Jacques Weber (born 23 August 1949)https://tpa.fr/acteurs-theatre/weber-jacques-389.html is a French actor, director, and writer.
Life and career Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and began a rich theatrical career and a sporadic cinema career.
Marcel Cravenne hired him in 1970 for Tartuffe. In 1972, he was Haroun in Faustine et le Bel Été and played the role of Hugo in État de siège by Costa-Gavras. He was seduced by Claude Jade in Le Malin Plaisir (1975), and by Anicée Alvina in Une femme fatale (1976). The young actor with much sex-appeal (he appeared in Le Malin Plaisir completely naked) was in Bel Ami (1983) after the 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant in the adaptation by Pierre Cardinal. On television, he was, among others, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Denys de La Patellière and Judge Antoine Rives in the show by Gilles Béhat. Noticeable on film as Comte de Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and Don Juan (1998), where he seduces Emmanuelle Béart. In 2008, he joined Isabelle Adjani in a televised adaptation of Figaro which he directed for France 3.
From 1979 to 1985, he appeared at the Centre dramatique national in Lyon (Théâtre du ), and from 1986 to 2001, the Théâtre de Nice, Centre dramatique national Nice-Côte d'Azur. He has starred and directed in many of the great roles of classical theatre, including Cyrano, where he excelled for many seasons.
Jacques Weber published Des petits coins de paradis in October 2009, his first work, which relates to his work as an artist and his friends.Jacques Weber, Des petits coins de paradis, Edition du Cherche-Midi, Collection Documents, 2009
In the 2012 presidential election, he endorsed François Hollande. In the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections, he endorsed Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
He is married to Christine Weber and has three children: two sons, Tommy and Stanley, and one daughter, Kim.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1970 Au théâtre ce soir Albert Pierre Sabbagh TV series (1 episode) Lancelot du lac Gawain Claude Santelli TV movie 1971 Raphael, or The Debauched One Michel Deville Tartuffe Damis Marcel Cravenne TV movie 1972 Mauprat Bernard Jacques Trébouta TV movie Faustine et le Bel Été Haroun Nina Companeez L'humeur vagabonde Édouard Luntz State of Siege Hugo Costa-Gavras 1973 R.A.S. Alain Charpentier Yves Boisset Hilda Muramer Frédérick von Glauda Jacques Trébouta (2) TV movie Projection privée Philippe François Leterrier 1974 Richard Juan Luis Buñuel 1975 Malicious Pleasure Marc Lancelot Bernard Toublanc-Michel Aloïse The engineer Liliane de Kermadec Une femme fatale Philippe Mathelin Jacques Doniol-Valcroze 1977 Les rebelles Léon Larguier Pierre Badel TV movie I baroni Carlo Giampaolo Lomi Le loup blanc Captain Didier Jean-Pierre Decourt TV movie Un amour de sable Pierre Gouin Christian Lara 1979 Le comte de Monte-Cristo Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte-Cristo Denys de La Patellière TV Mini-Series (4 episodes) The Adolescent Jean Jeanne Moreau Bernard Quesnay Bernard Quesnay Jean-François Delassus TV movie 1981 Le mariage de Figaro Bartholo Pierre Badel (2) TV movie Les amours de Jacques le fataliste The Master Jacques Ordines TV movie 1983 Les Poneys sauvages Georges Saval Robert Mazoyer TV Mini-Series Bel ami Georges Duroy Pierre Cardinal TV Mini-Series 1984 Rive droite, rive gauche Guarrigue Philippe Labro 1985 Adolescente, sucre d'amour Karim Jocelyn Saab Escalier C Conrad Jean-Charles Tacchella 1986 Suivez mon regard The client Jean Curtelin A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later Himself Claude Lelouch 1987 Vaines recherches Claude Schneider Nicolas Ribowski TV movie 1988 The Witches' Sabbath Professor Cadò Marco Bellocchio 1989 À deux minutes près Tristan Eric Le Hung Le crime d'Antoine Julien Marc Rivière Adieu Christine Doctor Golstein Christopher Frank TV movie 1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Comte de Guiche Jean-Paul Rappeneau