Jacques Weber

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Jacques Weber in May 2007.

Jacques Weber (born August 23, 1949 in Paris ) is a French actor .

Life

Born in Paris as the son of a chemist of Swiss descent, he was accepted at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1969 . The actor Pierre Brasseur becomes his mentor. From 1979 to 1985 he directed the Center dramatique national in Lyon and from 1986 to 2001 the Théâtre national de Nice. He plays many classic roles, including Cyrano de Bergerac 500 times .

Jacques Weber played his second film role, Haroun in Faustine et le Bel Été , at the side of his former schoolmates Francis Huster and Jacques Spiesser in 1972 . Weber became known as the hostage-taker Hugo in Constantin Costa-Gavras ' The Invisible Uprising . Jacques Weber was mainly used as a lover in the 1970s, alongside Anicée Alvina in siren song ( femme fatale ), between friends Claude Jade and Anny Duperey in Le malin plaisir or in Jeanne Moreau's directorial work Mädchenjahre . In 1980 he gained great popularity as Edmond Dantès in the TV series The Count of Monte Christo . As an opponent of Gérard Depardieu , he was in Cyrano von Bergerac the Comte de Guiche . Jacques Weber had previously played Cyrano himself in a production by Jérôme Savary - 500 times alone. Weber's other seductive roles are Bel-Ami and Don Juan .

Filmography (selection)

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SURNAME Weber, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France