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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.


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Born:
Sep 27, 1960 In Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Movie/TV Credits:
79
First Appeared:
In the series Shores
Latest Project:
Series King & Conqueror 2025
Known For
Filmography
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