Daniel Prévost

Daniel Prévost

1939-10-20 Garches, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France 111 Credits

Biography

Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer. Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie region), a fact which he did not discover until later life. He is the father of actors Sören Prévost, Erling Prévost and Christophe Prévost. After attending drama school in Paris, Prévost made his theatre début alongside the likes of Michel Serrault in Un certain M. Blot...

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Oldies But Goodies

Oldies But Goodies

2024

as Alfred de Gonzague

5.2
Acting

As the Lino Vartan shelter, which takes orphans and seniors in, has to shut down for health issues, Milann has no choice but to accept the invitation ...

Daniel Prévost : bande de ringards !

Daniel Prévost : bande de ringards !

2023

as Self

9.0
Acting
L'Âge d'or de la pub

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of ...

The Crime Is Mine

The Crime Is Mine

2023

as Judge Parvot

6.4
Acting

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, P...

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the cartoonist and self-taught inventor Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), wh...

Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70

Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70

2022

as Self - actor (archive footage)

6.0
Acting
Retirement Home

Retirement Home

2022

as Alfred de Gonzague

5.9
Acting

A story of friendship between a young convict who is forced to work in a retirement home and a group of crazy old people. Together they organize their...

Adieu Paris

Adieu Paris

2022

as Bertrand

4.7
Acting

An old Parisian bistro with eternal charm. Eight gentlemen at the table, eight great figures. They were the “kings of Paris”… National treasures, mast...

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions wa...

Les Blagues de Toto

Les Blagues de Toto

2020

as Pépé

4.9
Acting

Back-to-school! For troublemaker Toto, it’s the best playground for fooling around. When a sculpture collapses during the opening of a museum, Toto is...

Lucky

Lucky

2020

as Patron de Tony

4.7
Acting

Willy and Tony have a brilliant idea for getting out of it financially: stealing a dog from the brigade des stups. But everything does not go as plann...

Mission Pays Basque

Mission Pays Basque

2017

as Ferran Beitialarrangoïta

5.6
Acting

Sibylle, a young Parisian with long teeth, intends to shine in her new job by buying a hardware store in the Basque Country to set up a supermarket. S...

La Loi de Simon - Des hommes en noir

La Loi de Simon - Des hommes en noir

2016

as Maître Simon Varlet

7.0
Acting

Simon Varlet is an experienced, brilliant lawyer who says out loud what others only think. He is more devoted to his fees than to the interests of jus...

Les Stars : Daniel Prévost & Jacques Balutin

Les Stars : Daniel Prévost & Jacques Balutin

2015

as Willie Clark

Acting

Le Meilleur De Prévost

2014

as Self

Acting
Patchwork Family

Patchwork Family

2014

as Kader Fellous

4.1
Acting

Christian is a divorced father who can only see his young daughter Vanessa every other weekend. When he meets the single mother Christine and decide...

Nicholas on Holiday

Nicholas on Holiday

2014

as Mr. Moucheboume

5.3
Acting

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards ...

The World Petanque Tour

The World Petanque Tour

2013

as René Martinez

5.1
Acting

Momo has one dream buried for years: become a petanque champion. When an international tournament is announced, he drops his ordinary life to win the ...

Les mauvaises têtes

Les mauvaises têtes

2013

as Paul

8.0
Acting
Wandering Streams

Wandering Streams

2010

as Émile

6.2
Acting

Emile is a 70-ish former horticulturalist who once raised bonsai trees "because they don't take up too much room." Indeed, his whole existence is safe...

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

2009

as Pat Poker

4.5
Acting

Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Acting
Little Nicholas

Little Nicholas

2009

as Mr. Moucheboume

6.0
Acting

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. Ho...

A Souvenir

A Souvenir

2009

as Thomas Lebey

2.0
Acting

At a turning point in his life, Thomas Lebey, a famous writer, decides to return to the location of his first love. That was in 1960 in a small coasta...

A Man and His Dog

A Man and His Dog

2009

as Achab

6.0
Acting

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

2008

as Albert

4.8
Acting

A family’s secret, it’s a time bomb ! Despite their fundamentally opposite characters, Albert and Gédéon, former participants of the May 1968 protest...

A Day at the Museum

A Day at the Museum

2008

as Maurice Bagnole

4.5
Acting

Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin,...

