Jacques Boudet (15 April 1935 – 15 July 2024) was a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in ''

Exercises in Style ''Exercises in Style'' (), written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style. In each, the narrator gets on the "S" bus (now no. 84), witnesses an altercation between a man (a zazou) with a l ...

'', and is featured in the film '' The Names of Love'' (2010).

Career

In cinema, he frequently appeared in films by

Robert Guédiguian Robert Jules Guédiguian (; born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Life and career Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Arm ...

. He excelled in composite roles such as his Duc de Guermantes in '' Un amour de Swann'', the brother of the character played by

Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student a ...

in ''

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'' and the cynical politician with a southern French accent in ''

L'Ivresse du pouvoir ''Comedy of Power'' () is a 2006 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert. The French title means "drunk with power". The film is loosely based on a true story involving the French former oil and gas company Elf ...

''. He also appeared in the 1979 British TV play '' Churchill and the Generals'' as

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...

Death

Boudet died in his sleep at his home in

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

, France, on 15 July 2024, at the age of 89.Mort de l'acteur Jacques Boudet (Plus belle la vie, Nos jours heureux) à 89 ans

Filmography

Theater

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudet, Jacques 1935 births 2024 deaths 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors Male actors from Paris