Jacques Perrin

Actor

Jacques Perrin (July 13, 1941 – April 21, 2022) was a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father’s name and Perrin his mother’s.

Known For

Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

1988
The Chorus Not in library

The Chorus

2004

Brotherhood of the Wolf Not in library

Brotherhood of the Wolf

2001

The Young Girls of Rochefort Not in library

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Z Not in library

Z

1969

Donkey Skin Not in library

Donkey Skin

1970

Remi, Nobody's Boy Not in library

Remi, Nobody's Boy

2018

Goliath Not in library

Goliath

2022

Oceans Not in library

Oceans

2010

Microcosmos Not in library

Microcosmos

1996

Acting

2026 L'Œuvre invisible as Self
2022 Goliath as Richard Vannec
2021 Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge as Self
2021 Trintignant by Trintignant as Self (archive footage)
2021 Morceaux de Cannes
2021 Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort as self
2018 Remi, Nobody's Boy as Rémi, elderly
2018 Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self
2016 Le Secret d'Élise as Alain Godot - 2015 (6 episodes)
2014 Cinéma Jacques Perrin as Self
2014 Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood as Richelieu
2014 La Nuit des éléphants as Narrator (voice)
2014 Borderline as Henri Van Roy
2012 Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis as Self
2012 The Years of Lost Images as Self
2011 Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory as Self
2011 Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé as Louis XI
2011 Kingdom of the Oceans as Narrator (4 episodes)
2010 Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self
2010 Oceans as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008 Man & Wife, Cop & Crook as Victor Fabrizzi
2007 Le Piano oublié as Benjamin
2006 L'odyssée de la vie as Narrateur
2005 The Young Lieutenant as Le juge Serge Clermont
2005 Hell as Frédéric
2004 The Chorus as Pierre Morhange adult
2003 Above the Clouds as Henri Lanvern, le cinéaste
2003 Deep Blue as Narrator
2003 Frank Riva as Xavier Unger (3 episodes)
2002 Ti voglio bene Eugenio as Federico
2001 Winged Migration as Narrator (voice)
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf as Thomas Agé
2000 Prima la musica, poi le parole as Lanfranco Bentivoglio
2000 Un enfant, un secret as Pierre Ancelin
1999 I Didn't Do It! as Etienne
1999 Chasseurs d'écume as Jaouen Carriban (3 episodes)
1998 The Deep End of the Ocean as Professeur Silvestri
1998 Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition as Victor Schœlcher
1997 Love in Ambush as Pascal Lasalle
1996 Microcosmos as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1996 Le Silence des fusils as Jean-Pierre Lafond
1996 Groupe Nuit as Pierre Barthélémy (3 episodes)
1996 Les Allumettes suédoises as le narrateur (voix) (3 episodes)
1995 Les Enfants de Lumière as Narrator (voice)
1995 The World of Jacques Demy as Self
1994 Missus as Father Vladimir, Lucifero
1994 Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem as Richard
1994 Le trajet de la foudre as Wens
1994 Kim Novak Is on the Phone as Enrico
1994 Montparnasse-Pondichéry as Raoul Marquet
1993 The Young Girls Turn 25 as Self
1993 The Long Silence as Judge Marco Canova
1993 The Castle of Olive Trees as Pierre Séverin (Marceau Dupastre) (8 episodes)
1993 Private Crimes as Roberto Durani (1 episode)
1992 Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... as Him
1992 Flight of the Innocent as Davide Rienzi
1992 La Femme de l'amant as Alain
1992 Love at First Sight as Jordan (1 episode)
1991 Touch and Die as Steuben
1991 Both Sides of the Street as Daniel
1991 Nothing But Lies as Antoine, Muriel's husband
1990 Flight from Paradise as Eliseo
1990 Everybody's Fine as Alvaro adulte
1990 In nome del popolo sovrano as Don Ugo Bassi
1989 Vanille fraise as Guillaume Forestier
1989 Manon Roland as Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière
1989 Il ricatto as Grossi (1 episode)
1988 Cinema Paradiso as Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult) In Library
1988 Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire as Julien
1988 Haute tension as Pierre Delauney/Thomas Dupré (1 episode)
1987 Top Kids as Emile Levassor
1987 Race for the Bomb as Frédéric Joliot-Curie (3 episodes)
1985 Cop's Honor as Stéphane Rainer
1985 L'Herbe rouge as Mr. Brul
1984 Year of the Jellyfish as Vic Lamotte
1984 Paroles et musique as Yves
1984 The Judge as Le juge François Muller
1983 Pablo Est Mort as Maxime Blanchet
1982 A Captain's Honor as Marcel Caron
1982 The Roaring Forties as Julien Dantec
1981 Disobedience as Dario
1981 Une robe noire pour un tueur as Lucien Lebesque
1981 Blood of the Flamboyant Tree as Georges Delorme
1980 Operation Leopard as L'ambassadeur Berthier
1979 Adoption as Jacques
1979 Orient Express as Damien (1 episode)
1978 Sophie et le Capitaine as Le Capitaine
1978 Fire's Share as Jacques Noblet
1977 Drummer-Crab as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
1976 The Desert of the Tartars as Sten. Giovanni Drogo
1975 Special Section as Roger Lafarge
1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (4 episodes)
1973 Home Sweet Home as Jacques
1972 Blanche as Bartolomeo
1971 The Strangler as Émile
1971 Goya: A Story of Solitude as Alvaro
1970 Donkey Skin as Prince Charming
1969 Z as Photojournalist
1969 The Uninvited as Laurent
1969 The American as Patrick Sarrutel
1968 A Little Virtuous as Ferdinand 'Fred' Thibault
1968 Spray of the Days as Colin
1968 Love in the Night as Philippe
1967 Shock Troops as Kerk
1967 Horizon as Antonin
1967 The Big Softie as Alain Quesnard
1967 The Young Girls of Rochefort as Maxence
1966 Line of Demarcation as Michel
1966 The Search as Manuel
1966 Almost a Man as Michele
1966 The Invincible as Henri de Verlaine
1965 The Sleeping Car Murders as Daniel
1965 The 317th Platoon as Le sous-lieutenant Torrens
1964 La calda vita as Fredi
1964 All the Other Girls Do! as Gabriele
1964 Chance at Love as Marc Bizet (segment "Fiancés de la chance, Les")
1963 Corruption as Stefano Mattioli
1963 The Scapegoat as Pietro, il fornaretto
1962 Family Diary as Lorenzo Mainardi
1962 And Satan Calls the Turns as Yvan
1962 Sun in Your Eyes as Frédéric
1961 Girl with a Suitcase as Lorenzo Fainardi
1961 The Crumblers Are Doing Well as Michel Legrand
1961 First Taste of Love as Philippe
1960 The Truth as Jérôme
1959 Green Harvest as Jean-Louis Mesnier
1959 Discorama as Self (1 episode)
1958 The Cheaters as le jeune qui monte sur la Vespa
1957 La Peau de l'ours as Philippe Ledrut
1954 Reflets de Cannes as Self (2 episodes)
1946 Gates of the Night as Un des gosses Quinquina (uncredited)

