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.
Movie | Halo of Stars | Gerald | 2025 |
Series | Shores | André | 2025 |
Series | King & Conqueror | King Henry | 2025 |
Movie | The Rebellious | Mr. Verger | 2024-01-01 |
Series | Anthracite | Solal Heilman | 2024-04-10 |
Movie | The Pod Generation | The Founder | 2023-08-11 |
Movie | Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier | Jean-Marc Barr | 2023-07-02 |
Movie | This Is the End | Self | 2023-02-16 |
Movie | Silent Land | diver Arnaud | 2022-08-23 |
Series | The Rope | Serge Morel | 2022-01-27 |
Movie | My Best Part | The director | 2020-10-28 |
Series | Little Birds | Secretary Pierre Vaney | 2020-08-04 |
Series | Bad Banks | Robert Khano | 2018-03-01 |
Movie | The Cellar | Milan | 2018-08-27 |
Movie | Cut Off | Trevor De Blanc | 2018-04-20 |
Series | The Miracle | Serge | 2018-05-08 |
Movie | Buğday | Erol | 2017-11-24 |
Movie | UK18 | The Foreigner | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | Dolphin Man | Self | 2017-10-28 |
Movie | After the War | Jérôme | 2017-10-19 |
Movie | Wax - We Are The X | Jean-Christophe Touchalier | 2016-03-31 |
Movie | The Magic Mountain | 2015-07-08 | |
Movie | The Last Mirage | Justin Livingstone | 2014-02-14 |
Movie | Big Sur | Jack Kerouac | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Manhattan Romance | Alex | 2013-10-15 |
Movie | Vandal | Paul, l'oncle | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations | Self | 2013-10-12 |
Movie | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | Debtor Gentleman | 2013-12-25 |
Movie | And They Call It Summer | Dino | 2012-11-22 |
Movie | His Mother's Eyes | Jean-Paul Tremazan | 2011-03-23 |
Movie | Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying | Brian | 2011-12-08 |
Series | Blood On The Docks | Capitaine Richard Faraday | 2011-11-11 |
Movie | American Translation | William | 2011-06-07 |
Movie | City of Shadows | Dr. Max Orswell | 2010-04-09 |
Movie | Heavy Rain | 2010-02-23 | |
Movie | Nucingen House | William Henry James III | 2009-06-03 |
Movie | Parc | Paul Marteau | 2009-01-14 |
Movie | Making Plans for Lena | Nigel | 2009-09-02 |
Movie | The Anarchist's Wife | Pierre | 2008-06-26 |
Movie | Baby Blues | Dan | 2008-11-26 |
Movie | Here’s Looking at You, Boy | Self | 2007-02-16 |
Movie | The Boss of It All | Spencer | 2006-12-08 |
Movie | Cockles and Muscles | Didier | 2005-03-30 |
Movie | Tara Road | Andy | 2005-05-11 |
Movie | Anecdotes from Europa | Interviewee | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | Manderlay | Mr. Robinsson | 2005-06-03 |
Movie | CQ2 (Seek You Too) | Steven | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | Dogville | The Man with the Big Hat | 2003-05-21 |
Movie | Le Divorce | Maitre Bertram | 2003-08-08 |
Movie | The Car Keys | Actor who refuses to film with Laurent | 2003-12-10 |
Movie | Saltimbank | Frédéric Saltim | 2003-09-10 |
Movie | Mary's Sons | Paul | 2002-05-19 |
Movie | The Red Siren | Hugo | 2002-08-21 |
Movie | FreeDogme | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 | Self | 2000-11-01 |
Movie | Dancer in the Dark | Norman | 2000-09-01 |
Movie | Too Much Flesh | Lyle | 2000-09-24 |
Movie | St. Ives | Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | The Scarlet Tunic | Matthaus Singer | 1998-06-12 |
Movie | Ça ne se refuse pas | Alex | 1998-08-12 |
Movie | What I Did for Love | Marc | 1998-06-17 |
Movie | Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday | Ben | 1998-09-13 |
Movie | Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier | 1997-12-12 | |
Movie | Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi | Self | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | The Infidels | 1997-01-02 | |
Movie | Marching in Darkness | Silvio Roatto | 1996-04-27 |
Movie | Breaking the Waves | Terry | 1996-07-05 |
Movie | Iron Horsemen | Robert | 1995-01-27 |
Movie | Le fils préféré | Philippe | 1994-12-21 |
Movie | Les Faussaires | Jack Baker | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | The Plague | Jean Tarrou | 1992-08-26 |
Movie | Blaze | Victor | 1991-05-26 |
Movie | Europa | Leopold Kessler | 1991-06-27 |
Movie | The Big Blue | Jacques Mayol | 1988-05-10 |
Movie | Maurice | French Colleague (uncredited) | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Hope and Glory | Bruce | 1987-09-03 |
Movie | Hotel du Lac | Alain | 1986-03-02 |
Movie | Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story | Scott | 1985-05-08 |
Movie | King David | Absalom | 1985-03-29 |