Jean Pierre Noher (born May 5, 1956) is a French-born Argentine actor.

Biography

A great-nephew of director

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, Noher was born in Paris, in 1956. He relocated to Argentina as a young man, and debuted on Argentine television with a part in a

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, ''Novia de vacaciones'', in 1979.Cine Nacional: Jean Pierre Noher
/ref> He then began work in the local theatre, and debuted in a local production of ''

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'', in 1982. His first film role was in

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's tragedy, '' Darse cuenta'', in 1984, though Noher continued to work mostly in the theatre in subsequent years. Noher's first leading role was as a land developer with a change of heart in Eduardo Spagnuolo's ''Sin reserva'' (1997), and in 2000, he was cast as writer

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in Javier Torre's fact-based '' Un amor de Borges''; the role secured him awards at the

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, and the Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema. Noher played Ernesto Guevara Lynch, the father of

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in the opening scenes of

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' '' The Motorcycle Diaries'' (2004). Remaining active in the theatre, he worked with two veteran actors as directors:

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and

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, who in 2010 reprised his film role as populist leader

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opposite Noher's Borges (an opponent of Perón) in ''Borges y Perón''. Noher's son, Michel Noher, born in Buenos Aires in 1983, has starred in Alejandro Doria's biopic, '' Las manos'' (2006), and in

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's 2009 feature, '' Tetro''.''Clarín''

Filmography

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* 1956 births Argentine expatriates in Brazil Living people Male actors from Paris French emigrants to Argentina 20th-century Argentine male actors 21st-century Argentine male actors Naturalized citizens of Argentina French people of German-Jewish descent {{Argentina-actor-stub