Philippe Noiret (1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor.
Philippe Noiret (1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor.
Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study theater. He trained at the Centre Dramatique de l'Ouest and toured with the Théâtre National Populaire for seven years, where he met Monique Chaumette, whom he married in 1962. During that time he developed a career as a nightclub comedian in a duo act with Jean-Pierre Darras, in which he played Louis XIV in an extravagant wig opposite Darras as the dramatist Jean Racine. In these roles they satirized the politics of Charles de Gaulle, Michel Debré and André Malraux.
Noiret's screen debut (1949) was an uncredited role in Gigi. In 1955 he appeared in La Pointe Courte directed by Agnès Varda. She said later, "I discovered in him a breadth of talent rare in a young actor." Sporting a pudding-basin haircut, Noiret played a lovelorn youth in the southern fishing port of Sète. He later admitted: "I was scared stiff, and fumbled my way through the part—I am totally absent in the film." He was not cast again until 1960 in Zazie dans le Métro. After playing second leads in Georges Franju's Thérèse Desqueyroux in 1962, and in Le Capitaine Fracasse, from Théophile Gautier's romantic adventure, he became a regular on the French screen, without being cast in major roles until A Matter of Resistance directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1966. He became a star in France with Yves Robert's Alexandre le Bienheureux.
"When I began to have success in the movies," Noiret told film critic Joe Leydon at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989, "it was a big surprise for me. For actors of my generation—all the men of 50 or 60 now in French movies—all of us were thinking of being stage actors. Even people like Jean-Paul Belmondo, all of us, we never thought we'd become movie stars. So, at the beginning, I was just doing it for the money, and because they asked me to do it. But after two or three years of working on movies, I started to enjoy it, and to be very interested in it. And I'm still very interested in it, because I've never really understood how it works. I mean, what is acting for the movies? I've never really understood."
Noiret was cast primarily as the Everyman character, although he did not hesitate to accept controversial roles, such as in La Grande Bouffe, a film about suicide by overeating, which caused a scandal at Cannes in 1973, and in 1991 André Téchiné cast Noiret in J'embrasse pas (I Don't Kiss), as a melancholy old homosexual obsessed with young male flesh. And in 1987, in The Gold Rimmed Glasses based on Giorgio Bassani's novel about the cramped social life of post-war Ferrara in Italy, he played an elderly and respectable doctor who is gradually suspected of being a covert homosexual with a passion for a beautiful young man (Rupert Everett). Noiret won his first César Award for his role in Vieux Fusil in 1976. His second César came in 1990 for his role in Life and Nothing But. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/12/2021
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/11/2020
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:28/05/2017
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2009
The Beaches of Agnès
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/2008
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/2007
3 Friends
Character:Serano, le concessionnaire Mercedes-Benz
Release Date:22/08/2007
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/2006
Marcello, una vita dolce
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/2006
Edy
Character:Louis
Release Date:02/11/2005
Hitler, la folie d'un homme
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/05/2005
My New Partner III
Character:René Boirond
Release Date:10/12/2003
The Chops
Character:Léonce
Release Date:28/05/2003
Father and Sons
Character:Léo
Release Date:16/05/2003
The Dog, the General, and the Birds
Character:Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/05/2003
Step by Step
Character:Louis Chevalier
Release Date:31/08/2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2002
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
Character:Joseph Steg
Release Date:19/01/2000
On Guard
Character:Duke Philippe d'Orléans
Release Date:03/12/1997
Marianna Ucrìa
Character:Duke Signoretto
Release Date:13/08/1997
Soleil
Character:Joseph Lévy
Release Date:11/06/1997
Pierre and Marie
Character:Professor Rodolphe Schutz
Release Date:09/04/1997
Le Veilleur de nuit
Character:Monsieur
Release Date:27/12/1996
Ghost with Driver
Character:Philippe Bruneau-Teissier
Release Date:20/03/1996
The Grand Dukes
Character:Victor Vialat
Release Date:21/02/1996
Balthus through the Looking-Glass
Character:Récitant / Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1996
Looking for Paradise
Character:Padre di Claudia
Release Date:22/12/1995
Les Milles
Character:Le Général
Release Date:22/08/1995
Too Loud A Solitude
Character:Haňťa
Release Date:30/03/1995
Le Roi de Paris
Character:Victor Derval
Release Date:11/01/1995
The Troubles We've Seen
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/1994
The Postman
Character:Pablo Neruda
Release Date:22/09/1994
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Character:D'Artagnan
Release Date:24/08/1994
Dead Tired
Character:Philippe Noiret
Release Date:18/05/1994
Tango
Character:L'Elégant
Release Date:03/02/1993
Max & Jeremie
Character:Robert 'Max' Maxendre
Release Date:14/10/1992
The Two of Us
Character:Toussaint
Release Date:22/04/1992
Fish Soup
Character:Alberto
Release Date:27/02/1992
Against Oblivion
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/1991
I Don't Kiss
Character:Romain
Release Date:20/11/1991
Especially on Sunday
Character:Amleto
Release Date:26/09/1991
Rossini! Rossini!
Character:Gioacchino Rossini
Release Date:12/09/1991
Uranus
Character:Watrin
Release Date:12/12/1990
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
Character:Anatole Hirsch
Release Date:22/08/1990
My New Partner II
Character:René Boirond
Release Date:07/02/1990
The Palermo Connection
Character:Gianni Mucci
Release Date:02/02/1990
Life and Nothing But
Character:Commander Delaplane
Release Date:06/09/1989
The Return of the Musketeers
Character:Cardinal Mazarin
Release Date:12/04/1989
Cinema Paradiso
Character:Alfredo
Release Date:17/11/1988
Young Toscanini
Character:Dom Pedro II.
Release Date:07/10/1988
Chouans!
Character:Savinien de Kerfadec
Release Date:23/03/1988
The Sparrow's Fluttering
Character:Gabriele Battistini
Release Date:01/01/1988
Les Œuvres de Frédéric Back
Character:Narrateur
Release Date:01/01/1988
Widow's Walk
Character:Inspector Molinat
Release Date:02/12/1987
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
Character:Dr. Athos Fadigati
Release Date:25/09/1987
The Man Who Planted Trees
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:13/05/1987
Masques
Character:Christian Legagneur
Release Date:11/02/1987
The Family
Character:Jean-Luc
Release Date:20/01/1987
Twist Again in Moscow
Character:Igor Tataïev
Release Date:22/10/1986
'Round Midnight
Character:Redon
Release Date:23/09/1986
The Secret Wife
Character:Pierre Franchin, the painter
Release Date:17/09/1986
Let's Hope It's a Girl
Character:Leonardo
Release Date:06/02/1986
Before Midnight
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Fourth Power
Character:Yves Dorget
Release Date:02/10/1985
Les Rois du gag
Character:In person at the César Awards ceremony (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1985
Next Summer
Character:Edouard
Release Date:09/01/1985
My New Partner
Character:René Boirond
Release Date:19/09/1984
Souvenirs souvenirs
Character:Le proviseur
Release Date:19/09/1984
Fort Saganne
Character:Dubreuilh
Release Date:11/05/1984
Aurora
Character:André
Release Date:01/02/1984
Le Grand Carnaval
Character:Étienne Labrouche
Release Date:07/12/1983
The African
Character:Victor
Release Date:22/10/1983
A Friend of Vincent
Character:Albert Palm
Release Date:28/09/1983
My Friends Act II
Character:Giorgio Perozzi
Release Date:22/12/1982
The North Star
Character:Edouard Binet
Release Date:31/03/1982
Coup de Torchon
Character:Lucien Cordier
Release Date:04/11/1981
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed
Character:Athanase
Release Date:02/09/1981
Three Brothers
Character:Raffaele Giuranna
Release Date:19/03/1981
Heads or Tails
Character:Inspecteur Louis Baroni
Release Date:30/08/1980
A Week's Vacation
Character:Michel Descombes
Release Date:02/06/1980
Jupiter's Thigh
Character:Antoine Lemercier
Release Date:06/02/1980
Rue du Pied de Grue
Character:Le père
Release Date:07/11/1979
Two Pieces of Bread
Character:Peppe Dorè
Release Date:26/01/1979
La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
Character:Eugène Pottier
Release Date:12/11/1978
The Witness
Character:Robert Maurisson
Release Date:20/09/1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Character:Jean-Claude Moulineau
Release Date:13/09/1978
Dear Inspector
Character:Antoine Lemercier
Release Date:18/01/1978
The Purple Taxi
Character:Philippe Marchal
Release Date:25/05/1977
A Woman at Her Window
Character:Raoul Malfosse
Release Date:10/11/1976
The Desert of the Tartars
Character:General
Release Date:29/10/1976
Monsieur Albert
Character:Albert
Release Date:30/03/1976
The Judge and the Assassin
Character:Juge Rousseau
Release Date:10/03/1976
A Common Sense of Modesty
Character:Giuseppe Costanzo
Release Date:09/03/1976
My Friends
Character:Il Perozzi
Release Date:24/10/1975
The Old Gun
Character:Julien Dandieu
Release Date:20/08/1975
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Character:Philip of Orléans
Release Date:23/03/1975
Playing with Fire
Character:Georges de Saxe
Release Date:19/02/1975
L'école est finie
Character:Self - Narrator(voice)
Release Date:01/01/1975
The Secret
Character:Thomas Berthelot
Release Date:09/10/1974
A Cloud in the Teeth
Character:Malisard
Release Date:01/05/1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
Character:Gaspard de Montfermeil
Release Date:06/02/1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Character:Gen. Terry
Release Date:23/01/1974
