Biography
Jacques Weber (born 23 August 1949) is a French actor, director, and writer. Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and began a rich theatrical career and a sporadic cinema career. Marcel Cravenne hired him in 1970 for Tartuffe. In 1972, he was Haroun in Faustine et le Bel Été and played the role of Hugo in État de siège by Costa-Gavras. He was seduced by Claude Jade in Le Malin Plaisir (1975), and by Anicée Alvina in Une femme fatale (1976). The young actor with much sex-appeal (he appeared in Le Malin Plaisir completely naked) was in Bel Ami (1983) after the 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant in the adaptation by Pierre Cardinal. On television, he was, among others, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Denys de La Patellière and Judge Antoine Rives in the show by Gilles Béhat. Noticeable on film as Comte de Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and Don Juan (1998), where he seduces Emmanuelle Béart. In 2008, he joined Isabelle Adjani in a televised adaptation of Figaro which he directed for France 3. From 1979 to 1985, he appeared at the Centre dramatique national in…
Movies & TV Shows
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HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012) — Papa Dan
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) — Count of Guiche
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The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014) — Marcel Grobz
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The Origin of Evil (2022) — Serge Dumontet
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The Horseman on the Roof (1995) — Epilogue narrator
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La Mante (2017) — Charles Carrot
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Odette Toulemonde (2007) — Olaf Pims
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All About Actresses (2009) — Jacques Weber
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State of Siege (1972) — Hugo
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Seven Years of Marriage (2003) — Claude
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Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996) — Duc de Chaulnes
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A Prince (almost) Charming (2013) — Charles Lavantin
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Les Aristos (2006) — Le comte Charles-Valérand d'Arbac de Neuville
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Andy (2019) — Serge
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Please, Please Me! (2009) — Elisabeth's Father
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Rive droite, rive gauche (1984) — Guarrigue
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The World of Yesterday (2022) — Lue Gaucher
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In Treatment (2021) — Alain
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Les Bêtises (2015) — André
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A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986) — Jacques Weber
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Crescendo (2026) — Hannah's father
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Staircase C (1985) — Conrad
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Nothing to Report (1973) — Alain Charpentier
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Raphael or the Debauched One (1971)
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Ambitious (2007) — Saint-Clair
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Welcome Aboard (2012) — Max
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The Woman with Red Boots (1974) — le peintre
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Together Is Too Much (2010) — Roger
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The Witches' Sabbath (1988) — Prof. Cadò
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Death in Sarajevo (2016) — Jacques
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Murders in... (2013) — Francis Garibaldi
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Don Juan (1998) — Don Juan
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The Adolescent (1979) — Jean
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Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (1972) — Haroun
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Mom Lost It! (2009) — Claude Monceau
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979) — Edmond Dantès/Count of Monte-Cristo/Father Busoni/Lord Wilmore
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The Elegant Criminal (1990) — Jacques Arago
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The Disappearance of Kimmy Diore (2024) — Serge
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Philharmonia (2019) — Jean Barizet
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Mystery at Moulin Rouge (2011) — Harold Meyer