François Arnaud, is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Cesare Borgia on Showtime's period drama series The Borgias, Manfred Bernardo on NBC's Midnight, Texas, and Tommy Castelli on Lifetime's UnReal.
Arnaud in 2018
Arnaud at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Cesare Borgia was a Spanish-Italian cardinal and condottiero, an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and member of the Spanish-Aragonese House of Borgia. His fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Profile portrait of Cesare Borgia in the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, c. 1500–10
Cesare as a boy, painted by Pinturicchio
Portrait traditionally said to depict Cesare Borgia, by Altobello Melone
Cesare Borgia leaving the Vatican (1877) by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri