Jean-Marc Barr

Jean-Marc Barr

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Marc Barr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    Birthday
    9/27/1960
The Big Blue
The Big Blue
7.456
Europa
Europa
7.351
City of Shadows
City of Shadows
5.5
St. Ives
St. Ives
5.8
The Scarlet Tunic
3.8
The Red Siren
The Red Siren
5.3
Too Much Flesh
Too Much Flesh
4.1
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
5.7
Big Sur
Big Sur
5.125
Parc
Parc
2.833
Manhattan Romance
Manhattan Romance
0
Fantasmes! - Sexe, Fiction et Tentations
Fantasmes! - Sexe, Fiction et Tentations
7.2
Buğday
Buğday
5.5
Marching in Darkness
Marching in Darkness
5.5
Les faussaires
Les faussaires
4.9
The Call
The Call
6.5
The Cellar
The Cellar
7
FreeDogme
FreeDogme
4
The Infidels
The Infidels
0
Dimension
Dimension
5.2
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Whoever Was Using This Bed
10
The Last Mirage
The Last Mirage
0
L'échappée belle
L'échappée belle
0
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
10
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain
0
Ça ne se refuse pas
0
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
6.7
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
4.6
What I Did for Love
What I Did for Love
4.9
And They Call It Summer
And They Call It Summer
4.6
Nucingen House
Nucingen House
6.3
Saltimbank
5
Blaze
Blaze
5.5
Mary's Sons
0
Vandal
Vandal
6.7
Dolphin Man
Dolphin Man
7.25
Anecdotes from Europa
6
Cockles and Muscles
Cockles and Muscles
6.217
Le fils préféré
Le fils préféré
6.7
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
3.5
My Best Part
My Best Part
5.4
Lifeline
Lifeline
0
Being Light
Being Light
5
Silent Land
Silent Land
5.5
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
7.484
Dogville
Dogville
7.773
Making Plans for Lena
Making Plans for Lena
5.476
Baby Blues
Baby Blues
5.4
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
4.3
UK18
UK18
6
Cut Off
Cut Off
6.1
This Is the End
This Is the End
9
Tara Road
Tara Road
5.611
His Mother's Eyes
His Mother's Eyes
5.5
American Translation
American Translation
5.879
The Plague
The Plague
5.7
Wax: We Are The X
Wax: We Are The X
7.2
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
4
The Anarchist's Wife
The Anarchist's Wife
5.4
The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation
5.1
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
6.756
After the War
After the War
6.9
Manderlay
Manderlay
6.902
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
7.867
Hope and Glory
Hope and Glory
6.783
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
5.8
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
6.593
Le Divorce
Le Divorce
4.906
Iron Horsemen
Iron Horsemen
6
King David
King David
5.3
Maurice
Maurice
7.592
The Car Keys
The Car Keys
5.066
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