François-Xavier Demaison

François-Xavier Demaison (lahir 22 September 1973) adalah aktor dan humoris Perancis. Demaison lahir di Asnières-sur-Seine. Kedua orang tuanya adalah pengacara. Dia belajar teater tetapi keluar untuk fokus pada gelar ekonomi. Setelah lulus pada tahun 1998 dari Sciences Po di Paris, beliau memulai karirnya sebagai auditor sebelum bergabung dengan Landwell & Associés (firma hukum PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC) di bidang perpajakan Internasional. Pada bulan Agustus 2001 dia dikirim untuk magang ke kantor mereka di New York. Pada 11 September 2001, Demaison menyaksikan penyerangan terhadap World Trade Center dari kantornya di Manhattan. Setelah peristiwa traumatis ini, dia memutuskan untuk tidak melanjutkan jalur kariernya dan kembali ke cinta pertamanya, teater. Dia melanjutkan kontak dengan mantan guru yang membantunya menggelar acaranya sendiri, Babak Kedua (dia menginvestasikan tabungannya sebesar 5.000 euro). Dibuka di Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell di Paris pada 2 Desember 2002. Sumber: Artikel "François-Xavier Demaison" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

François-Xavier Demaison (born 22 September 1973) is a French actor and humorist. Demaison was born in Asnières-sur-Seine. Both his parents were lawyers. He studied theater but dropped out to focus on an economics degree. After graduating in 1998 from the Sciences Po in Paris, he began his career as an auditor before joining Landwell & Associés (law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC) in the field of International taxation. In August 2001 he was sent on an internship to their New York office. On 11 September 2001, Demaison witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center from his office in Manhattan. After this traumatic event, he decided not to continue on this career path and returned to his first love, the theater. He resumed contact with former teachers who helped him stage his own show, Act Two (he invested his saving of 5000 euros). It opened at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris on 2 December 2002. Source: Article "François-Xavier Demaison" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.