César Award for Best Supporting Actor Haute tension Lucas Patrick Dromgoole TV series (1 episode) Lacenaire Jacques Arago Francis Girod 1991 Le dernier mot Serge Gilles Béhat TV movie 1993 Antoine Rives, juge du terrorisme Judge Antoine Rives Philippe Lefebvre, Gilles Béhat (2) TV series (6 episodes) Rupture(s) The tramp Christine Citti 1994 Le misanthrope Mathias Ledoux TV movie Aventures dans le Grand Nord Pierre Arnaud Sélignac TV series (1 episode) 1995 Le petit garçon The father Pierre Granier-Deferre The Horseman on the Roof Narrator Jean-Paul Rappeneau (2) 1996 Beaumarchais Duke of Chaulnes Édouard Molinaro Chienne de vie Daniel Bernard Uzan TV movie Papa est un mirage Philippe Didier Grousset TV movie La femme de la forêt Lucas Arnaud Sélignac (2) TV Mini-Series 1998 Don Juan Don Juan Jacques Weber Que la lumière soit Professor Lang Arthur Joffé 1999 Tôt ou tard Pierre Anne-Marie Etienne 2000 Bérénice Antiochus Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe TV movie 2001 L'affaire Kergalen Jean Laguennec Laurent Jaoui TV movie Tel père, telle flic Commissioner Nordey Eric Woreth TV series Mausolée pour une garce Henri Taride Arnaud Sélignac (3) TV movie 2002 Ruy Blas Don César de Bazan Jacques Weber (2) TV movie La panne The husband Frédéric Cerulli Short 2003 7 ans de mariage Claude Didier Bourdon 2004 Plan B Eric Gendarme Short 2006 Le poids du silence David Benmussa Short Count Charles Valéran Charlotte de Turckheim Les ambitieux Saint-Clair Catherine Corsini Odette Toulemonde Olaf Pims Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2007 La lance de la destinée Jacques Beranger Dennis Berry TV Mini-Series 2008 Figaro Count Almaviva Jacques Weber (3) TV movie Intrusions André de Saché Emmanuel Bourdieu Les héritières Ottavio Della Rocca Harry Cleven TV movie 2009 All About Actresses Himself Maïwenn Fais-moi plaisir! Elisabeth's father Emmanuel Mouret Folie douce Claude Monceau Josée Dayan TV movie 2010 Ensemble, c'est trop Roger Léa Fazer HH, Hitler à Hollywood Himself Frédéric Sojcher 2011 Joseph l'insoumis Joseph Wresinski Caroline Glorion TV movie Le grand restaurant II A client Gérard Pullicino TV movie Mystère au Moulin Rouge Harold Meyer Stéphane Kappes TV movie 2012 Sur la piste du Marsupilami Daddy Dan Alain Chabat Arrête de pleurer Pénélope Aimé Badaroux Juliette Arnaud, Corinne Puget Bienvenue parmi nous Max Jean Becker Bad Girl Professor Lecoq Patrick Mille 2013 Un prince (presque) charmant Charles Lavantin Philippe Lellouche Le grand retournement The banker Weber Gérard Mordillat Désolée pour hier soir Marc Hortense Gelinet Short 2014 Marcel Grobz Cécile Telerman 2015 Quand je ne dors pas Tommy Weber Le passager Jean-Pierre Toinin Jérôme Cornuau TV Mini-Series Les Bêtises André Rose and Alice Philippon 2016Death in Sarajevo2017La ManteCharles CarrotAlexandre LaurentNetflix Original Series2021In TherapyAlainEmmanuel Finkiel2022The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)SergeSébastien Marnier
Theatre 1969 : Tchao by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by Jacques-Henri Duval, Théâtre Saint-Georges
1970–1979 1971 : La Convention de Belzébir by Marcel Aymé, directed by René Dupuy 1971 : Crime et Châtiment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, directed by Robert Hossein, Reims 1972 : Les Bas-fonds by Maxime Gorki, directed by Robert Hossein, Reims, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1973 : Jean-Baptiste Poquelin directed by Jacques Weber 1973 : Les Fourberies de Scapin by Molière, directed by Jacques Weber 1975 : Crime et Châtiment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, directed by Robert Hossein, Théâtre de Paris 1976 : Le Neveu de Rameau by Denis Diderot, directed by Jacques Weber 1977 : La Putain respectueuse by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre Gérard Philipe 1977 : Le Nouveau Monde by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault 1977 : Arrête ton cinéma by Gérard Oury, directed by the author, Théâtre du Gymnase 1978 : Maître Puntila et son valet Matti by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Guy Rétoré, Théâtre de l'Est Parisien 1979 : The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Jacques Weber
