Jean Le Poulain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1924
- Died
- March 1, 1988 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director. He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with Gérard Philipe in The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television Au théâtre ce soir created in 1966. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1978, where he became sociétaire in 1980, then General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
Ferveur - Comédie Française
Movie · as Self
Le Malade imaginaire
Movie · as Argan
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Movie · as Monsieur Perrichon
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Signé Furax
Movie · as Klakmuf
La Dame de chez Maxim
Movie · as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Movie
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Movie · as Drouillard
Volpone
Movie · as Volpone
La Puce à l'oreille
Movie · as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
Les deux timides
Movie · as Thibaudier
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Movie · as Lucien Beix
Le Faiseur
Movie · as M. Mercadet
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Red Ibis
Movie · as Margos
Divine
Movie · as Bobovitch
Le noir te va si bien
Movie · as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Phileas Fogg
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Système 2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
TV · as Phileas Fogg · 2 eps
Ursule and Grelu
Movie
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie · as Brother Albaret
La Nuit des rois
Movie · as Malvolio
De doux dingues
Movie · as Paul Lecuyer
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fric-Frac
Movie · as Jo
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Movie · as Gruson
Sortie de secours
Movie · as Harpagon
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Movie · as Monsieur Jourdain
Et qu'ça saute !
Movie · as Don Pedro
Le minotaure
Movie · as Michou
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Movie · as Pastor
Salut Berthe !
Movie · as Step Dad
Azaïs
Movie · as Le baron Wurtz
À bout portant
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Interdit au public
Movie · as Hervé Montagne
Seventeenth Heaven
Movie · as L'homme à la voiture
At Theatre Tonight
TV · as Hervé Montagne, Le baron Wurtz · 1 ep
Les Gorilles
Movie · as The stage director
Le Roi du village
Movie
Un coup dans l'aile
Movie · as Levaillant
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Movie · as Le préfet de police
The Mysteries of Paris
Movie · as The schoolmaster
The Empire of Night
Movie · as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
The Deadly Decoy
Movie · as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
Sign of the Lion
Movie · as Le Clochard
Les Livreurs
Movie · as Professor Alexis Schmutz
Sahara on Fire
Movie
The Hunchback of Paris
Movie · as Peyrolles
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Movie · as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
Movie