Cast & creator
Jacques Gamblin
Best known for Vivement dimanche, Le Charles, Blaise
Jacques Gamblin is a French actor. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen (Caen Dramatic Arts Centre). Originally, Jacques Gamblin was not destined to act. As a professional technician in a theater company, he came to contact with acting. He then studied at the Comédie de Caen and took his first steps as an actor on stage in Brittany, Totem Theatre in Saint-Brieuc, before joining the National Theatre, directed by Pierre de Rennes Debauche. Then he tried his luck in Paris, carefully choosing his roles and he made his film debut in 1985. In theatre, Jacques Gamblin worked with many directors such as Pierre Claude Yersin, Michel Dubois, Jeanne Champagne, Philippe Adrien, Alfredo Arias, Charles Tordjman, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gildas Bourdet, and Anne Bourgeois. He is also the author of plays such as The Touch Hardware and hip (1997). Source: Article "Jacques Gamblin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Also known as: Žaks Gamblins
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television credits
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1985–2027 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (92)
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Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Le Charles
2026Blaise
Jacques (voice)
2016
The Merry Widow
Léo
2007
Mussolini: The First Fascist
Narrator (voice)
2022
The Ideal Palace
Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, aka 'Le facteur Cheval'
2019
The Tiger Brigades
Jules Bonnot
2006
Home
Narrator (french voice)
2009
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Robert Duval
2008
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Marcel
2009
The Names of Love
Arthur Martin
2010
Hell
Pierre
2005
Safe Conduct
Jean-Devaivre
2002
Bellamy
Noël Gentil / Emile Leullet / Denis Leprince
2009
The Color of Lies
René Sterne
1999
Les diablogues
2008
24 Days
Commander Delcour
2014
Holy Lola
Dr. Pierre Ceyssac
2004
The Children of the Marshland
Garriss
1999
Dr. Akagi
Piet
1998
The Finishers
Paul Amblard
2013
Blind Man
Le Commandant Lassalle
2012
All That... for This?!
Jacques Grandin
1993
Girls with Guns
Thierry
1994
La femme à abattre
Cowboy
1993
25 Degrees in Winter
Miguel
2004
Les Miserables
Le bedeau
1995
Hippocrates
Le professeur Barois
2014
À la Mode
Père de Fausto (US version)
1993
Holidays by the Sea
Monsieur Cerf-volant
2011
Camilla, la reine qui ne voulait pas être reine
Narrator (voice over)
2025
My Man
4th client
1996
My Father's Secrets
Henri Kichka (voice)
2022
The Car Keys
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
2003
Harvey
Elwood P. Dowd
2023
Dissonances
Nat
2004
Forgotten Girls
Capitaine Christian Janvier
2008
Blaise
Jacques (voice)
2027
Connemara
Gérard
2025Le Voyageur sans bagage
Gaston
2004
The Tiger and The President
Paul Deschanel
2022
Just The Three of Us
The father
2010
Goodbye Princess
Helmut
1992
Nickel and Dime
Francis
2003
Verdon secret
Narrateur
2016
Mauvais Genre
Martial Bok
1997
Say Cheese
Thierry Hamelin
2022
Hell Train
1985
There Were Days... and Moons
Le mari de Caroline
1990
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
Narrator (voice)
2017
Sacrifice paysan
Narration
2022
Les Irréductibles
Michel
2006
The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol
Self
2006
Inondations : une menace planétaire
Speaker
2019
Au petit Marguery
Barnabé
1995
Yarsagumbu, l'or de l'Himalaya
2011
Van Gogh: Brush with Genius
Vincent Van Gogh
2009
Paris Countdown
Victor
2013
Pétain, such a popular hero
Narrator (voice)
2010
What a Drag
André Lemoine
1996
'Till Death Do Us Part
Patrick
1995
Périgord noir
Rémi
1989
Proper Attire Required
Richard Poulenc
1997
A New Prehistory
Narrator
2016
The Beautiful Story
Le jeune policier
1992
Serko
Fragonard
2006
I Have Dreamed Of You So Much
Voice over
2015
Father Son Therapy
Charles Perronet
2016
Le Salsifis du Bengale
Narrator (voice)
2015
Les clients d'Avrenos
Bernard de Jonsac
1996
Mademoiselle
Pierre Cassini
2001
L'Homme debout
Henri Giffard
2023
The First Man
Jacques Cormery
2011L'Été 36
Alain Mercier
1986
Carnage
Jacques
2002
Une histoire d'amour à la con
Gérard Delmont
1996
La mesure des choses
Narrator (voice over)
2022
Un Nouveau Regard
Voix Off
2025
Une vie française
Paul Blick
2011
Bella ciao
Orféo
2000
A Volcano Odyssey
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
L'Infiltré
Michel Carrat
2011
Couchettes express
Antoine
1994
Fragile(s)
Vince
2007
In Your Wake
Gabriel
2007
A Grain of Sand in the Gear
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Week-ends
Jean
2014
Au cœur des robots
Narrator (French)
2015
Vaines recherches
Santi
1987
Christian Dior: The Man Behind the Myth
Narrator
2005
Les brouches
Pierre
1994