Gérard Jugnot
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Gérard Jugnot is a French
actor
, film director
, screenwriter
and producer
.
Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid
in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier
, Thierry Lhermitte
, and Michel Blanc
. The group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema, was extremely successful in films such as Les Bronzés
(1978), Les Bronzés font du ski
(1979) and Le Père Noël est une ordure
(1982).
Jugnot gained international fame for his lead role in Les Choristes
in which he played Clément Mathieu. The last movie he directed was Rose et Noir (2008).
Jugnot is the father of comedian Arthur Jugnot, born in 1980 to Jugnot and wardrobe designer Cécile Magnan.
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur
in 2004.
, Thierry Lhermitte
, and Michel Blanc
on the banks of the Lycee Pasteur de Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Together, they formed the comedy group Le Splendid
. He made his debut on the big-screen in Les Valseuses
(1974) and Le Juge et l'Assassin (1976).
Junot's career kick-started when he was in Les Bronzés
(1978), and Le Père Noël est une ordure
(1982), which were two acts from Le Splendid adapted for cinema.
Aside from acting, Jugnot also started a career as a movie director, making his directing debut in 1984 with the movie Pinot simple flic.
He also acted regularly in the TV show Les Grosses Têtes
during the 1980s with Léon Zitrone
, Olivier de Kersauson
, Jacques Martin
, and Jean Dutourd
.
France
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
.
Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid
Le Splendid
Le Splendid is the name of the café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte , Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Claire Magnin...
in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier
Christian Clavier
Christian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
, Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte is a French actor, known for his comedic roles. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, and Michel Blanc...
, and Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs...
. The group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema, was extremely successful in films such as Les Bronzés
Les Bronzés
Les Bronzés is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life at holiday resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French troupe Le Splendid...
(1978), Les Bronzés font du ski
Les Bronzés font du ski
Les Bronzés font du ski is a 1979 French comedy directed by Patrice Leconte.It is a sequel to Les Bronzés , and it was followed by Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie .-Cast and roles:...
(1979) and Le Père Noël est une ordure
Le Père Noël est une ordure
Le Père Noël est une ordure was a theatre play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982.- Plot :...
(1982).
Jugnot gained international fame for his lead role in Les Choristes
Les Choristes
The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely...
in which he played Clément Mathieu. The last movie he directed was Rose et Noir (2008).
Jugnot is the father of comedian Arthur Jugnot, born in 1980 to Jugnot and wardrobe designer Cécile Magnan.
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
in 2004.
Early career
Jugnot met Christian ClavierChristian Clavier
Christian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
, Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte is a French actor, known for his comedic roles. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, and Michel Blanc...
, and Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs...
on the banks of the Lycee Pasteur de Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Together, they formed the comedy group Le Splendid
Le Splendid
Le Splendid is the name of the café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte , Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Claire Magnin...
. He made his debut on the big-screen in Les Valseuses
Les Valseuses
Going Places is a 1974 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier, adapted from a novel by Blier, and starring Miou-Miou, Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere. The French title translates into English as "The Waltzers", a French vulgar term for the testicles. The film had a total of...
(1974) and Le Juge et l'Assassin (1976).
Junot's career kick-started when he was in Les Bronzés
Les Bronzés
Les Bronzés is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life at holiday resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French troupe Le Splendid...
(1978), and Le Père Noël est une ordure
Le Père Noël est une ordure
Le Père Noël est une ordure was a theatre play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982.- Plot :...
(1982), which were two acts from Le Splendid adapted for cinema.
Aside from acting, Jugnot also started a career as a movie director, making his directing debut in 1984 with the movie Pinot simple flic.
He also acted regularly in the TV show Les Grosses Têtes
Les Grosses Têtes
Les Grosses Têtes is a daily French radio program on the RTL French radio network, created by Jean Farran and Roger Krecher on 1 April 1977. The host is Philippe Bouvard....
during the 1980s with Léon Zitrone
Léon Zitrone
Léon Zitrone was a Russian-born French journalist and television presenter.- Biography :Léon Zitrone was born in Petrograd, Russia on 25 November 1914. He died on 25 November 1995, in Levallois-Perret ....
, Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson is a French sailor and sailing champion.Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass”...
, Jacques Martin
Jacques Martin
Jacques Martin may refer to:*Jacques Martin , , hockey coach*Jacques Martin , , French TV host and producer*Jacques Martin , French writer and artist of comics*Jacques-Paul Martin, French curial cardinal...
, and Jean Dutourd
Jean Dutourd
Jean Gwenaël Dutourd was a French novelist. His mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of twenty, he was taken prisoner fifteen days after Germany's invasion of France in World War II...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | L'An 01 | Baker | |
| Salut l'artiste | Role not credited | ||
| 1974 | Les Valseuses Les Valseuses Going Places is a 1974 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier, adapted from a novel by Blier, and starring Miou-Miou, Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere. The French title translates into English as "The Waltzers", a French vulgar term for the testicles. The film had a total of... |
Vacationer | |
| Que la fête commence Que la fête commence Que la fête commence... is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret... |
Walking Man | ||
| Les Suspects | Bernard Vauquier's colleague | ||
| 1975 | Le Bol d'air | Gérard | |
| C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule | Gaston | ||
| Pas de problème ! | The locksmith | ||
| Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis | The Server | ||
| 1976 | Bonne Présentation exigée | ||
| Calmos Calmos Calmos is a 1976 French film directed by Bertrand Blier.-Plot:Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm, that's what they want... |
The follower | ||
| Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's | Count Parieur | ||
| Dracula père et fils | The head of the factory | ||
| Le Jouet | Pignier | ||
| Le Juge et l'assassin | Photographer | ||
| Le Locataire | Employee | ||
| Monsieur Klein Monsieur Klein Monsieur Klein is a 1976 French film directed by Joseph Losey, with Alain Delon starring in the title role.- Synopsis :It is 1942, the war is in full swing and France is occupied by the Nazis. To Robert Klein, however, these events are of little concern... |
Photographer | ||
| On aura tout vu | Ploumenech | ||
| Oublie-moi, Mandoline | |||
| 1977 | Casanova and co | Valente | |
| La Coccinelle à Monte-Carlo | Server | ||
| Des enfants gâtés | Marcel Bonfils | ||
| La Septième Compagnie au clair de lune | Gaston Gorgeton | ||
| Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine | First Captain of the Musketeers | ||
| 1978 | Les Bronzés Les Bronzés Les Bronzés is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life at holiday resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French troupe Le Splendid... |
Bernard Morin | |
| Pauline et l'ordinateur | The Fake Doctor | ||
| Les Petits Câlins | |||
| Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres | Himself (Spectating) | ||
| Le Cœur de bronze | |||
| 1979 | Le Coup de sirocco | Ruppert | |
| Les Bronzés font du ski Les Bronzés font du ski Les Bronzés font du ski is a 1979 French comedy directed by Patrice Leconte.It is a sequel to Les Bronzés , and it was followed by Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie .-Cast and roles:... |
Bernard Morin | ||
| Les Héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles | Pierre Morel | ||
| Un si joli village Un si joli village Un si joli village is a 1979 French film directed by Étienne Périer.-Cast and roles:* Jean Carmet : Judge Fernand Noblet* Victor Lanoux : Sthépane Bertin* Valérie Mairesse : Muriel Olivier* Michel Robin : Gaspard... |
Freval, the hotel patron | ||
| Pierrot mon ami | Petit-Pouce | ||
| 1980 | Retour en force | Inspector Bonardi | |
| Les Charlots contre Dracula | Gaston Lepope, detective | ||
| Le Coup du parapluie | Frédo | ||
| 1981 | Pourquoi pas nous ? | Guillaume, referee | |