Duets on Sofa

Duets on Sofa

2008

as Robert

6.0
Acting
On dînera au lit

On dînera au lit

2008

as Victor

4.7
Acting
René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement

2007

as René Bousquet

7.0
Acting

Until the day in 1978 when he was accused by a weekly newspaper of being the main organizer of the Vel'd'Hiv' roundup, everyone seemed to have forgott...

Monsieur Joseph

Monsieur Joseph

2007

as Monsieur Joseph

6.3
Acting

Monsieur Joseph is a respected citizen of a small town in the North of France. For over four decades he has run a specialized bookshop in the shopping...

La Méthode Bourchnikov

La Méthode Bourchnikov

2007

as L'animateur télé (voice)

7.0
Acting

The unthinkable has finally happened, and a TV crew will be there to witness the event: Alexandre Goübrick, son of legendary filmmaker Roman Goübrick,...

Prévost, Daniel - C'est Prévost ou rien

Prévost, Daniel - C'est Prévost ou rien

2007

as Self

Acting
Daniel Prévost: Paris World Tour

Daniel Prévost: Paris World Tour

2006

as Self

Acting
A House of Your Dreams

A House of Your Dreams

2006

as Jean-Pierre Draquart

5.7
Acting

On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.

Je hais les parents

Je hais les parents

2006

as Henri

5.0
Acting

Florence and Bruno thought they had finally found balance in their relationship with their children when suddenly they had to face a new threat: paren...

Galilée ou L'Amour de Dieu

Galilée ou L'Amour de Dieu

2006

as Le grand inquisiteur

5.4
Acting

Before the court of the Inquisition, the scientist Galileo defends his position in favor of Copernicus' thesis that the Earth revolves around the sun.

Volpone

Volpone

2004

as Mosca

6.5
Acting

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) ...

Not on the Lips

Not on the Lips

2003

as Faradel

5.8
Acting

A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were mo...

Whatever You Say

Whatever You Say

2002

as M. Balbot

5.7
Acting

Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own tel...

Le soleil au-dessus des nuages

Le soleil au-dessus des nuages

2001

as Jean

5.0
Acting

Jean, a little embittered and insupportable office worker, is fired for his heinous behavior. Fifty, single and revanchist, he has no friends and find...

A Crime in Paradise

A Crime in Paradise

2001

as l'avocat général

6.6
Acting

In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. T...

Would I Lie to You? 2

Would I Lie to You? 2

2001

as Vierhouten

6.1
Acting

Eddie, Dov, and Yvan are back, still working in Paris' Sentier textile district, This time they're confronting the high-stakes world of large distribu...

Les Insaisissables

Les Insaisissables

2000

as Grimbert

5.4
Acting

Romain, a well read and articulate real estate agent, protects his grandmother from a bailiff that wants to seize her property,

Les Shadoks, mythe ou légende ?

Les Shadoks, mythe ou légende ?

2000

as Self

Acting

Documentary on the French phenomenon in celebration of a reboot of the series.

Vive nous!

Vive nous!

2000

as Alain Leroy

Acting

When Valérie's husband Yves confesses he's in love with another woman, she happens into a judo club and begins lessons. She likes it, she's a natural,...

Charmants voisins

Charmants voisins

1999

as Daniel Berger

Acting

Daniel Berger, a devious and corrupt civil servant, is willing to do anything to keep his empire of embezzlement intact. One day, he receives a visit ...

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

1999

as Prolix

6.0
Acting

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsf...

The Dinner Game

The Dinner Game

1998

as Lucien Cheval

7.8
Acting

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the m...

Un grand cri d'amour

Un grand cri d'amour

1998

as Léon Lefranc

5.6
Acting

A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.

The Comedian

1997

as Un acteur

Acting

Behind the scenes of the theater, while the last performance has just ended, the comedian returns to his box.

Droit dans le mur

Droit dans le mur

1997

as Lucchino, l'ami et psychologue

4.6
Acting

Pierre Richard directed, co-scripted and stars in this French comedy. Former top film comedian Romain (Richard) is on a downward spiral -- rehearsing ...

Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen

Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen

1997

as Kléber

Acting

After a 10-year absence, 27-year-old Amelie returns home to suburban Paris and the decaying motorcycle-dealership/junkyard where she was raised. Her h...

The night of the invasion of the garden dwarves from outer space

The night of the invasion of the garden dwarves from outer space

1997

as La voix off

5.0
Acting

Garden gnomes seem so happy, good-natured in your home. But a spaceship lands on Earth and makes the garden gnomes naughty.

