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Raphael Bonacchi

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Raphael Bonacchi
Gunars Taurins has become a dad-sitter in Latvia. He wants to return to France as soon as possible once he has found a caregiver for his father. But it's not that easy and Gunars has to stay in Riga whether he likes it or not.
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TAURINS SENIOR - Teaser (2023)
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Raphael is an Italian & Swiss actor/producer born in Geneva, Switzerland. He became passionate about acting and movies at a very young age. It was in the 1980s that he discovered all the happiness and deep emotions that films could create. He grew up watching a lot of French movies starring actors like Jean-Paul Belmondo, Louis de Funès and Bourvil, among others but also American actors such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Michael Douglas, Clint Eastwood, Michael J. Fox, Jim Carrey, Nicolas Cage and many more.

He was part of a school play written by his teacher Jean-Marc Hohl in the late 80s in a small village named Puplinge. The show's name was "Il faut vraiment être dans la lune pour voir la vie en rose" ("You really have to be on the moon to see life in pink"). In the early 1990s, he enjoyed and developed his skills in high school (Foron), attending teacher Gus Horn's diction and stage play classes where his natural and emotional skills were said to impress the teacher. His passion became so intense that he began buying various books written by movie critics such as Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, Roger Ebert's, Halliwell's Film Guide, Gene Siskel's, and was unable to put them down, gaining a huge amount of knowledge of movie history. Later, even when working in Geneva in various roles to make a living, he nurtured his love for the art by discovering tons of movies ranging from classical genres to blockbusters & independent ones. He also attended classes at the Grütli Theater and Cinema Club's lab to get some camera operation work experience and to gain editing skills.

In the early 2000s, he began acting - mostly as an extra and in small roles - in some French, Swiss and international TV series and films. In 2009, he bumped into his childhood friend Joachim Levy, Swiss Director, Screenwriter and Showrunner, with whom he started to work with and joined "The Bank TV Series" project a short while later. He became one of the Executive Producers on The Bank's Production crew working on the financing of, and the development of the series.

Based in Geneva (as November 2019), Raphael travels regularly to many places, such as Paris, Sarajevo, Los Angeles, Riga & the UK, to widen his professional network in the TV and movie entertainment field. He's associated with Showrunner Joachim Levy for years as producer, but later in 2019 he also got associated with German Director Alexander Hahn to co-produce movies & also met UK based producer Russell Gow to develop new projects as co-producer the same year. Lately, he is strongly working along with German producer Willi Kamarad on many solid projects.
BornNovember 30, 1975
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      • 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Eddie Hall in Taming the Beast
    Taming the Beast
    • Producer
      Little Green Men
      Little Green Men
      • Producer
        Taurins Senior (2023)
        Taurins Senior
        7.6
        • Vincent Vaudeville
        • 2023
        Voltaire et l'affaire Calas (2007)
        Voltaire et l'affaire Calas
        6.1
        TV Movie
        • Homme avec le tricorne noir sur les lieux du meurtre(uncredited)
        • 2007

        Credits

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        Actor



        • Marina's City
          • Deputy Masini
          • Pre-production
        • Go West!
          • Gilles Saugnac
          • In Production



