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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
- 2024 · The Academy as
- 2024 · Anthracite as Solal Heilman
- 2024 · The Rebellious as Mr. Verger
- 2023 · The Pod Generation as The Founder
- 2022 · Silent Land as diver Arnaud
- 2022 · The Rope as Serge Morel
- 2020 · My Best Part as The director
- 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
- 2017 · Dolphin Man as Self
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Debtor Gentleman
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac as Debtor Gentleman
- 2013 · Big Sur as Jack Kerouac
- 2012 · And They Call It Summer as Dino
- 2011 · Blood On The Docks as Capitaine Richard Faraday
- 2011 · Le Repaire de la vouivre as Paul Pratt
- 2011 · American Translation as William
- 2011 · His Mother's Eyes as Jean-Paul Tremazan
- 2010 · City of Shadows as Dr. Max Orswell
- 2008 · Baby Blues as Dan
- 2006 · The Boss of It All as Spencer
- 2005 · Manderlay as Mr. Robinsson
- 2005 · Tara Road as Andy
- 2005 · Cockles and Muscles as Didier
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Maitre Bertram
- 2003 · Dogville as The Man with the Big Hat
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Norman
- 1998 · St. Ives as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Terry
- 1996 · Lifeline as Patrick LeMay
- 1995 · Iron Horsemen as Robert
- 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
- 1985 · King David as Absalom
- Future · King and Conqueror as King Henry
- Future · Shores as André
- 2023 · Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier as Jean-Marc Barr
- 2023 · This Is the End as Self
- 2018 · The Call as (voice)
- 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
- 2014 · The Last Mirage as Justin Livingstone
- 2013 · Manhattan Romance as Alex
- 2013 · Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations as Self
- 2013 · Vandal as Paul, l'oncle
- 2011 · Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying as Brian
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Heavy Rain as
- 2009 · Making Plans for Lena as Nigel
- 2009 · Parc as Paul Marteau
- 2008 · Nucingen House as William Henry James III
- 2008 · The Anarchist's Wife as Pierre
- 2007 · Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
- 2005 · Anecdotes from Europa as Interviewee
- 2004 · CQ2 (Seek You Too) as Steven
- 2003 · Saltimbank as Frédéric Saltim
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Hugo
- 2002 · Mary's Sons as Paul
- 2001 · Being Light as Jack Lesterhoof
- 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
- 1998 · The Scarlet Tunic as Matthaus Singer
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1997 · The Infidels as
- 1996 · Marching in Darkness as Silvio Roatto
- 1994 · Le fils préféré as Philippe
- 1991 · Blaze as Victor
- Future · Halo of Stars as Gerald
- 1997 · Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi as Self
- 1996 · L'Échappée belle as Emmanuel Barnes
- 1994 · Les Faussaires as Jack Baker
- 1986 · Hotel du Lac as Alain
- 1985 · Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story as Scott
- Future · Le jour qui vient as Martin