| 1982 | Le Père Noël est une ordure Le Père Noël est une ordure Le Père Noël est une ordure was a theatre play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982.- Plot :... |
Felix | |
| Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien... | Paul | ||
| Le Quart d'heure américain | Ferdinand | ||
| 1983 | La Fiancée qui venait du froid | Maurice | |
| Papy fait de la résistance | Adolfo Ramirez | ||
| Le Garde du corps | Paul Domec | ||
| 1984 | Just the Way You Are Just the Way You Are (film) Just the Way You Are is a 1984 comedy/drama film that stars Kristy McNichol and Michael Ontkean. It was directed by Edouard Molinaro.-Plot:... |
Receptionist of the Mont-Blanc hotel | |
| Pinot simple flic | Robert Pinot | ||
| 1985 | Les Rois du gag | Paul Martin | |
| Scout toujours... | Jean-Baptiste Foucret | ||
| Tranches de vie | The stepbrother/Malounian/Malounian's cousin | ||
| Cinématon Cinématon Cinématon is a 162-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released, until 2011. Composed over 33 years from 1978 until 2011, it consists of a series of over 2,432 silent vignettes , each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities,... |
Himself in the "1985" sketch | ||
| Hold-up | |||
| 1986 | Nuit d'ivresse | Jugnot, an angry guest | |
| 1987 | Le Beauf | Gilbert | |
| Tandem | Bernard Rivetot | ||
| Tant qu'il y aura des femmes | A spectator of Sam's movie | ||
| 1988 | Sans peur et sans reproche | Bellabre | |
| 1989 | Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête | The genealogist | |
| 1990 | Les 1001 nuits | Jimmy Genious | |
| 1991 | Les Clés du paradis | Paul Cavaillac | |
| Les Secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück | Martini | ||
| Une époque formidable... | Michel Berthier | ||
| 1992 | Voyage à Rome | Thierry | |
| 1993 | La Pharmacie | ||
| 1994 | Casque bleu | Patrick | |
| Les Faussaires | Sacha Cohn | ||
| Grosse Fatigue Grosse Fatigue Grosse Fatigue is a 1994 French comedy film directed by Michel Blanc. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Michel Blanc - Michel Blanc / Patrick Olivier* Carole Bouquet - Carole Bouquet* Philippe Noiret - Philippe Noiret... |
Himself | ||
| 1996 | Fallait pas !... | Bernard Leroy | |
| Fantôme avec chauffeur | Georges Morel | ||
| 1997 | Marthe (alternate title: "Marthe, la princesse d'un jour") | Henri | |
| 1999 | L'Ami du jardin | Roger | |
| Au bain... Mari ! | Narcisse | ||
| Trafic d'influence | Gérard Ravanelli | ||
| 2000 | Meilleur Espoir féminin | Yvon Rance | |
| 2001 | Oui, mais... | Erwann Moenner | |
| 2002 | Monsieur Batignole | Edmond Batignole | |
| Le raid The Race (2002 film) The Race is a 2002 french movie directed by Djamel Bensalah starring Hélène de Fougerolles, Roschdy Zem and Josiane Balasko.- Plot :... |
Carlito | ||
| 2003 | Les Clefs de bagnole | A comedian that refuses to tour with Laurent | |
| Volpone Volpone Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy, black comedy and beast fable... |
Grappione | ||
| 2004 | Les Choristes Les Choristes The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely... |
Clément Mathieu | |
| Trois Petites Filles | Paolo | ||
| 2004 | Boudu | Christian Lespinglet | |
| Il ne faut jurer de rien ! | Van Buck | ||
| Pollux, le manège enchanté | Sam (Voice) | ||
| 2006 | Les Bronzés 3 - Amis pour la vie | Bernard Morin | |
| Un printemps à Paris | Alex | ||
| Les Brigades du Tigre | Faivre | ||
| 2007 | L'Île aux trésors | John Silver | |
| Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs | Ali Baba | ||
| L'Auberge rouge | Father Carnus | ||
| 2008 | Ça se soigne ? | Stan | |
| Faubourg 36 | Pigoil | ||
| Musée haut, musée bas | Roland Province | ||
| 2009 | The Sicilian Girl The Sicilian Girl The Sicilian Girl is a 2009 Italian film directed by Marco Amenta. The film is inspired by the story of Rita Atria, a key witness in a major Mafia investigation in Sicily.-Plot:... |
The procecuter | |
| Envoyés très spéciaux | Albert Poussin | ||
| Le Petit Nicolas | The Choir Director | ||
| Rose et Noir | Pic Saint Loup | ||
| 2010 | Un jour mon père viendra | ||