Jocelyn Quivrin
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Jocelyn Quivrin was a French
actor. He had a supporting role in the critically acclaimed film Syriana
.
on 14 February 1979. His father, Vincent Beaufils was an anaesthetist for SAMU
(a mobile accident unit).
Quivrin studied film and broadcasting at Hector Berlioz college in Vincennes
, before obtaining his Baccalaureat
in literature and taking a course in film studies at Nanterre University. However, he soon gave up his studies in favour of launching his professional career. He spent several months at the 'Ecole des Enfants Terribles' drama school and took some further education courses. In spite of this, he always considered himself as having been self-taught.
's Louis, enfant roi (1992). The film was selected for the 1993 Cannes Festival, where Quivrin was introduced to his first agent. He appeared in several costume dramas, including Lautrec
by Roger Planchon and Daniel Vigne's L'enfant des lumières in 2002, opposite Nathalie Baye
. He also played the Count of Nansac in Jacquou le crocant, a film by Laurent Boutonnat
, set in the nineteenth century. In 2007 he played the young Louis IX
in Jean de la fontaine, le defi.
Quivrin then appeared in L'Outremangeur and in Grande Ecole. In 2005 he landed the part of Detective Nerteaux in the big-budget film L'empire des loups
alongside Jean Reno
. It was a huge commercial success and boosted Quivrin's career.
Quivrin made his first television appearance as Babar in Les compagnons de l'aventure: Lola et les sardines, which featured a group of children on holiday in the 1990s.
In 2001 he gained a certain notoriety in the eyes of the French public, playing the title role in Rastignac ou les ambitieux, Alain Tasma's TV adaptation of the novel
by Honoré de Balzac
. Quivrin's performance was highly acclaimed and the newspapers were full of praise. Le Figaro
called him “flamboyant” while Le Monde found him “extremely seductive”. He consequently received the award for Best Actor at the Television film festival in Luchon.
At the same time as pursuing his career in television and film, Quivrin was also acting on stage. In 2003 he played Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
, along with Caroline Cellier
and Melanie Doutey
, directed by François-Louis Tilly. He appeared at the 2008 Avignon Festival in Do you love me? a play by Redjep Mitrovistas.
Quivrin had supporting roles in two internationally successful, Oscar-winning films: Elizabeth
(1998) and Syriana
(2005). In 99 francs
, Jan Kounen's adaptation of the eponymous novel by Frédéric Beigbeder
, Quivrin tackled his first comedy role. He played the colleague of Jean Dujardin
, an arrogant, depressive advertising executive. His performance was deemed “excellent” by Le Monde
and earned him the Prix Lumière for Most Promising Male Newcomer, the Patrick Dewaere
prize and a César
nomination for Most Promising Male Newcomer in 2008.
In 2006, Quivrin wrote and directed a short film entitled Acteur, which was intended to be both anecdotal and representative of the life of an actor. The film is centred around a conversation between a female director and an auditioning actor and, according to Quivrin, deals with “the clear separation you have to make between your personal and professional lives”. The character of the director, played by Nathalie Baye, was inspired by Catherine Breillat
, whom he had met at several auditions.
In 2007, he plays "The Nansac's Count" in the film Jacquou Le Croquant
realised by Laurent Boutonnat
.
In 2008, Quivrin appeared in the film LOL
with Sophie Marceau
, Christa Theret
and Jérémy Kapone and, a year later, in À l'aventure by Jean-Claude Brisseau and Incognito with the singer Bénabar and the actor Franck Dubosc. Quivrin's penultimate film, La famille Wolberg was released in France in December 2009. His final film, Ensemble, c'est trop by Léa Fazer, was released in France in February 2010.
(a small but powerful open-topped, two-seater car) at the entrance of the Saint-Cloud tunnel. The speedometer was found stopped at 230 km/h (143 mph), although it is not known if he was actually driving at this speed or it was a consequence of the violent impact. French television and newspapers have reported that the road was wet from rain at the time of the accident.
His funeral took place on 21 November 2009 at the Reformed church on the Avenue Grande-Armée in Paris. It was attended by Quivrin's close family and friends, as well as by many stars of stage and screen.
Jocelyn Quivrin is buried at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
, during the filming of Grande école. Their son, Charlie, was born March 2009.
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. He had a supporting role in the critically acclaimed film Syriana
Syriana
Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No Evil...
.
Childhood and education
Jocelyn Quivrin was born in DijonDijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
on 14 February 1979. His father, Vincent Beaufils was an anaesthetist for SAMU
Samu
Samu may refer to:* Samu, nickname for a Homo erectus man found in Vértesszőlős, Hungary* SAMU - Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence, an emergency medical service in France.* Servicio de Atencion Medica Urgente, also an emergency medical service...
