Jean-Claude Drouot

Jean-Claude Drouot (born December 17, 1938 ) is a Belgian actor.

Trained at the “Young Theater” in Brussels, Drouot studied with Charles Dullin in Paris . Since 1962 he has been acting in France. From 1963 to 1966 he played the title role in the 52 episodes of the TV series Thierry la Fronde . His first hit film in 1965, starring in The happiness of Agnès Varda .

Tony Richardson hired him in 1968 for Satan Shuffling the Cards , William Klein for Mr. Freedom , Kevin Billington in 1970 for The Light of the World and Franklin J. Schaffner for Nicholas and Alexandra . In his homeland he is u. a. Stéphane Audran's husband Charles in Claude Chabrol's The Rift (1971). At that time he worked for Marcel Cravenne ( La fôret noir ) on television . Jean-Christophe Averty , who for his TV event A Midsummer Night's Dream , which was also shown in Germany , casts him alongside other popular stars such as Claude Jade , Christine Delaroche and Marie Versini as Oberon. After the Bardot vehicle Colinot (1973) by Nina Companéez , he worked more often for television and for the theater. Steve Barron's The Legend of Pinocchio (1996) was one of his last major movies . In 2011 he played the painter Elstir on television in Nina Companzéez ' Marcel Proust -Adaption À la recherche du temps perdu

From 1985 to 1990 he was director of the Théâtre national de Belgique in Brussels.

Filmography (selection)

• 1963–1966: Thierry la Fronde (TV series)
• 1965: Happiness from a man's point of view (Le bonheur)
• 1968: Satan shuffles the cards (Laughter in the Dark)
• 1969: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Le songe d'une nuit d'été)
• 1971: The Light at the Edge of the World (The Light at the Edge of the World)
• 1971: The crack (La rupture)
• 1971: Nikolaus and Alexandra (Nicholas and Alexandra)
• 1972: Julia von Mogador (Les Gens de Mogador) (TV series)
• 1992: The Passion of the Pastor Burg (La confession du Pasteur Burg)
• 1994: A Dangerous Woman (La femme dangereuse)
• 2005: On the waves (Les vagues)
• 2011: In search of lost time (A la recherche du temps perdu)

Web links

• Jean-Claude Drouot in the Internet Movie Database (English)