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Jean Piat is a Actor French born on 23 september 1924 at Lannoy (France)

Jean Piat

Jean Piat
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Nationality France
Birth 23 september 1924 at Lannoy (France)
Death 18 september 2018 (at 93 years)
Awards Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Officier de la Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

Jean Piat, né le 23 septembre 1924 à Lannoy dans le Nord, est un acteur et écrivain français.

Sociétaire honoraire de la Comédie-Française, il est notamment connu pour son interprétation de Robert d'Artois dans l'adaptation des Rois maudits de Maurice Druon à la télévision, mais aussi pour sa voix puissante que l'on reconnaît immédiatement : il est, entre autres, la voix de Gandalf dans Le Seigneur des Anneaux et celle de Scar dans Le Roi Lion.

Biography

Jusqu'à 18 ans il pratique le football à Saint-Ferdinand des Ternes, un patronage paroissial situé rue Saint-Ferdinand dans le 17e arrondissement de Paris. Il poursuit alors ses études secondaires à Sainte-Croix de Neuilly,

Il fait ses débuts également à Saint-Ferdinand en participant à des soirées récréatives.
Il entre à la Comédie-Française le 1er septembre 1947 et en devient sociétaire le 1er janvier 1953. Il la quitte le 31 décembre 1972, et en devient sociétaire honoraire le 1er janvier 1973.

Il est officier de la Légion d'honneur, officier des Arts et des Lettres et grand-croix dans l'ordre du Mérite. En 2002, il préside la 18e cérémonie des Molières.

Il a été marié à la comédienne Françoise Engel (décédée en 2005), professeur d'art dramatique au cours Simon, dont il a eu deux filles, Dominique, née en 1949, et Martine, en 1952.

De 1975 à 2018, il est le compagnon de la femme de lettres et auteure de pièces de théâtre Françoise Dorin.

Usually with

Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry
(2 films)
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
(1 films)
Sergio Gobbi
Sergio Gobbi
(2 films)
Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton
(3 films)
Jean-François Laguionie
Jean-François Laguionie
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jean Piat (21 films)

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Actor

Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure (2007)
, 1h25
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Lucky Luke, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Lambert Wilson, Clovis Cornillac, Bernard Alane, Alexis Tomassian, Edgar Givry, Christophe Lemoine
Roles Spike Goodfellow (voice)
Rating62% 3.1462353.1462353.1462353.1462353.146235
New York, 1880. Lucky Luke escorte les Dalton pour un énième procès. Inévitablement, les quatre affreux s’évadent et pillent en règle les nombreuses banques de la ville. La police à ses trousses, une course-poursuite se déroule en plein centre de New York entre une Tramway et des voitures à vapeur, Joe Dalton cache le magot dans le chariot d’une caravane d’immigrants en partance pour la Californie.
Kaena: The Prophecy
Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
, 1h28
Directed by Chris Delaporte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Robot films
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Cécile de France, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston, Keith David, Victoria Abril
Roles The Priest (french voice)
Rating59% 2.999252.999252.999252.999252.99925
The film begins with an alien ship crash landing on a desert planet. The alien survivors, known as Vecarians, are quickly killed by the planet's predatory native inhabitants, the Selenites. The ship's core, Vecanoi, survives, and from it sprouts Axis, a massive tree reaching up into space.
A Monkey's Tale
A Monkey's Tale (1999)
, 1h15
Directed by Jean-François Laguionie
Origin France
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tara Römer, Michael Gambon, Nadia Farès, John Hurt, Pierre Arditi, Michael York
Roles Sérignole (Voice)
Rating57% 2.871142.871142.871142.871142.87114
Kom is a member of the Woonkos, a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy and they live in obsessive fear of falling into a nearby pit, which is inhabited by other monkeys they believe to be demons. Kom refuses to believe these superstitions and claims bravery and is rude to the elder of the Woonkos. However, on the way home, he accidentally falls from the trees into the land below. When there, he meets the Lankoo tribe and finds they are in fact very similar to his own tribe. He befriends Gina, a young maid and Master Martin, the librarian and they help teach him to behave like a Lankoo. The Lankoo king is impressed by his actions, although Gina doesn't like it when he tries too hard for popularity, and briefly forgets her. However, there is also evil afoot. The chancellor Sebastian, the governess and their dim-witted side-kick, Gerard the Gormless, are up to evil plans: they will find a way for the King to die and they are poisoning his already sick daughter, Princess Ida. The King, along with most of his army, die drowning while attempting to reach the "promised land" on the other side of the poisonous lake when it was frozen. Sebastian believes his plan has worked, but the governess (who was giving the princess the poison) is given it herself by Gina and the one remaining soldier, however it is believed she is tough enough not to die, but will remain a "sleeping ugly". The film ends with Sebastian and Gerard in cages, Princess Ida as the new queen and Kom and Gina returning to the land of the Woonkos, while it is clear that the two tribes will unite. It features the song "We Are One" by Westlife.
That Darn Cat
That Darn Cat (1997)
, 1h29
Directed by Bob Spiers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean Jones, Peter Boyle, Megan Cavanagh, Bess Armstrong
Roles Dean Jones
Rating47% 2.355762.355762.355762.355762.35576
A pair of bumbling kidnappers break into the house of the president with the intention of kidnapping his wife and holding her for ransom. Things don't go according to plan when they mistakenly kidnap house maid Lizzie instead.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
, 1h27
Directed by Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Bergman
Roles Frollo
Rating70% 3.501473.501473.501473.501473.50147
In 1482 Paris, Clopin, a gypsy puppeteer, narrates the origin of the titular hunchback. A group of gypsies sneak illegally into Paris, but are ambushed by Judge Claude Frollo, the minister of justice. A gypsy woman in the group attempts to flee with her deformed baby, but Frollo chases and kills her outside Notre Dame. He tries to kill the baby as well, but the cathedral's archdeacon intervenes and accuses Frollo of murdering an innocent woman. To atone for his sin, Frollo reluctantly agrees to raise the deformed child in Notre Dame as his son, naming him Quasimodo.
The Lion King
The Lion King (1994)
, 1h29
Directed by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about families, Philosophie, Films about religion, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about lions, Films about apes, Musical films, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Suricate, Films about royalty
Actors Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Joseph Williams
Roles Scar
Rating83% 4.1547854.1547854.1547854.1547854.154785
In the Pride Lands of Africa, a lion rules over the animals as king. The birth of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi's son Simba creates envy and resentment in Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, who knows his nephew now replaces him as heir to the throne. After Simba has grown into a young cub, Mufasa gives him a tour of the Pride Lands, teaching him the responsibilities of being a king and the circle of life. Later that day, Scar tricks Simba and his best friend Nala into exploring a forbidden elephant graveyard, despite the protests of Mufasa's hornbill majordomo Zazu. At the graveyard, three spotted hyenas named Shenzi, Banzai and Ed attack the cubs before Mufasa, alerted by Zazu, rescues them and forgives Simba for his actions. That night, the hyenas, who are allied with Scar, plot with him to kill Mufasa and Simba.
À nous de jouer
À nous de jouer (1980)
, 1h30
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Piat, Judith Magre, Annick Blancheteau, Gérard Lartigau, Pierre Rousseau, Corinne Le Poulain
Roles Jérôme

Une directrice des programmes d'une chaîne de télévision refuse à Jérôme le droit de s'exprimer. Mais celui-ci fait un jour irruption dans une émission en direct pour expliquer la vérité aux téléspectateurs.
The Bible
The Bible (1977)
, 1h30
Directed by Marcel Carné
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Jean Piat
Rating62% 3.1475753.1475753.1475753.1475753.147575
La basilique de Monreale, près de Palerme en Sicile, et ses milliers de mosaïques qui racontent des scènes de la Bible.
Les Jeunes Filles
Les Jeunes Filles (1977)

Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Jean Piat, Yolande Folliot, Emmanuelle Riva, Élina Labourdette, Jean Davy, Gisèle Grimm
Roles Pierre Costals

Pierre Costals est un écrivain à succès misogyne. Ses admiratrices lui envoient une abondante correspondance à laquelle il répond au compte-gouttes. Il rencontre finalement l'une d'elles, mais une ingénue va venir semer le trouble dans les certitudes du Casanova.
Rider on the Rain
Rider on the Rain (1970)
, 2h
Directed by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Corinne Marchand, Ellen Bahl, Jean Piat
Roles M. Armand
Rating66% 3.345623.345623.345623.345623.34562
In a god-forsaken, off-season French seaside town we meet "Mellie" (Marlène Jobert), who watches a mysterious stranger step down from the bus into the pouring rain. He follows and eventually rapes her, while her husband (an airline navigator) is away from home.
The Milky Way
The Milky Way (1969)
, 1h31
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Michel Piccoli, Bernard Verley, Pierre Clémenti, Alain Cuny
Roles Le comte
Rating73% 3.6955753.6955753.6955753.6955753.695575
In the film, two men travel the ancient pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela and meet embodiments of various Catholic heresies along the way. These religious events are based on actual historical documents. For instance, the archbishop whose corpse is exhumed and publicly burned is based on Archbishop Carranza of Toledo. The film ends with the following text:
Tower of Screaming Virgins
Tower of Screaming Virgins (1968)
, 1h29
Directed by Franz Antel, Fritz Umgelter
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Jean Piat, Uschi Glas, Véronique Vendell, Dada Gallotti, Armando Francioli, Rudolf Forster
Roles Bouridan
Rating51% 2.57782.57782.57782.57782.5778
Il s'agit d'une adaptation de la pièce de théâtre La Tour de Nesle d'Alexandre Dumas.
Napoleon
Napoleon (1955)
, 3h2
Directed by Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Daniel Gélin, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Raymond Pellegrin, Michèle Morgan, Sacha Guitry
Roles Junot
Rating60% 3.0032753.0032753.0032753.0032753.003275
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.