Fabio Julien Victor Grangeon (born 27 January 1989) is a French actor based in Taiwan best known for portraying Father Oliver in the romance film Your Name Engraved Herein (2020) and Charles Le Gendre in the historical drama series Seqalu: Formosa 1867 (2021).
Early life and education
Grangeon was born on 27 January 1989, in Toulouse, France.[1][2] Since his parents have a strong passion for travel, he had been residing in different countries in the Caribbean since childhood and attending various schools.[2][3] Grangeon attended Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University to study international commerce in 2010 and worked part-time as a model during his university years.[4][5] In 2010, Grangeon went on exchange at Ming Chuan University for nine months to learn more about Asian culture.[6][7] He completed his bachelor's degree and briefly took acting classes in Paris after returning to France.[8] However, he became reminisced with the life in Taiwan and returned to Taiwan shortly afterwards.[3]
Career
After returning to Taiwan, Grangeon began to work as a freelance model and joined EBC's talk show Half and Half [zh] as one of the hosts in 2014.[3][5] He began to receive public attention with the show and was invited to co-host several other EBC television programs in the following year.[9] Grangeon also appeared in the 2017 romance film All Because of Love and starred in a main role in the 2019 romance film When Green Turns to Gold [zh].[10][11]
In 2020, Grangeon was cast in a supporting lead role in the homosexual-themed romance film Your Name Engraved Herein.[12] He portrayed a French-Canadian priest who was hesitated to bless the young gay couple's relationship and garnered public renown with the role.[13][14] Grangeon landed his first major television role as Charles Le Gendre, a French-born American diplomat who was tasked to investigate the Rover incident, in the 2021 historical drama series Seqalu: Formosa 1867 [zh].[15] To prepare for the role, Grangeon gained 8 kg of weight and lost 5 kg of fat.[16] He also did research on the history of nineteenth century Taiwan, in order to authentically portray the historical figure.[3]
Personal life
Grangeon became engaged to Desiree Wu in August 2020,[17] and married in late 2021.[18] Their daughter was born in November 2022.[18]
