Benjamin Brillaud

Actor, Writer, Director, Editor

June 18, 1988 (38 years)
Benjamin Brillaud, also known as Nota Bene, is a French web video creator and popular history communicator, born June 18, 1988 in Athis-Mons (Essonne). He is best known for creating the Nota Bene YouTube channel in 2014, dedicated to history and mythology vulgarization. His channel reached over 2 million subscribers by 2024. From a communist family, he always opens his videos with « Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! », a phrase his grandfather used at PCF or CGT meetings. He founded the Vidéothèque d'Alexandrie in 2014 (left in June 2016) and collaborates with institutions including the Louvre museum and history festivals (Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois, festival Histoire et Cité de Genève).

Known For

  • Nota Bene
    Nota Bene
    13 Seasons
  • Adventures
    Adventures
    5 Seasons
  • The Vortex
    The Vortex
    10 Seasons

Filmography

2025
On les appelle samouraïs · as Self : Tv-Presenter
2023
2018
2016
Quotidien · as Self
2015
AstronoGeek · as Self
2014
Nota Bene · as Self - Host
2013
e-penser · as Self
2013
Clique · as Self
2012

2019
The Vortex · as Nota Bene
2015
Adventures · as Lycan - Zoologiste

2025
2014
Nota Bene · as Written By