Jean-Marc Barr

1960-

Biography: life and films

Jean-Marc Barr is a Franco-American actor and film director. He was born in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 27th September 1960.

His best films as an actor include Luc Besson's Le Grand bleu (1988), Jean-Claude Biette's Saltimbank (2003), Olivier Ducastel's comedy Crustacés et coquillages (2005), Christophe Honoré's Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (2009) and Arnaud des Pallières's crime-thriller Parc (2009), and whose best work as a film director include Lovers (1999), American Translation (2011) and Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui (2012).

Jean-Marc Barr has so far appeared in 45 films, directed 6 films, was cinematographer on 4 films and scripted 3 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Lars von Trier (6 films), Pascal Arnold (5) and Carole Laure (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (34 films), romance (9), comedy (8), comedy-romance (6), comedy-drama (5), history (3), War (3), Thriller (3) and crime-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Jean-Marc Barr over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; c = cinematographer

The Frog Prince (1984) [a]

King David (1985) [a]

Hope and Glory (1987) [a]

Le Grand bleu (1988) [a]

Europa (1991) [a]

Le Brasier (1991) [a]

La Peste (1992) [a]

Le Fils préféré (1994) [a]

Les Faussaires (1994) [a]

Iron Horsemen (1995) [a]

Marciando nel buio (1995) [a]

Breaking the Waves (1996) [a]

L'Échappée belle (1996) [a]

Mo' (1996) [a]

Ça ne se refuse pas (1998) [a]

Folle d'elle (1998) [a]

J'aimerais pas crever un dimanche (1998) [a]

Préférence (1998) [a]

St. Ives (1998) [a]

The Scarlet Tunic (1998) [a]

Lovers (1999) [d,w,c]

Dancer in the Dark (2000) [a]

Too Much Flesh (2000) [a,d,w]

Being Light (2001) [a,d,w]

La Sirène rouge (2002) [a]

Les Fils de Marie (2002) [a]

Dogville (2003) [a]

Le Divorce (2003) [a]

Saltimbank (2003) [a]

CQ2 (2004) [a]

Crustacés et coquillages (2005) [a]

Manderlay (2005) [a]

Tara Road (2005) [a]

Chacun sa nuit (2006) [d,c]

Direktoren for det hele (2006) [a]

Baby Blues (2008) [a]

La Maison Nucingen (2009) [a]

Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (2009) [a]

Parc (2009) [a]

The Anarchist's Wife (2009) [a]

La Cité (2010) [a]

American Translation (2011) [a,d,c]

Les Yeux de sa mère (2011) [a]

Praktican vodic kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjem (2011) [a]

Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui (2012) [d,c]

Big Sur (2013) [a]

Vandal (2013) [a]



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