Jacques Weber is a French actor, director, and writer.

Life and career

Weber joined the

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at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined

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, and began a rich theatrical career and a sporadic cinema career. Marcel Cravenne hired him in 1970 for ''

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''. In 1972, he was Haroun in ''

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'' and played the role of Hugo in '' État de siège'' by

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. He was seduced by

Claude Jade Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade (; 8 October 1948 – 1 December 2006), was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968), '' Bed and Board'' (1970) and '' Love on th ...

in '' Le Malin Plaisir'' (1975), and by Anicée Alvina in '' Une femme fatale'' (1976). The young actor with much ''sex-appeal'' (he appeared in ''Le Malin Plaisir'' completely naked) was in '' Bel Ami'' (1983) after the 1885 novel by

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in the adaptation by

Pierre Cardinal Pierre Cardinal (8 June 1924 – 16 May 1998) was a French screenwriter and director. His sister was author Marie Cardinal. He directed the 1983 mini series ''Bel Ami''. Filmography Film * 1952 : '' Heart of the Casbah'' * 1955 : ''Fan ...

. On television, he was, among others, '' Le Comte de Monte-Cristo'' by

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and Judge '' Antoine Rives'' in the show by

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. Noticeable on film as Comte de Guiche in ''

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'' (1990) and ''

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'' (1998), where he seduces

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. In 2008, he joined Isabelle Adjani in a televised adaptation of ''Figaro'' which he directed for

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. From 1979 to 1985, he appeared at the

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in Lyon (Théâtre du ), and from 1986 to 2001, the Théâtre de Nice,

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. He has starred and directed in many of the great roles of classical theatre, including Cyrano, where he excelled for many seasons. Jacques Weber published ''Des petits coins de paradis'' in October 2009, his first work, which relates to his work as an artist and his friends. He is married to Christine Weber and has three children: two sons, Tommy and Stanley, and one daughter, Kim.

Filmography

Theatre

* 1969 : ''Tchao'' by

Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (25 September 1909, Valence, Drôme – 15 April 1985, Montpellier) was a French film director, script-writer, playwright and author. After studying law, he was made chief editor of the daily newspaper ''Sud-Est''. He foun ...

, directed by Jacques-Henri Duval, Théâtre Saint-Georges

1970–1979

* 1971 : ''La Convention de Belzébir'' by

Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of si ...

, directed by

René Dupuy René Dupuy (17 May 1920 – 1 August 2009) was a French actor, theater director and theater manager. A student at the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique in Paris, René Dupuy was later theater manager of: * the Théâtre Gramont from 1954 ...

* 1971 : '' Crime et Châtiment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, directed by

, Reims * 1972 : '' Les Bas-fonds'' by Maxime Gorki, directed by

, Reims, Théâtre de l'Odéon * 1973 : ''Jean-Baptiste Poquelin'' directed by Jacques Weber * 1973 : '' Les Fourberies de Scapin'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

, directed by Jacques Weber * 1975 : ''Crime et Châtiment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, directed by

Théâtre de Paris The Théâtre de Paris is a theatre located at 15, rue Blanche in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It includes a second smaller venue, the Petit Théâtre de Paris. History The first theatre on the site was built by the Duke of Richelieu in 1730 ...

* 1976 : '' Le Neveu de Rameau'' by

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, directed by Jacques Weber * 1977 : ''

La Putain respectueuse ''La Putain respectueuse'' (''The Respectful Prostitute'') is a French drama film from 1952, directed by Marcello Pagliero and Charles Brabant, written by Alexandre Astruc, starring Barbara Laage and Louis de Funès. It is an adaptation of Jean- ...

'' by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lite ...

, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre Gérard Philipe * 1977 : ''Le Nouveau Monde'' by

Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (7 November 1838 – 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste wh ...

, directed by

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgund ...

* 1977 : ''Arrête ton cinéma'' by

Gérard Oury Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. Life and career Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish orig ...

, directed by the author, Théâtre du Gymnase * 1978 : '' Maître Puntila et son valet Matti'' by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...

, directed by Guy Rétoré, Théâtre de l'Est Parisien * 1979 : ''

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'' by

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, directed by Jacques Weber

1980–1989

* 1980 : ''

Le Mariage de Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (french: link=no, La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, ...

'' by

Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, ...

, directed by Françoise Petit and Maurice Vaudaux,

* 1980 : ''Les Amours de Jacques le Fataliste'' by

, directed by Francis Huster * 1980 : ''Deux heures sans savoir'', directed by Jacques Weber * 1980 : ''Spartacus'' by

Bernard-Joseph Saurin Bernard-Joseph Saurin (1706 in Paris – 17 November 1781 in Paris) was a lawyer, poet, and playwright. Biography Saurin was the son of Joseph Saurin, a converted Protestant minister and mathematician who had been accused in 1712 by Jean-Bap ...

, directed by Jacques Weber * 1982 : '' Une journée particulière'' after the film by

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, directed by Françoise Petit, Théâtre du 8^e Lyon * 1983 : '' Le Rêve de d'Alembert'' by

, directed by Jacques Kraemer * 1983 : ''

'' by

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play '' Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with ...