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Character:Michel Descombes
Release Date:16/01/1974
Poil de carotte
Character:François Lepic
Release Date:29/08/1973
La Grande Bouffe
Character:Philippe
Release Date:16/05/1973
The Serpent
Character:Lucien Berthon
Release Date:07/04/1973
The Assassination
Character:Pierre Garcin
Release Date:04/10/1972
Five Leaf Clover
Character:Alfred
Release Date:22/08/1972
A Time for Loving
Character:Marcel
Release Date:01/04/1972
La Mandarine
Character:Georges Lapierre
Release Date:17/03/1972
The Old Maid
Character:Gabriel Marcassus
Release Date:05/01/1972
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Character:Judge Francesco Langellone
Release Date:24/12/1971
The Most Gentle Confessions
Character:Inspecteur Muller
Release Date:19/05/1971
Murphy's War
Character:Brezan
Release Date:13/01/1971
Give Her the Moon
Character:Gabriel
Release Date:25/02/1970
Topaz
Character:Henri Jarre
Release Date:17/12/1969
Justine
Character:Pombal
Release Date:06/08/1969
The Assassination Bureau
Character:Monsieur Lucoville
Release Date:09/03/1969
Clerambard
Character:Count Hector de Clérambard
Release Date:17/02/1969
Mr. Freedom
Character:Moujik Man
Release Date:08/01/1969
The Tender Age
Character:Pourtalain
Release Date:03/06/1968
Very Happy Alexander
Character:Alexandre Gartempe
Release Date:09/02/1968
The Other One
Character:André
Release Date:10/10/1967
Woman Times Seven
Character:Victor
Release Date:29/09/1967
The Night of the Generals
Character:Inspector Morand
Release Date:29/01/1967
Tender Scoundrel
Character:Bibi Dumonceaux
Release Date:12/12/1966
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Character:Jean-Jacques Georges, le journaliste
Release Date:21/10/1966
Father's Trip
Character:Disgruntled traveler
Release Date:16/09/1966
La Fin de la nuit
Character:Bernard Desqueyroux
Release Date:10/05/1966
The Sultans
Character:Michou
Release Date:06/05/1966
A Matter of Resistance
Character:Jérôme
Release Date:25/01/1966
Lady L
Character:Ambroise Gérôme
Release Date:17/12/1965
The Buddies
Character:Bénin
Release Date:15/01/1965
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Character:King Louis XIII
Release Date:22/10/1964
Clémentine chérie
Character:Edgar Hoover
Release Date:04/08/1964
The Lovers of the France
Character:Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/04/1964
Monsieur
Character:Edmond Bernadac, Industrialist
Release Date:22/04/1964
Summer Frenzy
Character:Jean
Release Date:04/02/1964
Death, Where Is Your Victory?
Character:Brassy
Release Date:10/01/1964
La Porteuse de pain
Character:Jacques Garraud
Release Date:29/08/1963
Ballad for a Hoodlum
Character:L'inspecteur Mathieu
Release Date:27/03/1963
Therese
Character:Bernard Desqueyroux
Release Date:21/09/1962
The Masseuses
Character:Bellini
Release Date:20/09/1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Character:Monseigneur Hughes
Release Date:06/07/1962
Comme un poisson dans l'eau
Character:Lucien Barlemont
Release Date:18/05/1962
Le Mal court
Character:Parfait XVIII
Release Date:03/04/1962
Flore et Blancheflore
Character:King Félix
Release Date:24/12/1961
Rendezvous
Character:Inspector Maillard
Release Date:10/11/1961
Famous Love Affairs
Character:Louis XIV
Release Date:03/11/1961
All the Gold in the World
Character:Victor Hardy
Release Date:01/11/1961
Captain Fracasse
Character:Hérode
Release Date:21/04/1961
Cyrano de Bergerac
Character:Lignère
Release Date:25/12/1960
Ravishing
Character:Maurice
Release Date:14/12/1960
De fil en aiguille
Character:M. Van Dam
Release Date:20/11/1960
Zazie dans le Métro
Character:Oncle Gabriel
Release Date:28/10/1960
Macbeth
Character:Macduff
Release Date:20/10/1959
La Pointe Courte
Character:Him
Release Date:04/01/1956
Matrimonial Agency
Character:A passerby (uncredited)
Release Date:21/05/1952
Olivia
Character:Béatrice's Lover (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1951
Gigi
Character:Bit Part (uncredited)
Release Date:05/10/1949
Television Appearances
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Stars 90
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
30 millions d'amis
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Apostrophes
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Discorama
Character:Self - Host
Discorama
Character:Self
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