Jean-Marc Barr
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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.
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Filmography
Le jour qui vient
Movie · as Martin
Halo of Stars
Movie · as Gerald
Day Drinker
Movie · as Father Lyon
What is Love?
Movie · as Père Manto
The Academy
Movie · as Prof. Robert Copley
Hexameron
Movie · as Fr. Paulo
Meurtres en dentelles
Movie · as Antoine Duprat
The Other 300: Army of Lovers
Movie · as Narrator (voice over)
Sea Shadows
TV · as André · 6 eps
King & Conqueror
TV · as King Henry of France · 4 eps
The Rebellious
Movie · as Mr. Verger
Anthracite
TV · as Solal Heilman · 6 eps
This Is the End
Movie · as Self
The Pod Generation
Movie · as The Founder
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
Movie · as Jean-Marc Barr
Le fil
Movie
Silent Land
Movie · as diver Arnaud
The Rope
TV · as Serge Morel · 3 eps
My Best Part
Movie · as The director
Little Birds
TV · as Secretary Pierre Vaney · 6 eps
The Call
Movie · as (voice)
The Cellar
Movie · as Milan
Cut Off
Movie · as Trevor De Blanc
Bad Banks
TV · as Robert Khano · 12 eps
The Miracle
TV · as Serge · 8 eps
Buğday
Movie · as Erol
UK18
Movie · as The Foreigner
Dolphin Man
Movie · as Self
After the War
Movie · as Jérôme
WAX: We Are the X
Movie · as Jean-Christophe Touchalier
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Movie · as Ray
The Last Mirage
Movie · as Justin Livingstone
Big Sur
Movie · as Jack Kerouac
Vandal
Movie · as Paul, l'oncle
Manhattan Romance
Movie · as Alex
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
Movie · as Self
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Movie · as Debtor Gentleman
And They Call It Summer
Movie · as Dino
His Mother's Eyes
Movie · as Jean-Paul Tremazan
American Translation
Movie · as William
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
Movie · as Brian
Blood On The Docks
TV · as Capitaine Richard Faraday · 22 eps
Le Repaire de la vouivre
TV · as Paul Pratt · 4 eps
City of Shadows
Movie · as Dr. Max Orswell
Heavy Rain
Movie · as Himself
Dimension
Movie
Making Plans for Lena
Movie · as Nigel
Parc
Movie · as Paul Marteau
Nucingen House
Movie · as William Henry James III
Baby Blues
Movie · as Dan
The Anarchist's Wife
Movie · as Pierre
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Movie · as Self
The Boss of It All
Movie · as Spencer
Cockles and Muscles
Movie · as Didier
Tara Road
Movie · as Andy
Anecdotes from Europa
Movie · as Interviewee
Manderlay
Movie · as Mr. Robinsson
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Movie · as Steven
Dogville
Movie · as The Man with the Big Hat
The Car Keys
Movie · as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
Saltimbank
Movie · as Frédéric Saltim
Le Divorce
Movie · as Maitre Bertram
The Red Siren
Movie · as Hugo
Mary's Sons
Movie · as Paul
Being Light
Movie · as Jack Lesterhoof
Dancer in the Dark
Movie · as Norman
Too Much Flesh
Movie · as Lyle
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Movie · as Self
FreeDogme
Movie · as Himself
blur | The Best Of
Movie · as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
Ça ne se refuse pas
Movie · as Alex
St. Ives
Movie · as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Movie · as Ben
The Scarlet Tunic
Movie · as Matthaus Singer
What I Did for Love
Movie · as Marc
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
Movie · as Self
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Movie
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Movie · as Self
The Infidels
Movie
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
Movie · as Addy
Breaking the Waves
Movie · as Terry
Marching in Darkness
Movie · as Silvio Roatto
Lifeline
Movie · as Patrick LeMay
L'Échappée belle
Movie · as Manu Barnes
Iron Horsemen
Movie · as Robert
Le fils préféré
Movie · as Philippe
Les Faussaires
Movie · as Jack Baker
Au nom d'un chien
Movie · as Jean Grébault
The Plague
Movie · as Jean Tarrou
Europa
Movie · as Leopold Kessler
Blaze
Movie · as Victor
The Big Blue Adventure
Movie · as Self / Narrator
The Big Blue
Movie · as Jacques Mayol
Hope and Glory
Movie · as Bruce
Maurice
Movie · as French Colleague (uncredited)
Hotel du Lac
Movie · as Alain
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Movie · as Scott
King David
Movie · as Absalom