Jean Dell

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Jean Dell (2014)

Jean Dell (born July 10, 1961 in Saint-Étienne , France ) is a French actor and playwright .

Life

After graduating from school, Jean Dell moved to Paris at the age of 20 , where he tried to establish himself as an actor. At first he wrote several skits that he presented on cabaret stages. Via radio he finally came to television in the late 1980s and from there to French cinema. He had his first major permanent role from 1989 to 1994 as a bailiff in 82 episodes of the television series Tribunal .

Parallel to his acting, Dell was able to establish himself as a playwright from 2000. In particular with Gérald Sibleyras he wrote several plays. His piece Un petit jeu sans conséquence , published in 2003, was a great success. In the same year he was honored with nine nominations for the most important French theater award, the Molière , where it was honored with five awards. The film was released a year later. Bernard Rapp directed the comedy with Sandrine Kiberlain , Marina Foïs and Yvan Attal in the leading roles.

Under the German title A Little Game, the piece was also increasingly played on German stages from 2004 onwards. His piece Une Heure et demie de retard , published in 2005 with Sibleyras, was performed several times under the title One and a half hours too late after a translation by Dorothea Renckhoff and Fedora Wesseler .

Dell is married to the two years younger actress Christiane Bopp , with whom they have a son.

Plays

  • Sacré Nostradamus (1995, with Gérard Caillaud )
  • Le Béret de la tortue (2000, with Gérald Sibleyras )
  • Un petit jeu sans conséquence (2002, with Gérald Sibleyras; German: A little game, by the way )
  • L'Inscription (2004, with Gérald Sibleyras)
  • Une Heure et demie de retard (2005 with Gérald Sibleyras; German: one and a half hours too late )
  • Vive Bouchon (2006, with Gérald Sibleyras)
  • Un stylo dans la tête (2012)

Filmography (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Dell, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Etienne , France