Cyril Raffaelli is an actor, stuntman and acrobat from France. At the moment, Raffaelli has participated in thirty-odd films as a stunt performer, and in fourteen - as an actor. In particular, Cyril played a major role in the action movie of Pierre Morel "13th district."
Passion for martial arts and acrobatics
Cyril Raffaelli's date of birth is April 1, 1974. It is known that he is not the only child in the family; he has two more older brothers. It was under their influence that Cyril, at the age of six, became interested in martial arts.
Raffaelli began his studies with mastering the nunchucks and studying such a karate style as the setokan. After some time, a capable young man already took part in various championships, where he showed good results.
At the age of thirteen, Cyril began to practice acrobatics at the French circus school Fratellini, and after a while he became a professional instructor in martial arts.
The first acting
In 1991, Raffaelli first appeared on stage in the musical Les precieuses. To perform in this musical at the proper level, Cyril had to attend additional acting classes. It was useful to him on stage and his acrobatic skills.
For some time, Raffaelli, in order to gain experience, starred in promotional videos (for example, in the commercials of Canon and Citroen). In parallel, he continued to train hard and mastered new types of martial arts - wushu and kung fu.
The year 1997 became important for Cyril's biography. This year, Cyril won the Kyokushinkai Karate World Cup, and also appeared for the first time in the movie as an actor - in the comedy "It's True If I'm Lying!" (however, it was not indicated in the credits).
Then, from 2000 to 2003, he played a few minor movie roles: in “Taxi 2” he played a judo instructor, in “Adventures of a corpse” - a thief, in “Carrier” - one of the fighters during a fight in the car park, and in the film "Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra" - Roman legionnaire.
