Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Encyclopedia
Pierre-François Martin-Laval (nicknamed "PEF") is a French
actor
, born in Marseille
. Well appreciated in France for his acting performance in burlesque show but also in touching plays, PEF is nowadays a recognized actor in his country. Theatre lover from ever, he incorporated a famous French school of acting: Cours Florent
. During his drama studies, he met his comrades with whom he formed the troop: 'Les Robins des Bois'(The Robinhoods), a French humoristic troop formed in 1996. Initially called The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company, they renamed themselves after their first real success, a play titled: Robins des bois.
Les Robins des Bois first appeared on television in 'La Grosse Emission', a regular TV show of the chanel Comédie!
. In this show they used to present short and utterly crazy plays. They quickly got popular and made appearances in French movies.
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...
, born in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
. Well appreciated in France for his acting performance in burlesque show but also in touching plays, PEF is nowadays a recognized actor in his country. Theatre lover from ever, he incorporated a famous French school of acting: Cours Florent
Cours Florent
The Cours Florent is a private French Drama school created in 1965 by François Florent.The school is currently located on three nearby sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Archereau, rue Mathis and Avenue Jean-Jaurès, further along which is located the Conservatoire national...
. During his drama studies, he met his comrades with whom he formed the troop: 'Les Robins des Bois'(The Robinhoods), a French humoristic troop formed in 1996. Initially called The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company, they renamed themselves after their first real success, a play titled: Robins des bois.
Les Robins des Bois first appeared on television in 'La Grosse Emission', a regular TV show of the chanel Comédie!
Comédie!
Comédie+ is a French cable network showing humorous programs since 1996. It bears some resemblance to Comedy Central; even the comédie word in the name is used in the very broad American meaning. It is directed by Dominique Farrugia, a former member of the Les Nuls comedy team...
. In this show they used to present short and utterly crazy plays. They quickly got popular and made appearances in French movies.
Television
- Le Temps des amours (TV show)|Le Temps des amours (2006, Thierry Chabert)
- Le Temps des secrets (TV show)|Le Temps des secrets (2006, Thierry Chabert)
- Jamel Show (2000, on Canal+Canal+Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
- La Cape et l'Épée (2000, on Canal+Canal+Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
- Nulle part ailleurs (1999–2000, on Canal+Canal+Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
) - La Grosse Émission (1997–1999, French TVshow on Comédie !)
- La basse cour (1996, C. Leherissey)
- Histoire d'amour et pédalo (1995, E. Bailly)
- NavarroNavarroNavarro may refer to:* Navarro , a parish in Avilés, Asturias, Spain* Navarro, Buenos Aires* Navarro, California* Navarro, California, an alternate name for Wendling, California* Navarro, Texas** Navarro County, Texas...
(1994, M. Angelo) - Un jour avant l'aube (1993, de J. Ertaud)
- La maison vide (1992, Denis Grenier Deferre)
- Homardz (1990, P. Condroyer)
Filmography
- Modern Love (2008) Stéphane Kazandjian, with Alexandra Lamy , Stéphane RousseauStéphane RousseauStéphane Rousseau is a Québécois actor and comedian. He starred in the Academy Award winning film The Barbarian Invasions . He has also been in Asterix at the Olympic Games...
, Bérénice Bejo and Pierre-François Martin-Laval - Essaye-moi (2006) Pierre-François Martin-Laval, with Julie DepardieuJulie DepardieuJulie Marion Depardieu is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful movies.She is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu and Élisabeth Depardieu, and the sister of the late Guillaume Depardieu—all of whom are also film actors...
, Kad MeradKad MeradKad Merad, real name Kaddour Merad, is a French-Algerian actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.-As actor:* 2001: La Grande Vie ! - le motard* 2003: Bloody Christmas - l'homme...
and Pierre RichardPierre RichardPierre Richard is a popular French actor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films... - Un ticket pour l'espace (2006) Éric Lartigau, with Kad et Olivier
- Casablanca Driver (2004) Maurice Barthélémy
- RRRrrrr!!!RRRrrrr!!!RRRrrrr!!! is a 2004 French comedy film set in 35,000 BC. It features two tribes, the Clean Hairs and the Dirty Hairs, who have been battling for control of shampoo for 800 years. The Dirty Hairs concocts a plan to steal the secret of shampoo, sending someone to infiltrate the enemy...
(2004) Alain ChabatAlain ChabatAlain Chabat is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.- Life and career :Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish.... - Les clefs de bagnole (2003) Laurent Baffie
- La Prophétie des grenouilles (2003) Jacques-Rémy Girerd, with Michel Piccoli, Anouk Grinberg, Annie GirardotAnnie GirardotAnnie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland...
- Le Bison (et sa voisine Dorine) (2003) Isabelle Nanty, with Isabelle Nanty, Édouard Baer et il aime la music et le toilette
- Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002 Alain ChabatAlain ChabatAlain Chabat is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.- Life and career :Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish....
, with Christian ClavierChristian ClavierChristian 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...
