
Richard Berry
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Born
- 1950-07-31 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Richard Élie Benguigui
Biography
Richard Berry (born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984. The couple divorced in 1986. With his former wife Jessica Forde, a photographer and actress, he has a daughter, actress Joséphine Berry, born in 1992.
Since 2009, he has been in a relationship with actress Pascale Louange, with whom he has a daughter, born in 2014.
In 2005, he made headlines for donating one of his kidneys to his sister Marie Berry, who was born with Alport syndrome, a genetic kidney disease.
His brother, Philippe Berry, is a sculptor and the former husband of actress Josiane Balasko.
Known For
TV Shows (21)

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

C à vous
2009
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self

At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Le prince Djelal Eldine, neveu du sultant d'Urganie

Burger Quiz
2001
as Self

Salut les Terriens !
2006
as Self - Guest

On n'est pas couché
2006
as Self - Guest

Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - Presenter

Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self

The Secret Song
2018
as Self

Panique dans l'oreillette
2008
as Self
40° à l'ombre
1987
as Self

Resistance
2014
as Lili's Father

Corto Maltese
2003
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Mike
2019
as Alain

Lanester
2014
as Éric Lanester

Bains de Minuit
1987
as Self - Guest
Movies (111)

22 Bullets
2010
as Aurelio Rampoli

Ruby & Quentin
2003
as Commissioner Vernet

The Valet
2006
as Maître Foix

The Slap
1974
as Student (uncredited)

A Room in Town
1982
as François Guilbaud

Fresh Bait
1995
as Alain

Love on the Run
1979
as Petit Rôle (uncredited)

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

The Life Coach
2009
as Maximilien Chêne

Break of Dawn
2002
as Adrien

Urgence
1985
as Jean-Pierre Mougin

For Sasha
1991
as Sacha

The World of Jacques Demy
1995
as Self

Eva
2018
as Régis Grant

C'est La Vie
1990
as Michel

Mother
1991
as Pierre Zakar (voice only)

The Car Keys
2003
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

Family Business
2014
as Professeur Antoine Legendre

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
2001
as Jacques

The Big Pardon 2
1992
as Maurice Bettoun

Adultery (A User's Guide)
1995
as Simon

Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane
2002
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Spécial police
1985
as David Ackerman

Crossfire
2008
as Drieu

Follow My Gaze
1986
as The narrator

To Each, Her Own
2018
as Norbert Benloulou

Quasimodo d'el Paris
1999
as Serge Frollo

L'Américain
2004
as Le professeur d'anglais

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986
as Richard Berry

La Balance
1982
as Mathias Palouzi

Angel
2001
as David Koskas

Brothers in Arms
1989
as Karim Hamida

L'Addition
1984
as Bruno Vinclert

A French Gigolo
2008
as Lucas

Number One
2017
as Jean Beaumel

Father Son Therapy
2016
as Jacques Laroche

The Bitch
1984
as Lucien Sabatier

And the Little Prince Said
1992
as Adam Leibovich

Le Grand Carnaval
1983
as Rémy Castelli, le pilote d'avion, fils aîné de Léon

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999

A Pain in the Ass
2008
as Jean Milan / Ralf Milan

Before the Winter Chill
2013
as Gérard
Shadows of the Past
1991
as Daniel

Silences d'état
2013
as Jacques Rohmerieu

The Big Pardon
1982
as Maurice Beitoun

Une suite pour 2
2008
as Laurent Rozier

Le Jeune Marié
1983
as Christian Chavasse aka Billy

La Tournée
2025
as Grégory Laurent

Red Needles
2006
as Luc's father

If I Were a Rich Man
2002
as Gérard dit Gégé

My Children Are Different
2003
as Jean Debart

The Marquis
2011
as Quentin Tasseau

In Love with Adolf Hitler
2007
as Narrator (voice)

Honeymoon
1985
as Michel

My Life Is Hell
1991
as Xavier Langsam

Migrations II
1989
as Aranđel Isaković

August 15th
2001
as Max

Le nouveau Jean-Claude
2002
as Luis

Taxi Boy
1986
as Gerard Lepetit / Manuel del Castillo

Modì
1989
as Amedeo Modigliani

Murder in Lille
2017
as Commissaire François Dubois

588 rue Paradis
1992
as Pierre Zakar

La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
2019
as Maître Damien Turenne

The Origin of Violence
2016
as Adrien Fabre (2014)

Migrations
1989
as Aranđel

First Voyage
1980
as Jean Decaze

Repeated Absences
1972
as Le collègue de la banque

Mon voisin du dessus
2004
as Alain Gareda

Our Women
2015
as Max

An Assassin Passes By
1981
as Jacques

Mon Premier Amour
1978
as Richard

What a Drag
1996
as Alexandre Hagutte

Spiral
1987
as Jérôme
The Lambs
1996
as Father

Cayenne Palace
1987
as Noël

Une journée de merde !
1999
as Marc Chanois

Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas
1993

The Violin Player
1994
as Armand
Vive la mariée
1980
as Bruno

Le Crime d'amour
1982
as Michel Naulet

Corto Maltese: The Celts
2003
as Corto Maltese (FR)

L'entraînement du champion avant la course
1991
as Fabrice

The Great Restaurant II
2011
as A Man from the “Absurd Locker Room”
La trace
1983
as Joseph

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999
as Self

Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
2003
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms
2002
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Péril imminent: Mortel chahut
2004
as Me David Marchal

La Chasse à l'homme
2006
as Lucien Aimé-Blanc

Mutual Consent
1994
as Romain

Un grand cri d'amour
1998
as Hugo Martial

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
2003
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll
2017
as Narrator (voice)

Le Cavalier des nuages
1995
as Joss

Terminus
2006

Please Don't Go
2007
as Paul

Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
2003
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Comme ton père
2007
as Serge

L'Homme fragile
1981
as Henri Natange

Corto Maltese - Autres aventures
2003
as Corto Maltese
Tra noi due tutto è finito
1994
as Daniele Fornari

Le Début de la fin
2012
as Alain Bauman

Corto Maltese and the Ethiopian
2002
as Corto Maltese (FR)

Spirale
2024
as Lenny

Rue Mandar
2013
as Charles

Everything Now
2016
as Daniel Halimi

L'Enfant du secret
1996
as St. Brieux

Le bonheur des autres
1973
as Le prince Djelal Eldine, neveu du sultant d'Urganie

Victor et François
1995
as Roland

Comprarsi la vita
1990
as Giorgio

People Who Love Each Other
2000
as Jean-Francois
About Richard Berry
Richard Berry (born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984. The couple divorced in 1986. With his former wife Jessica Forde, a photographer and actress, he has a daughter, actress Joséphine Berry, born in 1992. Since 20… With 132 credits spanning from 1966 to 2025, Richard Berry has appeared in 111 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Berry Movies
- 22 Bullets (2010) — as Aurelio Rampoli
- Ruby & Quentin (2003) — as Commissioner Vernet
- The Valet (2006) — as Maître Foix
- The Slap (1974) — as Student (uncredited)
- A Room in Town (1982) — as François Guilbaud
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