Philippe Noiret
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Philippe Noiret (born October 1, 1930 in Lille, Nord, France) is a French actor.
He failed several times to pass his baccalaureate exams, so he decided to study theater. He trained at the Centre Dramatique de l'Ouest and toured with the Théâtre National Populaire for seven years. There, he met his wife Monique Chaumette, whome he married in 1962. At the same time, he developed a career as a nightclub comedian in a duo act with Jean-Pierre Darras.
He debuted on the screen in 1956 in La Pointe courte d'Agnès Varda, but was not cast again until 1960 in Zazie dans le métro. After his role in Therese Desqueyroux in 1962, he became a regular on the French screen, without being cast in major roles until La Vie de château directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1966. He became a star in France with Alexandre le Bienheureux in 1967. At this point, he started to devote himself entirely to the screen.
He could not play romantic leads, so he was cast primarily as the Everyman character, although he did not hesitate to accept controversial roles, such as in La Grande Bouffe, a film about suicide by overeating, which caused a scandal at Cannes in 1973.
He won his first César for Vieux Fusil in 1976. His second César came in 1990 for La Vie et rien d'autre.
He is best known internationally for his role in Cinema Paradiso and the role of Pablo Neruda in Il Postino.
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[edit] Filmography (partial)
- Gigi (1948)
- Olivia (1950)
- Agence matrimoniale (film) (1952)
- La Pointe courte = The Short Point (1956) with Agnès Varda
- Zazie dans le métro (Zazie in the Metro or Zazie) (1960), directed by Louis Malle
- Le Capitaine Fracasse (1961)
- Comme un poisson dans l'eau = Like a Fish in the Water (1962)
- Les Copains = The Buddies (1964)
- La Vie de château = Castle Life (1965) with Catherine Deneuve
- Tendre voyou (1966)
- Alexandre le bienheureux (1967)
- Topaz (1969) (L'Étau) by Alfred Hitchcock with Claude Jade and Michel Piccoli
- Clérambard (1969), played as Hector de Clérambard
- Mr. Freedom (1969)
- La Mandarine (1971)
- La Grande Bouffe (1973), played as Philippe
- Amici Miei (1975)
- Une Femme à sa Fenêtre = A Woman With Her Window (1976)
- Le Témoin = The Witness (1978)
- L'étoile du nord = North Star (1982)
- Amici Miei, Atto II (1982)
- Coup de Torchon (1981)
- Souvenirs souvenirs (1984)
- L'Eté prochain = The Next Summer (1985)
- La Famille = The Family (1986)
- Masques = Masks (1987)
- Ripoux contre ripoux (1989)
- Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989)
- J'embrasse pas = I Do Not Kiss (1991)
- Tango (1992)
- Il Postino (1994) , with Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Massimo Troisi.
- Max et Jérémie = Max and Jérémie
- La Fille de d'Artagnan = The Daughter of d'Artagnan (1994) with Bertrand Tavernier
- Marianna Ucria
- Soleil (1997) = Sun, with Sophia Loren
- Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz = The Picnic with Lulu Kreutz (1999)
- Les Côtelettes = The Chops (2002)
- Père et fils (2002)