Directing

2016 Seasons Director
2016 Le Peuple des forêts Director
2011 Kingdom of the Oceans Director
2011 Kingdom of the Oceans Director
2010 Oceans Director
2010 The Empire of Mid-South Director
2001 Winged Migration Director
1988 Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire Director
1988 Médecins des hommes Director

Writing

2023 The Last Men Screenplay
2016 Le Peuple des forêts Writer
2010 Oceans Writer
2001 Winged Migration Screenplay
1988 Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire Scenario Writer

Production

2023 The Last Men Producer
2018 The Mercy Producer
2018 Mia and the White Lion Producer
2017 Voyage of Time: Life's Journey Executive Producer
2016 Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience Executive Producer
2016 Seasons Producer
2016 Le Peuple des forêts Producer
2010 Oceans Producer
2009 Le Bel Âge Producer
2008 Paris 36 Producer
2008 Modern Love Producer
2006 Deep Water Producer
2004 The Chorus Producer
2002 September 11 Producer
2001 Winged Migration Producer
1999 Himalaya Producer
1996 Microcosmos Producer
1992 Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... Producer
1982 The Roaring Forties Producer
1979 Adoption Producer
1976 Black and White in Color Producer
1976 That Kid Producer
1976 The Desert of the Tartars Producer
1975 Special Section Producer
1973 Home Sweet Home Producer
1971 The Strangler Producer
1970 Les Ajoncs Producer
1969 Z Producer

Crew

2007 200,000 Phantoms Thanks
2006 Stranger Than Fiction Thanks
2004 A Very Long Engagement Thanks
1996 Microcosmos Presenter

Creator

2016 Le Peuple des forêts Creator
2011 Kingdom of the Oceans Creator
2002 Les Ailes de la nature Creator