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.
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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
