Francis Michel Pardeilhan was born in 1953 in San Francisco,
California, firstborn son of French immigrants. A graduate of the
University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in English
Literature, his acting career begins with a failed audition for San
Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. He left the States and,
following a brief period as a tour guide on the Amazon River in
Colombia, South America, he resumed his professional activities in
London and, eventually, Denmark, where he became a member of the
internationally acclaimed theater ensemble, Odin Teatret, directed by
Eugenio Barba. Here he remained for eleven years. Since 1987, Francis
Pardeilhan has lived in Umbria, Italy with his wife, Anna, and two
children, Alice and Max. His present activities include theater, film,
television and voice acting, as an actor, teacher and director
