two couples as told through what occurred during their weekends.[14] He was then cast as The Kid in TF1's drama Résistance, which was loosely based on the activities of the Groupe du musée de l'Homme, which operated as part of the French Resistance in World War II.[19][20]

2015 saw Domboy star in Les Invisibles, a short film that followed a young man as he started work in the nuclear industry among the "invisible" workers.[21] He finished out the year by co-starring in director Robert Zemeckis' feature film The Walk, based upon the real-life story of Philippe Petit's high wire walk between the World Trade Center towers.[22] He next featured in the romantic comedy Up For Love (Un Homme À La Hauteur) and director Christian Duguay's A Bag of Marbles (Un Sac de Billes), the story of two Jewish boys caught in occupied France during World War II.[23][24] In 2017, Domboy debuted in the recurring role of Fergus Claudel Fraser, opposite Lauren Lyle's Marsali MacKimmie Fraser, in Starz's hit time travel drama Outlander, based upon Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series of the same name.[25][26]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Character Production Notes
2005 Let's Go Small Children (Allons Petits Enfants) Pierrot France 3 Television film
2007 The Pasquier Clan (Le Clan Pasquier) Ferdinand France 2 Miniseries, 1 episode
2009 Écrire Pour un Chanteur Nathan Canal+ Episode: "Les Astres Noirs"
2011 E-Love Aurélien TV5 Television film
2012 Familie D'accueli Stan France 3 Episode: "Vue sur Internet"
2013 En Passant Pécho Le Maton YouTube Episode: "Carotte Cellule"
The Borgias Guy de Leval Bravo/Showtime' 4 episodes
2014 Résistance The Kid TF1 Miniseries, 3 episodes
2017–Present Outlander Fergus Claudel Fraser Starz Recurring role, 20 episodes

Film
Year Title Character Notes
2004 Just Trust (La Confiance Règne) Benjamin Finkel
2006 Red Needles (Les Aiguilles Rouges) Guy
2008 Daddy Cool (15 Ans et Demi) Achille
2010 Bus Palladium Boris
The Princess of Montpensier Mayenne
2011 On the Go (Sur le Départ) Piano
2013 Les Lendemains Thibault
Baby Balloon Vince
2014 Week-ends Julien
2015 Les Invisibles Alexandre Short film
The Walk Jeff / Jean-François Based upon the true story of high wire artist Philippe Petit.
2016 Up For Love (Un Homme À La Hauteur) Benji
2017 A Bag of Marbles (Un Sac de Billes) Henri Joffo

References
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  2. "Notre équipe". www.marneenscene.fr. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. "La confiance règne - Cast". www.movienco.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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  5. "The Pasquier Clan | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. Daddy Cool (2008), retrieved 3 April 2019
  7. "15 ans et demi". notreCinema.com (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. "Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. "Bus Palladium - film 2009". Fan de Cinéma (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Bus Palladium : séances à Paris et en Île-de-France". www.offi.fr. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. La princesse de Montpensier (The Princess of Montpensier) (2011), retrieved 3 April 2019
  12. On the Go (2011), retrieved 3 April 2019
  13. AlloCine, Sur le départ, retrieved 3 April 2019
  14. "César Domboy (Le Gosse - Résistance) : " Je suis très fan des séries Canal "". Toutelatele (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  15. "César Domboy - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  16. Thorne, Will (3 October 2016). "'Outlander' Casts César Domboy and Lauren Lyle for Season 3". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  17. Les Lendemains (2013), retrieved 3 April 2019
  18. Baby Balloon (2014), retrieved 3 April 2019
  19. "Qui sont les jeunes héros de Résistance sur TF1 ? - videos - Télé 2 semaines". www.programme.tv/news. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  20. "Resistance - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  21. "International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand". my.clermont-filmfest.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  22. The Walk, retrieved 3 April 2019
  23. Up for Love (Un homme à la hauteur) (2016), retrieved 3 April 2019
  24. A Bag of Marbles (2017), retrieved 3 April 2019
  25. "EXCLUSIVE: Get to Know 'Outlander' Star Cesar Domboy (aka Older Fergus) With a Fun Game of 'Would You Rather'!". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  26. "César Domboy – Outlander". Starry Constellation Magazine. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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