Jean-Marc Barr
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.
Dancer in the Dark
(Norman)
Breaking the Waves
(Terry)
The Big Blue
(Jacques Mayol)
Cockles and Muscles
(Didier)
Dogville
(The Man with the Big Hat)
Being Light
(Jack Lesterhoof)
Tara Road
(Andy)
The Boss of It All
(Spencer)
This Is the End
(Self)
Making Plans for Lena
(Nigel)
Hope and Glory
(Bruce)
Europa
(Leopold Kessler)
Le jour qui vient
(Martin)
Baby Blues
(Dan)
City of Shadows
(Dr. Max Orswell)
Iron Horsemen
(Robert)
Ça ne se refuse pas
(Alex)
His Mother's Eyes
(Jean-Paul Tremazan)
Le fils préféré
(Philippe)
St. Ives
(Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves)
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
(Ben)
American Translation
(William)
The Car Keys
(Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent)
The Scarlet Tunic
(Matthaus Singer)
The Red Siren
(Hugo)
What I Did for Love
(Marc)
Too Much Flesh
(Lyle)
Big Sur
(Jack Kerouac)
Parc
(Paul Marteau)
And They Call It Summer
(Dino)
Vandal
(Paul, l'oncle)
Nucingen House
(William Henry James III)
Saltimbank
(Frédéric Saltim)
Manhattan Romance
(Alex)
Blaze
(Victor)
The Pod Generation
(The Founder)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
(Self)
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
(Self)
Heavy Rain
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
(Steven)
Mary's Sons
(Paul)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
(Debtor Gentleman)
The Anarchist's Wife
(Pierre)
The Plague
(Jean Tarrou)
Silent Land
(diver Arnaud)
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
(Jean-Marc Barr)
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
(Brian)
Buğday
(Erol)
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
(Self)
The Rebellious
(Mr. Verger)
Hotel du Lac
(Alain)
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
(Self)
Marching in Darkness
(Silvio Roatto)
Wax - We Are The X
(Jean-Christophe Touchalier)
The Academy
Les Faussaires
(Jack Baker)
Halo of Stars
(Gerald)
Hexameron
(Fr. Paulo)
UK18
(The Foreigner)
Maurice
(French Colleague (uncredited))
Dolphin Man
(Self)
Anecdotes from Europa
(Interviewee)
After the War
(Jérôme)
The Call
((voice))
The Cellar
(Milan)
FreeDogme
(Himself)
Manderlay
(Mr. Robinsson)
The Infidels
Dimension
My Best Part
(The director)
Cut Off
(Trevor De Blanc)
Whoever Was Using This Bed
(Ray)
Le Divorce
(Maitre Bertram)
The Last Mirage
(Justin Livingstone)
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
(Scott)
Lifeline
(Patrick LeMay)
King David
(Absalom)
L'Échappée belle
(Emmanuel Barnes)
Meurtres en dentelles
(Antoine Duprat)
Blood On The Docks
(Capitaine Richard Faraday)
The Rope
(Serge Morel)
Shores
(André)
Bad Banks
(Robert Khano)
Anthracite
(Solal Heilman)
King and Conqueror
(King Henry)
The Miracle
(Serge)
Le Repaire de la vouivre
(Paul Pratt)
Little Birds
(Secretary Pierre Vaney)
Lovers
(Director)
Lovers
(Producer)
One to Another
(Director)
American Translation
(Director)
Too Much Flesh
(Director)
Too Much Flesh
(Writer)
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
(Director)
Lovers
(Writer)
The Rebellious
(Screenplay)
The Rebellious
(Co-Producer)
One to Another
(Director of Photography)
The Rebellious
(Director)
Being Light
(Director)
Searching for Debra Winger
(Director of Photography)
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
(Director of Photography)
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
(Producer)
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
(Editor)
Being Light
(Executive Producer)
Being Light
(Writer)
American Translation
(Editor)
American Translation
(Producer)
American Translation
(Director of Photography)
Baby Einstein: Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun
(Camera Operator)
The House That Jack Built
(Thanks)