Richard Berry

Richard Berry

1950-07-31 Paris, France 122 Credits

Biography

Richard Berry (born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984. The couple divorced in 1986. With his former wife Jessica Forde, a photographer and actress, he has a daughte...

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La Tournée

La Tournée

2025

as Grégory Laurent

Acting
Spirale

Spirale

2024

as Lenny

Acting

The story of Franck, a man tormented by the emptiness and violence of a society he considers corrupt. Through a series of encounters and confrontation...

La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux

La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux

2019

as Maître Damien Turenne

7.0
Acting
L'ordre des choses

L'ordre des choses

2019

Director

Directing

At sixty, Bernard Hubert has finally settled down and lives perfect love with Juliette, who is more than twenty years younger than him when they see l...

To Each, Her Own

To Each, Her Own

2018

as Norbert Benloulou

5.1
Acting

Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.

Eva

Eva

2018

as Régis Grant

4.5
Acting

A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm and becomes obsessed with her.

Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll

Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll

2017

as Narrator (voice)

9.0
Acting
Number One

Number One

2017

as Jean Beaumel

6.2
Acting

A brilliant and determined female engineer is approached by a network of powerful women with an offer to help become the head of a CAC 40 firm. The co...

Murder in Lille

Murder in Lille

2017

as Commissaire François Dubois

6.4
Acting

The body of a man is found hanging in an old mine shaft

Father Son Therapy

Father Son Therapy

2016

as Jacques Laroche

5.3
Acting

A cop and his son have to put away their differences while undercover on a therapeutic trip.

The Origin of Violence

The Origin of Violence

2016

as Adrien Fabre (2014)

6.4
Acting

A French teacher makes a startling discovery while on a trip to Buchenwald.

Everything Now

Everything Now

2016

as Daniel Halimi

6.3
Acting

This gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves Th...

Everything Now

Everything Now

2016

Writer, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

This gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves Th...

Délivrance

Délivrance

2015

Vocals

Our Women

Our Women

2015

as Max

5.4
Acting

Max, Paul and Simon have been friends for 35 years. They take great pleasure in their one vacation a year together without their partners and meet-up ...

Our Women

Our Women

2015

Director, Adaptation, Dialogue

5.4
Directing Writing

Max, Paul and Simon have been friends for 35 years. They take great pleasure in their one vacation a year together without their partners and meet-up ...

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

8.0
Acting
Family Business

Family Business

2014

as Professeur Antoine Legendre

5.8
Acting

Brothers Yvan and Max are total opposites. One is a hypochondriac; the other, a carefree optimist. Their little sister Hélène suffers from kidney prob...

Family Business

Family Business

2014

Writer

5.8
Writing

Brothers Yvan and Max are total opposites. One is a hypochondriac; the other, a carefree optimist. Their little sister Hélène suffers from kidney prob...

Before the Winter Chill

Before the Winter Chill

2013

as Gérard

6.1
Acting

They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his...

Silences d'état

Silences d'état

2013

as Jacques Rohmerieu

5.5
Acting
Rue Mandar

Rue Mandar

2013

as Charles

5.3
Acting

When their beloved Polish immigrant mother passes away, the sisters Emma (Kiberlain) and Rosemonde (Devos), and their brother, Charles (Berry), are ob...

Le Début de la fin

Le Début de la fin

2012

as Alain Bauman

Acting
Le Début de la fin

Le Début de la fin

2012

Director

Directing
The Great Restaurant II

The Great Restaurant II

2011

as A man from the “absurd locker room”

5.8
Acting

The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager.

D'un film à l'autre

D'un film à l'autre

2011

as Self (archive footage)

7.9
Acting

On April 13, 2011, Les Films 13 production company turned 50. How can one celebrate an anniversary of this sort ? By simply making "another" film that...

The Marquis

The Marquis

2011

as Quentin Tasseau

5.2
Acting

Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of h...

22 Bullets

22 Bullets

2010

as Aurelio Rampoli

6.7
Acting

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

22 Bullets

22 Bullets

2010

Director, Screenplay, Dialogue

6.7
Directing Writing

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

The Life Coach

The Life Coach

2009

as Maximilien Chêne

5.4
Acting

Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gamblin...

A French Gigolo

A French Gigolo

2008

as Lucas

5.0
Acting

Marco leads a double life. As Marco, he is a construction worker but rich ladies craving sexual excitation know him as Patrick. As Marco he is married...

Une suite pour 2

Une suite pour 2

2008

as Laurent Rozier

4.0
Acting
Crossfire

Crossfire

2008

as Drieu

5.2
Acting

A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The d...

A Pain in the Ass

A Pain in the Ass

2008

as Jean Milan / Ralf Milan

5.2
Acting

An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.

