Biography
Jacques Weber is a French actor, director and writer.
Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and began a rich theatrical career and a sporadic cinema career.
Marcel Cravenne hired him in 1970 for Tartuffe. In 1972, he was Haroun in Faustine et le Bel Été and played the role of Hugo in État de siège by Costa-Gavras. He was seduced by Claude Jade in Le Malin Plaisir (1975), and by Anicée Alvina in Une femme fatale (1976). The young actor with much sex-appeal (he appeared in Le Malin Plaisir completely naked) was in Bel Ami (1983) after the 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant in the adaptation by Pierre Cardinal. On television, he was, among others, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Denys de La Patellière and Judge Antoine Rives in the show by Gilles Béhat. Noticeable on film as Comte de Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and Don Juan (1998), where he seduces Emmanuelle Béart. In 2008, he joined Isabelle Adjani in a televised adaptation of Figaro which he directed for France 3.
From 1979 to 1985, he appeared at the Centre dramatique national in Lyon (Théâtre du 8th), and from 1986 to 2001, the Théâtre de Nice, Centre dramatique national Nice-Côte d'Azur. He has starred and directed in many of the great roles of classical theatre, including Cyrano, where he excelled for many seasons.
Jacques Weber published Des petits coins de paradis in October 2009, his first work, which relates to his work as an artist and his friends.
He is married to Christine Weber and has three children: two sons, Tommy and Stanley, and one daughter, Kim.
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Filmography
all 106
Movies 84
TV Shows 22
self 12
Director 2
Narrator 2
Voice 1
The World of Yesterday (2022)
Atelier Cyrano (2021)
Les Damnés de la Commune (2021)
En thérapie (2021)
Andy (2019)
Philharmonia (2019)
Meurtres en Haute-Savoie (2018)
Tu vivras ma fille (2018)
Yesterday (2018)
La Mante (2017)
The Passenger (2015)
Sleepless Night in Paris (2015)
Les Bêtises (2015)
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014)
Murders in... (2013)
Le Grand Retournement (2013)
A Prince (almost) Charming (2013)
Bad Girl (2012)
Arrête de pleurer Pénélope (2012)
Joseph l'insoumis (2011)
Mystery at Moulin Rouge (2011)
Mom Lost It! (2009)
Please, Please Me! (2009)
All About Actresses (2009)
La Lance de la destinée (2008)
Les Héritières (2008)
Intrusions (2008)
Figaro (2008)
Odette Toulemonde (2007)
Ambitious (2007)
Les Aristos (2006)
Ruy Blas (2002)
Mausolée pour une garce (2001)
Tel père, telle flic (2001)
L'affaire Kergalen (2001)
Bérénice (2000)
Let There Be Light! (1998)
Don Juan (1998)
Papa est un mirage (1996)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
The Little Boy (1995)
Bari (1994)
Rupture(s) (1993)
Antoine Rives, le juge du terrorisme (1993)
The Elegant Criminal (1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
The Witches' Sabbath (1988)
Vaines recherches (1987)
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
Follow My Gaze (1986)
Staircase C (1985)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1983)
Bel ami (1983)
Les Poneys sauvages (1983)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979)
Le Loup blanc (1977)
Le Loup blanc (1977)
Un amour de sable (1977)
Aloïse (1975)
Le Malin Plaisir (1975)
Une femme fatale (1974)
Private Screening (1973)
Hilda Muramer (1973)
Nothing to Report (1973)
Mauprat (1972)
Tartuffe (1971)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1949-08-23 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceParis, France
ChildrenStanley Weber
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsЖак Вебер
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Merit, Officer of the Legion of Honour, César Award for Best Supporting Actor, César Award, Officer of Arts and Letters
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