Jacques Weber is a French actor, director, and writer.

Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber in 2012
Born
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Actor, director, writer
Years active1970–present
SpouseChristine Weber
Children3, including Stanley Weber

Life and career

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Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and began a rich theatrical career and a sporadic cinema career.

Marcel Cravenne hired him in 1970 for Tartuffe. In 1972, he was Haroun in Faustine et le Bel Été and played the role of Hugo in État de siège by Costa-Gavras. He was seduced by Claude Jade in Le Malin Plaisir (1975), and by Anicée Alvina in Une femme fatale (1976). The young actor with much sex-appeal (he appeared in Le Malin Plaisir completely naked) was in Bel Ami (1983) after the 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant in the adaptation by Pierre Cardinal. On television, he was, among others, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Denys de La Patellière and Judge Antoine Rives in the show by Gilles Béhat. Noticeable on film as Comte de Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and Don Juan (1998), where he seduces Emmanuelle Béart. In 2008, he joined Isabelle Adjani in a televised adaptation of Figaro which he directed for France 3.

From 1979 to 1985, he appeared at the Centre dramatique national in Lyon (Théâtre du 8th), and from 1986 to 2001, the Théâtre de Nice, Centre dramatique national Nice-Côte d'Azur. He has starred and directed in many of the great roles of classical theatre, including Cyrano, where he excelled for many seasons.

Jacques Weber published Des petits coins de paradis in October 2009, his first work, which relates to his work as an artist and his friends.[1]

