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Quick Facts

Born:
1939-10-20

Birthplace:
Garches, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Credits:
135 Total Roles

Daniel Prévost

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Biography

Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.

Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie region), a fact which he did not discover until later life.

He is the father of actors Sören Prévost, Erling Prévost and Christophe Prévost.

After attending drama school in Paris, Prévost made his theatre début alongside the likes of Michel Serrault in Un certain M. Blot. In his early beginnings he both performed alongside Boby Lapointe and became acquainted with Jean Yanne, later becoming one of the latter's favourite actors.

Although his television and cinema career began in the 1960s, it was in the 1970s that he found fame through Jacques Martin's satirical news programme Le petit rapporteur, the part for which he is best known.

He excelled as an evilly leering tax inspector – "he'd audit his own mother" in Francis Veber's 1998 comedy Le Dîner de Cons for which he won the César Award for best supporting actor.

Source: Article "Daniel Prévost" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 La Maison de nos rêves MOVIE Self
2026 Maison de retraite, la série TV Alfred
2025 Panique au grand magasin MOVIE Self
2024 Mademoiselle Holmes TV George Holmes
2024 Oldies But Goodies MOVIE Alfred de Gonzague
2023 Daniel Prévost : bande de ringards ! MOVIE Self
2023 L'Âge d'or de la pub MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2023 The Crime Is Mine MOVIE Judge Parvot
2022 The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2022 Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70 MOVIE Self - actor (archive footage)

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