Jean-Marc Barr
Born
September 27, 1960 (64 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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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".
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Known For
The Pod Generation
The Founder
2023
This Is the End
Self
2023
Silent Land
diver Arnaud
2022
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Debtor Gentleman
2013
Big Sur
Jack Kerouac
2013
Manhattan Romance
Alex
2013
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
Self
2013
Vandal
Paul, l'oncle
2013
And They Call It Summer
Dino
2012
American Translation
William
2011
His Mother's Eyes
Jean-Paul Tremazan
2011
City of Shadows
Dr. Max Orswell
2010
Heavy Rain
Himself
2010
Making Plans for Lena
Nigel
2009
Nucingen House
William Henry James III
2009
Parc
Paul Marteau
2009
Baby Blues
Dan
2008
The Anarchist's Wife
Pierre
2008
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007
The Boss of It All
Spencer
2006
Tara Road
Andy
2005
Cockles and Muscles
Didier
2005
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Steven
2004
The Car Keys
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2003
Saltimbank
Frédéric Saltim
2003
Dogville
The Man with the Big Hat
2003
The Red Siren
Hugo
2002
Mary's Sons
Paul
2002
Being Light
Jack Lesterhoof
2001
Too Much Flesh
Lyle
2000
Dancer in the Dark
Norman
2000
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Ben
1998
Ça ne se refuse pas
Alex
1998
What I Did for Love
Marc
1998
The Scarlet Tunic
Matthaus Singer
1998
St. Ives
Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1998
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
Breaking the Waves
Terry
1996
Iron Horsemen
Robert
1995
Le fils préféré
Philippe
1994
The Plague
Jean Tarrou
1992
Europa
Leopold Kessler
1991
Blaze
Victor
1991
The Big Blue
Jacques Mayol
1988
Hope and Glory
Bruce
1987
Le jour qui vient
Martin
The Academy
Prof. Robert Copley
2025
Meurtres en dentelles
Antoine Duprat
2025
Shores
André · (6 episodes)
2025
Anthracite
Solal Heilman · (6 episodes)
2024
The Rebellious
Mr. Verger
2024
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr
2023
The Rope
Serge Morel · (3 episodes)
2022
My Best Part
The director
2020
Little Birds
Secretary Pierre Vaney · (6 episodes)
2020
The Cellar
Milan
2018
The Call
(voice)
2018
The Miracle
Serge · (8 episodes)
2018
Cut Off
Trevor De Blanc
2018
Bad Banks
Robert Khano · (12 episodes)
2018
Buğday
Erol
2017
Dolphin Man
Self
2017
After the War
Jérôme
2017
UK18
The Foreigner
2017
Wax - We Are The X
Jean-Christophe Touchalier
2016
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Ray
2016
The Last Mirage
Justin Livingstone
2014
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
Brian
2011
Blood On The Docks
Capitaine Richard Faraday · (12 episodes)
2011
Le Repaire de la vouivre
Paul Pratt · (4 episodes)
2011
Dimension
2010
Manderlay
Mr. Robinsson
2005
Anecdotes from Europa
Interviewee
2005
Le Divorce
Maitre Bertram
2003
blur | The Best Of
Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
2000
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Self
2000
FreeDogme
Himself
2000
The Infidels
1997
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Self
1997
Lifeline
Patrick LeMay
1996
Marching in Darkness
Silvio Roatto
1996
Les Faussaires
Jack Baker
1994
Maurice
French Colleague (uncredited)
1987
Hotel du Lac
Alain
1986
Halo of Stars
Gerald
Hexameron
Fr. Paulo
L'Échappée belle
Manu Barnes
1996
Death of a World Star
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Scott
1985
King David
Absalom
1985
King & Conqueror
King Henry · (1 episode)