1980–1989 1980 : Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais, directed by Françoise Petit and Maurice Vaudaux, Théâtre de Paris 1980 : Les Amours de Jacques le Fataliste by Denis Diderot, directed by Francis Huster 1980 : Deux heures sans savoir, directed by Jacques Weber 1980 : Spartacus by Bernard-Joseph Saurin, directed by Jacques Weber 1982 : Une journée particulière after the film by Ettore Scola, directed by Françoise Petit, Théâtre du 8e Lyon 1983 : Le Rêve de d'Alembert by Denis Diderot, directed by Jacques Kraemer 1983 : Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Jérôme Savary, Théâtre Mogador 1985 : Deux sur la balançoire by William Gibson, directed by Bernard Murat 1985 : À vif directed by Jacques Weber 1987 : Monte Cristo after Alexandre Dumas, directed by Jacques Weber, Grande Halle de la Villette 1987 : Dom Juan by Molière, directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault 1988 : Nocturnes after Stefan Zweig, directed by Jacques Weber, Serge Marzolff 1988 : Le Misanthrope by Molière, directed by Jacques Weber 1988 : Le Chant du départ by Ivane Daoudi, directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
1990–1999 1991 : Seul en scène, directed by Jacques Weber 1991 : Maman Sabouleux and 29 degrés à l'ombre by Eugène Labiche, directed by Isabelle Nanty 1991 : L'École des femmes by Molière, directed by Jean-Luc Boutté, Théâtre Hébertot, Théâtre des Célestins 1992 : Mystification mix of texts by Denis Diderot, directed by Jacques Weber 1993 : La Mégère apprivoisée by William Shakespeare, directed by Jérôme Savary 1995 : Le Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre de Nice 1996 : La Tour de Nesle by Roger Planchon after Alexandre Dumas, directed by Roger Planchon, Théâtre de Nice, TNP Villeurbanne 1996 : Gustave et Eugène after Gustave Flaubert, directed by Jacques Weber, Arnaud Bédouet 1997 : La Tour de Nesle by Roger Planchon after Alexandre Dumas, directed by Roger Planchon, Théâtre Mogador 1998 : Une journée particulière after the film by Ettore Scola, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre de Nice, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1999 : La Controverse de Valladolid by Jean-Claude Carrière, directed by Jacques Lassalle, Théâtre de l'Atelier
2000–2009 2000 : La Vie de Galilée by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jacques Lassalle, Théâtre national de la Colline 2002 : Phèdre by Jean Racine, directed by Jacques Weber, Théâtre Déjazet 2002 : Le Limier, by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Didier Long, Théâtre de la Madeleine 2003 : Jacques Weber raconte... Monsieur Molière ! after Mikhaïl Boulgakov 2004 : L'Évangile selon Pilate by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Christophe Lidon, Théâtre Montparnasse 2004 : Seul en scène, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 2004 : Ondine by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Théâtre Antoine (with Laetitia Casta and Vytas Kraujelis) 2006 : Cyrano, adapted by Christine Weber, directed by André Serre, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 2006 : Love letters by Albert Ramsdell Gurney, directed by Sandrine Dumas 2007–2008 : Débats 1974–1981, after the televised debates between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand for the Presidential elections of 1974 and 1981, directed by Jean-Marie Duprez, Théâtre de la Madeleine 2008 : Sacré nom de dieu by Arnaud Bédouet after the correspondence of Gustave Flaubert, directed by Loïc Corbery, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 2009 : César, Fanny, Marius after Marcel Pagnol, adapted and directed by Francis Huster, Théâtre Antoine 2009 : Seul en scène, Théâtre Marigny
Audiobooks 2004 : Le Joueur d'échecs, by Stefan Zweig, Éditions Thélème, Paris, 2005
Honours Chevalier of the ordre national du Mérite 1992 : Officer of the ordre des Arts et des Lettres