Jean-Pierre Darras
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.
The Old Maid
(Sacha)
The Tattoo
(Lucien, facteur de Montignac)
A Pain in the Ass
(Dr. Edgar Fuchs)
Monsieur
(José, Small-time Crook)
A Man Named Rocca
(Névada)
The Annuity
(Emile Galipeau)
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
(Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte')
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
(Co-Producer)
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
(Peron)
Le Chêne d'Allouville
(Minister of Culture)
Diary of a Madman
(The director)
For a Cop's Hide
(Commissaire Chauffard)
La Puce et le privé
(Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin)
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
(Ducros)
L'Hôtel du libre échange
(Mathieu)
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
(Le ministre)
Georges Dandin de Molière
(Monsieur de Sottenville)
Lucky Jo
(Napo)
Le Groom
Asterix vs. Caesar
((voice))
Beyond Fear
(Bourrier)
Fric-Frac
(Marcel)
La Décharge
(M. Brunet)
Le Braconnier de Dieu
(Frisou)
The Other Truth
(The commissioner)
Parisian Life
(Le baron de Gondremark)
Les Aventures de Lagardère
(Peyrolles)
Don't Bite, We Love You
('Papy')
Le Voleur de feuilles
(Mr. Marguerite)
A Golden Widow
(Rapha)
Forget Me, Mandoline
(Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.')
Les Trois Sœurs
(Koulyguine)
Tell Me You Love Me
(Lucien Dorgeval)
Diamond Safari
(Pascal Moratti)
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
(Flavacourt)
Signé Furax
(Socrate)
Elise, or Real Life
(Le commissaire)
Out of It
(Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce)
The Fighting Cock
(Paoli)
Love and Cool Water
(Clément)
Three Men to Kill
(Chocard)
Genre masculin
(Adolphe)
My Father's Glory
(Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice))
Ami-Ami
(Alexandre)
La Main passe
(Étienne Massenay)
L'Amour des 4 colonels
(L'homme)
Azaïs
(Félix, professeur de piano)
Folie douce
(Jérôme)
Two Men in Manhattan
The Impostures of Scapin
(Argante)
A Young World
(Le professeur d'art dramatique)
Four Queens for an Ace
(Detective in Interrogation Room)
Et qu'ça saute !
(Jorge Blanco)
Would-Be Gentleman
(Le maître de ballet)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
(Self (archive footage))
My Mother's Castle
(Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice))
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
(Le maître de philosophie)
L'Amour à la lettre
(Quentin Granier)
The Wedding Ring
(M. Duvernet)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
At Theatre Tonight
(Félix, professeur de piano)
At Theatre Tonight
(Alexandre)
Graf Luckner
(Wallace)
the famous escapes
(Saint-Marc)
Madame le Juge
(le commissaire)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Discorama
(Self - Host)
Discorama
(Self - Co-Host)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Numéro un
(Self)
Numéro un
(Self - Host)
Midi trente
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Apostrophes
(Self)
La Calanque
(Francis Cambalette)
Discorama
(Self)
Lagardère
(Peyrolles)
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
(Molière)