Jean-Pierre Marielle

Acting

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"Jean-Pierre Marielle was the quintessential Gallic chameleon, wielding a foghorn voice and a raised eyebrow to elevate any scene from mere performance to high art. He leaves behind an indelible legacy as a master of sophisticated chaos, proving that the most memorable presence in a film is often the one that refuses to be tamed."

Biography

Jean-Pierre Marielle (born April 12, 1932) is a French actor. 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 killer (Sans mobile apparent), to the World War II hero (Les Milles), to the compromised spy (La Valise), to the has-been actor (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 archetype of the French gentleman.

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Known For

The Da Vinci Code

Jacques Saunière

The Dream Team

Titouan Leguennec

Micmacs

Placard

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Gianni Arrosio

Do Not Disturb

Michel's Father

Sex, Love & Therapy

Lui-même

Ménage

The Rich and Depressed Man

Coup de Torchon

Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2022	Belmondo: The Incorrigible MOVIE	Self
2021	Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	Two Snails Set Off MOVIE	(voice)
2016	FantastiCozzi MOVIE	(archive footage)
2016	Belmondo by Belmondo MOVIE	Self
2015	Phantom Boy MOVIE	The Man with the Broken Face (voice)
2015	Capitaine Marleau TV	Frantz Meyer
2014	Valse à trois MOVIE	Self
2014	Do Not Disturb MOVIE	Michel's Father
2014	Sex, Love & Therapy MOVIE	Lui-même
2014	Des roses en hiver MOVIE	Jean
2013	Indiscrétions MOVIE	Bernard Lefort
2013	Je vous salue Marielle MOVIE	Himself
2013	La Fleur de l'âge MOVIE	Hubert Dassonville
2013	Max MOVIE	Nick
2012	The Dream Team MOVIE	Titouan Leguennec
2012	Rondo MOVIE	Abraham
2012	Second Chances MOVIE	The psychoanalyst
2011	Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2011	Bouquet final MOVIE	Jean-Pierre
2011	Belmondo, itinéraire... MOVIE	Self
2010	Santa's Apprentice MOVIE	Contrary Santa (voice)
2010	The Skin of Sorrow MOVIE	Oswald
2010	The Wedding Cake MOVIE	Victor
2009	Darwin (R)évolution MOVIE	Charles Darwin
2009	Micmacs MOVIE	Placard
2009	Bulles de Vian MOVIE	Self
2009	Elles et moi TV	Emile de Montellier
2008	Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie MOVIE	Self
2007	The Vanishing Point MOVIE	Jean Dussart
2007	Let's Dance MOVIE	Salomon Bellinsky
2007	Chez Maupassant TV	Sosthène
2006	The Great Meaulnes MOVIE	M. de Galais
2006	The Da Vinci Code MOVIE	Jacques Saunière
2006	Galilée ou L'Amour de Dieu MOVIE	Le Pape Barberini
2005	Grey Souls MOVIE	Pierre-Ange Destinat
2004	The Return of James Battle MOVIE	Bosco
2004	Tomorrow We Move MOVIE	Popernick
2003	Little Lili MOVIE	Simon
2003	Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic MOVIE	Self
2001	Madame De... MOVIE	Le général
2000	Actors MOVIE	Jean-Pierre Marielle
1999	One 4 All MOVIE	Comissaire Bayard
1999	Le Nouveau Testament MOVIE	Le docteur Jean Marcellin
1996	The Pupil MOVIE	Armand
1996	The Grand Dukes MOVIE	Georges Cox
1995	Les Milles MOVIE	Commandant Perrochon
1994	Le Sourire MOVIE	Pierre-François Le Clainche
1994	The Perfume of Yvonne MOVIE	Dr. René Meinthe
1993	One, Two, Three, Sun MOVIE	L'homme seul / The lonely man
1992	Max & Jeremie MOVIE	Almeida
1992	Dispute in Valladolid MOVIE	Bartolomé de las Casas
1991	All the Mornings of the World MOVIE	Monsieur de Sainte Colombe
1990	Uranus MOVIE	Archambaud
1990	Bouvard et Pécuchet MOVIE	François Bouvard
1990	Bouvard et Pécuchet TV	François Bouvard
1990	Stars 90 TV	Self
1990	Six crimes sans assassins MOVIE	Darnoncourt
1988	A Few Days with Me MOVIE	Monsieur Fonfrin
1988	Un château au soleil TV	Artus de Montdeny
1987	The Two Crocodiles MOVIE	René Boutancard
1987	The Murderous Months of April MOVIE	Fred