(a mobile accident unit).
Quivrin studied film and broadcasting at Hector Berlioz college in Vincennes
Vincennes
Vincennes is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...
, before obtaining his Baccalaureat
Baccalauréat
The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
in literature and taking a course in film studies at Nanterre University. However, he soon gave up his studies in favour of launching his professional career. He spent several months at the 'Ecole des Enfants Terribles' drama school and took some further education courses. In spite of this, he always considered himself as having been self-taught.
Career
Quivrin's film debut came at a young age, when he played the Duke of Anjou, one of the main characters, in Roger PlanchonRoger Planchon
Roger Planchon , was a French playwright, director, filmmaker.-Biography:...
's Louis, enfant roi (1992). The film was selected for the 1993 Cannes Festival, where Quivrin was introduced to his first agent. He appeared in several costume dramas, including Lautrec
Lautrec
Lautrec is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.- Demography :-Remarkable sites:Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic...
by Roger Planchon and Daniel Vigne's L'enfant des lumières in 2002, opposite Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye is a French film, television, and stage actress. After having dance and dramatic education, Baye began acting in 1970. She has appeared in more than 70 films. She won four César Awards for Sauve qui peut , Une étrange affaire , La Balance , and Le Petit Lieutenant...
. He also played the Count of Nansac in Jacquou le crocant, a film by Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of moody, provocative and literature-inspired music videos.- Career :...
, set in the nineteenth century. In 2007 he played the young Louis IX
Louis IX
Louis IX may refer to:* Louis IX of France .* Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria "the Rich" * Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ....
in Jean de la fontaine, le defi.
Quivrin then appeared in L'Outremangeur and in Grande Ecole. In 2005 he landed the part of Detective Nerteaux in the big-budget film L'empire des loups
L'Empire des loups
Empire of the Wolves is a 2005 movie directed by Chris Nahon, written by Christian Clavier, Jean-Christophe Grangé, Chris Nahon and Franck Ollivier, and starring Jean Reno, Arly Jover, and Jocelyn Quivrin....
alongside Jean Reno
Jean Reno
Jean Reno is a French actor. Working in French, English, Spanish and Italian, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin and Couples Retreat, but also in European productions such as the...
. It was a huge commercial success and boosted Quivrin's career.
Quivrin made his first television appearance as Babar in Les compagnons de l'aventure: Lola et les sardines, which featured a group of children on holiday in the 1990s.
In 2001 he gained a certain notoriety in the eyes of the French public, playing the title role in Rastignac ou les ambitieux, Alain Tasma's TV adaptation of the novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
. Quivrin's performance was highly acclaimed and the newspapers were full of praise. Le Figaro
Le Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
called him “flamboyant” while Le Monde found him “extremely seductive”. He consequently received the award for Best Actor at the Television film festival in Luchon.
At the same time as pursuing his career in television and film, Quivrin was also acting on stage. In 2003 he played Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893...
by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
, along with Caroline Cellier
Caroline Cellier
Caroline Cellier is a French actress. She has appeared in such films as L'année des méduses , La vie, l'amour, la mort, Le zèbre and Le plaisir .-External links:...
and Melanie Doutey
Mélanie Doutey
Mélanie Doutey is a French actress, the daughter of director and producer, Alain Doutey, and the actress Arielle Séménoff. She has appeared in Claude Chabrol's La Fleur du Mal, which also starred Nathalie Baye, and El Lobo, the true story of a mole within the Basque terrorist group ETA...
, directed by François-Louis Tilly. He appeared at the 2008 Avignon Festival in Do you love me? a play by Redjep Mitrovistas.
Quivrin had supporting roles in two internationally successful, Oscar-winning films: Elizabeth
Elizabeth (film)
Elizabeth is a 1998 biographical film written by Michael Hirst, directed by Shekhar Kapur, and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role of Queen Elizabeth I of England, alongside Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Sir John Gielgud, Fanny Ardant and Richard Attenborough...
(1998) and Syriana
Syriana
Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No Evil...
(2005). In 99 francs
99 Francs
99 Francs is a 2007 film by the French director Jan Kounen based on a novel with the same title written by Frédéric Beigbeder.-Plot:The film is a satire on the modern advertisement business...
, Jan Kounen's adaptation of the eponymous novel by Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer and literary critic. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book Un roman français...
, Quivrin tackled his first comedy role. He played the colleague of Jean Dujardin
Jean Dujardin
-Life and career:Dujardin was born in Rueil-Malmaison. Dujardin first became famous on the French talent show Graines de star in 1996 as part of the comedy group Nous C Nous, formed by members of the Carré blanc theater. From 1999 to 2003 he starred in the French version of the comedy television...
