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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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Filmography (Movies)
The Other 300: Army of Lovers
Character:Narrator (voice over)
Release Date:12/06/2025
The Academy
Character:Prof. Robert Copley
Release Date:20/03/2025
Meurtres en dentelles
Character:Antoine Duprat
Release Date:09/03/2025
The Rebellious
Character:Mr. Verger
Release Date:01/01/2024
The Pod Generation
Character:The Founder
Release Date:11/08/2023
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
Character:Jean-Marc Barr
Release Date:02/07/2023
This Is the End
Character:Self
Release Date:16/02/2023
Silent Land
Character:diver Arnaud
Release Date:23/08/2022
My Best Part
Character:The director
Release Date:28/10/2020
The Cellar
Character:Milan
Release Date:27/08/2018
The Call
Character:(voice)
Release Date:01/06/2018
Cut Off
Character:Trevor De Blanc
Release Date:20/04/2018
Buğday
Character:Erol
Release Date:24/11/2017
Dolphin Man
Character:Self
Release Date:28/10/2017
After the War
Character:Jérôme
Release Date:19/10/2017
UK18
Character:The Foreigner
Release Date:19/04/2017
Wax - We Are The X
Character:Jean-Christophe Touchalier
Release Date:31/03/2016
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Character:Ray
Release Date:13/01/2016
The Last Mirage
Character:Justin Livingstone
Release Date:14/02/2014
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Character:Debtor Gentleman
Release Date:25/12/2013
Big Sur
Character:Jack Kerouac
Release Date:01/11/2013
Manhattan Romance
Character:Alex
Release Date:15/10/2013
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2013
Vandal
Character:Paul, l'oncle
Release Date:09/10/2013
And They Call It Summer
Character:Dino
Release Date:22/11/2012
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
Character:Brian
Release Date:08/12/2011
American Translation
Character:William
Release Date:07/06/2011
His Mother's Eyes
Character:Jean-Paul Tremazan
Release Date:23/03/2011
Dimension
Character:
Release Date:24/08/2010
City of Shadows
Character:Dr. Max Orswell
Release Date:09/04/2010
Heavy Rain
Character:Himself
Release Date:23/02/2010
Making Plans for Lena
Character:Nigel
Release Date:02/09/2009
Nucingen House
Character:William Henry James III
Release Date:03/06/2009
Parc
Character:Paul Marteau
Release Date:14/01/2009
Baby Blues
Character:Dan
Release Date:26/11/2008
The Anarchist's Wife
Character:Pierre
Release Date:26/06/2008
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Character:Self
Release Date:16/02/2007
The Boss of It All
Character:Spencer
Release Date:08/12/2006
Manderlay
Character:Mr. Robinsson
Release Date:03/06/2005
Tara Road
Character:Andy
Release Date:11/05/2005
Cockles and Muscles
Character:Didier
Release Date:30/03/2005
Anecdotes from Europa
Character:Interviewee
Release Date:01/01/2005
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Character:Steven
Release Date:13/09/2004
The Car Keys
Character:Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Release Date:10/12/2003
Saltimbank
Character:Frédéric Saltim
Release Date:10/09/2003
Le Divorce
Character:Maitre Bertram
Release Date:08/08/2003
Dogville
Character:The Man with the Big Hat
Release Date:21/05/2003
The Red Siren
Character:Hugo
Release Date:21/08/2002
Mary's Sons
Character:Paul
Release Date:19/05/2002
Being Light
Character:Jack Lesterhoof
Release Date:05/12/2001
blur | The Best Of
Character:Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
Release Date:28/11/2000
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2000
Too Much Flesh
Character:Lyle
Release Date:24/09/2000
Dancer in the Dark
Character:Norman
Release Date:01/09/2000
FreeDogme
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2000
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Character:Ben
Release Date:13/09/1998
Ça ne se refuse pas
Character:Alex
Release Date:12/08/1998
What I Did for Love
Character:Marc
Release Date:17/06/1998
The Scarlet Tunic
Character:Matthaus Singer
Release Date:12/06/1998
St. Ives
Character:Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Release Date:01/01/1998
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1997
The Infidels
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1997
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
Breaking the Waves
Character:Terry
Release Date:05/07/1996
Lifeline
Character:Patrick LeMay
Release Date:15/05/1996
Marching in Darkness
Character:Silvio Roatto
Release Date:27/04/1996
L'Échappée belle
Character:Manu Barnes
Release Date:27/03/1996
Iron Horsemen
Character:Robert
Release Date:27/01/1995
Le fils préféré
Character:Philippe
Release Date:21/12/1994
Les Faussaires
Character:Jack Baker
Release Date:23/11/1994
Death of a World Star
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/06/1994
The Plague
Character:Jean Tarrou
Release Date:26/08/1992
Europa
Character:Leopold Kessler
Release Date:27/06/1991
Blaze
Character:Victor
Release Date:26/05/1991
The Big Blue Adventure
Character:Self / Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Big Blue
Character:Jacques Mayol
Release Date:10/05/1988
Maurice
Character:French Colleague (uncredited)
Release Date:18/09/1987
Hope and Glory
Character:Bruce
Release Date:03/09/1987
Hotel du Lac
Character:Alain
Release Date:02/03/1986
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Character:Scott
Release Date:08/05/1985
King David
Character:Absalom
Release Date:29/03/1985
Television Appearances
King & Conqueror
Character:King Henry of France
Sea Shadows
Character:André
Anthracite
Character:Solal Heilman
The Rope
Character:Serge Morel
Little Birds
Character:Secretary Pierre Vaney
The Miracle
Character:Serge
Bad Banks
Character:Robert Khano
Blood On The Docks
Character:Capitaine Richard Faraday
Le Repaire de la vouivre
Character:Paul Pratt
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