Jacques Weber

Jacques Weber

Born 1949-08-23 (age 76) Paris, France
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Biography

Jacques Weber (born 23 August 1949) 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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Known For

The Adolescent
The Adolescent

1979

as Jean

Crescendo
Seven Years of Marriage
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac

1990

as Count of Guiche

The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof

1995

as Epilogue narrator

Bari
Bari

1994

as Pierre

Ruy Blas
Ruy Blas

2002

as Don César

Ambitious
Ambitious

2007

as Saint-Clair

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

1996

as Duc de Chaulnes

Rive droite, rive gauche
Rive droite, rive gauche

1984

as Guarrigue

All About Actresses
All About Actresses

2009

as Jacques Weber

Les Aristos
Les Aristos

2006

as Le comte Charles-Valérand d'Arbac de Neuville

The Origin of Evil
The Origin of Evil

2022

as Serge Dumontet

Arrête de pleurer Pénélope
Arrête de pleurer Pénélope

2012

as Aimé Badaroux

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
State of Siege
State of Siege

1972

as Hugo

The Elegant Criminal
The Elegant Criminal

1990

as Jacques Arago