Known For
Complete Filmography
The Suicide Shop
2012
as Mr. Calmel / Mr. Dead for Two (voice)
In a cold French city where suicide is a common urge, there is a colorful shop, managed for many years by the Tuvache family, where it is very easy to...
Voir la Mer
2011
as Jacky Novion
Two brothers live in Montbard, Burgundy. For their summer vacation, they decide to visit their mother in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, because it’s been a long t...
Beauties at War
2009
as Le maire de Charmoussey
A ski resort town struggles to become the top tourism spot.
My Best Friend
2006
as Mr. Bouley, Bruno's father
Catherine refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. S...
La Volière aux enfants
2006
as Neufbourg
In 1835, in order to cope with an ever increasing number of infants left alone during the day while their impoverished mothers had to go to work in fa...
Volpone
2004
as The Judge
A version of Ben Johnson's play: A Venetian swindler goes from town to town pretending to be a dying millionaire in order to attract (and dispose of) ...
Plunkett & MacLeane
1999
as French Count
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: T...
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
as Bernard Lumeau-Péricard
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the presen...
A Saturday on Earth
1996
as Garagiste
A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire ...
Ridicule
1996
as Abbé de l'Épée
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
The Grand Dukes
1996
as Janvier
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of cour...
Charlotte dite 'Charlie'
1995
as The father
Two teenage girls are rehearsing a scene from a play by Marivaux, a love scene, and from the first seconds, we know who will be the heroine, who will ...
Le mangeur de lune
1994
as Le second chef douanier
A man thinks he's a scarecrow. He meets a Russian clown on a train.
Lost in Transit
1993
as Policier contrôle #1
A traveller who has lost his passport in a Paris airport while between flights is restricted to a special transit zone. There he finds a group of simi...
Delicatessen
1991
as Roger Kube
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low sup...
The Hairdresser's Husband
1990
as Julien Gora
The film begins with a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a youn...
Dédé
1990
as Vicar
In this retelling of the story of Hamlet, the young man is a soldier on leave to attend his widowed mother's marriage to his uncle - a marriage which ...
The War Is Over
1989
as Paul Leblau
The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from hom...
Roselyne and the Lions
1988
as Armani
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he l...
A Soldier's Tale
1988
as Woulf
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach ...
Poker
1988
as Tonio
Helene loves to play poker for big money in men's company. But one day she looses big time against bar manager Antonio. He grants her 24 hours to come...
If the Sun Never Returns
1987
as Cyprien Métrailler
The residents of a remote Swiss mountain village come to believe an ancient oracle in this drama taken from the novel by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. With...
L'été en pente douce
1987
as Jeannot
When he inherits the family house and property after his mother's death, aspiring novelist Fane returns home with his bimbo girlfriend Lilas. He must ...
Le Moustachu
1987
as Sully
The French intelligence service want to use a double agent to eliminate a terrorist groupe. To do this, the captain Duroc will give to the traitor a c...
Betty Blue
1986
as Bob
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Police
1985
as Gauthier
Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, ...
Going and Coming Back
1985
Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot the...
Rouge-gorge
1985
as Whistler
After graduating from high school where she was a boarder, Reine Ducasse decides to settle down with her rich father Louis in his luxurious apartment....
Slices of Life
1985
A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"
The Bodyguard
1984
as Le gardien du parc animalier
Barbara marries Julien a charming and sexy man. Barbara's old flame Paul is highly suspicious of Julien. It seems Julien's previous two wives died und...
Tess
1979
as Harvester
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the s...
Hothead
1979
as Toilet customer (uncredited)
François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the ...
1788
1978
as Renaud Martin
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Photographer at Clinic
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t...
Special Section
1975
as Un milicien
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty crimina...
The Night Caller
1975
as Tenant disturbed by Letellier (uncredited)
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent...