Jean Le Poulain

Jean Le Poulain

1924-09-12 – 1988-03-01 (age 63) Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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Biography

Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.

He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with Gérard Philipe in The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television Au théâtre ce soir created in 1966. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1978, where he became sociétaire in 1980, then General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière.

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Known For

Signé Furax
Signé Furax

1981

as Klakmuf

Les Gorilles
Les Gorilles

1964

as The stage director

Fric-Frac
Fric-Frac

1971

as Jo

Divine
Divine

1975

as Bobovitch

Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon

1982

as Monsieur Perrichon

The Mysteries of Paris
The Mysteries of Paris

1962

as The schoolmaster

Volpone
Volpone

1978

as Volpone

The Empire of Night
The Empire of Night

1962

as David Balkis, Emperor of the night

Et qu'ça saute !
Et qu'ça saute !

1970

as Don Pedro

Le Roi du village
Sign of the Lion
Sign of the Lion

1962

as Le Clochard

The Hunchback of Paris
The Hunchback of Paris

1959

as Peyrolles

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

1962

as Le préfet de police

Le Malade imaginaire
Interdit au public
Interdit au public

1966

as Hervé Montagne

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

1970

as Monsieur Jourdain

Les deux timides
Les deux timides

1978

as Thibaudier