Jean-Pierre Darras
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Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage. He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward. Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place. In 1982, he moved into directing with Le Braconnier de Dieu. Later, he founded a theatre festival in Carpentras with his wife Corinne Lahaye, continuing his commitment to the stage until the end of his life.
Known for
Credits
The Tattoo (1968)
as Lucien, facteur de Montignac
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
as (voice)
The Annuity (1972)
as Emile Galipeau
Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976)
as Co-Producer
Lucky Jo (1964)
as Napo
My Mother's Castle (1990)
as Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
Signé Furax (1981)
as Socrate
My Father's Glory (1990)
as Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
Three Men to Kill (1980)
as Chocard
A Golden Widow (1969)
as Rapha
A Pain in the Ass (1973)
as Dr. Edgar Fuchs
For a Cop's Hide (1981)
as Commissaire Chauffard
Out of It (1978)
as Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
Diamond Safari (1966)
as Pascal Moratti
Don't Bite, We Love You (1976)
as 'Papy'
Fric-Frac (1971)
as Marcel
Folie douce (1973)
as Jérôme
The Old Maid (1972)
as Sacha
Elise, or Real Life (1970)
as Le commissaire
A Man Named Rocca (1961)
as Névada
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (1970)
as Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
Genre masculin (1977)
as Adolphe
La Main passe (1972)
as Étienne Massenay
The Fighting Cock (1969)
as Paoli
Le Chêne d'Allouville (1981)
as Minister of Culture
Les Aventures de Lagardère (1968)
as Peyrolles
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (1976)
as Le ministre
The Other Truth (1966)
as The commissioner
Monsieur (1964)
as José, Small-time Crook
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1982)
as Le maître de philosophie
Parisian Life (1977)
as Le baron de Gondremark
A Young World (1966)
as Le professeur d'art dramatique
La Décharge (1976)
as M. Brunet
Le Voleur de feuilles (1984)
as Mr. Marguerite
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! (1982)
as Flavacourt
Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
Actor
Le Groom (1995)
Actor
Et qu'ça saute ! (1970)
as Jorge Blanco
The Suburbs Are Everywhere (1973)
as Ducros
At the Meeting with Joyous Death (1973)
as Peron
Love and Cool Water (1976)
as Clément
Would-Be Gentleman (1968)
as Le maître de ballet
Tell Me You Love Me (1974)
as Lucien Dorgeval
Four Queens for an Ace (1966)
as Detective in Interrogation Room
L'Amour des 4 colonels (1969)
as L'homme
Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983)
as Frisou
The Impostures of Scapin (1981)
as Argante
Beyond Fear (1975)
as Bourrier
L'Amour à la lettre (1986)
as Quentin Granier
Forget Me, Mandoline (1976)
as Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
Diary of a Madman (1987)
as The director
Les Trois Sœurs (1960)
as Koulyguine
The Wedding Ring (1971)
as M. Duvernet
La Puce et le privé (1981)
as Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
Ami-Ami (1967)
as Alexandre
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
L'Hôtel du libre échange (1979)
as Mathieu
Azaïs (1968)
as Félix, professeur de piano
Georges Dandin de Molière (1997)
as Monsieur de Sottenville