Comme ton père

Comme ton père

2007

as Serge

5.1
Acting

1968. La famille Maïmon : Félix, Mireille et leurs deux enfants, Eric et Michel, débarquent à Marseille. Quelques années plus tard, à peine installé à...

In Love with Adolf Hitler

In Love with Adolf Hitler

2007

as Narrator (voice)

6.1
Acting

This film captures the affair, full of love, lust, and despair, between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, from 1932 until their double suicide in 1945.

Please Don't Go

Please Don't Go

2007

as Paul

3.6
Acting

Paul may be a successful psychoanalyst but he fails to realize that his own marriage to Carla is failing. One of his patients, Raphaël, confides in hi...

La Chasse à l'homme

La Chasse à l'homme

2006

as Lucien Aimé-Blanc

4.2
Acting
Terminus

Terminus

2006

9.0
Acting
Red Needles

Red Needles

2006

as Luc's father

6.4
Acting

September 1960: on a purely punitive basis, eight scouts must climb the solid mass of Brévent to 2500 meters of altitude. The so beautiful and so maje...

The Valet

The Valet

2006

as Maître Foix

6.0
Acting

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by in...

Black Box

Black Box

2005

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories.

Péril imminent: Mortel chahut

Péril imminent: Mortel chahut

2004

as Me David Marchal

1.0
Acting
L'Américain

L'Américain

2004

as Le professeur d'anglais

2.6
Acting

Francis Farge, alias "The American" could have remained a man like the others but a strange obsession animates him: he feels American body and soul.

Mon voisin du dessus

Mon voisin du dessus

2004

as Alain Gareda

6.0
Acting

Claire Letellier works as head of a pharmaceutical company. After dating André for a number of years, she has at long last accepted his marriage propo...

Corto Maltese - Autres aventures

Corto Maltese - Autres aventures

2003

as Corto Maltese

Acting
The Car Keys

The Car Keys

2003

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

5.1
Acting

Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

Corto Maltese: The Celts

Corto Maltese: The Celts

2003

as Corto Maltese (FR)

6.4
Acting
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn

Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn

2003

as Corto Maltese (FR)

6.9
Acting

In 1916, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Paramaribo, Surinam visiting his mystic female friend Java. He helps a young heir haunted by voodoo sp...

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea

2003

as Corto Maltese (FR)

6.6
Acting

In 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens ...

Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand

Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand

2003

as Corto Maltese (FR)

7.1
Acting

Hugo Pratt's famous comics adventurer, Corto Maltese while sojourning in Adana, Turkey, discovers a map to the treasure of Cyrus, an ancient king of P...

Ruby & Quentin

Ruby & Quentin

2003

as Commissioner Vernet

6.7
Acting

After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant. After Quentin botches a so...

My Children Are Different

My Children Are Different

2003

as Jean Debart

6.2
Acting

A classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his footsteps despite their personal wishes.

I, Cesar

I, Cesar

2003

Original Story, Director, Writer

5.5
Writing Directing

Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one instance...

If I Were a Rich Man

If I Were a Rich Man

2002

as Gérard dit Gégé

5.7
Acting

Between Alice, a hospital nurse and Aldo, a shampoo sales representative, things have turned sour of late. Alice blames her husband for lacking ambiti...

Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms

Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms

2002

as Corto Maltese (FR)

8.0
Acting
Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

2002

as Corto Maltese (FR)

6.5
Acting

At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the East, between the Oral mountains and Shanghai. Stuck ...

Break of Dawn

Break of Dawn

2002

as Adrien

4.9
Acting

An ex-con suffering from terminal cancer and a suicidal ex-legionnaire are hired to participate in a staged assassination attempt on a Romanian politi...

Corto Maltese and the Ethiopian

Corto Maltese and the Ethiopian

2002

as Corto Maltese (FR)

7.5
Acting

Compilation of three stories about laconic adventurer Corto Maltese set in 1918. He infiltrates a fort where young prince Saud is being held, tries to...

Le nouveau Jean-Claude

Le nouveau Jean-Claude

2002

as Luis

4.0
Acting

A young man, to whom life has never smiled, decides to change his destiny and begins by conquering the pretty woman with whom he fell in love.

Angel

Angel

2001

as David Koskas

3.4
Acting

Léa is a strong person, but when she comes out of prison, she decides to get a fresh start. She would like to forget her cold and aloof father Vittori...

August 15th

August 15th

2001

as Max

5.0
Acting

Three men are abandonned by their wives for a few days in the summer holidays. They are alone with five kids to feed and a house to maintain. And they...

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

2001

as Jacques

5.2
Acting

The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, ...

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

2001

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, ...

