Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri
May 24, 1951 · Bou Ismaïl, Algeria
Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor, screenwriter and playwright, born May 24, 1951 in Bou Ismaïl (formerly Castiglione) in Algeria and died January 18, 2021 in Paris 6th. In 2005, he sponsored the Devoirs de Mémoires collective. Jean-Pierre Sauveur Bacri was born in Algeria into a Sephardic Jewish family from Algeria. When Algeria gained independence in 1962, the family arrived in Cannes. At 23, he left his position at Société Générale, went to Paris, and trained as an actor at the Simon course and the Jean Périmony course, while writing plays, including Le Doux Visage De L'Amour for which he received the Fondation de la vocation prize in 1979. The same year, he played his first role in the cinema in Le Toubib. His performance as a pimp in Le Grand Pardon by Alexandre Arcady in 1982 made him known to the public.
Notable work
7.4Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
as Lobster commentator (voice)
7C'est la vie! (2017)
as Max
7.5Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
as 3rd projectionist
6.3Christmas & Co. (2017)
as Le Père Noël rouge et blanc
6.1Didier (1997)
as Jean-Pierre Costa
6.5Subway (1985)
as Batman
6.9The Taste of Others (2000)
as Jean-Charles Castella
7.3Family Resemblances (1996)
as Henri Ménard and Writer
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