Jean-Pierre Darras
Acting
1927-11-26 · Paris, France
Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage. He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward. Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place. In 1982, he moved into directing with Le Braconnier de Dieu. Later, he founded a theatre festival in Carpentras with his wife Corinne Lahaye, continuing his commitment to the stage until the end of his life.
movieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage) · 2009 · 6.0
movieGeorges Dandin de Molière
as Monsieur de Sottenville · 1997 · 10.0
movieLe Groom
as · 1995 · 0.0
movieMy Mother's Castle
as Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice) · 1990 · 7.2
movieMy Father's Glory
as Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice) · 1990 · 7.3
movieDiary of a Madman
as The director · 1987 · 7.0
tvLa Calanque
as Francis Cambalette · 1987 · 0.0
movieL'Amour à la lettre
as Quentin Granier · 1986 · 2.0
movieAsterix vs. Caesar
as (voice) · 1985 · 6.5
movieLe Voleur de feuilles
as Mr. Marguerite · 1984 · 7.0
movieLe Braconnier de Dieu
as Frisou · 1983 · 5.0
movieTe marre pas... c'est pour rire !
as Flavacourt · 1982 · 4.8
movieLe Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Le maître de philosophie · 1982 · 7.7
tvChamps-Elysées
as Self · 1982 · 6.8
movieFor a Cop's Hide
as Commissaire Chauffard · 1981 · 5.8
movieSigné Furax
as Socrate · 1981 · 5.0
movieLe Chêne d'Allouville
as Minister of Culture · 1981 · 5.8
movieLa Puce et le privé
as Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin · 1981 · 5.0
movieThe Impostures of Scapin
as Argante · 1981 · 6.8
movieThree Men to Kill
as Chocard · 1980 · 6.1
movieL'Hôtel du libre échange
as Mathieu · 1979 · 5.8
movieOut of It
as Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce · 1978 · 6.5
tvMadame le Juge
as le commissaire · 1978 · 8.8
movieParisian Life
as Le baron de Gondremark · 1977 · 6.0