Jean-Marc Barr
Acting
Born: September 27, 1960 (age 66) · Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French. His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer. Barr is bilingual in French and English: he speaks French with a nasal, hybrid accent, reminiscent of his American upbringing - with a slight American accent and occasional anglicisms in interviews - and English with a Mid-Atlantic accent. He studied philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Paris Conservatoire and the Sorbonne. He went on to pursue an education in drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In London he met his future wife, a pianist and composer Irina Dečermić. Jean-Marc Barr began working in theatre in France in 1986. After some television roles and film work, in particular, Hope and Glory (1987) by John Boorman, he was cast in the tremendously successful The Big Blue (1988). Luc Besson cast him in the role of French diver Jacques Mayol. He played in the role opposite Rosanna Arquette and Jean Reno. The Big Blue was the most financially successful film in France in the 1980s. In 1991, he starred in Danish director Lars von Trier's Europa, marking the beginning of a long friendship (he is the godfather of von Trier's children) as well as a significant professional relationship. He went on to appear in von Trier’s Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2004) and Manderlay (2005). Also in 2005 he starred in the French film Crustacés et Coquillages. His collaboration with von Trier put him on track to start directing his own work. He debuted in 1999 as a director, screenwriter and producer with the intimate love story Lovers. This film became the first part of a trilogy; the two subsequent parts being the drama Too Much Flesh (2000) and the comedy Being Light (2001) which he co-directed with Pascal Arnold. He may also be recognized for his role as the attractive divorce lawyer, Maitre Bertram in the Merchant Ivory film le Divorce (2003). He appeared as Hugo in The Red Siren in 2002. He appeared as the main character in the video for Blur's 1995 single, "Charmless Man". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Marc Barr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
The House That Jack Built
2018
Dogville
2003
Dancer in the Dark
2000
The Big Blue
1988
Breaking the Waves
1996
Maurice
1987
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
2012
Manderlay
2005
Europa
1991
The Boss of It All
2006
The Pod Generation
2023
Photos (2)
Movies (70)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Debtor Gentleman
The Big Blue
Jacques Mayol
Dancer in the Dark
Norman
Dogville
The Man with the Big Hat
The Pod Generation
The Founder
Manderlay
Mr. Robinsson
Breaking the Waves
Terry
Le Divorce
Maitre Bertram
Maurice
French Colleague (uncredited)
Hope and Glory
Bruce
The Boss of It All
Spencer
Europa
Leopold Kessler
Dimension
2010
What is Love?
Père Manto
King David
Absalom
The Red Siren
Hugo
The Car Keys
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
And They Call It Summer
Dino
Big Sur
Jack Kerouac
Mary's Sons
Paul
The Anarchist's Wife
Pierre
Too Much Flesh
Lyle
Buğday
Erol
My Best Part
The director
Tara Road
Andy
The Infidels
1997
Silent Land
diver Arnaud
His Mother's Eyes
Jean-Paul Tremazan
After the War
Jérôme
blur | The Best Of
Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
Cockles and Muscles
Didier
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Scott
Les Faussaires
Jack Baker
The Call
(voice)
Marching in Darkness
Silvio Roatto
Making Plans for Lena
Nigel
The Cellar
Milan
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Ben
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
WAX: We Are the X
Jean-Christophe Touchalier
The Plague
Jean Tarrou
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Ray
L'Échappée belle
Manu Barnes
Meurtres en dentelles
Antoine Duprat
Le fil
2023
Le fils préféré
Philippe
The Other 300: Army of Lovers
Narrator (voice over)
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Steven
Cut Off
Trevor De Blanc
The Academy
Prof. Robert Copley
Nucingen House
William Henry James III
Baby Blues
Dan
The Rebellious
Mr. Verger
St. Ives
Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
American Translation
William
What I Did for Love
Marc
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
Brian
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr
Iron Horsemen
Robert
Lifeline
Patrick LeMay
Vandal
Paul, l'oncle
The Scarlet Tunic
Matthaus Singer
Blaze
Victor
Hotel du Lac
Alain
Parc
Paul Marteau
UK18
The Foreigner
City of Shadows
Dr. Max Orswell
The Last Mirage
Justin Livingstone
Being Light
Jack Lesterhoof
Manhattan Romance
Alex
TV Shows (9)
King & Conqueror
King Henry of France · 4 eps
Bad Banks
Robert Khano · 12 eps
Little Birds
Secretary Pierre Vaney · 6 eps
The Miracle
Serge · 8 eps
Anthracite
Solal Heilman · 6 eps
Sea Shadows
André · 6 eps
The Rope
Serge Morel · 3 eps
Blood On The Docks
Capitaine Richard Faraday · 22 eps
Le Repaire de la vouivre
Paul Pratt · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
Dolphin Man
Self
The Big Blue Adventure
Self / Narrator
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Self
Heavy Rain
Himself
FreeDogme
Himself
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
Self
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Self
This Is the End
Self
Upcoming (2)
Directing (7)
Writing (4)
Producing (7)
Other Crew (8)
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
Editor
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
Director of Photography
The House That Jack Built
Thanks
One to Another
Director of Photography
Searching for Debra Winger
Director of Photography
American Translation
Editor
American Translation
Director of Photography
Baby Einstein: Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun
Camera Operator