Jean-Marc Barr
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French. His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer. Barr is bilingual in French and English: he speaks French with a nasal, hybrid accent, reminiscent of his American upbringing - with a slight American accent and occasional anglicisms in interviews - and English with a Mid-Atlantic accent. He studied philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Paris Conservatoire and the Sorbonne. He went on to pursue an education in drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In London he met his future wife, a pianist and composer Irina Dečermić. Jean-Marc Barr began working in theatre in France in 1986. After some television roles and film work, in particular, Hope and Glory (1987) by John Boorman, he was cast in the tremendously successful The Big Blue (1988). Luc Besson cast him in the role of French diver Jacques Mayol. He played in the role opposite Rosanna Arquette and Jean Reno. The Big Blue was the most financially successful film in France in the 1980s. In 1991, he starred in Danish director Lars von Trier's Europa, marking the beginning of a long friendship (he is the godfather of von Trier's children) as well as a significant professional relationship. He went on to appear in von Trier’s Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2004) and Manderlay (2005). Also in 2005 he starred in the French film Crustacés et Coquillages. His collaboration with von Trier put him on track to start directing his own work. He debuted in 1999 as a director, screenwriter and producer with the intimate love story Lovers. This film became the first part of a trilogy; the two subsequent parts being the drama Too Much Flesh (2000) and the comedy Being Light (2001) which he co-directed with Pascal Arnold. He may also be recognized for his role as the attractive divorce lawyer, Maitre Bertram in the Merchant Ivory film le Divorce (2003). He appeared as Hugo in The Red Siren in 2002. He appeared as the main character in the video for Blur's 1995 single, "Charmless Man". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Marc Barr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
as Debtor Gentleman
The Big Blue (1988)
as Jacques Mayol
Dogville (2003)
as The Man with the Big Hat
Breaking the Waves (1996)
as Terry
Maurice (1987)
as French Colleague (uncredited)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
as Norman
Manderlay (2005)
as Mr. Robinsson
Le Divorce (2003)
as Maitre Bertram
The Pod Generation (2023)
as The Founder
Europa (1991)
as Leopold Kessler
King David (1985)
as Absalom
Big Sur (2013)
as Jack Kerouac
Tara Road (2005)
as Andy
The Plague (1992)
as Jean Tarrou
Hope and Glory (1987)
as Bruce
Dolphin Man (2017)
as Self
The Red Siren (2002)
as Hugo
The Boss of It All (2006)
as Spencer
Dimension (2010)
Actor
The Other 300: Army of Lovers (2025)
as Narrator (voice over)
Heavy Rain (2010)
as Himself
What is Love? (2026)
Actor
St. Ives (1998)
as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
The Big Blue Adventure (1989)
as Self / Narrator
Too Much Flesh (2000)
as Lyle
What I Did for Love (1998)
as Marc
Silent Land (2022)
as diver Arnaud
Cockles and Muscles (2005)
as Didier
Halo of Stars (—)
as Gerald
Buğday (2017)
as Erol
Baby Blues (2008)
as Dan
My Best Part (2020)
as The director
The Academy (2025)
as Prof. Robert Copley
Hotel du Lac (1986)
as Alain
Les Faussaires (1994)
as Jack Baker
Cut Off (2018)
as Trevor De Blanc
After the War (2017)
as Jérôme
The Car Keys (2003)
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Hexameron (—)
as Fr. Paulo
And They Call It Summer (2012)
as Dino
Ça ne se refuse pas (1998)
as Alex
Being Light (2001)
as Jack Lesterhoof
Marching in Darkness (1996)
as Silvio Roatto
Iron Horsemen (1995)
as Robert
Blaze (1991)
as Victor
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday (1998)
as Ben
His Mother's Eyes (2011)
as Jean-Paul Tremazan
Making Plans for Lena (2009)
as Nigel
American Translation (2011)
as William
The Rebellious (2024)
as Mr. Verger
L'Échappée belle (1996)
as Manu Barnes
The Infidels (1997)
Actor
Wax - We Are The X (2016)
as Jean-Christophe Touchalier
City of Shadows (2010)
as Dr. Max Orswell
blur | The Best Of (2000)
as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
Lifeline (1996)
as Patrick LeMay
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985)
as Scott
The Cellar (2018)
as Milan
This Is the End (2023)
as Self
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 (2000)
as Self
Saltimbank (2003)
as Frédéric Saltim
Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)
as Self
The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
as Pierre
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997)
Actor
Le fils préféré (1994)
as Philippe
Nucingen House (2009)
as William Henry James III
The Scarlet Tunic (1998)
as Matthaus Singer
FreeDogme (2000)
as Himself
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century (1997)
as Addy
UK18 (2017)
as The Foreigner
Mary's Sons (2002)
as Paul
Meurtres en dentelles (2025)
as Antoine Duprat
Parc (2009)
as Paul Marteau
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations (2013)
as Self
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi (1997)
as Self
CQ2 (Seek You Too) (2004)
as Steven
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema (1998)
as Self
Whoever Was Using This Bed (2016)
as Ray
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying (2011)
as Brian
Vandal (2013)
as Paul, l'oncle
Anecdotes from Europa (2005)
as Interviewee
The Last Mirage (2014)
as Justin Livingstone
Manhattan Romance (2013)
as Alex
The Call (2018)
as (voice)
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier (2023)
as Jean-Marc Barr
Au nom d'un chien (1994)
as Jean Grébault
Le jour qui vient (—)
as Martin
Le fil (2023)
Actor