Cyril Metzger Expands Acting Career and Joins Hublot as Friend of the Brand

Swiss entertainment circles have a new name making waves across borders. At 31 years old, Cyril Metzger stands out in a country far more famous for its watchmaking exports than its cinema as the outlet Europastar reported. Metzger splits his time between the stage and the screen, building a distinct career that bridges high-profile television productions and avant-garde theater adaptations.

From Fribourg to Netflix and the Stage

The Fribourg-born actor gained wider visibility through roles directed by filmmakers like Audrey Diwan and Sandrine Kiberlain, before stepping into the spotlight with a leading role in the 2024 television series Winter Palace—noted as Switzerland’s very first coproduction with Netflix. His momentum carried him to the prestigious Festival d’Avignon over the summer, where he maintained his ongoing collaboration with stage director Julien Gosselin on an adaptation of work by Roberto Bolaño, alongside a touring production of Fête des Mères.

Theatre listings trace a varied performance record across European venues.

• 2027: Scheduled for Maldoror at the Odéon – Ateliers Berthier, adapted and directed by Julien Gosselin based on the Comte de Lautréamont and Roberto Bolaño.
• 2025: Starred in Fête des Mères written by Adèle Royné and Vincent Bardet, with runs at Théâtre Lepic, Espace Michel-Simon, and Les 3 Pierrots.
• 2022–2023: Appeared in Lars Norén’s Kliniken, directed by Julie Duclos at Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe and Les Gémeaux.
• 2020–2021: Performed in Ton père, adapted from Christophe Honoré and directed by Thomas Quillardet at Théâtre Silvia Monfort and the Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
• 2018: Acted in Love me tender after Raymond Carver, directed by Guillaume Vincent at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.

Cinematic Roles and Historical Dramas

On the cinematic front, Metzger’s filmography includes dramatic features spanning historical settings and demanding character studies. In 2025, he appears in the French-Belgian-Swiss co-production À bras le corps (Silent Rebellion), directed by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, which follows a 15-year-old girl pregnant after an assault who defies her restrictive protestant community under the shadow of the Second World War. His credits also include Frédéric Mermoud’s 2023 drama La Voie royale as Laurent Vasseur, Romain de Saint-Blanquat’s 2023 feature La Morsure set during Mardi gras in 1967, and Sandrine Kiberlain’s 2021 feature A radiant girl, which portrays a young Jewish woman in Paris during the summer of 1942.

Horology Roots and the Hublot Partnership

Off the screen and stage, Metzger maintains a deep personal connection to watchmaking that predates his partnership with Hublot. His great-grandfather, Louis Perrier, worked as a watchmaker in Saint-Croix. Metzger preserves two family timepieces from this lineage: a pocket watch his ancestor crafted as a graduation model in 1912, and a Patek Philippe Calatrava awarded after thirty years of service at the Geneva manufacturer.

The pocket watch of my great-grandfather had stayed in its box for more than a century. One day, I wound it gently… and it started up again. It still gives me chills. Cyril Metzger, via Europastar

That family rediscovery sparked an active interest in independent horology and contemporary mechanics. When the Nyon-based watchmaker brought him on as a brand friend, the collaboration was rooted in technical enthusiasm rather than simple marketing. The actor noted that he can readily hold conversations with collectors, adding that the brand’s unapologetically controversial identity resonates with his own path as an artist working outside conventional industry norms.

Overcoming Early Hurdles in Elite Training

Metzger’s entry into acting followed an unconventional path. As an adolescent, he competed in high-level rugby before a sports injury ended those ambitions at age 17. Diagnosed as a dyslexic child who struggled with reading, his teachers encouraged him to use the stage as a pedagogical tool. He relied on exceptional auditory memory—absorbing dialogue from sources like classic sketches and films—to bypass reading barriers.

After committing to the craft, he successfully auditioned for major French dramatic institutions. He completed the rigorous training program at the École du Nord in Lille under Christophe Rauck, a Spartan three-year period without mobile phones that he credits with forging his resilience for a demanding profession.