Jean-Marc Barr
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1960-09-27 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
King & Conqueror
2025
as King Henry of France
Bad Banks
2018
as Robert Khano
Anthracite
2024
as Solal Heilman
Little Birds
2020
as Secretary Pierre Vaney
The Miracle
2018
as Serge
Sea Shadows
2025
as André
The Rope
2022
as Serge Morel
Blood On The Docks
2011
as Capitaine Richard Faraday
Le Repaire de la vouivre
2011
as Paul Pratt
Movies (88)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as Debtor Gentleman
Dogville
2003
as The Man with the Big Hat
The Big Blue
1988
as Jacques Mayol
Dancer in the Dark
2000
as Norman
Breaking the Waves
1996
as Terry
Maurice
1987
as French Colleague (uncredited)
Manderlay
2005
as Mr. Robinsson
Le Divorce
2003
as Maitre Bertram
The Pod Generation
2023
as The Founder
Europa
1991
as Leopold Kessler
King David
1985
as Absalom
Being Light
2001
as Jack Lesterhoof
The Boss of It All
2006
as Spencer
Hope and Glory
1987
as Bruce
Buğday
2017
as Erol
St. Ives
1998
as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Tara Road
2005
as Andy
Heavy Rain
2010
as Himself
The Car Keys
2003
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Cut Off
2018
as Trevor De Blanc
Dolphin Man
2017
as Self
My Best Part
2020
as The director
Hexameron
as Fr. Paulo
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
as Scott
Too Much Flesh
2000
as Lyle
Big Sur
2013
as Jack Kerouac
The Anarchist's Wife
2008
as Pierre
The Red Siren
2002
as Hugo
The Academy
2025
as Prof. Robert Copley
And They Call It Summer
2012
as Dino
UK18
2017
as The Foreigner
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
1998
as Ben
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
Halo of Stars
as Gerald
The Plague
1992
as Jean Tarrou
Silent Land
2022
as diver Arnaud
Hotel du Lac
1986
as Alain
Saltimbank
2003
as Frédéric Saltim
FreeDogme
2000
as Himself
What I Did for Love
1998
as Marc
Cockles and Muscles
2005
as Didier
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
2011
as Brian
Parc
2009
as Paul Marteau
Blaze
1991
as Victor
blur | The Best Of
2000
as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
L'Échappée belle
1996
as Manu Barnes
Lifeline
1996
as Patrick LeMay
Dimension
2010
Making Plans for Lena
2009
as Nigel
Marching in Darkness
1996
as Silvio Roatto
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
as Self
City of Shadows
2010
as Dr. Max Orswell
American Translation
2011
as William
The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Matthaus Singer
His Mother's Eyes
2011
as Jean-Paul Tremazan
Meurtres en dentelles
2025
as Antoine Duprat
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
2013
as Self
Baby Blues
2008
as Dan
This Is the End
2023
as Self
The Cellar
2018
as Milan
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
Iron Horsemen
1995
as Robert
The Call
2018
as (voice)
Wax - We Are The X
2016
as Jean-Christophe Touchalier
The Other 300: Army of Lovers
2025
as Narrator (voice over)
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
as Addy
Le fils préféré
1994
as Philippe
Ça ne se refuse pas
1998
as Alex
After the War
2017
as Jérôme
The Rebellious
2024
as Mr. Verger
Death of a World Star
1994
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vandal
2013
as Paul, l'oncle
Les Faussaires
1994
as Jack Baker
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
1997
as Self
Nucingen House
2009
as William Henry James III
Mary's Sons
2002
as Paul
The Infidels
1997
Manhattan Romance
2013
as Alex
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
2004
as Steven
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
1998
as Self
The Last Mirage
2014
as Justin Livingstone
The Big Blue Adventure
1989
as Self / Narrator
Le jour qui vient
as Martin
Anecdotes from Europa
2005
as Interviewee
Whoever Was Using This Bed
2016
as Ray
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
2023
as Jean-Marc Barr
Au nom d'un chien
1994
as Jean Grébault
Le fil
2023
About Jean-Marc Barr
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 an… With 97 credits spanning from 1985 to 2025, Jean-Marc Barr has appeared in 88 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013) — as Debtor Gentleman
- Dogville (2003) — as The Man with the Big Hat
- The Big Blue (1988) — as Jacques Mayol
- Dancer in the Dark (2000) — as Norman
- Breaking the Waves (1996) — as Terry
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