- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- July 5, 1999
Jean-Pierre Darras
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. L…
Filmography
movieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorges Dandin de Molière
1997 · Monsieur de Sottenville
movieLe Groom
1995
movieMy Mother's Castle
1990 · Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
movieMy Father's Glory
1990 · Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
movieDiary of a Madman
1987 · The director
tvLa Calanque
1987 · Francis Cambalette
movieL'Amour à la lettre
1986 · Quentin Granier
movieAsterix vs. Caesar
1985 · (voice)
movieLe Voleur de feuilles
1984 · Mr. Marguerite
movieLe Braconnier de Dieu
1983 · Frisou, Director
movieTe marre pas... c'est pour rire !
1982 · Flavacourt
movieLe Bourgeois gentilhomme
1982 · Le maître de philosophie
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieFor a Cop's Hide
1981 · Commissaire Chauffard
movieSigné Furax
1981 · Socrate
movieLe Chêne d'Allouville
1981 · Minister of Culture
movieLa Puce et le privé
1981 · Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
movieThe Impostures of Scapin
1981 · Argante
movieThree Men to Kill
1980 · Chocard
movieL'Hôtel du libre échange
1979 · Mathieu
movieOut of It
1978 · Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
tvMadame le Juge
1978 · le commissaire
movieParisian Life
1977 · Le baron de Gondremark
movieGenre masculin
1977 · Adolphe
movieDon't Bite, We Love You
1976 · 'Papy'
movieLe Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976 · Le ministre
movieLove and Cool Water
1976 · Clément
movieForget Me, Mandoline
1976 · Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
movieLet's Make a Dirty Movie
1976 · Co-Producer
movieLa Décharge
1976 · M. Brunet
movieBeyond Fear
1975 · Bourrier
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self, Self - Host
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
movieTell Me You Love Me
1974 · Lucien Dorgeval
tvMolière pour rire et pour pleurer
1973 · Molière
movieFolie douce
1973 · Jérôme
movieA Pain in the Ass
1973 · Dr. Edgar Fuchs
movieThe Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973 · Ducros
movieAt the Meeting with Joyous Death
1973 · Peron
movieLa Main passe
1972 · Étienne Massenay
tvthe famous escapes
1972 · Saint-Marc
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
movieThe Annuity
1972 · Emile Galipeau
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieThe Old Maid
1972 · Sacha
movieFric-Frac
1971 · Marcel
tvGraf Luckner
1971 · Wallace
movieThe Wedding Ring
1971 · M. Duvernet
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
movieElise, or Real Life
1970 · Le commissaire
movieEt qu'ça saute !
1970 · Jorge Blanco
movieShe Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970 · Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
movieL'Amour des 4 colonels
1969 · L'homme
movieA Golden Widow
1969 · Rapha
movieThe Fighting Cock
1969 · Paoli
movieWould-Be Gentleman
1968 · Le maître de ballet
movieAzaïs
1968 · Félix, professeur de piano
movieThe Tattoo
1968 · Lucien, facteur de Montignac
movieLes Aventures de Lagardère
1968 · Peyrolles
tvLagardère
1967 · Peyrolles
movieAmi-Ami
1967 · Alexandre
movieFour Queens for an Ace
1966 · Detective in Interrogation Room
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966 · Alexandre, Félix, professeur de piano
movieDiamond Safari
1966 · Pascal Moratti
movieThe Other Truth
1966 · The commissioner
movieA Young World
1966 · Le professeur d'art dramatique
movieLucky Jo
1964 · Napo
movieMonsieur
1964 · José, Small-time Crook
movieA Man Named Rocca
1961 · Névada
movieLes Trois Sœurs
1960 · Koulyguine
movieTwo Men in Manhattan
1959
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self - Co-Host, Self - Host