He is married to Christine Weber and has three children: two sons, Tommy and Stanley, and one daughter, Kim.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1970 Au théâtre ce soir Albert Pierre Sabbagh TV series (1 episode)
Lancelot du lac Gawain Claude Santelli TV movie
1971 Raphael, or The Debauched One Michel Deville
Tartuffe Damis Marcel Cravenne TV movie
1972 Mauprat Bernard Jacques Trébouta TV movie
Faustine et le Bel Été Haroun Nina Companeez
L'humeur vagabonde Édouard Luntz
State of Siege Hugo Costa-Gavras
1973 R.A.S. Alain Charpentier Yves Boisset
Hilda Muramer Frédérick von Glauda Jacques Trébouta (2) TV movie
Projection privée Philippe François Leterrier
1974 La femme aux bottes rouges Painter Juan Luis Buñuel
1975 Malicious Pleasure Marc Lancelot Bernard Toublanc-Michel
Aloïse The engineer Liliane de Kermadec
Une femme fatale Philippe Mathelin Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
1977 Les rebelles Léon Larguier Pierre Badel TV movie
I baroni Carlo Giampaolo Lomi
Le loup blanc Captain Didier Jean-Pierre Decourt TV movie
Un amour de sable Pierre Gouin Christian Lara
1979 Le comte de Monte-Cristo Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte-Cristo Denys de La Patellière TV Mini-Series (4 episodes)
The Adolescent Jean Jeanne Moreau
Bernard Quesnay Bernard Quesnay Jean-François Delassus TV movie
1981 Le mariage de Figaro Bartholo Pierre Badel (2) TV movie
Les amours de Jacques le fataliste The Master Jacques Ordines TV movie
1983 Les Poneys sauvages Georges Saval Robert Mazoyer TV Mini-Series
Bel ami Georges Duroy Pierre Cardinal TV Mini-Series
1984 Rive droite, rive gauche Guarrigue Philippe Labro
1985 Adolescente, sucre d'amour Karim Jocelyn Saab
Escalier C Conrad Jean-Charles Tacchella
1986 Suivez mon regard The client Jean Curtelin
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later Himself Claude Lelouch
1987 Vaines recherches Claude Schneider Nicolas Ribowski TV movie
1988 The Witches' Sabbath Professor Cadò Marco Bellocchio
1989 À deux minutes près Tristan Eric Le Hung
Le crime d'Antoine Julien Marc Rivière
Adieu Christine Doctor Golstein Christopher Frank TV movie
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Comte de Guiche Jean-Paul Rappeneau César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Haute tension Lucas Patrick Dromgoole TV series (1 episode)
Lacenaire Jacques Arago Francis Girod
1991 Le dernier mot Serge Gilles Béhat TV movie
1993 Antoine Rives, juge du terrorisme Judge Antoine Rives Philippe Lefebvre, Gilles Béhat (2) TV series (6 episodes)
Rupture(s) The tramp Christine Citti
1994 Le misanthrope Mathias Ledoux TV movie
Aventures dans le Grand Nord Pierre Arnaud Sélignac TV series (1 episode)
1995 Le petit garçon The father Pierre Granier-Deferre
The Horseman on the Roof Narrator Jean-Paul Rappeneau (2)
1996 Beaumarchais Duke of Chaulnes Édouard Molinaro
Chienne de vie Daniel Bernard Uzan TV movie
Papa est un mirage Philippe Didier Grousset TV movie
La femme de la forêt Lucas Arnaud Sélignac (2) TV Mini-Series
1998 Don Juan Don Juan Jacques Weber
Que la lumière soit Professor Lang Arthur Joffé
1999 Tôt ou tard Pierre Anne-Marie Etienne
2000 Bérénice Antiochus Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe TV movie
2001 L'affaire Kergalen Jean Laguennec Laurent Jaoui TV movie
Tel père, telle flic Commissioner Nordey Eric Woreth TV series
Mausolée pour une garce Henri Taride Arnaud Sélignac (3) TV movie
2002 Ruy Blas Don César de Bazan Jacques Weber (2) TV movie
La panne The husband Frédéric Cerulli Short
2003 7 ans de mariage Claude Didier Bourdon
2004 Plan B Eric Gendarme Short
2006 Le poids du silence David Benmussa Short
Les aristos Count Charles Valéran Charlotte de Turckheim
Les ambitieux Saint-Clair Catherine Corsini
Odette Toulemonde Olaf Pims Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
2007 La lance de la destinée Jacques Beranger Dennis Berry TV Mini-Series
2008 Figaro Count Almaviva Jacques Weber (3) TV movie
Intrusions André de Saché Emmanuel Bourdieu
Les héritières Ottavio Della Rocca Harry Cleven TV movie
2009 All About Actresses Himself Maïwenn
Fais-moi plaisir! Elisabeth's father Emmanuel Mouret
Folie douce Claude Monceau Josée Dayan TV movie
2010 Ensemble, c'est trop Roger Léa Fazer
HH, Hitler à Hollywood Himself Frédéric Sojcher
2011 Joseph l'insoumis Joseph Wresinski Caroline Glorion TV movie
Le grand restaurant II A client Gérard Pullicino TV movie
Mystère au Moulin Rouge Harold Meyer Stéphane Kappes TV movie
2012 Sur la piste du Marsupilami Daddy Dan Alain Chabat
Arrête de pleurer Pénélope Aimé Badaroux Juliette Arnaud, Corinne Puget
Bienvenue parmi nous Max Jean Becker
Bad Girl Professor Lecoq Patrick Mille
2013 Un prince (presque) charmant Charles Lavantin Philippe Lellouche
Le grand retournement The banker Weber Gérard Mordillat
Désolée pour hier soir Marc Hortense Gelinet Short
2014 Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles Marcel Grobz Cécile Telerman
2015 Quand je ne dors pas Tommy Weber
Le passager Jean-Pierre Toinin Jérôme Cornuau TV Mini-Series
Les Bêtises André Rose and Alice Philippon
2016 Death in Sarajevo
2017 La Mante Charles Carrot Alexandre Laurent Netflix Original Series
2021 In Therapy Alain Emmanuel Finkiel
2022 The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) Serge Sébastien Marnier

Theatre

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1970–1979

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1980–1989

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1990–1999

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2000–2009

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Audiobooks

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  • 2004 : Le Joueur d'échecs, by Stefan Zweig, Éditions Thélème, Paris, 2005 ISBN 978-2-87862-293-5

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Jacques Weber, Des petits coins de paradis, Edition du Cherche-Midi, Collection Documents, 2009
  2. ^ Decree of 31 December 1996 with promotion and nomination, JORF No. 1 of 1st January 1997, p. 29, NOR PREX9612816D, on Légifrance.
  3. ^ Decree of 11 July 2008 with promotion and nomination, JORF No. 163 of 13 July 2008, p. 11280, text No. 4, NOR PREX0813584D, on Légifrance.
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