People Who Love Each Other

People Who Love Each Other

2000

as Jean-Francois

5.5
Acting

Jean-Francois and Angie have known each other for 25 years and have been lovers on and off for most of that time. After two marriages (one ending in d...

Quasimodo d'el Paris

Quasimodo d'el Paris

1999

as Serge Frollo

4.5
Acting

The location is the town of El Paris. When ten-year-old boy Quasimodo shows signs of deformity, his well-to-do parents place him in the charge of the ...

Une journée de merde !

Une journée de merde !

1999

as Marc Chanois

4.9
Acting

This is an important day for Marc Chanois, an insurance advisor heading toward middle age: it's his fiancée Sabine's birthday, her parents arrive in P...

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

1999

6.0
Acting
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

1999

as Self

Acting

Posthumous tribute paid by actor Luc Bernard to his older brother, director Guy Gilles ( 1938 - 1996 ). Documentary composed of interviews with some o...

Un grand cri d'amour

Un grand cri d'amour

1998

as Hugo Martial

5.6
Acting

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

L'Enfant du secret

L'Enfant du secret

1996

as St. Brieux

Acting

Blanche, a social worker living in Southern France is assigned the case of a five year old deaf boy, who is found by a Gypsy lady after having been ab...

The Lambs

1996

as Father

4.2
Acting

In a village of the French Juras, Daniel, 15, and Marie, 14, live in the shadow of their brutal, domineering father, who can only express his love thr...

What a Drag

What a Drag

1996

as Alexandre Hagutte

5.8
Acting

A closeted gay man's attempt to "act straight" for the sake of his job has unexpected consequences.

Victor et François

Victor et François

1995

as Roland

Acting

Victor, an eight-year-old boy, finds himself at the head of a large fortune after the death of his father, Philippe. Hélène, his mother, is courted by...

Le cavalier des nuages

Le cavalier des nuages

1995

as Joss

5.3
Acting

Luc Farraud, a journalist and former hostage in Lebanon, lives alone in the wilderness. But his tranquility is disrupted by the arrival of Joss, a you...

The World of Jacques Demy

The World of Jacques Demy

1995

as Self

6.8
Acting

Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.

Adultery (A User's Guide)

Adultery (A User's Guide)

1995

as Simon

4.2
Acting

This French farce chronicles one special day in the lives of a married pair of Parisian architects, Fabienne and Bruno, as they anxiously await the re...

Fresh Bait

Fresh Bait

1995

as Alain

6.5
Acting

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do any...

Mutual Consent

Mutual Consent

1994

as Romain

2.0
Acting

There is a lot of tension and resentment in Romain's and Jeanne's marriage, but their divorce is amicable. They seem to agree on how to raise their da...

Tra noi due tutto è finito

1994

as Daniele Fornari

Acting

A seducer finds himself in crisis when his woman makes him believe he has a lover. The search for the suspect rival has the upper hand, with unexpecte...

The Violin Player

The Violin Player

1994

as Armand

10.0
Acting

This European drama, set in Paris, follows a brilliant musician as he suddenly forsakes his career, to live and love amongst the common populace. Arma...

Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas

Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas

1993

1.0
Acting

A father tells his story to his eight-year-old son. Pictures of his past in Algeria come back in flashback : Bab El Oued, la Madrague, Sidi Ferruch, C...

The Big Pardon 2

The Big Pardon 2

1992

as Maurice Bettoun

5.9
Acting

The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he ...

And the Little Prince Said

And the Little Prince Said

1992

as Adam Leibovich

6.9
Acting

A divorced Swiss couple must come to terms with their daughter's life-threatening illness. He, a scientist, snatches his daughter from the examining t...

588 rue Paradis

588 rue Paradis

1992

as Pierre Zakar

7.2
Acting

A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He n...

My Life Is Hell

My Life Is Hell

1991

as Xavier Langsam

5.8
Acting

The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervene...

Mother

Mother

1991

as Pierre Zakar (voice only)

7.8
Acting

Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Mar...

Shadows of the Past

1991

as Daniel

6.0
Acting

After a mysterious car accident, photo journalist Jackie Delaney wakes up in the hospital with amnesia. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident, she che...

For Sasha

For Sasha

1991

as Sacha

6.1
Acting

Israel, 1967. Sacha and Laura have been living in a kibbutz near the Syrian border for two years. They are visited by Simon, Michel and Paul, three fr...

L'entraînement du champion avant la course

L'entraînement du champion avant la course

1991

as Fabrice

Acting

Fabrice is an otherwise brutish truck driver who loves the disciplines involved in bicycle racing. He's no champion and doesn't appear to care much wh...