, Gérard DepardieuGérard DepardieuGérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor... - La Grande Vie (2001) directed by Philippe Dajoux with Michel Boujenah, Patrick Bosso, Christian Charmetant
- Le mal de mère (2001) directed by Édouard Molinaro, with Frédéric DiefenthalFrédéric DiefenthalFrédéric Diefenthal is a French actor and director.-Biography:Diefenthal began acting in the early 1990s; he held a main role in the French television series Le juge est une femme , where he first gained a degree of notoriety...
, Line Renaud - La tour Montparnasse infernaleLa Tour Montparnasse InfernaleLa Tour Montparnasse Infernale is a 2000 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and written by Kader Aoun, Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor and Xavier Matthieu...
(2001) directed by Charles Némès, with Éric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Marina Foïs - La Vérité si je mens ! 2 (2001) directed by Thomas Gilou, with José Garcia, Gad Elmaleh, Richard Anconina
- Les Frères Sœur (2000) directed by Frédéric Jardin, with José GarciaJosé Garcia (actor)José Garcia , sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia, is a French film and television actor.- Early life and education :He was born in Paris, France.- Career :...
, Denis Podalydès, Jackie Berroyer - Girl on the Bridge (1999) directed by Patrice LecontePatrice LecontePatrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
, with Daniel AuteuilDaniel AuteuilDaniel Auteuil is a French film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Algiers, French Algeria.-Career:...
, Vanessa ParadisVanessa ParadisVanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi"... - Trafic d'influence (1999) Dominique Farrugia, with Thierry LhermitteThierry LhermitteThierry 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...
, Gérard JugnotGérard JugnotGérard 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...
, Aure Atika - Zooloo (1999) a short movie directed by Nicolas Bazz, with Pierre RichardPierre RichardPierre Richard is a popular French actor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films...
- Serial LoverSerial Lover-Cast:*Michèle Laroque – Claire Doste*Albert Dupontel – Eric Cellier*Elise Tielrooy – Alice Doste*Forrest Al – Himself-Plot:...
(1998) directed by James Huth, with Michèle LaroqueMichèle LaroqueMichèle Laroque is a French actress, comedian and humorist, who has appeared in almost 60 film and television productions since 1988.She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France...
, Albert Dupontel, Zinedine Soualem - Mémoires d'un jeune con (1996) directed by Patrick Aurignac, with Christophe Hemon, François Périer, Patrick Aurignac
- Le collecteur (1992) a short movie directed by Ronan Fournier-Christol, with André Badin, Jean-Christophe Berjon, Julie Lopes-Curval and Éric Massot
- French voice of Emile in RatatouilleRatatouille (film)Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
, PixarPixarPixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
studio, August 2007.
Actor
- Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas, adapted from Alexandre Dumas (1997, stage director Pierre-François Martin-Laval)
- Les caprices de Mariannes (1996, Jean-Paul Rouve)
- Le goût de la Hierarchie (1996, directed by Édouard Baer, with Isabelle NantyIsabelle NantyIsabelle Nanty is a French actress and film director.see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353243/. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Amélie and Isabelle in La Belle Histoire...
) - Mémoire et intamarre (1995, V. Martin)
- L'ascenseur (1994, M. Henada)
- L'arbramouche (stage director par V. Martin)
- La mouette (stage director Isabelle NantyIsabelle NantyIsabelle Nanty is a French actress and film director.see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353243/. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Amélie and Isabelle in La Belle Histoire...
) - Reniflard and Co. adapted from Marx BrothersMarx BrothersThe Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act, originally from New York City, that enjoyed success in Vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early 1900s to around 1950...
(1993, Jean-Christophe Berjon) - Un couple ordinaire (1993, R. Kuperberg)
- On garde le moral (1992, A. Halimi)
- Le bébé de Monsieur Laurent, Roland ToporRoland ToporRoland Topor , was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work...
(1991, stage director: Jean-Christophe Berjon) - Georges Dandin (1991, S. Brisé)
Stage director
- Patrick Bosso Exagère (2000, in Palais des Glaces)
- Kad et Olivier (1999, au Café de la Danse)
- Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas, adapted from Alexandre Dumas (1997, in Théâtre de la Gaîté-MontparnasseThéâtre de la Gaîté-MontparnasseThe Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse is a venue situated at 26, rue de la Gaîté, in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the 14th arrondissement...
) - Éric et Ramzy (1996–1998, in Bec Fin, in Café de la GareCafé de la GareThe Café de la Gare is a dinner theater located at 41, rue du Temple in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. It lies in a square hidden between Notre Dame de Paris and the historic Marais district. It was originally created in 1968 by a close-knit group of comedy actors who fixed up an old factory...
, in SplendidSplendidSplendid was a musical duo featuring Angie Hart and Jesse Tobias, who at the time were also husband and wife.-History:The duo met in Canada, August 1996, when Australian band Frente!, fronted by Hart, arrived to play over two weeks of support dates for Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill tour,...
and in Palais des Glaces) - En attendant l'Olympia with Pascal Vincent (1995-1996 barnstorming in Switzerland)
- Capri c'est fini with Kad&Olivier (1998, in Café de la Danse)
- Presque grande (1997, in Théâtre Clavel)