Jean-Marc Barr
Biography
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
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Dogville
2003
The Big Blue
1988
Dancer in the Dark
2000
King & Conqueror
2025
The Pod Generation
2023
Bad Banks
2018
Anthracite
2024
Little Birds
2020
Breaking the Waves
1996
0Day Drinker
2027
Maurice
1987
Filmography
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as Debtor Gentleman · 2013
Dogville
as The Man with the Big Hat · 2003
The Big Blue
as Jacques Mayol · 1988
Dancer in the Dark
as Norman · 2000
King & Conqueror
as King Henry of France · 2025
The Pod Generation
as The Founder · 2023
Bad Banks
as Robert Khano · 2018
Anthracite
as Solal Heilman · 2024
Little Birds
as Secretary Pierre Vaney · 2020
Breaking the Waves
as Terry · 1996
Day Drinker
as Father Lyon · 2027
Maurice
as French Colleague (uncredited) · 1987
The Rope
as Serge Morel · 2022
The Miracle
as Serge · 2018
Manderlay
as Mr. Robinsson · 2005
Le Divorce
as Maitre Bertram · 2003
Sea Shadows
as André · 2025
Blood On The Docks
as Capitaine Richard Faraday · 2011
Hope and Glory
as Bruce · 1987
Dimension
· 2010
The Boss of It All
as Spencer · 2006
King David
as Absalom · 1985
Dolphin Man
as Self · 2017
Too Much Flesh
as Lyle · 2000
And They Call It Summer
as Dino · 2012
Europa
as Leopold Kessler · 1991
What is Love?
as Père Manto · 2026
The Infidels
· 1997
Buğday
as Erol · 2017
The Anarchist's Wife
as Pierre · 2008
Mary's Sons
as Paul · 2002
The Car Keys
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent · 2003
Silent Land
as diver Arnaud · 2022
The Red Siren
as Hugo · 2002
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
as Steven · 2004
FreeDogme
as Himself · 2000
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
as Self · 1998
Making Plans for Lena
as Nigel · 2009
Ça ne se refuse pas
as Alex · 1998
His Mother's Eyes
as Jean-Paul Tremazan · 2011
Cockles and Muscles
as Didier · 2005
The Big Blue Adventure
as Self / Narrator · 1989
Big Sur
as Jack Kerouac · 2013
Le fil
· 2023
The Other 300: Army of Lovers
as Narrator (voice over) · 2025
My Best Part
as The director · 2020
Les Faussaires
as Jack Baker · 1994
The Call
as (voice) · 2018
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self · 2007
Marching in Darkness
as Silvio Roatto · 1996
Hexameron
as Fr. Paulo · 2025
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
· 1997
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
as Self · 2000
The Rebellious
as Mr. Verger · 2024
Tara Road
as Andy · 2005
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
as Scott · 1985
The Cellar
as Milan · 2018
WAX: We Are the X
as Jean-Christophe Touchalier · 2016
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
as Ben · 1998
blur | The Best Of
as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man") · 2000
St. Ives
as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves · 1998
Heavy Rain
as Himself · 2010
The Academy
as Prof. Robert Copley · 2025
L'Échappée belle
as Manu Barnes · 1996
Halo of Stars
as Gerald
Au nom d'un chien
as Jean Grébault · 1994
Le Repaire de la vouivre
as Paul Pratt · 2011
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
as Addy · 1997
Meurtres en dentelles
as Antoine Duprat · 2025
After the War
as Jérôme · 2017
American Translation
as William · 2011
Anecdotes from Europa
as Interviewee · 2005
Nucingen House
as William Henry James III · 2009
Cut Off
as Trevor De Blanc · 2018
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
as Self · 2013
The Plague
as Jean Tarrou · 1992
Hotel du Lac
as Alain · 1986
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
as Brian · 2011
This Is the End
as Self · 2023
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
as Self · 1997
Whoever Was Using This Bed
as Ray · 2016
Le jour qui vient
as Martin
Le fils préféré
as Philippe · 1994
UK18
as The Foreigner · 2017
Lifeline
as Patrick LeMay · 1996
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
as Jean-Marc Barr · 2023
Baby Blues
as Dan · 2008
What I Did for Love
as Marc · 1998
Vandal
as Paul, l'oncle · 2013
City of Shadows
as Dr. Max Orswell · 2010
Manhattan Romance
as Alex · 2013
Iron Horsemen
as Robert · 1995
Blaze
as Victor · 1991
Being Light
as Jack Lesterhoof · 2001
Saltimbank
as Frédéric Saltim · 2003
The Scarlet Tunic
as Matthaus Singer · 1998
The Last Mirage
as Justin Livingstone · 2014
Parc
as Paul Marteau · 2009