Pierre Cosso

Pierre Cosso, born Pierre-Alexandre Cosso (24 September 1961 in Algiers), is a French actor and singer-songwriter.

Career

Cosso's first film was the popular teen comedy-drama ''La Boum 2'' (1982), in which he played Sophie Marceau's boyfriend. In the following years, he worked as an actor in film productions in France, Italy and the United States. During that time in the 1980s, he achieved a considerable status as a teen idol in many parts of Europe. Among his most successful roles was the part of ''Mizio'' in the romantic comedy ''Cinderella '80'' (1984).

Cosso continued his acting career after the 1980s. In the American film ''An American Werewolf in Paris'' (1997) he had a supporting role as the werewolf Claude. He also appeared in leading roles in television productions including ''Les Cœurs brûlés'' (1992) and ''Les Yeux d'Hélène'' (1994). Between 2000 and 2002, Pierre Cosso played in the theatre production ''Ladies Night'' at the Théâtre Rive Gauche in Paris, then on tour. His last acting credit in front of a camera (until at least 2020) was for the Italian television series ''Anna e i cinque'' (2008-2011), in which he and Sabrina Ferilli played the leading roles. In August 2019, the actor returned to the stage with the play ''Nuit d'ivresse'', a cult play from the 1980s written by Josiane Balasko. The play he directed sold out at the theater of the Maison de la Culture in Papeete.

Pierre Cosso also recorded several 45s as a singer in the 1980s. The song "Stay", which he sang together with his ''Cinderella '80''-co-star Bonnie Bianco, was successful: When the film was first shown in Germany in 1987, the single reached the No. 1 in the German Singles Charts. He continued his music career in the 2000s by making a radical turn through the "ethnic electro-acoustic" style. In November 2019, the actor returned to music with ''Le Gang des rêve'', a title from the future album signed by the Cosso Gang, a musical group with a pop-rock tendency of which he is the frontman. The band performed in concert on 1 December 2019 in Tahiti and had success there.

Personal life

The family father Cosso has semi-retired from acting and lives today in his adopted home French Polynesia, where he works as a skipper. He also has an internet blog in which he writes about his life in Polynesia.

Various TV magazines have devoted documentaries to him. In February 2016, he took part in the 11th edition of the Italian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' called ''Ballando con le stelle''.« Pierre Cosso : De La Boum 2 à… Danse avec les stars ! »
, 23 février 2016.

He also had love affairs with actress Sophie Marceau, the model Nathalie Marquay and the singer Zazie.

Filmography

Film

* 1981 ''Beau Pere'' de Bertrand Blier as Apparition
* 1982 ''La Boum 2'' de Claude Pinoteau as Philippe Berthier
* 1984 ''Cinderella '80'' as Mizio
* 1984 ''Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani'' as Pierre
* 1986 '' Rosa la rose, fille publique'' as Julien
* 1987 ''Mes quarante premières années'' (''I miei primi 40 anni'') de Carlo Vanzina as Massimiliano
* 1992 ''À la vitesse d'un cheval au galop'' de Fabien Onteniente as Le Handicapé
* 1997 ''An American Werewolf in Paris de Anthony Waller as Claude
* 2000 ''La Candide Madame Duff'' de Jean-Pierre Mocky as Nolan
* 2003 ''Instructing the Heart'' de Giovanni Morricone as Giulio Fontana
* 2004 ''Sin's Kitchen'' de Fabien Pruvot as Reece

Television

Television films

* 1994 ''Flics de choc: le dernier baroud'' de Henri Helman as Beauclair
* 1994 ''Michele alla guerra'' de Franco Rossi as Bleriot
* 1996 ''Flics de choc : Une femme traquée'' de Michaëla Watteaux as Beauclair
* 1996 ''Flics de choc: La dernière vague'' de Arnaud Sélignac as Beauclair
* 1998 ''Le Cœur et l'Épée'' (''Il cuore e la spada'') de Fabrizio Costa as Kurvenal
* 1999 ''Mai con i quadri'' de Mario Caiano

Television series

* 1986 ''Mino'' as Rico
* 1987 ''Nul ne revient sur ses pas'' (''Nessuno torna indietro'') as Maurice
* 1988 ''Très belle et trop naïve'' (''La romana'') as Giacomo
* 1989 ''Quattro piccole donne''
* 1991 ''The Adventures of the Black Stallion'' as Julien
* 1992 ''Les cœurs brûlés'' as Christian
* 1993 ''Une année en Provence'' (''A Year in Provence'') as Abbé Pain
* 1993 ''Charlemagne, le prince à cheval'' as Olivier
* 1994 ''Les Yeux d'Hélène'' as Christian
* 1994 ''Extrême Limite'' as Jean-Paul Mavic
* 1995 ''Les Cordier, juge et flic'' as Claude (saison 2, épisode 4 ''Un si joli témoin'')
* 1996 ''Troubles'' (''Strangers'') as Mia
* 1996 ''Senza cuore''
* 1998 ''Van Loc : un grand flic de Marseille'' as Pierre Renoir
* 2001 ''72 heures''
* 2006 ''Léa Parker En immersion'')
* 2008 '' Anna e i cinque'' as Ferdinando Ferrari

References

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Living people
1961 births
French actors
French male singer-songwriters
French singer-songwriters
21st-century French male actors