, an arrogant, depressive advertising executive. His performance was deemed “excellent” by Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
and earned him the Prix Lumière for Most Promising Male Newcomer, the Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin , Yves-Marie Maurin , Dominique Maurin , Jean-Francois Maurin and Marie-Veronique Maurin Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982)...
prize and a César
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
nomination for Most Promising Male Newcomer in 2008.
In 2006, Quivrin wrote and directed a short film entitled Acteur, which was intended to be both anecdotal and representative of the life of an actor. The film is centred around a conversation between a female director and an auditioning actor and, according to Quivrin, deals with “the clear separation you have to make between your personal and professional lives”. The character of the director, played by Nathalie Baye, was inspired by Catherine Breillat
Catherine Breillat
Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker, novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School.-Life and career:Breillat was born in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, but grew up in Niort...
, whom he had met at several auditions.
In 2007, he plays "The Nansac's Count" in the film Jacquou Le Croquant
Jacquou le Croquant
Jacquou le Croquant is a 2007 French historical film, based on the novel by Eugène Le Roy. Set in the Dordogne during the Bourbon Restoration, it tells the story of a young peasant who leads a revolt against an evil nobleman. It was nominated for two César Awards in 2008.-Plot:1815. Jacquou, a...
realised by Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of moody, provocative and literature-inspired music videos.- Career :...
.
In 2008, Quivrin appeared in the film LOL
LOL
LOL is an acronym or abbreviation of "laughing out loud", "lots of luck", or "lots of love". In medical slang, it is used as an acronym for "little old lady", a reference to the novel House of God.LOL or Lol may also refer to:...
with Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau is a French actress director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum and La boum 2 , receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress...
, Christa Theret
Christa Theret
Christa Theret is a French actress.- Biography :In 2003, Christa was spotted at the age of 11 in the playground of the Antoine Coysevox secondary school in the 18th arrondissement of Paris by a head of casting and started in cinema in the film Le Couperet by Costa-Gavras, where she played the...
and Jérémy Kapone and, a year later, in À l'aventure by Jean-Claude Brisseau and Incognito with the singer Bénabar and the actor Franck Dubosc. Quivrin's penultimate film, La famille Wolberg was released in France in December 2009. His final film, Ensemble, c'est trop by Léa Fazer, was released in France in February 2010.
Death
Quivrin died in a car accident on Autoroute A13 on Sunday, 15 November 2009. He had lost control of his Ariel AtomAriel Atom
The Ariel Atom is a high performance sports car made by the Ariel Motor Company based in Somerset, England and under licence in North America by TMI Autotech, Inc. at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia....
(a small but powerful open-topped, two-seater car) at the entrance of the Saint-Cloud tunnel. The speedometer was found stopped at 230 km/h (143 mph), although it is not known if he was actually driving at this speed or it was a consequence of the violent impact. French television and newspapers have reported that the road was wet from rain at the time of the accident.
His funeral took place on 21 November 2009 at the Reformed church on the Avenue Grande-Armée in Paris. It was attended by Quivrin's close family and friends, as well as by many stars of stage and screen.
Jocelyn Quivrin is buried at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Personal life
He met his partner, Alice TaglioniAlice Taglioni
Alice Taglioni is a French actress. She has a film Paris Manhattan coming out in 2011 where she will star with Patrick Bruel and Woody Allen it is directed by Sophie Lellouche.- Filmography :* Dandy * Jet Lag...
, during the filming of Grande école. Their son, Charlie, was born March 2009.
Selected filmography
- Louis, the Child KingLouis, the Child KingLouis, the Child King is a 1993 French drama film directed by Roger Planchon. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Carmen Maura - Anne d'Autriche* Maxime Mansion - Louis XIV* Paolo Graziosi - Mazarin...
(1993) - ClémentClément (film)Clément is a 2001 French drama film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Olivier Guéritée - Clément* Emmanuelle Bercot - Marion* Kevin Goffette - Benoît...
(2001) - SyrianaSyrianaSyriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No Evil...
(2005) - Jacquou Le CroquantJacquou le CroquantJacquou le Croquant is a 2007 French historical film, based on the novel by Eugène Le Roy. Set in the Dordogne during the Bourbon Restoration, it tells the story of a young peasant who leads a revolt against an evil nobleman. It was nominated for two César Awards in 2008.-Plot:1815. Jacquou, a...
(2007) - 99 Francs99 Francs99 Francs is a 2007 film by the French director Jan Kounen based on a novel with the same title written by Frédéric Beigbeder.-Plot:The film is a satire on the modern advertisement business...
(2007) - Incognito (2009)
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud (2009)