Jean-Pierre Darras
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1927
- Died
- July 5, 1999 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage. He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward. Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place. In 1982, he moved into directing with Le Braconnier de Dieu. Later, he founded a theatre festival in Carpentras with his wife Corinne Lahaye, continuing his commitment to the stage until the end of his life.
Known For
Filmography
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Georges Dandin de Molière
Movie · as Monsieur de Sottenville
Le Groom
Movie
My Father's Glory
Movie · as Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
My Mother's Castle
Movie · as Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
Diary of a Madman
Movie · as The director
La Calanque
TV · as Francis Cambalette · 42 eps
L'Amour à la lettre
Movie · as Quentin Granier
Asterix vs. Caesar
Movie · as (voice)
Le Voleur de feuilles
Movie · as Mr. Marguerite
Le Braconnier de Dieu
Movie · as Frisou
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Movie · as Flavacourt
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Movie · as Le maître de philosophie
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Movie · as Minister of Culture
For a Cop's Hide
Movie · as Commissaire Chauffard
La Puce et le privé
Movie · as Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
Signé Furax
Movie · as Socrate
The Impostures of Scapin
Movie · as Argante
Société Amoureuse à Responsabilité Limitée
Movie · as Gonzague de Saint-Truc
Three Men to Kill
Movie · as Chocard
L'Hôtel du libre échange
Movie · as Mathieu
Out of It
Movie · as Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
Madame le Juge
TV · as le commissaire · 6 eps
Parisian Life
Movie · as Le baron de Gondremark
Genre masculin
Movie · as Adolphe
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Movie · as Co-Producer
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Movie · as Le ministre
La Décharge
Movie · as M. Brunet
Don't Bite, We Love You
Movie · as 'Papy'
Forget Me, Mandoline
Movie · as Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
Love and Cool Water
Movie · as Clément
Beyond Fear
Movie · as Bourrier
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 2 eps
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tell Me You Love Me
Movie · as Lucien Dorgeval
A Pain in the Ass
Movie · as Dr. Edgar Fuchs
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
Movie · as Peron
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Movie · as Ducros
Folie douce
Movie · as Jérôme
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
TV · as Molière · 6 eps
The Old Maid
Movie · as Sacha
The Annuity
Movie · as Emile Galipeau
La Main passe
Movie · as Étienne Massenay
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 2 eps
the famous escapes
TV · as Saint-Marc · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fric-Frac
Movie · as Marcel
The Wedding Ring
Movie · as M. Duvernet
Graf Luckner
TV · as Wallace · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Movie · as Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
Elise, or Real Life
Movie · as Le commissaire
Et qu'ça saute !
Movie · as Jorge Blanco
A Golden Widow
Movie · as Rapha
The Fighting Cock
Movie · as Paoli
L'Amour des 4 colonels
Movie · as L'homme
The Tattoo
Movie · as Lucien, facteur de Montignac
Les Aventures de Lagardère
Movie · as Peyrolles
Azaïs
Movie · as Félix, professeur de piano
Would-Be Gentleman
Movie · as Le maître de ballet
Ami-Ami
Movie · as Alexandre
Lagardère
TV · as Peyrolles · 6 eps
The Other Truth
Movie · as The commissioner
Diamond Safari
Movie · as Pascal Moratti
A Young World
Movie · as Le professeur d'art dramatique
Four Queens for an Ace
Movie · as Detective in Interrogation Room
At Theatre Tonight
TV · as Félix, professeur de piano, Alexandre · 1 ep
Monsieur
Movie · as José, Small-time Crook
Lucky Jo
Movie · as Napo
A Man Named Rocca
Movie · as Névada
Les Trois Sœurs
Movie · as Koulyguine
Two Men in Manhattan
Movie
Discorama
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Co-Host · 10 eps