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Jean-Marc Barr

Acting 65 years old Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ★ 4.8
Born: September 27, 1960

Biography

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Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French. His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer. Barr is bilingual in French and English: he speaks French with a nasal, hybrid accent, reminiscent of his American upbringing - with a slight American accent and occasional anglicisms in interviews - and English with a Mid-Atlantic accent.

He studied philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Paris Conservatoire and the Sorbonne. He went on to pursue an education in drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In London he met his future wife, a pianist and composer Irina Dečermić.

Jean-Marc Barr began working in theatre in France in 1986. After some television roles and film work, in particular, Hope and Glory (1987) by John Boorman, he was cast in the tremendously successful The Big Blue (1988). Luc Besson cast him in the role of French diver Jacques Mayol. He played in the role opposite Rosanna Arquette and Jean Reno. The Big Blue was the most financially successful film in France in the 1980s.

In 1991, he starred in Danish director Lars von Trier's Europa, marking the beginning of a long friendship (he is the godfather of von Trier's children) as well as a significant professional relationship. He went on to appear in von Trier’s Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2004) and Manderlay (2005). Also in 2005 he starred in the French film Crustacés et Coquillages.

His collaboration with von Trier put him on track to start directing his own work. He debuted in 1999 as a director, screenwriter and producer with the intimate love story Lovers. This film became the first part of a trilogy; the two subsequent parts being the drama Too Much Flesh (2000) and the comedy Being Light (2001) which he co-directed with Pascal Arnold.

He may also be recognized for his role as the attractive divorce lawyer, Maitre Bertram in the Merchant Ivory film le Divorce (2003). He appeared as Hugo in The Red Siren in 2002. He appeared as the main character in the video for Blur's 1995 single, "Charmless Man".

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Known For

The Academy
The Academy Prof. Robert Copley 2025
The Rebellious
The Rebellious Mr. Verger 2024
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday Ben 1998
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story Scott 1985
Europa
Europa Leopold Kessler 1991

Filmography

Acting Credits (95)

King & Conqueror
King & Conqueror King Henry of France 2025
The Other 300: Army of Lovers
The Other 300: Army of Lovers Narrator (voice over) 2025
The Academy
The Academy Prof. Robert Copley 2025
Meurtres en dentelles
Meurtres en dentelles Antoine Duprat 2025
Sea Shadows
Sea Shadows André 2025
Anthracite
Anthracite Solal Heilman 2024
The Rebellious
The Rebellious Mr. Verger 2024
The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation The Founder 2023
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier Jean-Marc Barr 2023
This Is the End
This Is the End Self 2023
Silent Land
Silent Land diver Arnaud 2022
The Rope
The Rope Serge Morel 2022
My Best Part
My Best Part The director 2020
Little Birds
Little Birds Secretary Pierre Vaney 2020
The Cellar
The Cellar Milan 2018
The Call
The Call (voice) 2018
The Miracle
The Miracle Serge 2018
Cut Off
Cut Off Trevor De Blanc 2018
Bad Banks
Bad Banks Robert Khano 2018
Buğday
Buğday Erol 2017
Dolphin Man
Dolphin Man Self 2017
After the War
After the War Jérôme 2017
UK18
UK18 The Foreigner 2017
Wax - We Are The X
Wax - We Are The X Jean-Christophe Touchalier 2016
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Whoever Was Using This Bed Ray 2016
The Last Mirage
The Last Mirage Justin Livingstone 2014
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II Debtor Gentleman 2013
Big Sur
Big Sur Jack Kerouac 2013
Manhattan Romance
Manhattan Romance Alex 2013
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations Self 2013
Vandal
Vandal Paul, l'oncle 2013
And They Call It Summer
And They Call It Summer Dino 2012
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying Brian 2011
Blood On The Docks
Blood On The Docks Capitaine Richard Faraday 2011
Le Repaire de la vouivre
Le Repaire de la vouivre Paul Pratt 2011
American Translation
American Translation William 2011
His Mother's Eyes
His Mother's Eyes Jean-Paul Tremazan 2011
Dimension
Dimension 2010
City of Shadows
City of Shadows Dr. Max Orswell 2010
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain Himself 2010
Making Plans for Lena
Making Plans for Lena Nigel 2009
Nucingen House
Nucingen House William Henry James III 2009
Parc
Parc Paul Marteau 2009
Baby Blues
Baby Blues Dan 2008
The Anarchist's Wife
The Anarchist's Wife Pierre 2008
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Here’s Looking at You, Boy Self 2007
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All Spencer 2006
Manderlay
Manderlay Mr. Robinsson 2005
Tara Road
Tara Road Andy 2005
Cockles and Muscles
Cockles and Muscles Didier 2005
Anecdotes from Europa
Anecdotes from Europa Interviewee 2005
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
CQ2 (Seek You Too) Steven 2004
The Car Keys
The Car Keys Actor who refuses to film with Laurent 2003
Saltimbank
Saltimbank Frédéric Saltim 2003
Le Divorce
Le Divorce Maitre Bertram 2003
Dogville
Dogville The Man with the Big Hat 2003
The Red Siren
The Red Siren Hugo 2002
Mary's Sons
Mary's Sons Paul 2002
Being Light
Being Light Jack Lesterhoof 2001
blur | The Best Of
blur | The Best Of Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man") 2000
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 Self 2000
Too Much Flesh
Too Much Flesh Lyle 2000
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark Norman 2000
FreeDogme
FreeDogme Himself 2000
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday Ben 1998
Ça ne se refuse pas
Ça ne se refuse pas Alex 1998
What I Did for Love
What I Did for Love Marc 1998
The Scarlet Tunic
The Scarlet Tunic Matthaus Singer 1998
St. Ives
St. Ives Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves 1998
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier 1997
The Infidels
The Infidels 1997
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi Self 1997
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century Addy 1997
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves Terry 1996
Lifeline
Lifeline Patrick LeMay 1996
Marching in Darkness
Marching in Darkness Silvio Roatto 1996
L'Échappée belle
L'Échappée belle Manu Barnes 1996
Iron Horsemen
Iron Horsemen Robert 1995
Le fils préféré
Le fils préféré Philippe 1994
Les Faussaires
Les Faussaires Jack Baker 1994
Death of a World Star
Death of a World Star Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1994
Au nom d'un chien
Au nom d'un chien Jean Grébault 1994
The Plague
The Plague Jean Tarrou 1992
Europa
Europa Leopold Kessler 1991
Blaze
Blaze Victor 1991
The Big Blue Adventure
The Big Blue Adventure Self / Narrator 1989
The Big Blue
The Big Blue Jacques Mayol 1988
Maurice
Maurice French Colleague (uncredited) 1987
Hope and Glory
Hope and Glory Bruce 1987
Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac Alain 1986
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story Scott 1985
King David
King David Absalom 1985
Le jour qui vient
Le jour qui vient Martin
Halo of Stars
Halo of Stars Gerald
Hexameron
Hexameron Fr. Paulo

Directing Credits (7)

Writing Credits (4)

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