Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality.
In 2001, Edouard Baer played the Egyptian scribe Otis in Alain Chabat's hit comedy Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Baer's character became a cult figure. The same year, he won the Molière for the male theatrical revelation 2001 for his role in the play Cravate club, written by Fabrice Roger-Lacan and directed by Isabelle Nanty.
In 2009, he participated in the French television programme Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.
Theatre Year Title Author Director Notes 1997 Le Goût de la hiérarchie Édouard Baer Édouard Baer 2000–2001 Cravate club Fabrice Roger-Lacan Isabelle Nanty Molière Award for Best Male Newcomer 2002–2004 Le Grand Mezze Édouard Baer & François Rollin Édouard Baer & François Rollin 2006 La Folle et Véritable Vie de Luigi Prizzoti Édouard Baer Édouard Baer Globe de Cristal Award for Best One Man Show 2007–2008 Looking for Mr Castang Édouard Baer Édouard Baer 2008–2010 Un pedigree Patrick Modiano Édouard Baer 2009–2010 Miam Miam Édouard Baer Édouard Baer Globe de Cristal Award for Best PlayNominated – Molière Award for Best Comedy 2012–2013 À la française Édouard Baer Édouard Baer 2014–2016 La Porte à côté Fabrice Roger-Lacan Bernard Murat 2016 Un pedigree Patrick Modiano Édouard Baer 2021 Les élucubrations d'un homme soudain frappé par la grâce Édouard Baer Édouard Baer
Filmography Actor Year Title Role Director Notes 1989 Tribunal Antoine Marin Dominique Masson TV series (1 episode)1994 La folie douce Edouard Frédéric Jardin Parlez après le signal sonore Olivier Jahan Short1995 Raï Thomas Gilou Fast The second boy-friend Dante Desarthe 1996 The Apartment Theater Actor Gilles Mimouni Caméléone The art critic Benoît Cohen Velvet 99 Velvet 99 Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel Short 15 sans billets Samuel Tasinaje Short Coeur de cible Cyril Maury Laurent Heynemann TV movie1997 Héroïnes Francis Gérard Krawczyk Qui va Pino va sano Robert Fontrobert Fabrice Roger-Lacan Short L'agence Lambert Michael Lambert Etienne Labroue TV series (1 episode)1999 Terror Firmer French Cool Cat Lloyd Kaufman Rien sur Robert Alain de Xantras Pascal Bonitzer Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne Various Édouard Baer TV Short2000 La bostella Edouard Édouard Baer Les frères Soeur Blaise Frédéric Jardin La chambre des magiciennes Simon Claude Miller TV movie2001 Alias Betty Alex Basato Claude Miller Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor God Is Great and I'm Not François Pascale Bailly Demain et tous les jours après Bruno Bernard Stora TV movie La cape et l'épée The minstrel Bernard Faroux TV series (1 episode)2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Otis Alain Chabat Cravate club Adrien Frédéric Jardin Edouard est marrant Edouard Baer Riton Liebman Short Jean Moulin A motorcycle Yves Boisset TV movie2003 The Car Keys Himself Laurent Baffie Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) Louis Le Bison Isabelle Nanty Tournez la page Sophie Leys Short Kelif et Deutsch à la recherche d'un emploi Frédéric Berthe TV series (1 episode)2004 The Story of My Life Raphaël Jullian Laurent Tirard À boire Pierre-Marie Archambault Marion Vernoux Double Zéro The male Gérard Pirès Milady Viscount of Wardes Josée Dayan TV movie2005 How Much Do You Love Me? The upset man Bertrand Blier Akoibon Daniel Stain Édouard Baer 2006 Les Brigades du Tigre Inspector Pujol Jérôme Cornuau Je pense à vous Hermann Pascal Bonitzer 2007 A Girl Cut in Two Edouard Claude Chabrol Molière Dorante Laurent Tirard J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster Gino Samuel Benchetrit Crosse The drunk guy Liova Jedlicki Short2008 Passe-passe Darry Marzouki Tonie Marshall 2 Alone in Paris The priest Ramzy Bedia & Eric Judor Un monde à nous Marc Frédéric Balekdjian 2009 Wild Grass The narrator Alain Resnais The Barons Jacques Nabil Ben Yadir 2010 An Ordinary Execution Vassilli Marc Dugain Mon pote Victor Gallien Marc Esposito HH, Hitler à Hollywood Edouard Baer Frédéric Sojcher Le grand restaurant A client Gérard Pullicino TV movie 2011 Chicken with Plums Azraël Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud 2012 Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia Asterix Laurent Tirard 2013 Cupcakes Édouard Eytan Fox Turf Freddy Fabien Onteniente Le grand retournement The trader Gérard Mordillat Les invincibles Stéphane Darcy Frédéric Berthe 2015 Phantom Boy Alex Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol Encore heureux Sam Ogiel Benoît Graffin 2016 Open at Night Luigi Édouard Baer 2018 Mademoiselle de Joncquières Marquis des Arcis Emmanuel Mouret Nominated – César Award for Best Actor 2018 Raoul Taburin Hervé Figougne Pierre Godeau 2018 C'est quoi ton nom Edouard Emilie Barbault, Sarah Barbault TV series 2019 Black Snake: La légende du serpent noir Henry Thouvenel Thomas N'Gijol, Karole Rocher 2019 La lutte des classes Paul Clément Michel Leclerc 2019 Astro Kid Buck (voice) Éric Tosti 2019 Polina i tayemnyzia kinostudiyi Chemist Olias Barco 2020 How to Be a Good Wife André Grunvald Martin Provost 2020 Capitaine Marleau Josée Dayan TV series 2023 Adieu Paris Édouard Édouard Baer Daaaaaalí! Salvador Dalí Quentin Dupieux 2024 All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués!) Victor Manon Briand
Filmmaker Year Title Role Notes 1987 Nulle part ailleursWriter TV series1997 Qui va Pino va sano Short L'agence Lambert TV series 1999 Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne Director & writer TV Short2000 La bostella Director, writer & Delegate producer Les frères Soeur Writer 2003 Le grand plongeoir Writer TV Mini-Series
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