Jacques Villeret
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Jacques Villeret was a French
actor
.
, Indre-et-Loire
, France
, to an Algeria
n father and a French mother, he is most famous internationally for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons
, both on the stage and in the later film. Other celebrated roles include the extra terrestrial in La soupe aux choux
, the autistic Mo in L'été en pente douce
, and marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel in fr:Papy fait de la résistance. He married Irina Tarassov, an actress and writer, on 26 December 1979. They separated in 1998. (Irina has written about their life together in her book, Un jour, tout ira bien.) Having met Seny, an African widow, Jacques and she were about to start life together in Paris when he died, in Evreux
, following a liver
hemorrhage.
The son of a college bursar and a hairdresser, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris
(CNSAD) in the class of Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner
and Mathilde Seigner
. At the time of making the film Un aller simple directed by Laurent Heynemann – a film about integration and racism and the clash of generations – he said that watching the young actors in the film, Barbara Schulz
and fr:Lorant Deutsch, reminded him of the insouciance he had had as a young man with his friends at the Conservatoire. When his career was at its height, with the success of Le Dîner de Cons
, a cruel separation and an enormous financial turnaround to do with tax, plunged him into depression. Alcohol, which helped to erase day-to-day problems for a while, and to combat a certain timidity, became a problem which he sought to resolve by isolating himself and hiding away for periods. Alcohol is a friend, but a friend who means you harm.
His love of his profession, despite, or perhaps because of, its great demands, brought him back from the brink. In an interview in 2001 he spoke of his admiration for performers like Johnny Hallyday
and Jacques Brel
, who committed totally, and quoted the author Louis-Ferdinand Céline
: When I write, I put my balls on the table.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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...
.
Early life and Family
Born Jacky Boufroura in LochesLoches
Loches is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.It is situated southeast of Tours by railway, on the left bank of the Indre River.-History:...
, Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.-History:Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, to an Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n father and a French mother, he is most famous internationally for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons
Le Dîner de cons
-External links:* , Francis Veber Play at...
, both on the stage and in the later film. Other celebrated roles include the extra terrestrial in La soupe aux choux
La soupe aux choux
La Soupe aux Choux is a 1981 French film directed by Jean Girault, based on a novel by René Fallet. It was the second to last movie made by French comedian Louis de Funès.-Plot:...
, the autistic Mo in L'été en pente douce
L'été en pente douce
L'été en pente douce is a French film, an adaptation of a novel by Pierre Pelot. It was directed by Gérard Krawczyk, and released in 1987.-Synopsis:...
, and marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel in fr:Papy fait de la résistance. He married Irina Tarassov, an actress and writer, on 26 December 1979. They separated in 1998. (Irina has written about their life together in her book, Un jour, tout ira bien.) Having met Seny, an African widow, Jacques and she were about to start life together in Paris when he died, in Evreux
Évreux
Évreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...
, following a liver
Liver
The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. It has a wide range of functions, including detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion...
hemorrhage.
The son of a college bursar and a hairdresser, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
(CNSAD) in the class of Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
and Mathilde Seigner
Mathilde Seigner
Mathilde Seigner is a French actress.Mathilde Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of the respected French actor Louis Seigner . She is the sister of the actresses Emmanuelle Seigner and Marie-Amelie Seigner, and the niece of Françoise Seigner...
. At the time of making the film Un aller simple directed by Laurent Heynemann – a film about integration and racism and the clash of generations – he said that watching the young actors in the film, Barbara Schulz
Barbara Schulz
Barbara Schulz is a French actress who won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 2001. She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for the 1999 film La Dilettante....
and fr:Lorant Deutsch, reminded him of the insouciance he had had as a young man with his friends at the Conservatoire. When his career was at its height, with the success of Le Dîner de Cons
Le Dîner de cons
-External links:* , Francis Veber Play at...
, a cruel separation and an enormous financial turnaround to do with tax, plunged him into depression. Alcohol, which helped to erase day-to-day problems for a while, and to combat a certain timidity, became a problem which he sought to resolve by isolating himself and hiding away for periods. Alcohol is a friend, but a friend who means you harm.
His love of his profession, despite, or perhaps because of, its great demands, brought him back from the brink. In an interview in 2001 he spoke of his admiration for performers like Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
and Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
, who committed totally, and quoted the author Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of French writer and physician Louis-Ferdinand Destouches . Céline was chosen after his grandmother's first name. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, developing a new style of writing that modernized both French and...
: When I write, I put my balls on the table.
Filmography
- 19731973 in filmThe year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
: RAS (as soldier Girot) - 19741974 in filmThe year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...
: Un amour de pluie - 1974: La Gueule ouverteLa Gueule ouverteThe Mouth Agape is a 1974 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat. It depicts, in a cinematic realist fashion, a woman going through a terminal illness and also dealing with the tumorous lives of her husband and son. It was one of the least commercially successful of Pilat's films. It was...