1986	Ménage MOVIE	The Rich and Depressed Man
1985	Hold-up MOVIE	Simon Labrosse
1985	Love on the Quiet MOVIE	Antoine Garnier, industrialist and companion of Jeanne
1984	Partenaires MOVIE	Gabriel Gallien
1984	Les Capricieux MOVIE	Simon
1984	...e la vita continua TV	Arnoldo Betocchi
1983	Outward Signs of Wealth MOVIE	Jérôme Bouvier, accounting expert
1982	Jamais avant le mariage MOVIE	Patrick Le Kermadec
1982	L'Indiscrétion MOVIE	Daniel
1982	Champs-Elysées TV	Self
1981	Coup de Torchon MOVIE	Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
1981	Asphalt MOVIE	Albert Pourrat
1981	Pétrole ! Pétrole ! MOVIE	Jean-Marie Tardel
1980	Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? MOVIE	Victor Delacroix
1980	L'entourloupe MOVIE	Castelard
1979	Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses MOVIE	François Perrin
1977	One Wild Moment MOVIE	Pierre
1977	The Accuser MOVIE	Roustev
1977	As the Moon MOVIE	Pouplard
1977	Plus ça va, moins ça va MOVIE	Inspecteur Pignon
1976	Stormtroopers MOVIE	il Milite Ignoto
1976	Run After Me Until I Catch You MOVIE	Paul
1976	The Bottom Line MOVIE	Bob Morlock
1976	Femmes Fatales MOVIE	Paul Dufour
1975	Cookies MOVIE	Henri Serin, umbrella representative and painter
1975	The Track MOVIE	Albert Danville
1975	Let Joy Reign Supreme MOVIE	The Marquis de Pontcallec
1975	The Common Man MOVIE	Léo Tartaffione
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche TV	Self
1974	Tell Me You Love Me MOVIE	Richard le Royer
1974	No Pockets in a Shroud MOVIE	Doctor Carlille
1974	Spécial cinéma TV	Self
1974	How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby MOVIE	Gérard Malempin
1974	T'es fou Marcel MOVIE	Self
1973	Charlie and His Two Chicks MOVIE	Tony
1973	Man in the Trunk MOVIE	Major Bloch
1973	The Crazy Capo Affair MOVIE	Commissaire Martin
1972	Tom Thumb MOVIE	L'Ogre
1972	Sex Shop MOVIE	Lucien
1972	La Chavalanthrope MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1972	Le Grand Échiquier TV	Self
1972	P'pa je serai serrurier MOVIE	(voice)
1971	Four Flies on Grey Velvet MOVIE	Gianni Arrosio
1971	Without Apparent Motive MOVIE	Perry Rupert-Foote
1971	One Is Always Too Good to Women MOVIE	Mac Cormack
1971	Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad MOVIE	Maxime
1970	The Man with Connections MOVIE	Lieutenant Casanova
1970	Give Her the Moon MOVIE	Léopold Panneton
1969	The Vixen MOVIE	l'éditeur
1969	48 Hours of Love MOVIE	Mazoillac
1969	The Devil by the Tail MOVIE	Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
1968	À bout portant TV	Self
1968	The Man in the Buick MOVIE	Le Marquis
1967	All Mad About Him MOVIE	Le Révérend-Père Fouquet
1967	L'Emploi du temps MOVIE	Le narrateur
1966	Tender Scoundrel MOVIE	Bob
1966	Trap for the Assassin MOVIE	Lucien de Noirville
1966	Funny Money MOVIE	Raymond Vernet
1965	How Not to Rob a Department Store MOVIE	Justin
1965	The Real Bargain MOVIE	Landrut
1964	Weekend at Dunkirk MOVIE	Pierson
1964	Male Companion MOVIE	Balthazar
1964	Backfire MOVIE	Van Houde
1964	Relax Yourself Darling MOVIE	David Kouglov
1964	Que personne ne sorte MOVIE	Jo Adams
1964	Let's Rob the Bank MOVIE	André Durand-Mareuil
1963	The Animals MOVIE	Récitant (voice)
1963	Sweet and Sour MOVIE	Monsieur Rakanowsky
1963	Banana Peel MOVIE	Paul Reynaldo
1962	La Nuit des rois MOVIE	Malvolio
1962	Climates of Love MOVIE	Philippe Marcenat
1960	Pete the Tender MOVIE	Emile
1960	Sheep MOVIE	Le chef de la préfecture de police
1960	Les Trois Sœurs MOVIE	Toujenbach
1960	Les Joueurs MOVIE	Outiechitelny
1959	Notre petite ville MOVIE	Morgan
1958	There Is the Brunette MOVIE	Cauteret - l'inconnu
1957	Too Many Lovers MOVIE	Reception manager at the Deauville hotel
1957	Anyone Can Kill Me MOVIE	Lucien, le détenu bavard
1957	Fernand the Tramp MOVIE	Self
1957	The Big Bluff MOVIE	Me Philippe Norbert

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