
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 · Shores as André
- 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 Miracle as Serge
- 2018 · Bad Banks as Robert Khano
- 2017 · Buğday as Erol
- 2017 · Dolphin Man as Self
- 2017 · UK18 as The Foreigner
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Debtor Gentleman
- 2013 · Big Sur as Jack Kerouac
- 2011 · Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying as Brian
- 2011 · Blood On The Docks as Capitaine Richard Faraday
- 2011 · American Translation as William
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2009 · Making Plans for Lena as Nigel
- 2008 · The Anarchist's Wife as Pierre
- 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 Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Maitre Bertram
- 2003 · Dogville as The Man with the Big Hat
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Hugo
- 2000 · blur | The Best Of as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
- 2000 · The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 as Self
- 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
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Terry
- 1996 · Marching in Darkness as Silvio Roatto
- 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
- 1986 · Hotel du Lac as Alain
- 1985 · Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story as Scott
- 1985 · King David as Absalom
- Future · King & Conqueror as King Henry
- 2025 · The Academy as Prof. Robert Copley
- 2025 · Meurtres en dentelles as Antoine Duprat
- 2023 · Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier as Jean-Marc Barr
- 2023 · This Is the End as Self
- 2018 · The Cellar as Milan
- 2018 · The Call as (voice)
- 2018 · Cut Off as Trevor De Blanc
- 2017 · After the War as Jérôme
- 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
- 2012 · And They Call It Summer as Dino
- 2011 · Le Repaire de la vouivre as Paul Pratt
- 2011 · His Mother's Eyes as Jean-Paul Tremazan
- 2010 · City of Shadows as Dr. Max Orswell
- 2010 · Heavy Rain as Himself
- 2009 · Nucingen House as William Henry James III
- 2009 · Parc as Paul Marteau
- 2008 · Baby Blues as Dan
- 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 · Mary's Sons as Paul
- 2001 · Being Light as Jack Lesterhoof
- 2000 · Too Much Flesh as Lyle
- 2000 · FreeDogme as Himself
- 1998 · Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday as Ben
- 1998 · What I Did for Love as Marc
- 1997 · Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier as
- 1997 · Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi as Self
- 1996 · Lifeline as Patrick LeMay
- Future · Halo of Stars as Gerald
- 1998 · Ça ne se refuse pas as Alex
- 1996 · L'Échappée belle as Emmanuel Barnes
- 1994 · Le fils préféré as Philippe
- Future · Hexameron as Fr. Paulo
- 1997 · The Infidels as
- 1994 · Les Faussaires as Jack Baker
- 1994 · Death of a World Star as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 · Blaze as Victor
- Future · Le jour qui vient as Martin