
Jean-Marc Barr
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French. His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer. Barr is bilingual in French and English: he speaks French with a nasal, hybrid accent, reminiscent of his American upbringing - with a slight American accent and occasional anglicisms in interviews - and English with a Mid-Atlantic accent. He studied philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Paris Conservatoire and the Sorbonne. He went on to pursue an education in drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In London he met his future wife, a pianist and composer Irina Dečermić. Jean-Marc Barr began working in theatre in France in 1986. After some television roles and film work, in particular, Hope and Glory (1987) by John Boorman, he was cast in the tremendously successful The Big Blue (1988). Luc Besson cast him in the role of French diver Jacques Mayol. He played in the role opposite Rosanna Arquette and Jean Reno. The Big Blue was the most financially successful film in France in the 1980s. In 1991, he starred in Danish director Lars von Trier's Europa, marking the beginning of a long friendship (he is the godfather of von Trier's children) as well as a significant professional relationship. He went on to appear in von Trier’s Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2004) and Manderlay (2005). Also in 2005 he starred in the French film Crustacés et Coquillages. His collaboration with von Trier put him on track to start directing his own work. He debuted in 1999 as a director, screenwriter and producer with the intimate love story Lovers. This film became the first part of a trilogy; the two subsequent parts being the drama Too Much Flesh (2000) and the comedy Being Light (2001) which he co-directed with Pascal Arnold. He may also be recognized for his role as the attractive divorce lawyer, Maitre Bertram in the Merchant Ivory film le Divorce (2003). He appeared as Hugo in The Red Siren in 2002. He appeared as the main character in the video for Blur's 1995 single, "Charmless Man". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Marc Barr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · King & Conqueror as King Henry of France
- 2024 · Anthracite as Solal Heilman
- 2024 · The Rebellious as Mr. Verger
- 2023 · The Pod Generation as The Founder
- 2022 · The Rope as Serge Morel
- 2020 · Little Birds as Secretary Pierre Vaney
- 2018 · The Cellar as Milan
- 2018 · The Miracle as Serge
- 2018 · Cut Off as Trevor De Blanc
- 2018 · Bad Banks as Robert Khano
- 2017 · Buğday as Erol
- 2014 · The Last Mirage as Justin Livingstone
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Debtor Gentleman
- 2013 · Vandal as Paul, l'oncle
- 2011 · American Translation as William
- 2010 · City of Shadows as Dr. Max Orswell
- 2010 · Heavy Rain as Himself
- 2009 · Parc as Paul Marteau
- 2008 · Baby Blues as Dan
- 2008 · The Anarchist's Wife as Pierre
- 2007 · Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
- 2006 · The Boss of It All as Spencer
- 2005 · Manderlay as Mr. Robinsson
- 2005 · Tara Road as Andy
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- 2003 · Saltimbank as Frédéric Saltim
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Maitre Bertram
- 2003 · Dogville as The Man with the Big Hat
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Hugo
- 2001 · Being Light as Jack Lesterhoof
- 2000 · blur | The Best Of as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Norman
- 1998 · The Scarlet Tunic as Matthaus Singer
- 1998 · St. Ives as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Terry
- 1996 · Lifeline as Patrick LeMay
- 1995 · Iron Horsemen as Robert
- 1994 · Le fils préféré as Philippe
- 1992 · The Plague as Jean Tarrou
- 1991 · Europa as Leopold Kessler
- 1988 · The Big Blue as Jacques Mayol
- 1987 · Maurice as French Colleague (uncredited)
- 1987 · Hope and Glory as Bruce
- 1986 · Hotel du Lac as Alain
- 1985 · Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story as Scott
- Future · Hexameron as Fr. Paulo
- 2025 · Army of Lovers as
- 2025 · The Academy as Prof. Robert Copley
- 2025 · Meurtres en dentelles as Antoine Duprat
- 2025 · Shores as André
- 2023 · Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier as Jean-Marc Barr
- 2023 · This Is the End as Self
- 2022 · Silent Land as diver Arnaud
- 2020 · My Best Part as The director
- 2018 · The Call as (voice)
- 2017 · Dolphin Man as Self
- 2017 · After the War as Jérôme
- 2017 · UK18 as The Foreigner
- 2016 · Wax - We Are The X as Jean-Christophe Touchalier
- 2016 · Whoever Was Using This Bed as Ray
- 2013 · Big Sur as Jack Kerouac
- 2013 · Manhattan Romance as Alex
- 2013 · Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations as Self
- 2012 · And They Call It Summer as Dino
- 2011 · Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying as Brian
- 2011 · Blood On The Docks as Capitaine Richard Faraday
- 2011 · Le Repaire de la vouivre as Paul Pratt
- 2011 · His Mother's Eyes as Jean-Paul Tremazan
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2009 · Making Plans for Lena as Nigel
- 2009 · Nucingen House as William Henry James III
- 2005 · Cockles and Muscles as Didier
- 2005 · Anecdotes from Europa as Interviewee
- 2004 · CQ2 (Seek You Too) as Steven
- 2002 · Mary's Sons as Paul
- 2000 · The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 as Self
- 2000 · Too Much Flesh as Lyle
- 2000 · FreeDogme as Himself
- 1998 · Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday as Ben
- 1998 · Ça ne se refuse pas as Alex
- 1998 · What I Did for Love as Marc
- 1997 · The Infidels as
- 1997 · Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi as Self
- 1996 · Marching in Darkness as Silvio Roatto
- 1996 · L'Échappée belle as Manu Barnes
- 1994 · Les Faussaires as Jack Baker
- 1994 · Death of a World Star as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 · Blaze as Victor
- 1985 · King David as Absalom
- Future · Halo of Stars as Gerald
- Future · Le jour qui vient as Martin
- 1988 · The Big Blue Adventure as Jacques Mayol