Cast
Jean-Pierre Darras
Acting
Cast
Jean-Pierre Darras
Known for
Acting
Born
1927-11-26
From
Paris, France
Died
1999-07-05
Also known as Jean-Pierre Dumontet
Biography
Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage. He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward. Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place. In 1982, he moved into directing with Le Braconnier de Dieu. Later, he founded a theatre festival in Carpentras with his wife Corinne Lahaye, continuing his commitment to the stage until the end of his life.
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Asterix vs. Caesar
as (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1973
Folie douce
as Jérôme
★6.4
MOVIE1968
The Tattoo
as Lucien, facteur de Montignac
★5.8
MOVIE1976
La Décharge
as M. Brunet
★5.0
MOVIE1966
Diamond Safari
as Pascal Moratti
★7.2
MOVIE1990
My Mother's Castle
as Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
MOVIE1995
Le Groom
★5.0
MOVIE1972
La Main passe
as Étienne Massenay
★6.6
MOVIE1972
The Annuity
as Emile Galipeau
★3.9
MOVIE1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Co-Producer
★6.1
MOVIE1980
Three Men to Kill
as Chocard
★5.8
MOVIE1979
L'Hôtel du libre échange
as Mathieu
★5.0
MOVIE1981
Signé Furax
as Socrate
★5.9
MOVIE1972
The Old Maid
as Sacha
★5.9
MOVIE1981
For a Cop's Hide
as Commissaire Chauffard
★5.2
MOVIE1971
Fric-Frac
as Marcel
★6.8
MOVIE1981
The Impostures of Scapin
as Argante
★7.3
MOVIE1990
My Father's Glory
as Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
★5.1
MOVIE1969
A Golden Widow
as Rapha
★7.0
MOVIE1973
A Pain in the Ass
as Dr. Edgar Fuchs
★6.2
MOVIE1961
A Man Named Rocca
as Névada
★5.5
MOVIE1976
Love and Cool Water
as Clément
★7.0
MOVIE1984
Le Voleur de feuilles
as Mr. Marguerite
★6.5
MOVIE1978
Out of It
as Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
★10.0
MOVIE1997
Georges Dandin de Molière
as Monsieur de Sottenville
★5.3
MOVIE1973
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
as Peron
★5.8
MOVIE1981
Le Chêne d'Allouville
as Minister of Culture
★9.0
MOVIE1970
Et qu'ça saute !
as Jorge Blanco
★7.7
MOVIE1982
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Le maître de philosophie
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Les Trois Sœurs
as Koulyguine
★6.0
MOVIE1977
Parisian Life
as Le baron de Gondremark
★6.1
MOVIE1970
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
★6.4
MOVIE1959
Two Men in Manhattan
★6.8
MOVIE1964
Lucky Jo
as Napo
★5.0
MOVIE1976
Forget Me, Mandoline
as Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
★4.8
MOVIE1982
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
as Flavacourt
★5.0
MOVIE1983
Le Braconnier de Dieu
as Frisou
★6.4
MOVIE1964
Monsieur
as José, Small-time Crook
★5.5
MOVIE1976
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
as Le ministre
★10.0
MOVIE1966
A Young World
as Le professeur d'art dramatique
★4.2
MOVIE1976
Don't Bite, We Love You
as 'Papy'
MOVIE1969
L'Amour des 4 colonels
as L'homme
★6.2
MOVIE1970
Elise, or Real Life
as Le commissaire
★5.5
MOVIE1966
Four Queens for an Ace
as Detective in Interrogation Room
★6.1
MOVIE1966
The Other Truth
as The commissioner
★4.0
MOVIE1969
The Fighting Cock
as Paoli
★9.0
MOVIE1968
Would-Be Gentleman
as Le maître de ballet
★8.0
MOVIE1977
Genre masculin
as Adolphe
★6.9
MOVIE1968
Les Aventures de Lagardère
as Peyrolles
★5.0
MOVIE1981
La Puce et le privé
as Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
★6.0
MOVIE2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE1973
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
as Ducros
★6.7
MOVIE1975
Beyond Fear
as Bourrier
★6.1
MOVIE1971
The Wedding Ring
as M. Duvernet
MOVIE1967
Ami-Ami
as Alexandre
★4.8
MOVIE1974
Tell Me You Love Me
as Lucien Dorgeval
★2.0
MOVIE1986
L'Amour à la lettre
as Quentin Granier
★8.0
MOVIE1968
Azaïs
as Félix, professeur de piano
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Diary of a Madman
as The director