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'''Jacques Villeret''' ([[February 6]], [[1951]] – [[January 28]], [[2005]]) was a [[France|French]] [[actor]]. Born '''Jacky Boufroura''' in [[Loches]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], [[France]], he is most famous for his role as François Pignon in ''[[Le Dîner de cons]]'', both on the stage and in the later film.
'''Jacques Villeret''' ([[February 6]], [[1951]] – [[January 28]], [[2005]]) was a [[France|French]] [[actor]]. Born '''Jacky Boufroura''' in [[Loches]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], [[France]], he is most famous for his role as François Pignon in ''[[Le Dîner de cons]]'', both on the stage and in the later film.
The son of a college bursar and a hairdresser he studied at the Conservatoire (CNSAD) in the class of Louis Seigner, the grandfather of [[Emmanuelle Seigner]] and [[Mathilde Seigner]]. At the time of making the film 'Un Aller Simple' directed by [[Laurent Heynemann]] - a film about integration and racism and the clash of generations - he said that watching the young actors in the film, Barbara Schulz and Lorant Deutsch, reminded him of the insouciance he had had as a young man with his friends at the Conservatoire. When his career was at its height, with the success of 'Le Diner de Cons' a cruel separation and an enormous financial turnaround to do with tax, plunged him into depression. Alcohol, which helped to erase day to day problems for a while , and to combat a certain timidity, became a problem which he sought to resolve by isolating himself and hiding away for periods. ' Alcohol is a friend, but a friend who means you harm.'<ref>ParisMatch 14 june 2001</ref>
His love of his profession, despite , or perhaps because of, its great demands, brought him back from the brink. In an interview in 2001 he spoke of his admiration for performers like [[Johnny Hallyday]] and [[Jacques Brel]], who commit/committed totally , and quoted the author [[Louis-Ferdinand Celine]] ; ' When I write, I put my b***s on the table.'





==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* [[Chevalier des Arts et Lettres]].
* [[Chevalier des Arts et Lettres]].
* [[Légion d'honneur]].
* [[Légion d'honneur]].

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 01:54, 13 January 2009

Jacques Villeret (February 6, 1951 – January 28, 2005) was a French actor. Born Jacky Boufroura in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France, he is most famous for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de cons, both on the stage and in the later film. The son of a college bursar and a hairdresser he studied at the Conservatoire (CNSAD) in the class of Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathilde Seigner. At the time of making the film 'Un Aller Simple' directed by Laurent Heynemann - a film about integration and racism and the clash of generations - he said that watching the young actors in the film, Barbara Schulz and Lorant Deutsch, reminded him of the insouciance he had had as a young man with his friends at the Conservatoire. When his career was at its height, with the success of 'Le Diner de Cons' a cruel separation and an enormous financial turnaround to do with tax, plunged him into depression. Alcohol, which helped to erase day to day problems for a while , and to combat a certain timidity, became a problem which he sought to resolve by isolating himself and hiding away for periods. ' Alcohol is a friend, but a friend who means you harm.'[1] His love of his profession, despite , or perhaps because of, its great demands, brought him back from the brink. In an interview in 2001 he spoke of his admiration for performers like Johnny Hallyday and Jacques Brel, who commit/committed totally , and quoted the author Louis-Ferdinand Celine ; ' When I write, I put my b***s on the table.'



Filmography

Theatre

  • 1990 : La Contrebasse
  • 1993 : Le Dîner de cons
  • 2000 : Jeffrey Bernard est souffrant

Awards

References

  1. ^ ParisMatch 14 june 2001

External links

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