Person Details

Birthday: 1960-09-27 14:14:05

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Movie Involvements: 68

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Bad Banks
Average
7

Bad Banks

(2018) Robert Khano
Blood On The Docks
Average
9

Blood On The Docks

(2011) Capitaine Richard Faraday
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Average
7

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

(2013) Debtor Gentleman
The Miracle
Average
7

The Miracle

(2018) Serge
Dancer in the Dark
Average
8

Dancer in the Dark

(2000) Norman
Dogville
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8

Dogville

(2003) Man with the big Hat
Little Birds
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7

Little Birds

(2020) Secretary Pierre Vaney
The Big Blue
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8

The Big Blue

(1988) Jacques Mayol

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Mr. Verger
2023 The Founder
Jean-Marc Barr
Self
2022 diver Arnaud
Serge Morel
2020 The director
Secretary Pierre Vaney
2018 Milan
(voice)
Serge
Trevor De Blanc
Robert Khano
2017 Erol
Self
Jérôme
The Foreigner
2016 Jean-Christophe Touchalier
Ray
2014 Justin Livingstone
2013 Debtor Gentleman
Jack Kerouac
Alex
Self
Paul, l'oncle
2012 Dino
2011 Brian
Capitaine Richard Faraday
Paul Pratt
William
Jean-Paul Tremazan
2010 N/A
Dr. Max Orswell
N/A
2009 Nigel
Paul Marteau
2008 Dan
William Henry James III
Pierre
2007 Self
2006 Spencer
2005 Mr. Robinsson
Andy
Didier
Interviewee
2004 Steven
2003 Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent
Frédéric Saltim
Maitre Bertram
Man with the big Hat
2002 Hugo
Paul
2001 Jack Lesterhoof
2000 Himself
Lyle
Norman
Himself
1998 Ben
Alex
Marc
Matthaus Singer
Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1997 N/A
N/A
Self
1996 Patrick LeMay
Terry
Silvio Roatto
Emmanuel Barnes
1995 Robert
1994 Philippe
Jack Baker
1992 Jean Tarrou
1991 Leopold Kessler
N/A
1988 Jacques Mayol
1987 French Colleague (uncredited)
Bruce
1985 Scott
Absalom
Gerald
André
Martin
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Co-Producer
1999 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Screenplay
2000 Writer
1999 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2006 Director of Photography
2002 Camera Operator
Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

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