Acting · Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · Born September 27, 1960
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. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Marc Barr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieWhat is Love?
2026
TVKing & Conqueror
2025
as King Henry of France
MovieThe Other 300: Army of Lovers
2025
as Narrator (voice over)
MovieThe Academy
2025
as Prof. Robert Copley
MovieMeurtres en dentelles
2025
as Antoine Duprat
TVSea Shadows
2025
as André
TVAnthracite
2024
as Solal Heilman
MovieThe Rebellious
2024
as Mr. Verger
MovieThe Pod Generation
2023
as The Founder
MovieTable ronde autour de Lars von Trier
2023
as Jean-Marc Barr
MovieThis Is the End
2023
as Self
MovieLe fil
2023
MovieSilent Land
2022
as diver Arnaud
TVThe Rope
2022
as Serge Morel
MovieMy Best Part
2020
as The director
TVLittle Birds
2020
as Secretary Pierre Vaney
MovieThe Cellar
2018
as Milan
MovieThe Call
2018
as (voice)
TVThe Miracle
2018
as Serge
MovieCut Off
2018
as Trevor De Blanc
TVBad Banks
2018
as Robert Khano
MovieBuğday
2017
as Erol
MovieDolphin Man
2017
as Self
MovieAfter the War
2017
as Jérôme
MovieUK18
2017
as The Foreigner
MovieWax - We Are The X
2016
as Jean-Christophe Touchalier
MovieWhoever Was Using This Bed
2016
as Ray
MovieThe Last Mirage
2014
as Justin Livingstone
MovieNymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as Debtor Gentleman
MovieBig Sur
2013
as Jack Kerouac
MovieManhattan Romance
2013
as Alex
MovieFantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
2013
as Self
MovieVandal
2013
as Paul, l'oncle
MovieAnd They Call It Summer
2012
as Dino
MoviePractical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
2011
as Brian
TVBlood On The Docks
2011
as Capitaine Richard Faraday
TVLe Repaire de la vouivre
2011
as Paul Pratt
MovieAmerican Translation
2011
as William
MovieHis Mother's Eyes
2011
as Jean-Paul Tremazan
MovieDimension
2010
MovieCity of Shadows
2010
as Dr. Max Orswell
MovieHeavy Rain
2010
as Himself
MovieMaking Plans for Lena
2009
as Nigel
MovieNucingen House
2009
as William Henry James III
MovieParc
2009
as Paul Marteau
MovieBaby Blues
2008
as Dan
MovieThe Anarchist's Wife
2008
as Pierre
MovieHere’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
MovieThe Boss of It All
2006
as Spencer
MovieManderlay
2005
as Mr. Robinsson
MovieTara Road
2005
as Andy
MovieCockles and Muscles
2005
as Didier
Anecdotes from Europa
2005
as Interviewee
MovieCQ2 (Seek You Too)
2004
as Steven
MovieThe Car Keys
2003
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Saltimbank
2003
as Frédéric Saltim
MovieLe Divorce
2003
as Maitre Bertram
MovieDogville
2003
as The Man with the Big Hat
MovieThe Red Siren
2002
as Hugo
MovieMary's Sons
2002
as Paul
MovieBeing Light
2001
as Jack Lesterhoof
Movieblur | The Best Of
2000
as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
MovieThe Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
as Self
MovieToo Much Flesh
2000
as Lyle
MovieDancer in the Dark
2000
as Norman
MovieFreeDogme
2000
as Himself
MovieDon't Let Me Die on a Sunday
1998
as Ben
Ça ne se refuse pas
1998
as Alex
MovieWhat I Did for Love
1998
as Marc
MovieThe Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Matthaus Singer
MovieSt. Ives
1998
as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
1998
as Self
MovieTranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
MovieThe Infidels
1997
MovieHomme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
1997
as Self
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
as Addy
MovieBreaking the Waves
1996
as Terry
MovieLifeline
1996
as Patrick LeMay
MovieMarching in Darkness
1996
as Silvio Roatto
MovieL'Échappée belle
1996
as Manu Barnes
MovieIron Horsemen
1995
as Robert
MovieLe fils préféré
1994
as Philippe
MovieLes Faussaires
1994
as Jack Baker
Au nom d'un chien
1994
as Jean Grébault
MovieThe Plague
1992
as Jean Tarrou
MovieEuropa
1991
as Leopold Kessler
MovieBlaze
1991
as Victor
MovieThe Big Blue Adventure
1989
as Self / Narrator
MovieThe Big Blue
1988
as Jacques Mayol
MovieMaurice
1987
as French Colleague (uncredited)
MovieHope and Glory
1987
as Bruce
MovieHotel du Lac
1986
as Alain
MovieGoing for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
as Scott
MovieKing David
1985
as Absalom
Le jour qui vient
as Martin
Halo of Stars
as Gerald
MovieHexameron
as Fr. Paulo
