Jean-Marc Barr
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvKing & Conqueror
2025
King Henry of France
movieThe Other 300: Army of Lovers
2025
Narrator (voice over)
movieThe Academy
2025
Prof. Robert Copley
movieMeurtres en dentelles
2025
Antoine Duprat
tvSea Shadows
2025
André
tvAnthracite
2024
Solal Heilman
movieThe Rebellious
2024
Mr. Verger
movieThe Pod Generation
2023
The Founder
movieTable ronde autour de Lars von Trier
2023
Jean-Marc Barr
movieSilent Land
2022
diver Arnaud
tvThe Rope
2022
Serge Morel
movieMy Best Part
2020
The director
tvLittle Birds
2020
Secretary Pierre Vaney
movieThe Cellar
2018
Milan
movieThe Call
2018
(voice)
tvThe Miracle
2018
Serge
movieCut Off
2018
Trevor De Blanc
tvBad Banks
2018
Robert Khano
movieBuğday
2017
Erol
movieAfter the War
2017
Jérôme
movieUK18
2017
The Foreigner
movieWax - We Are The X
2016
Jean-Christophe Touchalier
movieThe Last Mirage
2014
Justin Livingstone
movieNymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Debtor Gentleman
movieBig Sur
2013
Jack Kerouac
movieVandal
2013
Paul, l'oncle
tvBlood On The Docks
2011
Capitaine Richard Faraday
tvLe Repaire de la vouivre
2011
Paul Pratt
movieHis Mother's Eyes
2011
Jean-Paul Tremazan
movieCity of Shadows
2010
Dr. Max Orswell
movieHeavy Rain
2010
Himself
movieNucingen House
2009
William Henry James III
movieParc
2009
Paul Marteau
movieThe Boss of It All
2006
Spencer
movieManderlay
2005
Mr. Robinsson
movieThe Car Keys
2003
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Saltimbank
2003
Frédéric Saltim
movieLe Divorce
2003
Maitre Bertram
movieDogville
2003
The Man with the Big Hat
movieBeing Light
2001
Jack Lesterhoof
movieblur | The Best Of
2000
Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
movieFreeDogme
2000
Himself
movieThe Scarlet Tunic
1998
Matthaus Singer
movieSt. Ives
1998
Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
Addy
movieLifeline
1996
Patrick LeMay
movieMarching in Darkness
1996
Silvio Roatto
movieL'Échappée belle
1996
Manu Barnes
movieIron Horsemen
1995
Robert
movieLe fils préféré
1994
Philippe
movieLes Faussaires
1994
Jack Baker
Au nom d'un chien
1994
Jean Grébault
movieThe Plague
1992
Jean Tarrou
movieEuropa
1991
Leopold Kessler
movieBlaze
1991
Victor
movieThe Big Blue Adventure
1989
Self / Narrator
movieThe Big Blue
1988
Jacques Mayol
movieMaurice
1987
French Colleague (uncredited)
movieKing David
1985
Absalom
movieHexameron
Fr. Paulo
Directing7
movieThe Rebellious
2024
Director
movieAmerican Translation
2011
Director
movieOne to Another
2006
Director
movieBeing Light
2001
Director
movieToo Much Flesh
2000
Director
movieLovers
1999
Director
Production7
movieThe Rebellious
2024
Co-Producer
movieAmerican Translation
2011
Producer
movieBeing Light
2001
Executive Producer
movieToo Much Flesh
2000
Producer
movieLovers
1999
Producer
Camera5
movieSexual Chronicles of a French Family
2012
Director of Photography
movieAmerican Translation
2011
Director of Photography
movieOne to Another
2006
Director of Photography
movieBaby Einstein: Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun
2002
Camera Operator
movieSearching for Debra Winger
2002
Director of Photography
Writing4
movieThe Rebellious
2024
Screenplay
movieBeing Light
2001
Writer
movieToo Much Flesh
2000
Writer
movieLovers
1999
Writer