Proper Attire Required

Proper Attire Required

1997

as M. Bardon

5.9
Acting

His estranged wife is worth millions, but poor Paris resident Richard is homeless and jobless. He applied for unemployment benefits and now faces char...

The Best Job in the World

The Best Job in the World

1996

as Un voisin

5.6
Acting

To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a po...

La rançon du chien

1996

as Max Ducasse

Acting
Ma femme me quitte

Ma femme me quitte

1996

as Jérémie Duvernois

4.0
Acting

Joanna Martin, a mid-life journalist, is investigating a marriage agency organizing white marriages. She uses her sister's identity to infiltrate.

Les Faussaires

Les Faussaires

1994

as Jérôme Verdouillet

4.9
Acting

This comedy was shot in Tahiti. It focuses on the rocky relationship between Cohn, a local con man, and author Jack Baker who wants to profile Paul Ga...

Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert

1994

as Amédée Boucard - l'avoué

6.4
Acting

When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything.

Part-time Parents

Part-time Parents

1993

as Le premier égoutier

5.0
Acting

Ten year old Noemie, fed up with being shunted from one separated parent's home to another, puts her foot down and demands to stay in one place all th...

Dark at Noon

Dark at Noon

1992

as Le curé

6.4
Acting

In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased ...

Room Service

Room Service

1992

as Franck

4.0
Acting

The countess and her son, irresponsible but sweet viscount Louis, own the castle Montverdier, which is falling apart. Fernand Castanier is the baker i...

Ville à vendre

Ville à vendre

1992

as Capitaine de gendarmerie Montier

4.5
Acting

A man comes to a small town in France and witness the apparent murder of a woman pharmacist. He teams up with the victim's vulgar assistant to try to ...

Le Grand Jeu

Le Grand Jeu

1992

6.0
Acting

A business owner has a consuming passion for gaming. He has lost almost everything and decides to sell his apartment. To do this, he must drive his wi...

Bienvenue à Bellefontaine

Bienvenue à Bellefontaine

1992

as Robert

Acting

Sentenced to ten years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Gaëtan Lantier has just been cleared thanks to the confession the real criminal made ...

Daniel Prevost : Déconnage immédiat

Daniel Prevost : Déconnage immédiat

1991

as Self

8.0
Acting
L'Huissier

L'Huissier

1991

as Saint-Yves

Acting
Uranus

Uranus

1990

as Rochard

6.6
Acting

After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The...

Drôle de couple

Drôle de couple

1987

as Charlie

9.0
Acting
La Pomme

La Pomme

1985

as Mol

Acting
Vive le fric !

Vive le fric !

1985

as Le banquier

Acting

Jean Levêque has been unemployed for two years. His wife, Armelle, tries to support the family but her salary cannot cover all the expenses. Together ...

Liberté, égalité, choucroute

Liberté, égalité, choucroute

1985

as Le grand vizir

5.9
Acting

A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner equipmen...

Slices of Life

Slices of Life

1985

as Le présentateur TV

5.4
Acting

A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"

My Pastor Among the Thais

My Pastor Among the Thais

1983

as Le général Choko

2.9
Acting

Maximin, priest in a little village in the South-West of France, inherits from his brother a brothel in Thailand, although he's always been told it wa...

It Could Be Worse

It Could Be Worse

1983

as Monsieur Lambert

2.7
Acting

A macho junk shopkeeper, a lunar lawyer and a storekeeper meet by pure chance and develop the century's hold-up.

Prends ton passe-montagne, on va à la plage

Prends ton passe-montagne, on va à la plage

1983

as Antoine Mazin

Acting

By chance, a band of merry friends is getting in command of a thalasso therapy center.

Fais gaffe à la gaffe !

Fais gaffe à la gaffe !

1981

as Prunus

4.8
Acting

Based on the comic strip about the hopeless but lovable slacker Gaston who drives his colleagues crazy at the office.

Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ?

Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ?

1980

as Jean-Philippe Hiagault

6.2
Acting

Famous men are being kidnapped for their genes, to impregnate women and give birth to gifted babies.

Sacrés gendarmes

Sacrés gendarmes

1980

as Young gendarme

5.1
Acting
The Associate

The Associate

1979

as M. Zephyr, « Top Concepteur » de l'agence de publicité

6.4
Acting

An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his busines...

