Jean-Pierre Darras
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Knight of the Legion of Honour Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour 1 won
- 1996 Knight of the Legion of Honour Won
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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.
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Acting
57 credits
Champs-Elysées
Apostrophes
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Midi trente
Le Grand Échiquier
Numéro un
At Theatre Tonight
Samedi soir
Discorama
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
Graf Luckner
Asterix vs. Caesar
The Tattoo
The Annuity
the famous escapes
La Main passe
My Father's Glory
Three Men to Kill
Folie douce
My Mother's Castle
Signé Furax
For a Cop's Hide
Lagardère
L'Hôtel du libre échange
Out of It
A Pain in the Ass
Madame le Juge
Fric-Frac
The Impostures of Scapin
A Golden Widow
La Calanque
The Old Maid
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Diamond Safari
Le Voleur de feuilles
Lucky Jo
The Fighting Cock
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
La Décharge
Les Aventures de Lagardère
Et qu'ça saute !
Forget Me, Mandoline
Azaïs
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Don't Bite, We Love You
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
The Other Truth
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Four Queens for an Ace
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
A Young World
Love and Cool Water
Monsieur
Elise, or Real Life
Georges Dandin de Molière
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
Genre masculin
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