Jean-Pierre Marielle (born April 12, 1932) is a
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. He is widely regarded in his country as one of the greatest living French actors. He has played in more than a hundred movies in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen (
Les Galettes de Pont-Aven), to the
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(
Sans mobile apparent), to the
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hero (
Les MillesLes Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.-See also:* Camp des Milles...
), to the compromised
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(
La Valise), to the has-been
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(
Les Grands Ducs), acting always with the same excellence whatever the quality of the movie in itself.
Jean-Pierre Marielle (born April 12, 1932) is a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is widely regarded in his country as one of the greatest living French actors. He has played in more than a hundred movies in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen (
Les Galettes de Pont-Aven), to the
serial killerA serial killer is a person who murders three or more people over a period of more than 30 days, with a "cooling off" period between each murder, and whose motivation for killing is largely based on psychological gratification. Often, a sexual element is involved with the killings...
(
Sans mobile apparent), to the
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hero (
Les MillesLes Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.-See also:* Camp des Milles...
), to the compromised
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(
La Valise), to the has-been
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(
Les Grands Ducs), acting always with the same excellence whatever the quality of the movie in itself. He is well known for his outspokenness and especially for his warm and cavernous voice which is often imitated by French humorists considering him as the
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of the French gentleman.
Early life
Marielle was born in 1932 in
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to an industrialist father and a
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mother. His first experiences of acting date back to his years of
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during which he staged some
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’s plays with his comrades. He initially wanted to study
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but one of his teachers encouraged him to become an actor instead, so that he joined the Conservatoire National where became close friends with
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and
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and from where he left with the
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second prize in 1954.
Career
His early career consisted of stage roles with the Grenier-Hussenot company, notably in Pinter’s plays, and some small appearances on the large screen by the late Fifties, with his particular voice giving him the abilities to play older characters. But disappointed by his first movie roles, he turned a moment to the
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.
He obtained a little more consistent roles in the Sixties in movies such as
Faites sauter la banque (1963), starring alongside
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,
Week end à Zuydcoote (1964) and in particular
Un monsieur de compagnieMale Companion is a 1964 French film directed by Philippe de Broca and written by André Couteaux. The main character Antione was played by Jean-Pierre Cassel. -Plot:Antoine was raised into the easy life by his very rich grandfather...
(1965), where french director
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gave him the opportunity to express all his talent. But his popularity really exploded during the Seventies as he appeared in a lot of comedies. In
La Valise (1974) he played an
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i spy having to hide in a trunk in order to be extracted from a country of the
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.
Les Gallettes de Pont-Aven (1975),
Que la fête commenceQue la fête commence... is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret...
(1974) and
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(1981) confirmed him as a great actor.
One of his best performances, which is also probably his darkest, lies in his wonderful interpretation of a disillusioned and suicidal cop in
Les mois d’avril sont meurtriers (1987). The other major role of his career is
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in
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(1994).
He also made at the same time a brilliant stage career and received the highest french award for a theater actor, the Molière, in 1994. He plays Jacques Sauniere in
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(2006). He was awarded the Légion d’Honneur in 1992.
Personal life
He has been married to French actress Agathe Natanson since October 4, 2003 and has a son from a previous union. He is a great lover of
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music and
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.
Awards
- 1995 : Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor (2nd Shanghai International Film Festival) for the film Les Milles
Les Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.-See also:* Camp des Milles...
.
- 1992 : Sept d’or Award for Best Actor for the TV film La controverse de valladolid.
- 1987 : Mystfest Award for Best Actor for the film Les mois d’avril sont meurtriers.
Nominations
- 2004 – César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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for the film La Petit Lili.
- 1993 – César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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for the film Max & Jeremie.
- 1992 – César Award for Best Actor
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for the film Tous les matins du mondeAll the World's Mornings may refer to:*Tous les matins du monde, a French novel*Tous les matins du monde , based on the novel of the same name...
.
- 1989 – César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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for the film Quelques jours avec moi.
- 1982 – César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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for the film Coup de torchonCoup de Torchon is a 1981 French film adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film follows the novel relatively faithfully, but changes its setting from a West Texas boom town to a small town in French West Africa.-Plot:Lucien Cordier is an...
.
- 1976 – César Award for Best Actor
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for the film Les galettes de Pont-Aven.
Filmography
- Tous peuvent me tuer (1957)
- Faites sauter la banque (1963)
- Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
- Un monsieur de compagnie (1965)
- Cent briques et des tuiles
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(1965)
- Monnaie de singe (1965)
- Le Diable par la queue (1968)
- L'Amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste (1968)
- Sans mobile apparent (1971)
- 4 mosche di velluto grigio (Four Flies on Grey Velvet
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) (1971)
- Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974....
(1973)
- La Valise (1973)
- Charlie et ses deux nenettes (1973)
- Que la fête commence
Que la fête commence... is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret...
(1974)
- Dupont Lajoie (1975)
- Les Galettes de Pont-Aven (1975)
- Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976)
- Comme la lune (1976)
- Un Moment d'égarement (1977)
- L'Imprécateur (1977)
- L'Entourloupe (1979)
- Cause toujours...tu m'intéresses (1979)
- Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? (1980)
- Pétrole! Pétrole! (1981)
- Asphalte (1981)
- Coup de torchon
Coup de Torchon is a 1981 French film adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film follows the novel relatively faithfully, but changes its setting from a West Texas boom town to a small town in French West Africa.-Plot:Lucien Cordier is an...
(1981)
- Jamais avant le mariage (1982)
- Signes extérieurs de richesse (1983)
- Partenaires (1984)
- L'Amour en douce (1985)
- Hold-Up (1985)
- Tenue de soirée (1985)
- Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (1986)
- Quelques jours avec moi (1988)
- Uranus (1990)
- Tous les matins du monde
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(1991)
- La Controverse de Valladolid (1992)
- Max & Jérémie (1992)
- Le Parfum d'Yvonne (1993)
- Le Sourire (1994)
- Les Milles
Les Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.-See also:* Camp des Milles...
(1995)
- Les Grands Ducs (1996)
- L'Elève (1996)
- Une pour toutes (1999)
- Les Acteurs (1999)
- La Petite Lili
La petite Lili is a 2003 French film by French director Claude Miller. The film stars Ludivine Sagnier, Bernard Giraudeau, Nicole Garcia, Julie Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Marielle.-Plot:...
(2002)
- Claude Sautet ou la magie invisible (2002)
- Le Grand Charles a disparu (2002)
- Demain on déménage (2004)
- Atomik Circus, le retour de James Bataille (2004)
- Galilée
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(2005)
- Les Ames grises
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(2005)
- Le Grand Meaulnes
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(2006)
- The Da Vinci Code
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(2006)
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