Trivia

Speaks French, English, German, Spanish and Italian, and also knows a bit of Dutch and Russian.

Took a break from acting during which time he built furniture and created large stuffed-animal pillows for "Salvador Dalí".

His father is acclaimed Paris-based Belgian author and psychoanalyst Henry Bauchau. His mother was Russian who ran a publishing house and a Swiss finishing school.

Brother-in-law of Brigitte Bardot & Bernard d'Ormale.

Received a degree in modern languages from Oxford University.

Was a favorite for the role of Capt. Jean Luc Picard in the TV Series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). The role eventually went to actor Patrick Stewart. 22 Years later he would be cast to play "Roland Picard" in the movie 2012 (2009).

His last name is pronounced "beau-show".

One of three brothers, he was born in Brussels and raised in Belgium, England and Switzerland.

His father, noted writer Henry Bauchau (1913-2012), served in the Belgian underground during the war, ran a publishing company and was the head of a finishing school in Switzerland. His mother, the late Mary Kozyrev, expatriated from Russia and at one time ran both the publishing company and the finishing school.

Member of jury at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 2005.

Brother Baudouin Bauchau, who worked as a stage decorator for La Cartoucherie theater in Paris, died on May 20, 2010.

Daughter named Camille.

Was born on the Belgian holiday of the traditional Saint Nicholas and Black Pete.

In 2007 Bauchau took the lead dramatic role in the biographical movie The Gray Man-a thriller which dramatised the crimes of the American sadomasochistic serial killer, rapist, and cannibal Albert Fish.

In 2011, Bauchau guest-starred on the episode "Eye for an Eye" of USA's Burn Notice.

In 1987, he was considered for the part of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He visited Argentina for be part of the member of jury in Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2005. (March 2005)

Bauchau began his career in French New Wave cinema, including acting in two films by Éric Rohmer, La Carrière de Suzanne (1963) and La Collectionneuse (1967). He also participated in the New German Cinema in films like Wim Wenders' Der Stand der Dinge (1982).

For movies, he often performs the French dubbing of his characters himself, as he is a native French speaker.

In 2004 he appeared in the Ray Charles biopic Ray as Dr. Hacker.