Jean-Marc Barr

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1960-09-27

From

Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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 CrustacĂ©s 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.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
★6.7
MOVIE2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

as Debtor Gentleman

The Big Blue
★7.5
MOVIE1988

The Big Blue

as Jacques Mayol

Dogville
★7.8
MOVIE2003

Dogville

as The Man with the Big Hat

Dancer in the Dark
★7.8
MOVIE2000

Dancer in the Dark

as Norman

Maurice
★7.6
MOVIE1987

Maurice

as French Colleague (uncredited)

Breaking the Waves
★7.5
MOVIE1996

Breaking the Waves

as Terry

Manderlay
★6.9
MOVIE2005

Manderlay

as Mr. Robinsson

The Pod Generation
★6.0
MOVIE2023

The Pod Generation

as The Founder

Le Divorce
★5.0
MOVIE2003

Le Divorce

as Maitre Bertram

Buğday
★5.8
MOVIE2017

Buğday

as Erol

Europa
★7.4
MOVIE1991

Europa

as Leopold Kessler

Silent Land
★4.9
MOVIE2022

Silent Land

as diver Arnaud

What is Love?
★6.2
MOVIE2026

What is Love?

The Academy
★5.5
MOVIE2025

The Academy

as Prof. Robert Copley

UK18
★6.0
MOVIE2017

UK18

as The Foreigner

Being Light
★5.2
MOVIE2001

Being Light

as Jack Lesterhoof

Heavy Rain
★5.5
MOVIE2010

Heavy Rain

as Himself

Cut Off
★5.9
MOVIE2018

Cut Off

as Trevor De Blanc

King David
★5.6
MOVIE1985

King David

as Absalom

Marching in Darkness
★5.8
MOVIE1996

Marching in Darkness

as Silvio Roatto

My Best Part
★5.3
MOVIE2020

My Best Part

as The director

FreeDogme
★4.0
MOVIE2000

FreeDogme

as Himself

Hope and Glory
★6.9
MOVIE1987

Hope and Glory

as Bruce

The Boss of It All
★6.6
MOVIE2006

The Boss of It All

as Spencer

The Plague
★5.8
MOVIE1992

The Plague

as Jean Tarrou

Big Sur
★4.7
MOVIE2013

Big Sur

as Jack Kerouac

Tara Road
★5.4
MOVIE2005

Tara Road

as Andy

Dolphin Man
★7.8
MOVIE2017

Dolphin Man

as Self

Parc
★3.6
MOVIE2009

Parc

as Paul Marteau

St. Ives
★5.6
MOVIE1998

St. Ives

as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves

The Car Keys
★5.2
MOVIE2003

The Car Keys

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

The Anarchist's Wife
★5.6
MOVIE2008

The Anarchist's Wife

as Pierre

Cockles and Muscles
★6.0
MOVIE2005

Cockles and Muscles

as Didier

Lifeline
★9.0
MOVIE1996

Lifeline

as Patrick LeMay

Dimension
★5.5
MOVIE2010

Dimension

And They Call It Summer
★4.1
MOVIE2012

And They Call It Summer

as Dino

American Translation
★5.9
MOVIE2011

American Translation

as William

Baby Blues
★5.1
MOVIE2008

Baby Blues

as Dan

Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
★4.6
MOVIE1998

Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday

as Ben

The Red Siren
★5.3
MOVIE2002

The Red Siren

as Hugo

Mary's Sons
★6.0
MOVIE2002

Mary's Sons

as Paul

Manhattan Romance
MOVIE2013

Manhattan Romance

as Alex

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
★7.4
MOVIE1997

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

Death of a World Star
★9.0
MOVIE1994

Death of a World Star

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Making Plans for Lena
★5.6
MOVIE2009

Making Plans for Lena

as Nigel

Hotel du Lac
★4.3
MOVIE1986

Hotel du Lac

as Alain

Too Much Flesh
★4.0
MOVIE2000

Too Much Flesh

as Lyle

Meurtres en dentelles
★6.6
MOVIE2025

Meurtres en dentelles

as Antoine Duprat

Saltimbank
★5.8
MOVIE2003

Saltimbank

as Frédéric Saltim

blur | The Best Of
★8.3
MOVIE2000

blur | The Best Of

as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")

Hexameron
MOVIETBA

Hexameron

as Fr. Paulo

Les Faussaires
★5.5
MOVIE1994

Les Faussaires

as Jack Baker

Halo of Stars
MOVIETBA

Halo of Stars

as Gerald

Ça ne se refuse pas
★7.0
MOVIE1998

Ça ne se refuse pas

as Alex

Blaze
★6.8
MOVIE1991

Blaze

as Victor

The Scarlet Tunic
★5.1
MOVIE1998

The Scarlet Tunic

as Matthaus Singer

His Mother's Eyes
★5.4
MOVIE2011

His Mother's Eyes

as Jean-Paul Tremazan

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
★6.0
MOVIE1985

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

as Scott

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
★4.8
MOVIE2007

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

as Self

City of Shadows
★5.5
MOVIE2010

City of Shadows

as Dr. Max Orswell

What I Did for Love
★5.1
MOVIE1998

What I Did for Love

as Marc

Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
★4.2
MOVIE2011

Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying

as Brian

L'ÉchappĂ©e belle
★6.0
MOVIE1996

L'ÉchappĂ©e belle

as Manu Barnes

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
★5.0
MOVIE2000

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

as Self

The Call
★6.3
MOVIE2018

The Call

as (voice)

Anecdotes from Europa
★6.0
MOVIE2005

Anecdotes from Europa

as Interviewee

Iron Horsemen
★6.5
MOVIE1995

Iron Horsemen

as Robert

The Other 300: Army of Lovers
★8.0
MOVIE2025

The Other 300: Army of Lovers

as Narrator (voice over)

In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
★7.0
MOVIE1998

In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema

as Self

Nucingen House
★6.3
MOVIE2009

Nucingen House

as William Henry James III

The Last Mirage
MOVIE2014

The Last Mirage

as Justin Livingstone

The Infidels
★7.0
MOVIE1997

The Infidels

The Rebellious
★3.5
MOVIE2024

The Rebellious

as Mr. Verger

Le fils préféré
★6.6
MOVIE1994

Le fils préféré

as Philippe

This Is the End
★9.0
MOVIE2023

This Is the End

as Self

The Big Blue Adventure
★10.0
MOVIE1989

The Big Blue Adventure

as Self / Narrator

The Cellar
★2.8
MOVIE2018

The Cellar

as Milan

Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
MOVIE2023

Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier

as Jean-Marc Barr

Wax - We Are The X
★7.2
MOVIE2016

Wax - We Are The X

as Jean-Christophe Touchalier

After the War
★6.9
MOVIE2017

After the War

as JérÎme

Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
★10.0
MOVIE1997

Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi

as Self

Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
★7.5
MOVIE2013

Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations

as Self

CQ2 (Seek You Too)
★4.4
MOVIE2004

CQ2 (Seek You Too)

as Steven

Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
MOVIE1997

Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century

as Addy

Vandal
★6.7
MOVIE2013

Vandal

as Paul, l'oncle

Whoever Was Using This Bed
★10.0
MOVIE2016

Whoever Was Using This Bed

as Ray

Au nom d'un chien
MOVIE1994

Au nom d'un chien

as Jean Grébault

Le jour qui vient
MOVIETBA

Le jour qui vient

as Martin

Le fil
MOVIE2023

Le fil

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