Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (born July 2, 1949 in Paris , † December 27, 2010 in Le Chesnay , Yvelines department ) was a French actor and voice actor .

Life

Donnadieu studied literature and theater studies at the University of Paris III ( Université de Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle ) in Paris.

In 1975 he played in Robert Hossein's theater company in Reims , including in the plays Bernarda Albas Haus und Nachtasyl ; his partners were Gérard Desarthe and the young Isabelle Adjani . In the further course of his career, which later mainly focused on film and television , Donnadieu kept returning to the theater stage. In November 1995, he played in the world premiere of the play Mardi ( Tuesday ) by Edward Bond at the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris. In 1999 he played the merchant Lopachin, directed by Georges Wilson , in a production of the comedy The Cherry Orchard in Paris; his partners were Georges Wilson (as Leonid Gajew) and Marina Vlady (as the landowner Ranjewskaja). In 2008 he was seen at the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris in the play Du cristal à la fumée de Jacques Attali . In 2008 and 2009 he played theater at the Théâtre national in Nice .

In the movie , he starred in the mid-1970s, first in some tiny supporting roles in films by renowned directors, including as a bartender in The renter of Roman Polanski , as Claude Blame in A touch of tenderness by Claude Lelouch , as a crook in the thriller The Body of my Enemy by Henri Verneuil , as a cafe owner in the love drama My First Love and as a teacher in Life is a novel by Alain Resnais .

He played his first real cinema role in the action film Der Profi , where he played the role of assistant inspector Farges as an opponent of Jean-Paul Belmondo . In 1982 he was the title character of the missing soldier Martin Guerre in the historical film Die Wiederkehr des Martin Guerre. In the 1980s he was often cast in the cinema as a brutal villain and criminal, among other things, on the side of Bernard Giraudeau , as the diabolical gang boss in the crime drama Rue barbare (1984); for this role he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the César in 1985. In this role, he represented trade and the "Angel of Death" Malaggione in the thriller The spies (1983) or 1988 psychopathic father Raymond Lemorne in the thriller The Vanishing . In the historical film Die Passion der Beatrice (1987), directed by Bertrand Tavernier , Donnadieu embodied the torn knight and general François de Cortemart, who fails to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences and who, as a brutal father, tries to restore his daughter's purity ( Julie Delpy ) Preserve.

In the 1990s, Donnadieu also took on sympathetic roles, such as the Israeli molecular biologist Dr. Eli Kaplan in the miniseries But with the clowns came tears after a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel , lovers and often historical figures. He was Charlemagne in a French television documentary; He played Mirabeau in the television series Petticoats of the Revolution (1989), Lieutenant Colonel Henry in the television film The Dreyfus Affair (1995), Napoleon Bonaparte in the television film Austerlitz, Napoleon's Long March to Victory (2006), the European politician Jean Monnet in the television film Nous nous sommes tant haïs (2007) and the French politician Roger Salengro in the television film L'affaire Salengro (2009).

He had his last film role in 2008 in the drama Paris, Paris - Monsieur Pigoil on the way to happiness as a real estate agent Galapiat. In 2010 he played Hermann Göring in a television adaptation of the play Du cristal à la fumée ; a role that Donnadieu had previously played on stage.

Donnadieu worked extensively as a voice actor in France . He lent his voice to Harvey Keitel , Dennis Hopper , Kurt Russell , Ron Perlman and Manfred Zapatka, among others . In the animated film Cars , he played the role of the old racing car Doc Hudson in the French dubbed version.

Donnadieu died of prostate cancer near Versailles at the age of 61 . His daughter Ingrid Donnadieu is also an actress.

Filmography (selection)

• 1976: The tenant (Le locataire)
• 1976: A touch of tenderness (Si c'était à refaire)
• 1976: The body of my enemy (Le corps de mon ennemi)
• 1978: My first love (Mon premier amour)
• 1978: The last edition (Judith Therpauve)
• 1979: That settles the matter for me (Coup de tête)
• 1981: The professional (Le professionnel)
• 1981: Everyone will receive their wages ... (Les Uns et les Autres)
• 1982: The return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre)
• 1983: The Spy (L'indic)
• 1983: Life is a novel (La vie est un roman)
• 1983: The death of Mario Ricci (La mort de Mario Ricci)
• 1984: Rue barbare
• 1985: Eerie Desire (Flagrant désir)
• 1985: Among wolves (Les loups entre eux)
• 1985: The Doppelganger (Double face)
• 1987: The Passion of Beatrice (La passion Béatrice)
• 1988: disappeared without a trace (Spoorloos)
• 1989: petticoats of the revolution (Les jupons de la révolution)
• 1990: But with the clowns came the tears
• 1991: Shadow of the wolf
• 1992: The last scene (La Scène finale)
• 1995: The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus)
• 1995: Faut pas rire du bonheur
• 1996: shot for the fatherland (Le pantalon)
• 2001: Vercingetorix - Fight against Rome ( Vercingétorix)
• 2004: The factory is on fire (Dos au mur)
• 2006: Austerlitz, Napoléon's long march to victory (Austerlitz, la victoire en marchant)
• 2007: We are so hated (Nous nous sommes tant haïs)
• 2008: Paris, Paris - Monsieur Pigoil on the way to happiness (Faubourg 36)
• 2009: L'affaire Salengro
• 2010: You cristal à la fumée

Web links

• Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, la disparition d'un caractère obituary in Paris Match on December 27, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} L'adieu à Donnadieu obituary in: Le Temps of December 28, 2010
2. ↑ Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu biography at AlloCiné
3. ↑ Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography at cinemovies.fr 
4. ↑ Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu vu par sa fille and Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu: Sa fille rend hommage au comédien disparu , summaries of an interview with Donnadieu's daughter in the French magazine Gala on January 5, 2011.