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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Oldies But Goodies
2024
as Alfred de Gonzague
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 !
2023
as Self

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
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
2023
as Judge Parvot
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
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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
2022
as Self - actor (archive footage)

Retirement Home
2022
as Alfred de Gonzague
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
2022
as Bertrand
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
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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
2020
as Pépé
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
2020
as Patron de Tony
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
2017
as Ferran Beitialarrangoïta
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
2016
as Maître Simon Varlet
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
2015
as Willie Clark
Le Meilleur De Prévost
2014
as Self

Patchwork Family
2014
as Kader Fellous
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
2014
as Mr. Moucheboume
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
2013
as René Martinez
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
2013
as Paul

Wandering Streams
2010
as Émile
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
2009
as Pat Poker
Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Little Nicholas
2009
as Mr. Moucheboume
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
2009
as Thomas Lebey
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
2009
as Achab
An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

Home Sweet Home
2008
as Albert
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
2008
as Maurice Bagnole
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
2008
as Robert

On dînera au lit
2008
as Victor

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
2007
as René Bousquet
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
2007
as Monsieur Joseph
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
2007
as L'animateur télé (voice)
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
2007
as Self

Daniel Prévost: Paris World Tour
2006
as Self

A House of Your Dreams
2006
as Jean-Pierre Draquart
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.

Je hais les parents
2006
as Henri
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
2006
as Le grand inquisiteur
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
2004
as Mosca
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
2003
as Faradel
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
2002
as M. Balbot
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
2001
as Jean
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
2001
as l'avocat général
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
2001
as Vierhouten
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
2000
as Grimbert
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 ?
2000
as Self
Documentary on the French phenomenon in celebration of a reboot of the series.

Vive nous!
2000
as Alain Leroy
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
1999
as Daniel Berger
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
1999
as Prolix
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
1998
as Lucien Cheval
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
1998
as Léon Lefranc
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
The Comedian
1997
as Un acteur
Behind the scenes of the theater, while the last performance has just ended, the comedian returns to his box.

Droit dans le mur
1997
as Lucchino, l'ami et psychologue
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
1997
as Kléber
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
1997
as La voix off
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
1997
as M. Bardon
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
1996
as Un voisin
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

Ma femme me quitte
1996
as Jérémie Duvernois
Joanna Martin, a mid-life journalist, is investigating a marriage agency organizing white marriages. She uses her sister's identity to infiltrate.

Les Faussaires
1994
as Jérôme Verdouillet
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
1994
as Amédée Boucard - l'avoué
When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything.

Part-time Parents
1993
as Le premier égoutier
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
1992
as Le curé
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
1992
as Franck
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
1992
as Capitaine de gendarmerie Montier
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
1992
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
1992
as Robert
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
1991
as Self

L'Huissier
1991
as Saint-Yves

Uranus
1990
as Rochard
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
1987
as Charlie

La Pomme
1985
as Mol

Vive le fric !
1985
as Le banquier
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
1985
as Le grand vizir
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
1985
as Le présentateur TV
A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"

My Pastor Among the Thais
1983
as Le général Choko
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
1983
as Monsieur Lambert
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
1983
as Antoine Mazin
By chance, a band of merry friends is getting in command of a thalasso therapy center.

Fais gaffe à la gaffe !
1981
as Prunus
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 ?
1980
as Jean-Philippe Hiagault
Famous men are being kidnapped for their genes, to impregnate women and give birth to gifted babies.

Sacrés gendarmes
1980
as Young gendarme

The Associate
1979
as M. Zephyr, « Top Concepteur » de l'agence de publicité
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
1979
as Dache
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
1979
as Siegfried Dache
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
1977
as Norbert
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
1976
as Lucien
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
1976
as Champfrein
A love story between the pets hairdresser and accountant - both with significant life history.

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976
as Inspector Landrin
Sophie, viscountess of Valrude, believes herself being a widow since her husband disappeared in the Amazon.

Trop c'est trop
1975
as Cameo
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
1974
as Bob
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
1974
as Le tailleur du cabaret
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
1974
as Le deuxième moniteur d'auto-école
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
1974
as l'assistant-réalisateur
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
1974
as Fontanes
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
1973
as Philippe
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
1973
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
1973
as Morel, policier
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
1973
as Daniel de Vaucor, neveu de la comtesse
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
1973
as un journaliste
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
1973
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
1973
as L'employé des réclamations de la SNCF
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
1973
as Rozalès
Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for his uncle, a union activist. His capitalist methods...

La Main passe
1972
as Auguste

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as First inspector
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
1972
as Sylvestre Ringeard
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
1971
as Mario
The means used by foreign spy services to obtain the trade secret of a French invention.
La Lucarne magique
1971
as Le technicien

Troubleshooters
1971
as Pierre
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
1969
as le démarcheur dessinateur
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
1969

King of Hearts
1966
as General Vallemat (uncredited)
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...
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