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

1979

as Dache

5.2
Acting

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of findin...

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

1979

as Siegfried Dache

5.2
Acting

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of findin...

Attends-moi pour commencer

Attends-moi pour commencer

1977

as Norbert

7.5
Acting

Viviane would like Eric to put a ring on her finger. The latter inexorably refuses. Norbert, his best friend and upstairs neighbor, has just married R...

Un mari, c'est un mari

Un mari, c'est un mari

1976

as Lucien

1.0
Acting

Ludovique wanted to spend her holidays with her husband Jean,alone together. But she will have to stand her whole family and relations.

Run After Me Until I Catch You

Run After Me Until I Catch You

1976

as Champfrein

5.0
Acting

A love story between the pets hairdresser and accountant - both with significant life history.

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée

1976

as Inspector Landrin

5.5
Acting

Sophie, viscountess of Valrude, believes herself being a widow since her husband disappeared in the Amazon.

Trop c'est trop

Trop c'est trop

1975

as Cameo

5.7
Acting

Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edina, but she's always put them off. They...

There's a Bone in the Mill

There's a Bone in the Mill

1974

as Bob

3.9
Acting

Two unemployed actors accept what they believe to be an acting job from a wealthy man without realizing that he needs two real private detectives.

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

1974

as Le tailleur du cabaret

5.5
Acting

A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and i...

Le Permis de conduire

Le Permis de conduire

1974

as Le deuxième moniteur d'auto-école

6.2
Acting

Michel Martenot (Louis Velle) works in a bank consumption, is recommended and intended for children. His professional skills were appreciated by his b...

La Gueule de l’emploi

La Gueule de l’emploi

1974

as l'assistant-réalisateur

2.8
Acting

Jacques and Jean-Claude, unemployed actors, start experimenting with various creative petty scams to get by. More and more daring, with the help of An...

Chinese In Paris

Chinese In Paris

1974

as Fontanes

6.3
Acting

Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, w...

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

1973

as Philippe

1.0
Acting

Young Berthe, deeply moved by a cinema screening of the notoriously sultry Le Dernier Tango à Paris, goes to the address where most of the action take...

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

1973

1.0
Acting

Young Berthe, deeply moved by a cinema screening of the notoriously sultry Le Dernier Tango à Paris, goes to the address where most of the action take...

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

1973

as Morel, policier

5.3
Acting

Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfa...

Le Concierge

Le Concierge

1973

as Daniel de Vaucor, neveu de la comtesse

4.5
Acting

Christophe Merignac, a youngESCP graduate with a law degree but still unemployed, gets a job as a concierge in a luxury building. Using charm and cunn...

Big Deal

Big Deal

1973

as un journaliste

2.7
Acting

Paul and Thérèse have sold their café on the outskirts of an airport to buy one in Marseille. The business is going well until they discover that thei...

Big Deal

Big Deal

1973

2.7
Acting

Paul and Thérèse have sold their café on the outskirts of an airport to buy one in Marseille. The business is going well until they discover that thei...

The Suburbs Are Everywhere

The Suburbs Are Everywhere

1973

as L'employé des réclamations de la SNCF

4.8
Acting

He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time...

Moi y'en a vouloir des sous

Moi y'en a vouloir des sous

1973

as Rozalès

6.3
Acting

Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for his uncle, a union activist. His capitalist methods...

La Main passe

La Main passe

1972

as Auguste

5.0
Acting
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

1972

as First inspector

5.2
Acting

Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to investigate on the pollution, ends up in a...

Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful

Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful

1972

as Sylvestre Ringeard

6.5
Acting

Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur déno...

Caméléons

Caméléons

1971

as Mario

Acting

The means used by foreign spy services to obtain the trade secret of a French invention.

La Lucarne magique

1971

as Le technicien

Acting
Troubleshooters

Troubleshooters

1971

as Pierre

6.3
Acting

The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the ...

Erotissimo

Erotissimo

1969

as le démarcheur dessinateur

5.9
Acting

Annie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner and general manager of a dynamic company. Under the de...

De la pauvreté du dessin Shadoks attribuée au manque de crédits de l'Office

De la pauvreté du dessin Shadoks attribuée au manque de crédits de l'Office

1969

Acting
King of Hearts

King of Hearts

1966

as General Vallemat (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistan...

Passer au large

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Acting