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    Jean-Marc Barr

    1960-09-27 (64 years old) in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

    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.

    Movies

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    The Pod Generation
    59 %|Aug 11, 2023
    Science Fiction, Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    This Is the End
    90 %|Feb 16, 2023
    Documentary
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    Big Sur
    50 %|Nov 1, 2013
    Drama
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    Manhattan Romance
    0 %|Oct 15, 2013
    Comedy, Romance
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    Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
    75 %|Oct 12, 2013
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Vandal
    67 %|Oct 9, 2013
    Drama
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    And They Call It Summer
    45 %|Nov 22, 2012
    Drama
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    American Translation
    60 %|Jun 7, 2011
    Drama, Mystery
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    His Mother's Eyes
    55 %|Mar 23, 2011
    Drama
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    City of Shadows
    55 %|Apr 9, 2010
    Drama, History
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    Heavy Rain
    20 %|Feb 23, 2010
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    Making Plans for Lena
    55 %|Sep 2, 2009
    Comedy, Drama
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    Nucingen House
    63 %|Jun 3, 2009
    Horror
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    Parc
    39 %|Jan 14, 2009
    Drama
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    Baby Blues
    51 %|Nov 26, 2008
    Comedy, Thriller
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    Here’s Looking at You, Boy
    58 %|Feb 16, 2007
    Documentary
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    The Boss of It All
    66.23 %|Dec 8, 2006
    Comedy
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    Tara Road
    54 %|May 11, 2005
    Drama
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    Cockles and Muscles
    60 %|Mar 30, 2005
    Comedy
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    The Car Keys
    51 %|Dec 10, 2003
    Comedy
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    Saltimbank
    50 %|Sep 10, 2003
    Comedy, Drama
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    Dogville
    78 %|May 21, 2003
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    The Red Siren
    52 %|Aug 21, 2002
    Drama, Action, Thriller
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    Being Light
    50 %|Dec 5, 2001
    Comedy
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    Too Much Flesh
    41 %|Sep 24, 2000
    Drama
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    Dancer in the Dark
    79 %|Sep 1, 2000
    Drama, Crime
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    Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
    46 %|Sep 13, 1998
    Drama
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    Ça ne se refuse pas
    0 %|Aug 12, 1998
    Drama
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    What I Did for Love
    50 %|Jun 17, 1998
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Scarlet Tunic
    45 %|Jun 12, 1998
    Drama, History, Romance, War
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    St. Ives
    57 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Drama, Romance
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    Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
    67 %|Dec 12, 1997
    Documentary
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    Breaking the Waves
    75 %|Jul 5, 1996
    Drama, Romance
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    Iron Horsemen
    60 %|Jan 27, 1995
    Action, Thriller, Comedy
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    Le fils préféré
    66 %|Dec 21, 1994
    Drama
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    Europa
    73.24 %|Jun 27, 1991
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Blaze
    55 %|May 26, 1991
    Drama
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    The Big Blue
    74.62 %|May 10, 1988
    Romance, Drama, Adventure
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    Hope and Glory
    68 %|Sep 3, 1987
    Drama, War, Family
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    Le jour qui vient
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    The Academy
    0 %|Mar 20, 2025
    Drama
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    The Rebellious
    36 %|Jan 1, 2024
    Comedy
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    Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
    0 %|Jul 2, 2023
    Documentary
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    Silent Land
    51 %|Aug 23, 2022
    Drama, Romance
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    My Best Part
    53 %|Oct 28, 2020
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Cellar
    70 %|Aug 27, 2018
    Drama, Crime
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    The Call
    63 %|Jun 1, 2018
    Animation
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    Cut Off
    57 %|Apr 20, 2018
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Buğday
    57 %|Nov 24, 2017
    Drama, Science Fiction
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    Dolphin Man
    74 %|Oct 28, 2017
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    After the War
    69 %|Oct 19, 2017
    Drama
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    UK18
    60 %|Apr 19, 2017
    Drama, Thriller, Horror
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    Wax - We Are The X
    72 %|Mar 31, 2016
    Romance
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    Whoever Was Using This Bed
    100 %|Jan 13, 2016
    Drama
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    The Last Mirage
    0 %|Feb 14, 2014
    Thriller
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    Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
    67.29 %|Dec 25, 2013
    Drama, Mystery
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    Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
    48 %|Dec 8, 2011
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Dimension
    53 %|Aug 24, 2010
    Drama
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    The Anarchist's Wife
    56 %|Jun 26, 2008
    Drama, History, Romance
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    Manderlay
    69 %|Jun 3, 2005
    Drama
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    Anecdotes from Europa
    60 %|Jan 1, 2005
    Documentary
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    CQ2 (Seek You Too)
    43 %|Sep 13, 2004
    Drama
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    Le Divorce
    49.589999999999996 %|Aug 8, 2003
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Mary's Sons
    50 %|May 19, 2002
    Drama
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    The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
    35 %|Nov 1, 2000
    Documentary
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    FreeDogme
    40 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Documentary
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    The Infidels
    0 %|Jan 2, 1997
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    Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
    100 %|Jan 1, 1997
    Documentary
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    Marching in Darkness
    59 %|Apr 27, 1996
    Drama
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    L'Échappée belle
    0 %|Mar 27, 1996
    Comedy, Drama
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    Les Faussaires
    49 %|Nov 23, 1994
    Comedy
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    The Plague
    56 %|Aug 26, 1992
    Action, Drama
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    Hotel du Lac
    40 %|Mar 2, 1986
    Drama, TV Movie
    actor
    Halo of Stars
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    Hexameron
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Horror
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    Lifeline
    0 %|May 15, 1996
    Drama, Crime
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    Maurice
    76 %|Sep 18, 1987
    Drama, Romance
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    Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
    40 %|May 8, 1985
    TV Movie, Drama
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    King David
    54.78 %|Mar 29, 1985
    Action, Adventure, History, Drama
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    Meurtres en dentelles
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Crime, TV Movie

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    Anthracite
    64.39 %|Apr 10, 2024
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    The Rope
    44 %|Jan 27, 2022
    Mystery, Drama
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    Little Birds
    68 %|Aug 4, 2020
    Drama
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    The Miracle
    71.49 %|May 8, 2018
    Drama, Mystery
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    Bad Banks
    73 %|Mar 1, 2018
    Crime, Drama
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    Blood On The Docks
    72 %|Nov 11, 2011
    Crime
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    Shores
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    King and Conqueror
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    Le Repaire de la vouivre
    0 %|Jun 22, 2011