Jean-Pierre Darras
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.
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Movies (60)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Georges Dandin de Molière
1997 · Monsieur de Sottenville
Le Groom
1995
My Mother's Castle
1990 · Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
My Father's Glory
1990 · Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
Diary of a Madman
1987 · The director
L'Amour à la lettre
1986 · Quentin Granier
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985 · (voice)
Le Voleur de feuilles
1984 · Mr. Marguerite
Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983 · Frisou, Director
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
1982 · Flavacourt
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1982 · Le maître de philosophie
For a Cop's Hide
1981 · Commissaire Chauffard
Signé Furax
1981 · Socrate
Le Chêne d'Allouville
1981 · Minister of Culture
La Puce et le privé
1981 · Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
Société Amoureuse à Responsabilité Limitée
1981 · Gonzague de Saint-Truc
The Impostures of Scapin
1981 · Argante
Three Men to Kill
1980 · Chocard
L'Hôtel du libre échange
1979 · Mathieu
Out of It
1978 · Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
Parisian Life
1977 · Le baron de Gondremark
Genre masculin
1977 · Adolphe
Don't Bite, We Love You
1976 · 'Papy'
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976 · Le ministre
Love and Cool Water
1976 · Clément
Forget Me, Mandoline
1976 · Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976 · Co-Producer
La Décharge
1976 · M. Brunet
Beyond Fear
1975 · Bourrier
Tell Me You Love Me
1974 · Lucien Dorgeval
Folie douce
1973 · Jérôme
A Pain in the Ass
1973 · Dr. Edgar Fuchs
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973 · Ducros
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
1973 · Peron
La Main passe
1972 · Étienne Massenay
The Annuity
1972 · Emile Galipeau
The Old Maid
1972 · Sacha
Fric-Frac
1971 · Marcel
The Wedding Ring
1971 · M. Duvernet
Elise, or Real Life
1970 · Le commissaire
Et qu'ça saute !
1970 · Jorge Blanco
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970 · Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
L'Amour des 4 colonels
1969 · L'homme
A Golden Widow
1969 · Rapha
The Fighting Cock
1969 · Paoli
Would-Be Gentleman
1968 · Le maître de ballet
Azaïs
1968 · Félix, professeur de piano
The Tattoo
1968 · Lucien, facteur de Montignac
Les Aventures de Lagardère
1968 · Peyrolles
Ami-Ami
1967 · Alexandre
Four Queens for an Ace
1966 · Detective in Interrogation Room
Diamond Safari
1966 · Pascal Moratti
The Other Truth
1966 · The commissioner
A Young World
1966 · Le professeur d'art dramatique
Lucky Jo
1964 · Napo
Monsieur
1964 · José, Small-time Crook
A Man Named Rocca
1961 · Névada
Les Trois Sœurs
1960 · Koulyguine
Two Men in Manhattan
1959
TV shows (15)
La Calanque
1987 · Francis Cambalette
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Madame le Juge
1978 · le commissaire
Numéro un
1975 · Self, Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
1973 · Molière
the famous escapes
1972 · Saint-Marc
Midi trente
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Graf Luckner
1971 · Wallace
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
Lagardère
1967 · Peyrolles
At Theatre Tonight
1966 · Alexandre, Félix, professeur de piano
Discorama
1959 · Self - Co-Host, Self - Host, Self