Jean-Pierre Darras

Birthday: 1927-11-26
Deathday: 1999-07-05
Birthplace: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	1997-02-07	Georges Dandin de Molière	Monsieur de Sottenville
	1995-12-21	Le Groom
	1990-08-29	My Father's Glory	Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
	1987-09-30	Diary of a Madman	The director
	1986-12-14	L'Amour à la lettre	Quentin Granier
	1985-03-06	Asterix vs. Caesar	(voice)
	1984-06-20	Le Voleur de feuilles	Mr. Marguerite
	1983-01-05	Le Braconnier de Dieu	Frisou
	1982-03-10	Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !	Flavacourt
	1982-03-03	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme	Le maître de philosophie
	1981-09-09	For a Cop's Hide	Commissaire Chauffard
	1981-04-01	Signé Furax	Socrate
	1981-03-18	Le Chêne d'Allouville	Minister of Culture
	1981-03-11	La Puce et le privé	Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
	1981-01-07	The Impostures of Scapin	Argante
	1980-10-31	Three Men to Kill	Chocard
	1979-12-31	L'Hôtel du libre échange	Mathieu
	1978-10-10	Out of It	Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
	1977-12-14	Parisian Life	Le baron de Gondremark
	1977-09-12	Genre masculin	Adolphe
	1976-05-05	Don't Bite, We Love You	'Papy'
	1976-04-14	Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's	Le ministre
	1976-03-24	Love and Cool Water	Clément
	1976-03-03	Forget Me, Mandoline	Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
	1976-02-17	Let's Make a Dirty Movie	Co-Producer
	1976-01-14	La Décharge	M. Brunet
	1975-09-23	Beyond Fear	Bourrier
	1974-12-12	Tell Me You Love Me	Lucien Dorgeval
	1973-09-27	Folie douce	Jérôme
	1973-09-20	A Pain in the Ass	Dr. Edgar Fuchs
	1973-02-22	The Suburbs Are Everywhere	Ducros
	1973-01-25	At the Meeting with Joyous Death	Peron
	1972-12-31	La Main passe	Étienne Massenay
	1972-01-19	The Annuity	Emile Galipeau
	1972-01-05	The Old Maid	Sacha
	1971-10-14	Fric-Frac	Marcel
	1971-01-15	The Wedding Ring	M. Duvernet
	1970-11-25	Elise, or Real Life	Le commissaire
	1970-09-11	Et qu'ça saute !	Jorge Blanco
	1970-04-17	She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks	Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
	1969-12-24	L'Amour des 4 colonels	L'homme
	1969-10-23	A Golden Widow	Rapha
	1969-05-30	The Fighting Cock	Paoli
	1968-12-28	Would-Be Gentleman	Le maître de ballet
	1968-11-09	Azaïs	Félix, professeur de piano
	1968-08-17	The Tattoo	Lucien, facteur de Montignac
	1968-04-04	Les Aventures de Lagardère	Peyrolles
	1967-05-05	Ami-Ami	Alexandre
	1966-10-05	Four Queens for an Ace	Detective in Interrogation Room
	1966-06-18	Diamond Safari	Pascal Moratti
	1966-04-19	The Other Truth	The commissioner
	1966-03-25	A Young World	Le professeur d'art dramatique
	1964-11-12	Lucky Jo	Napo
	1964-04-22	Monsieur	José, Small-time Crook
	1961-11-17	A Man Named Rocca	Névada
	1960-01-31	Les Trois Sœurs	Koulyguine
	1959-10-16	Two Men in Manhattan