Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle at the 2011 Paris Book Fair

Jean-Pierre Marielle (born April 12, 1932 in Paris , † April 24, 2019 in Saint-Cloud ) was a French actor .

life and career

Marielle grew up as the son of an agricultural entrepreneur and a seamstress in Dijon.

In the early 1950s, Marielles career began as a stage actor before appearing in numerous French-language film productions. In his repertoire there were often "weird and comical types, ... loud-mouthed boasters and quarrelsome complainers". In the crook comedy The Boss (1985) with Jean-Paul Belmondo , he played a police chief. In the 1992 film La Controverse de Valladolid , he played the Spanish missionary and human rights activist Bartolomé de Las Casas (16th century). His most famous role was that of Jacques Sauniere in The Da Vinci Code - Da Vinci Code (2006), the film adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code .

Filmography (selection)

1964: Dunkirk, June 2, 1940 (Week-end à Zuydcoote)
1964: Baldwin, the safe breaker (Faites sauter la banque!)
1964: I was a male sex bomb (Un monsieur de compagnie)
1965: 100 million in the bucket (Cent briques et des tuiles)
1969: Oh, these women (Les Femmes)
1969: sapling, sapling, change yourself (Quarante-huit heures d'amour)
1969: Grab the tiger by the tail quickly (Le Diable par la queue)
1971: Musketeer with blow and stab (Les mariés de l'an II)
1971: Four flies on gray velvet (Quattro mosche di velluto grigio)
1971: Nine in the crosshairs (Sans mobile apparent)
1973: The suitcase in the sun (La valise)
1975: When the festival begins ... (Que la fête commence ...)
1976: A clumsy head astray (On aura tout vu!)
1981: The pigsty (Coup de torchon)
1985: The Boss (Hold-up)
1985: The Filou (L'amour en douce)
1986: Evening suit (Tenue de soirée)
1988: A few days with me (Quelques jours avec moi)
1990: Uranus
1991: The seventh string (Tous les Matins du monde)
1992: Max & Jeremie (Max et Jérémie)
1994: The perfume of Yvonne (Le parfum d'Yvonne)
1994: The smile (Le sourire)
2003: Little Lili (La petite Lili)
2006: The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code
2007: The Vanishing Point (Ce que mes yeux ont vu)
2009: Micmacs - We Own Paris! (Micmacs à tire-larigot)
2012: Die Vollpfosten - Never Change a Losing Team (Les seigneurs)
2014: Just an hour of rest! (Une heure de tranquillité)

Awards

1976: César nomination, Best Actor, for The Desires of Mr. Theobald (1975)
1982: César nomination, Best Supporting Actor, for Der Saustall (1981)
1987: Best Actor, Mystfest, for Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers (1987)
1989: César nomination, Best Supporting Actor, for Some Days with Me (1988)
1992: César nomination, Best Actor, for The Seventh String (1991)
1993: César nomination, Best Supporting Actor, for Max & Jeremie (1992)
1993: 7 d'or, best actor, for The Controversy of Valladolid (1992)
1995: Best Actor, Shanghai International Film Festival , for Les Milles - Caught in the Camp (1995)
2004: César nomination, Best Supporting Actor, for Little Lili (2003)
2008: César nomination, Best Actor, for Faut que ça danse! (2007)
2008: Nomination Globe de cristal, Best Actor, for Faut que ça danse! (2007)
2008: Prize of the Prix Lumières
2014: Lifetime Achievement Award, Amiens International Film Festival

Web links

Commons : Jean-Pierre Marielle - Collection of Images

Jean-Pierre Marielle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Jean-Pierre Marielle in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

^ L'acteur Jean-Pierre Marielle, pilier du cinéma français, est mort à l'âge de 87 ans. In: France Info. April 25, 2019, accessed April 25, 2019 (French).
↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 269.

personal data
SURNAME	Marielle, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 2019
Place of death	Saint-Cloud

[1] L'acteur Jean-Pierre Marielle, pilier du cinéma français, est mort à l'âge de 87 ans. In: France Info. April 25, 2019, accessed April 25, 2019 (French).

[2] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 269.