Emerging from Juziers, he entered the performing arts through the theatre and secured a place in the prestigious Comédie-Française between 1983 and 1985. After establishing his stage credentials, Chaillou transitioned to screen roles, appearing in early films such as George Who? (1973) and Diva (1981) before gaining wider recognition with The Conquest (2011), a dramatization of Nicolas Sarkozy’s p…