(deleted scenes) - 1974: Toute une vie
- 1974: La Choisie (as stepbrother)
- 19751975 in filmThe year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London....
: Sérieux comme le plaisir - 1975: Dupont Lajoie (as Gérald)
- 19761976 in filmThe year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film...
: Le Bon et les méchants (as Simon) - 1976: Si c'était à refaire
- 1976: Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue (as Petit Nono)
- 1976: Nono Nénesse
- 19771977 in filmThe year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
: Un autre homme, une autre chanceUn autre homme, une autre chanceAnother Man, Another Chance is a 1977 French film directed by Claude Lelouch.-Synopsis:France in 1870: Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty....
(as a client) - 19781978 in filmThe year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
: Robert et RobertRobert et Robert-Synopsis:Two singles apply to a dating agency. To start with, they are intimidated, but come round to the idea. That night, they imagine the meetings that will change their lives forever.-Details:*Director: Claude Lelouch*Music : Francis Lai, Jean-Claude Nachon...
(as Robert Villiers) - 1978: Mon premier amourMon premier amour- Cast :* Anouk Aimée - Jane Romain* Richard Berry - Richard* Nathalie Baye - Fabienne* Gabriele Ferzetti - Georges* Jacques Villeret - Jacques Labrousse* Gilles Ségal - Professor* Nicole Seguin - Carole* Arlette Gordon - Sarah* Jacques Ebner - Night porter...
(as Jacques Labrousse) - 1978: MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
(deleted scene) - 1978: Le Passe-montagne (as Georges)
- 19791979 in filmThe year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
: Confidences pour confidences (as student looking for work) - 1979: Un balcon en forêt (as Gourcuff)
- 1979: Mais où est donc Ornicar
- 1979: À nous deux (as tonton Musique)
- 1979: Bête mais discipliné (as Jacques Cardot)
- 1979: Rien ne va plus (as Henri Fisserman, Paul Flantier, Bouli, Dr Delomien, Jacques du Breuil, Robert Valier, Florence, commissionary Blandin, patron of La Grenade, M. Fremelin)
- 19811981 in film-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....
: MalevilMalevil (film)Malevil is a 1981 post-apocalyptic French film directed by Christian de Chalonge. It's the adaptation of the 1972 science fiction novel Malevil by Robert Merle.-Cast:* Michel Serrault : Emmanuel Comte* Jacques Dutronc : Colin...
(as Momo) - 1981: Les Uns et les AutresLes Uns et les AutresLes Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French film by Claude Lelouch. The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work with Un Homme et une Femme. It won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In the United States, it was distributed under the name...
(as Jacques) - 1981: La soupe aux chouxLa soupe aux chouxLa Soupe aux Choux is a 1981 French film directed by Jean Girault, based on a novel by René Fallet. It was the second to last movie made by French comedian Louis de Funès.-Plot:...
(as l'Oxien (La Denrée)) - 19821982 in film-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
: Le Grand Frère (as inspecteur Coleau) - 19831983 in film-Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of...
: DantonDanton (1983 film)Danton is a 1983 French language film depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play The Danton Case by Stanislawa Przybyszewska....
(as WestermannFrançois Joseph WestermannFrançois Joseph Westermann was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars and political figure of the French Revolution.-Career:...
) - 1983: Effraction (as Valentin Tralande)
- 1983: Édith et MarcelÉdith et Marcel-Plot:In 1947, the singer Édith Piaf and the boxer Marcel Cerdan are both at the peak of their respective careers. Their encounter gives birth to a passionate love affair lasting some two years, cut short by Cerdan's death in an air crash.-Technical details:...
(as Jacques Barbier) - 1983: Circulez y'a rien à voir (as Pelissier)
- 1983: Prénom CarmenPrénom CarmenFirst Name: Carmen is a 1983 film by Jean-Luc Godard. It is very loosely based on Bizet's opera Carmen.The protagonist is Carmen X , a female member of a terrorist gang...
(as a man who eats yoghurt in the petrol station toilet) - 1983: Papy fait de la résistance (as marshall (Reichsminister) Ludwig von Apfelstrudel)
- 1983: Garçon!Garçon!Garçon! is a 1983 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret, Marie Dubois, Dominique Laffin, and Bernard Fresson. It received 4 César nominations, for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound.- Plot :Alex is an aging waiter who dreams...
(as Gilbert) - 19841984 in film-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
: Les MorfalousLes MorfalousLes Morfalous is a 1984 action-comedy French film, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Henri Verneuil, featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War.- Plot :...
(as Béral) - 19851985 in film-Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie...
: Drôle de samedi (as Maurice, le boucher) - 1985: Hold-UpHold-Up (film)Hold-Up is a Franco-Canadian crime comedy from 1985, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Alexandre Arcady. The screenplay by Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont and Francis Veber is based on the novel Quick Change by Jay Cronley...
(as Jérémie, taxi driver) - 1985: Dialogue de sourds
- 19861986 in film-Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle.*April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*May - Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee....
