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Jean-Pierre Darras
Paris, France
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 lea…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Georges Dandin de Molière
Movie Monsieur de Sottenville
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1995
Le Groom
Movie
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1990
My Mother's Castle
Movie Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
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1990
My Father's Glory
Movie Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
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1987
Diary of a Madman
Movie The director
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1987
La Calanque
TV show Francis Cambalette
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1986
L'Amour à la lettre
Movie Quentin Granier
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1985
Asterix vs. Caesar
Movie (voice)
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1984
Le Voleur de feuilles
Movie Mr. Marguerite
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1983
Le Braconnier de Dieu
Movie Frisou
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1982
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Movie Flavacourt
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1982
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Movie Le maître de philosophie
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1981
For a Cop's Hide
Movie Commissaire Chauffard
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1981
Signé Furax
Movie Socrate
More credits
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1981
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Movie Minister of Culture
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1981
La Puce et le privé
Movie Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
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1981
The Impostures of Scapin
Movie Argante
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1980
Three Men to Kill
Movie Chocard
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1979
L'Hôtel du libre échange
Movie Mathieu
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1978
Out of It
Movie Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
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1978
Madame le Juge
TV show le commissaire
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1977
Parisian Life
Movie Le baron de Gondremark
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1977
Genre masculin
Movie Adolphe
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1976
Don't Bite, We Love You
Movie 'Papy'
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1976
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Movie Le ministre
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1976
Love and Cool Water
Movie Clément
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1976
Forget Me, Mandoline
Movie Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
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1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Movie Co-Producer
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1976
La Décharge
Movie M. Brunet
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1975
Beyond Fear
Movie Bourrier
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1975
Numéro un
TV show Self
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV show Self
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Self
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1974
Tell Me You Love Me
Movie Lucien Dorgeval
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1973
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
TV show Molière
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1973
Folie douce
Movie Jérôme
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1973
A Pain in the Ass
Movie Dr. Edgar Fuchs
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1973
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Movie Ducros
