Cast & creator
Jean-Pierre Darras
Best known for Champs-Elysées, Apostrophes, Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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.
Also known as: Jean-Pierre Dumontet
60
film credits
19
television credits
78
1959–2009 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
Showing 79 of 79 credits
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Midi trente
Self
1972
Numéro un
Self
1975Numéro un
Self - Host
1975Samedi soir
Self
1971
Discorama
Self - Host
1959Discorama
Self - Co-Host
1959Discorama
Self
1959
At Theatre Tonight
Félix, professeur de piano
1966At Theatre Tonight
Alexandre
1966
Graf Luckner
Wallace
1971
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer
Molière
1973
the famous escapes
Saint-Marc
1972
Three Men to Kill
Chocard
1980
Asterix vs. Caesar
(voice)
1985
The Tattoo
Lucien, facteur de Montignac
1968
A Man Named Rocca
Névada
1961
Lagardère
Peyrolles
1967
My Mother's Castle
Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
1990
My Father's Glory
Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
1990
La Décharge
M. Brunet
1976
Lucky Jo
Napo
1964
For a Cop's Hide
Commissaire Chauffard
1981
La Calanque
Francis Cambalette
1987
The Annuity
Emile Galipeau
1972
A Pain in the Ass
Dr. Edgar Fuchs
1973
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Co-Producer
1976
Madame le Juge
le commissaire
1978
Signé Furax
Socrate
1981
Folie douce
Jérôme
1973
Diamond Safari
Pascal Moratti
1966
Two Men in Manhattan
1959
Le Groom
1995
A Golden Widow
Rapha
1969
Out of It
Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
1978
The Impostures of Scapin
Argante
1981
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Minister of Culture
1981
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Le ministre
1976
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
1970
Les Aventures de Lagardère
Peyrolles
1968
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Ducros
1973
The Old Maid
Sacha
1972
Fric-Frac
Marcel
1971
Don't Bite, We Love You
'Papy'
1976
Forget Me, Mandoline
Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
1976
L'Hôtel du libre échange
Mathieu
1979
Et qu'ça saute !
Jorge Blanco
1970
Elise, or Real Life
Le commissaire
1970
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
Peron
1973
Love and Cool Water
Clément
1976
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
Flavacourt
1982
Le Voleur de feuilles
Mr. Marguerite
1984
Four Queens for an Ace
Detective in Interrogation Room
1966
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009
Tell Me You Love Me
Lucien Dorgeval
1974
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Le maître de philosophie
1982
La Main passe
Étienne Massenay
1972
Le Braconnier de Dieu
Frisou
1983Le Braconnier de Dieu
Director
1983
La Puce et le privé
Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
1981
L'Amour des 4 colonels
L'homme
1969
Parisian Life
Le baron de Gondremark
1977
Beyond Fear
Bourrier
1975
The Other Truth
The commissioner
1966
Georges Dandin de Molière
Monsieur de Sottenville
1997
Monsieur
José, Small-time Crook
1964
The Wedding Ring
M. Duvernet
1971
A Young World
Le professeur d'art dramatique
1966
L'Amour à la lettre
Quentin Granier
1986
Would-Be Gentleman
Le maître de ballet
1968
The Fighting Cock
Paoli
1969
Diary of a Madman
The director
1987
Genre masculin
Adolphe
1977
Les Trois Sœurs
Koulyguine
1960
Azaïs
Félix, professeur de piano
1968
Ami-Ami
Alexandre
1967