, directed by

Jérôme Savary Jérôme Savary (27 June 1942 – 4 March 2013) was an Argentinian-French theater director and actor. His work has democratized and widened the appeal of musical theater in France, drawing together and blending such genres as opera, operetta, and ...

, Théâtre Mogador * 1985 : ''Deux sur la balançoire'' by

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, directed by Bernard Murat * 1985 : ''À vif'' directed by Jacques Weber * 1987 : ''Monte Cristo'' after Alexandre Dumas, directed by Jacques Weber,

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* 1987 : ''

Dom Juan ''Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'' ("Don Juan or The Feast of the Stone tatue) is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan Tenorio. The aristocrat Dom Juan is a rake who seduces, marries, and abandons Elvir ...

'' by

, directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault * 1988 : ''Nocturnes'' after Stefan Zweig, directed by Jacques Weber, Serge Marzolff * 1988 : ''

Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...

'' by Molière, directed by Jacques Weber * 1988 : ''Le Chant du départ'' by Ivane Daoudi, directed by

Jean-Pierre Vincent Jean-Pierre Vincent (26 August 1942 – 5 November 2020) was a French theatrical actor and director. He served as Administrators of the Comédie-Française, Administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1983 to 1986. Theatre *''The Broken Jug'' ...

1990–1999

* 1991 : ''Seul en scène'', directed by Jacques Weber * 1991 : '' Maman Sabouleux'' and '' 29 degrés à l'ombre'' by

Eugène Labiche Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Isabelle Nanty Isabelle Nanty (born 21 January 1962) is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter. Career She was a teacher for several years at the Cours Florent, and then received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actres ...

* 1991 : ''

L'École des femmes ''The School for Wives'' (french: L'école des femmes; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palai ...

'' by

, directed by

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* 1992 : ''Mystification'' mix of texts by

, directed by Jacques Weber * 1993 : '' La Mégère apprivoisée'' by

, directed by

* 1995 : ''

Le Tartuffe ''Le tartuffe'' is a 1984 French comedy film directed by and starring Gérard Depardieu based on the play ''Tartuffe'' by Molière. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Gérard Depardieu as ...

'' by

, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre de Nice * 1996 : '' La Tour de Nesle'' by

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after Alexandre Dumas, directed by

, Théâtre de Nice, TNP Villeurbanne * 1996 : ''Gustave et Eugène'' after

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, directed by Jacques Weber, Arnaud Bédouet * 1997 : '' La Tour de Nesle'' by

after Alexandre Dumas, directed by

, Théâtre Mogador * 1998 : '' Une journée particulière'' after the film by

, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre de Nice, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1999 : '' La Controverse de Valladolid'' by Jean-Claude Carrière, directed by Jacques Lassalle,

Théâtre de l'Atelier The Théâtre de l'Atelier is a theatre at 1, place Charles Dullin in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The theatre opened on 23 November 1822 under the name Théâtre MontmartreEdward Foreman, ''Historical dictionary of French t ...

2000–2009

* 2000 : '' La Vie de Galilée'' by

, directed by Jacques Lassalle,

Théâtre national de la Colline The Théâtre national de la Colline is a theatre at 15, rue Malte-Brun in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The closest métro station is Gambetta. It is one of the five national theatres dedicated to drama which are entirely supported by the Fr ...

* 2002 : ''

Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...

'' by

Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...

, directed by Jacques Weber,

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* 2002 : ''Le Limier'', by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Didier Long, Théâtre de la Madeleine * 2003 : ''Jacques Weber raconte... Monsieur Molière !'' after Mikhaïl Boulgakov * 2004 : '' L'Évangile selon Pilate'' by

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, directed by Christophe Lidon, Théâtre Montparnasse * 2004 : ''Seul en scène'',

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* 2004 : '' Ondine'' by

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, directed by Théâtre Antoine (with

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and Vytas Kraujelis) * 2006 : '' Cyrano'', adapted by Christine Weber, directed by André Serre,

* 2006 : ''Love letters'' by Albert Ramsdell Gurney, directed by Sandrine Dumas * 2007–2008 : ''Débats 1974–1981'', after the televised debates between

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and François Mitterrand for the

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of 1974 and

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, directed by Jean-Marie Duprez, Théâtre de la Madeleine * 2008 : ''Sacré nom de dieu'' by Arnaud Bédouet after the correspondence of

, directed by Loïc Corbery,

* 2009 : '' César, Fanny, Marius'' after

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionabl ...

, adapted and directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Antoine * 2009 : ''Seul en scène'',

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Audiobooks

* 2004 : '' Le Joueur d'échecs'', by Stefan Zweig, Éditions Thélème, Paris, 2005

Honours

* Chevalier of the

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* 1992 : Officer of the ordre des Arts et des Lettres * 1996 : Chevalier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

, promoted to officer on 2008Decree of 11 July 2008 with promotion and nomination
JORF No. 163 of 13 July 2008, p. 11280, text No. 4, NOR PREX0813584D, on

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Awards and nominations

* 1991 :

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at the Awards, for ''

References

External links

* * Jacques Weber at '' Radioscopie'', on the site of the INA
18 February 1975
an

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