: La Galette du roi (as Utte of Denmark) - 1986: Les folles années du twist (as M'sieur John WayneJohn WayneMarion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...
) - 1986: Black Mic Mac (as Michel Le Gorgues)
- 1986: Les Frères Pétard (as Momo)
- 19871987 in film-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
: Dernier été à Tanger (as Marcus) - 1987: L'été en pente douceL'été en pente douceL'été en pente douce is a French film, an adaptation of a novel by Pierre Pelot. It was directed by Gérard Krawczyk, and released in 1987.-Synopsis:...
(as Maurice Leheurt aka Mo) - 1987: Soigne ta droiteSoigne ta droiteKeep Your Right Up is a 1987 film, written, directed by, and starring French Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.Soigne ta droite is a phrase from boxing - a trainer's call to "keep your right up". The immediate reference is to Jacques Tati's first short film, Soigne ton gauche...
- 1987: Sale temps
- 19881988 in film-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:* Act of Piracy* Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Akira* Alice...
: La petite amie (as Guillaume Bertin) - 1988: Mangeclous (as Salomon)
- 19901990 in filmThe year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
: Trois années (as Alexandre Guillermen) - 19911991 in filmThe year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...
: Les secrets professionels du docteur Apfelglück (as Martineau) - 1991: The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big FishThe Favour, the Watch and the Very Big FishThe Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish is a 1991 comedy, directed by Ben Lewin, starring Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson. The story, set in Paris, follows the fateful meeting of Louis Aubinar with Sybil, who brings into his life her last unfortunate lover, the Pianist...
- 1991: Le Fils du Mékong (as Durieux)
- 19921992 in filmThe year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...
: Le Bal des casse-pieds (as Jérôme) - 1992: Le Batteur Du BoléroLe Batteur Du BoléroLe Batteur du Boléro is a short film by Patrice Leconte, released in 1992. It features a drummer in an orchestra, played by Jacques Villeret, who plays a simple, repetitive rhythm on his single drum during a performance of Maurice Ravel's Boléro....
(as Drummer) - 19931993 in filmThe year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...
: MayrigMayrigMayrig is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif...
(as Alexandre) - 1993: 588 rue paradis588 rue paradis588 rue paradis is a 1992 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif. It was preceded by Mayrig, the first autobiographical movie of Henri Verneuil....
(as Alexandre) - 19941994 in film1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...
: Parano (as Le pompiste) - 19951995 in film-Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation....
: Le Batteur Du BoléroLe Batteur Du BoléroLe Batteur du Boléro is a short film by Patrice Leconte, released in 1992. It features a drummer in an orchestra, played by Jacques Villeret, who plays a simple, repetitive rhythm on his single drum during a performance of Maurice Ravel's Boléro....
(as Le batteur) - 19961996 in filmMajor releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
: Golden BoyGolden Boy (film)Golden Boy is a 1939 black-and-white Columbia Pictures drama film based on the Clifford Odets play of the same name. It features William Holden in the role that made him a star: a promising violinist who wants to be a boxer. Barbara Stanwyck plays his love interest. The supporting cast included Lee J... - 19981998 in film-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
: Le Dîner de Cons (as François Pignon) - 1998: Mookie (as brother Benoît)
- 19991999 in filmThe year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...
: Les Enfants du marais (as Riton) - 20002000 in filmThe year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
: Les Acteurs (as Jacques Villeret) - 20012001 in filmThe year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
: Un Crime au paradisA Crime in ParadiseA Crime in Paradise, , is a French comedy film from 2001, directed by Jean Becker, written by Sacha Guitry , and starring by Jacques Villeret. The scenario was used on the film La Poison .- Cast :* Jacques Villeret ... Jojo Braconnier...
(as Jojo Braconnier) - 2001: Un aller simple (as Jean-Pierre)
- 20032003 in filmThe year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
: Effroyables jardins (as Jacques Pouzay)5 - 20032003 in filmThe year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
: Le Furet (as Le Furet) - also co-produced - 2003: Le Tueur sans gages
- 20042004 in filmThe year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
: Malabar Princess (as Gaspard) - 2004: Vipère au poing (as Mr. Rézeau)
- 20052005 in film- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
: Iznogoud (as the caliph) - 2005: L'Antidote (as André Morin)
- 2005: Les Temps de Porte-Plum (voiceover)
- 2005: Les Parrains (as Lucien)
- 2005: Les Âmes grisesLes Âmes grisesLes Âmes grises is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in France in 2005 and won the Prix Renaudot...
(as Judge Mierck) - 2005: De qui me moque-Je? (short) (as Asian peasant)
Theatre
- 1990 : La Contrebasse
- 1993 : Le Dîner de cons
- 2000 : Jeffrey Bernard est souffrant
Awards
- 1979 : César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
for Robert et Robert. - 1999 : César Award for Best ActorCésar Award for Best ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
for Le Dîner de cons. - 1999 : "Prix Lumière" for best actor in Le Dîner de cons.
- Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.
- Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe 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...
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