Comprarsi la vita

Comprarsi la vita

1990

as Giorgio

2.0
Acting
C'est La Vie

C'est La Vie

1990

as Michel

6.0
Acting

A story is about young teenage girl, with sister and brothers, a pleasant uncle and aunt, an annoying nanny, a young boy interested in kissing her, a ...

Migrations II

Migrations II

1989

as Aranđel Isaković

8.0
Acting

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who scattered their energy and bones from Dnepr to Lota...

Modì

Modì

1989

as Amedeo Modigliani

10.0
Acting

The life of Amedeo Modigliani, a painter and a genius.

Migrations

Migrations

1989

as Aranđel

6.2
Acting

Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms

1989

as Karim Hamida

6.8
Acting

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover age...

Cayenne Palace

Cayenne Palace

1987

as Noël

2.8
Acting

French Guiana has long been the site for some notorious prisons surrounded by dense jungle. In this story, Noel Caradec (Richard Berry) is a bereft so...

Spiral

Spiral

1987

as Jérôme

3.0
Acting

Whilst spending a few days on the Côte d’Azur with his friends, Jérôme meets Simorre, a strange young woman who will have a profound impact on him. Jé...

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

1986

as Richard Berry

5.8
Acting

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director who...

Taxi Boy

Taxi Boy

1986

as Gerard Lepetit / Manuel del Castillo

3.0
Acting

The meeting of Manuel, a lady's dancer, Petrus, an unfortunate gambler, and Corinne, a fast-food waitress. The drifting of three drop-outs, three soli...

Follow My Gaze

Follow My Gaze

1986

as The narrator

6.0
Acting

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. A...

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

1985

as Michel

4.8
Acting

A Frenchwoman in Manhattan, in danger of being deported because of her relationship with a recently arrested drug offender, enters into a marriage of ...

Spécial police

Spécial police

1985

as David Ackerman

4.3
Acting

Paris Flic and computer-crack David Ackermann is a teacher at the academy advising the rookies in computer-crime. By coincidence Informations about pe...

Urgence

Urgence

1985

as Jean-Pierre Mougin

4.8
Acting

When a neo-Nazi group of terrorists is set to blow a pop concert off the face of the earth because it is an anti-racist benefit, they are faced with t...

The Bitch

The Bitch

1984

as Lucien Sabatier

4.7
Acting

After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangste...

L'Addition

L'Addition

1984

as Bruno Vinclert

4.9
Acting

For having wanted to defend a young girl accused of theft, a comedian finds himself in prison. Embarked in spite of himself in an escape attempt, he i...

La trace

1983

as Joseph

5.5
Acting

In 1859, Savoy Alps, Joseph is a peddler who leaves his mountain village to travel through Northern Italy to sell cotton, thread, lace and trinkets. H...

Le Grand Carnaval

Le Grand Carnaval

1983

as Rémy Castelli, le pilote d'avion, fils aîné de Léon

5.6
Acting

The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.

Le Jeune Marié

Le Jeune Marié

1983

as Christian Chavasse aka Billy

5.5
Acting

Billy falls in love with another woman after his wedding party.

Le Crime d'amour

Le Crime d'amour

1982

as Michel Naulet

4.8
Acting

To emerge from anonymity, a young man assumes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.

La Balance

La Balance

1982

as Mathias Palouzi

6.4
Acting

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

A Room in Town

A Room in Town

1982

as François Guilbaud

6.4
Acting

Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.

The Big Pardon

The Big Pardon

1982

as Maurice Beitoun

6.2
Acting

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's frie...

L'homme fragile

L'homme fragile

1981

as Henri Natange

Acting

A middle class leftist man of the Seventies decade, starting to show signs of aging and a loss of identity, runs away from his commitments.

An Assassin Passes By

An Assassin Passes By

1981

as Jacques

5.9
Acting

The story of a serial killer but bears little resemblance to a slasher movie. We know almost at once who the killer is and the emphasis is not on the ...

First Voyage

First Voyage

1980

as Jean Decaze

5.5
Acting

When her mother dies, a teenage girl, together with her five-year-old brother, decides to find her long-absent sailor father.

Vive la mariée

1980

as Bruno

Acting

A César award nominate short feature.

Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1979

as Petit Rôle (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his wife. It's the first "no-fault" divorce in France and a media circus erupts,...

Mon premier amour

1978

as Richard

8.0
Acting

This sentimental drama is the story of the relationship between a lovely mother and her 20-year-old son who never really knew her. When he learns that...

The Slap

The Slap

1974

as Student (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.

Le bonheur des autres

Le bonheur des autres

1973

as Le prince Djelal Eldine, neveu du sultant d'Urganie

4.0
Acting
Repeated Absences

Repeated Absences

1972

as Le collègue de la banque

4.5
Acting

François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.