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Having been influenced by his two grandfathers to the world of art from an early age - one was a sculptor and one used to be a professional horn player in Symphony Orchestra – Xavier Lafitte was instilled with a sense that creativity and artistic skills were hugely important things. At the age of eighteen, Xavier attended a business school in Paris where he also moved on to Madrid, Spain and to the Hartford University, Connecticut, USA. For many years, he took courses in modern-jazz, tap dancing and trumpet, and never stopped drawing. Later on, he became an actor. 

 

In 1997, after graduating, Xavier started taking acting classes and auditioning for parts. In late 1999, Thierry Harcourt casts Xavier in the role of the eccentric Oscar Wilde’s lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, in Moisés Kaufman's play “GROSS INDECENCY, THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE”. By this time he navigated a gradual hill up the acting chain.

2000 found Xavier playing in “LIFE”, by Audrey Schebat, “LA BANDE DU DRUGSTORE”  (2001) by François Armanet,"NEW LOVE" (2007) by Laurence Coriat, selected at the Cinema Extreme London Film Festival.

and "GABRIELLE" (2005) by Patrice Chéreau.

  In July 2006, Xavier started filming “EN LA CIUDAD DE SYLVIA” by Spanish director Jose Luis Guerin. He was paired with rising star Pilar Lopez de Ayala and marked Xavier’s first starring role in a feature film.

In 2007, "En la Ciudad de Sylvia" is critically acclaimed at 64 Mostra International Venice Film Festival, in competition.

In 2008, Xavier is the black-mailer in the stage adaptation of James M. Cain's novel "THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE".

While starring in Spanish feature films or short films ("AGUILA ROJA" (2011) dir JR. Ayerra, "HOLDEN" (2012), "THE RETURN OF ELIAS URQUIJO" (2013) dir R. Madrid and "POSTALES DESDE LA LUNA" (2012) dir JF. Viruega), Xavier is back on stage in Paris, portraying the bright Marquis de Bassompierre, in the critically acclaimed "HENRI IV, LE BIEN AIMÉ" (2010/2012), starring Jean-François Balmer.

In 2014, Jalil Lespert offers one of Xavier's most interesting and complex character,  JACQUES DE BASCHER, in "YVES SAINT LAURENT" biopic, starring Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne and Charlotte Lebon.

In 2015,  Xavier is starring Robin Maugham's "THE SERVANT" as Tony Williams, giving him one of his best performances. The play is critically and publicly acclaimed with several awards.

The same year, Xavier interprets Alfred Reeves in Daniel Colas's "CHAPLIN" biopic. 

2016 and 2017 found Xavier playing two critically and puclicly acclaimed TV series: "TRANSFERTS"  as Père Luc (Arte, 2017) and "LE RÊVE FRANÇAIS" (France 2, 2018).

 

 Soon, in december 2018, Xavier is playing the doctor in "SANS FAMILLE", directed by Antoine Blossier, starring Daniel Auteuil.

 

                     

  

   

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