        • Taurins Senior (2023)
          Taurins Senior
          7.6
          • Vincent Vaudeville
          • 2023
        • The Erkonauts - Little Mary (2017)
          The Erkonauts - Little Mary
          Short
          • The Truck Driver (as Raphael Baunaquis)
          • 2017
        • Sam (2014)
          Sam
          7.3
          • Voyageur à l'aéroport (uncredited)
          • 2014
        • Karim Ait M'Hand and Said Mrini in Salvation Army (2013)
          Salvation Army
          5.6
          • Passant à la gare (uncredited)
          • 2013
        • Avanti (2012)
          Avanti
          5.3
          • Le client
          • 2012
        • Tatort (1970)
          Tatort
          7.0
          TV Series
          • Client at the bar (uncredited)
          • 2012
        • Jude Law, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011)
          Contagion
          6.8
          • Tallest Police Officer Checking Dr. Orantes's ID (uncredited)
          • 2011
        • Zone d'Ombre: L'affaire Thomas F. (2011)
          Zone d'Ombre: L'affaire Thomas F.
          • Thomas F. (uncredited)
          • 2011
        • T'es pas la seule! (2009)
          T'es pas la seule!
          6.7
          TV Series
          • Businessman quittant l'hôtel (uncredited)
          • 2011
        • Beyond Suspicion (2010)
          Beyond Suspicion
          5.2
          • Homme dans le vestiaire (uncredited)
          • 2010
        • Déchaînées (2009)
          Déchaînées
          7.0
          TV Movie
          • Homme dans ascenseur
          • 2009
        • Audemars Piguet - From the Origins to Today (2009)
          Audemars Piguet - From the Origins to Today
          Short
          • Watchmaker (uncredited)
          • 2009
        • Abnegation
          Short
          • A man sitting in the street (uncredited)
          • 2008
        • Dirty Money - Undercover (2008)
          Dirty Money - Undercover
          4.3
          • Homme dans le hall de la banque (uncredited)
          • 2008
        • Kader Boukhanef and Abel Jafri in The Other Half (2007)
          The Other Half
          6.5
          • Douanier 2 à l'aéroport (uncredited)
          • 2007

        Producer



        • The Rose in the Flame
          • executive producer
          • Pre-production
        • Sugar
          • producer
          • Pre-production
        • L'Inverno
          • producer
          • Pre-production
        • Marina's City
          • executive producer
          • Pre-production
        • Go West!
          • producer
          • In Production
        • The Last Car
          • producer
          • In Development
        • Coffeehouse Mysteries
          • executive producer
          • In Development
        • Taming the Beast
          • co-executive producer
          • Completed



        • Taurins Senior (2023)
          Taurins Senior
          7.6
          • co-producer
          • 2023
        • Sei il sale del nostro amore
          Music Video
          • producer
          • 2023
        • The Total War (2019)
          The Total War
          7.9
          Short
          • co-producer (as Raphael Baunaquis)
          • 2019
        • The Erkonauts - Little Mary (2017)
          The Erkonauts - Little Mary
          Short
          • co-producer (as Raphael Baunaquis)
          • 2017
        • An Evening's Nightmare (1997)
          An Evening's Nightmare
          Video
          • executive producer (as Raphael Baunaquis)
          • 1997
        • Jack n the Hood (1996)
          Jack n the Hood
          Video
          • executive producer (as Raphael Baunaquis)
          • 1996

        • In-development projects at IMDbPro

        Videos6

        TAURINS SENIOR - Teaser (2023)
        Demo Reel 0:53
        TAURINS SENIOR - Teaser (2023)
        Audemars Piguet - From the Origins to Today (Directed by Julius Berg).
        Demo Reel 5:21
        Audemars Piguet - From the Origins to Today (Directed by Julius Berg).
        Audemars Piguet - From the Origins to Today (Directed by Julius Berg).
        Demo Reel 5:21
        Audemars Piguet - From the Origins to Today (Directed by Julius Berg).
        The Bank Teaser 2018
        Demo Reel 2:35
        The Bank Teaser 2018
        The Bank TV Series - Official Teaser
        Demo Reel 0:20
        The Bank TV Series - Official Teaser
        The Bank TV Series - Official Teaser 2
        Demo Reel 0:26
        The Bank TV Series - Official Teaser 2
        The Bank TV Series - Extended Trailer
        Demo Reel 6:30
        The Bank TV Series - Extended Trailer

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        • Alternative name
          • Raphael Baunaquis
        • Height
          • 6′ 0¾″ (1.85 m)
        • Born
          • November 30, 1975
          • Geneva, Switzerland
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          • 1 Article

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        • Gender / Gender identity
          • Male

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          Is an avid NBA fan & plays basketball since 1990. He is a big Fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.
        • Quotes
          It's not worth making movies if there are no constructive emotions to be shared.
        • Nickname
          • Raph

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