Jean-Pierre Bacri (; 24 May 1951 – 18 January 2021) was a French actor and screenwriter. He frequently worked in collaboration with his wife, the actress, screenwriter and director Agnès Jaoui.
Bacri won five César Awards (including four jointly with Jaoui) and was nominated a further eight times. In 2021 he was posthumously awarded a Honorary César for his entire career. In 2001 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for The Taste of Others.
Life and career One of Bacri's earliest film appearances was Subway. He co-wrote with Jaoui Smoking/No Smoking, and co-wrote and starred in Un air de famille, On connaît la chanson, for which he won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998, The Taste of Others and Look at Me. Together, he and Jaoui have won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation four times, the Best Screenplay Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and the European Film Awards, and the René Clair Award in 2001.
He died of cancer in 2021 at the age of 69.
Filmography
As screenwriter 1977: Tout simplement 1978: Le Timbre 1979: Le Doux visage de l'amour (Prix de la fondation de la vocation) 1992: Cuisine et dépendances 1992: Smoking / No Smoking 1996: Un air de famille 1997: On connaît la chanson (Same Old Song) 2000: The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) 2004: Comme une image (Look at Me) 2008: Parlez-moi de la pluie (Let's Talk about the Rain)
As actor 1978: Le goût étrange de Juliette 1979: L'éblouissement (TV) - Jean-Pierre 1979: Le Toubib - L'anesthésiste 1979: Thanatos Palace Hôtel (TV) - Jean Monnier 1980: Le fourbe de Séville (TV) - Octavio 1980: La Vénus d'Ille (TV) - Alphonse 1980: La femme intégrale - Léonardo l'italien 1980: L'Aéropostale, courrier du ciel (TV series) - Beauregard 1981: Le cocu magnifique (TV) - Petrus 1981: Henri IV (TV) - Landolf 1982: Le Grand Pardon directed by Alexandre Arcady - Jacky Azoulay 1982: Au théâtre ce soir : Histoire de rire (TV) - Gérard 1983: Coup de foudre - Costa 1983: Édith et Marcel 1984: La Septième Cible - inspecteur Daniel Esperanza 1984: Batailles (TV) 1985: Subway directed by Luc Besson - inspecteur Batman 1985: Escalier C - Bruno 1985: On ne meurt que deux fois - barman 1986: Chère canaille - Francis Lebovic 1986: La galette du roi - L'élégant 1986: Suivez mon regard - L'ami des singes 1986: États d'âme - Romain 1986: Mort un dimanche de pluie - David Briand 1986: Rue du départ - homme à la BMW 1987: Sale temps - (voix) 1987: L'été en pente douce directed by Gérard Krawczyk - Stéphane Leheurt (Fane) 1988: Les Saisons du plaisir directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky - Jacques 1988: Bonjour l'angoisse - Desfontaines 1989: Mes meilleurs copains - Eric Guidolini (Guido) 1990: La Baule-les-Pins (film) directed by Diane Kurys - Léon 1991: - Roussel 1992: - L'homme à la rayure 1992: L'homme de ma vie - Malcolm 1993: Cuisine et dépendances - Georges 1994: Perle rare 1994: Bazooka (film) 1994: La Cité de la peur directed by Alain Berbérian - projectionniste #2 1996: Un air de famille directed by Cédric Klapisch - Henri 1997: La méthode - Paul 1997: Didier directed by Alain Chabat - Jean-Pierre Costa 1997: On connaît la chanson directed by Alain Resnais - Nicolas 1998: Un dimanche matin à Marseille : Béranger - Béranger 1998: Place Vendôme directed by Nicole Garcia - Jean-Pierre 1999: Peut-être - le père 1999: Kennedy et moi directed by Sam Karmann - Simon Polaris 2000: The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) directed by Agnès Jaoui - Castella 2002: Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra - (la voix du commentateur langouste) 2002: Une femme de ménage directed by Claude Berri - Jacques 2003: Les Sentiments directed by Noémie Lvovsky - Jacques 2004: Comme une image directed by Agnès Jaoui - Etienne Cassard 2006: Selon Charlie directed by Nicole Garcia 2008: Parlez-moi de la pluie (Let's Talk about the rain) 2012: Looking for Hortense 2013: Under the Rainbow 2015: The Very Private Life of Mister Sim 2016: Tout de suite maintenant 2017: C'est la vie! 2018: Place publique directed by Agnes Jaoui - Castro
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