Manuel Sinor

Manuel Sinor

Actor
Actor

Paris, France

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About Manuel

Acteur français forgé au théâtre d’Avignon à Vancouver, MANUEL SINOR a joué à l’écran auprès de cinéastes salués (tels Bryan Singer, Luc Besson et David Oelhoffen) et d’interprètes émérites (dont Cillian Murphy, Valérie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud, Michèle Laroque et Gilles Lellouche), avec à la clé deux équilibres singuliers. Des personnages de six nationalités étrangères, incarnés jusque dans leurs langues ou accents, côtoient autant de rôles français. S’il ose même se transformer, en rutilant annonceur dans X-Men: Apocalypse, il s’en remet aussi à la poigne et la fantaisie issues d’un riche vécu.

Né au Congo et d’enfance niçoise, Sinor fut avant de se former au jeu chanteur de blues à Nantes, matelot à Djibouti, cadre chez IBM à Dublin et, fort d’un doctorat de la University of Alberta, chargé de cours dans le Far West canadien. Sa thèse sera citée par des chercheurs de l’Institut Max Planck, leader mondial de la psycholinguistique, bien avant qu’il ne prête sa voix d’acteur à des narrations pour le CNRS et surtout Science et Vie. Il a par ailleurs signé comme auteur-compositeur-interprète un EP de jazz dont la chanson-titre, 35 mm, est une ode au cinéma.

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French actor MANUEL SINOR was forged on theatre stages from Vancouver to Avignon and has worked for the screen with acclaimed directors (e.g., Bryan Singer, Luc Besson, David Oelhoffen) as well as seasoned actors (e.g., Cillian Murphy, César winner Valérie Lemercier, César nominees Michèle Laroque, Melvil Poupaud and Gilles Lellouche). His filmography is doubly balanced in a way that may seem unusual in France. Characters of no less than six nationalities, crafted with sharp attention to languages and accents, coexist with as many French roles. And while daring to transform himself, as a sparkling fight announcer in X-Men: Apocalypse, he just as readily draws on the natural poise and offbeatness built over a rich life.

Born in Kinshasa and raised in Nice, Sinor knew about versatility long before training as an actor: as a blues singer in Brittany, French Navy sailor in Djibouti, IBMer in Dublin and lecturer at the University of Alberta in Western Canada. From this alma mater he holds a Ph.D for a psycholinguistics thesis that was cited by a team from the Max Planck Institute, world leader in this field. Now Paris-based, as a French citizen, Sinor is also a naturalized Canadian, a continuing member of the Screen Actors’ Guild’s Canadian sister union ACTRA, and a former jury member for the Canadian Screen Awards. In his spare time he writes the odd song, and his film-inspired jazz E.P. 35 mm can be found on major online platforms.

Unique traits: Linguist (Ph.D./Doctorate) — Former French Navy sailor (Djibouti) — Singer-songwriter (jazz E.P. available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play...)

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