Jean-Pierre Marielle
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Jean-Pierre Marielle (born April 12, 1932) is a French actor. He is widely regarded in his country as one of the greatest living French actors. He has played in more than a hundred movies in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen (Les Galettes de Pont-Aven), to the serial killer (Sans mobile apparent), to the World War II hero (Les Milles), to the compromised spy (La Valise), to the has-been actor (Les Grands Ducs), acting always with the same excellence whatever the quality of the movie in itself. He is well known for his outspokenness and especially for his warm and cavernous voice which is often imitated by French humorists considering him as the archetype of the French gentleman.
Filmography
- Tous peuvent me tuer (1957)
- Faites sauter la banque (1963)
- Sweet and Sour (1963)
- Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
- Un monsieur de compagnie (1965)
- Cent briques et des tuiles (1965)
- Monnaie de singe (1965)
- Le Diable par la queue (1968)
- L'Amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste (1968)
- Sans mobile apparent (1971)
- 4 mosche di velluto grigio (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) (1971)
- Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1973)
- La Valise (1973)
- Charlie et ses deux nenettes (1973)
- Que la fête commence (1974)
- Dupont Lajoie (1975)
- Les Galettes de Pont-Aven (1975)
- Calmos (Femmes Fatales) (1976)
- Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976)
- Comme la lune (1976)
- Un Moment d'égarement (1977)
- L'Imprécateur (1977)
- L'Entourloupe (1979)
- Cause toujours...tu m'intéresses (1979)
- Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? (1980)
- Pétrole! Pétrole! (1981)
- Asphalte (1981)
- Coup de torchon (1981)
- Jamais avant le mariage (1982)
- Signes extérieurs de richesse (1983)
- Partenaires (1984)
- L'Amour en douce (1985)
- Hold-Up (1985)
- Tenue de soirée (1985)
- Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (1986)
- Quelques jours avec moi (1988)
- Uranus (1990)
- Tous les matins du monde (1991)
- La Controverse de Valladolid (1992)
- Max & Jérémie (1992)
- Le Parfum d'Yvonne (1993)
- Le Sourire (1994)
- Les Milles (1995)
- Les Grands Ducs (1996)
- L'Elève (1996)
- Une pour toutes (1999)
- Les Acteurs (1999)
- La Petite Lili (2002)
- Claude Sautet ou la magie invisible (2002)
- Le Grand Charles a disparu (2002)
- Demain on déménage (2004)
- Atomik Circus, le retour de James Bataille (2004)
- Galilée (2005)
- Les Ames grises (2005)
- Le Grand Meaulnes (2006)
- The Da Vinci Code (2006)
