Jacques Perrin was a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.
Venice International Film Festival
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Known For
The Chorus
(2004)
Pierre Morhange adult
Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
(2001)
Thomas Agé
Deep Blue
(2003)
Narrator
The Truth
(1960)
Jérôme
Z
(1969)
Photojournalist
Remi, Nobody's Boy
(2018)
Rémi, elderly
Oceans
(2010)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Daniel
Donkey Skin
(1970)
Le prince charmant
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967)
Maxence
Winged Migration
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
Goliath
(2022)
Richard Vannec
The Desert of the Tartars
(1976)
Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Microcosmos
(1996)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Hell
(2005)
Frédéric
Full Filmography
Acting
Gates of the Night
(1946)
Un des gosses Quinquina (uncredited)
La peau de l'ours
(1957)
The Cheaters
(1958)
le jeune qui monte sur la Vespa
Green Harvest
(1959)
Jean-Louis Mesnier
The Truth
(1960)
Jérôme
Girl with a Suitcase
(1961)
Lorenzo Fainardi
First Taste of Love
(1961)
Philippe
The Crumblers Are Doing Well
(1961)
Michel Legrand
Sun in Your Eyes
(1962)
Frédéric
Family Diary
(1962)
Lorenzo Mainardi
And Satan Calls the Turns
(1962)
Yvan
The Scapegoat
(1963)
Pietro, il fornaretto
Corruption
(1963)
Stefano Mattioli
All the Other Girls Do!
(1964)
Gabriele
Chance at Love
(1964)
Marc Bizet
La calda vita
(1964)
Fredi
The 317th Platoon
(1965)
Le sous-lieutenant Torrens
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Daniel
Almost a Man
(1966)
Michele
The Search
(1966)
Manuel
Rose rosse per Angelica
(1966)
Henri de Verlaine
Line of Demarcation
(1966)
Michel
La Grimace
(1966)
The Big Softie
(1967)
Alain Quesnard
Shock Troops
(1967)
Kerk
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967)
Maxence
Horizon
(1967)
Antonin
Love in the Night
(1968)
Philippe
A Little Virtuous
(1968)
Ferdinand « Fred » Thibault
Spray of the Days
(1968)
Colin
The Uninvited
(1969)
Laurent
Z
(1969)
Photojournalist
The American
(1969)
Patrick Sarrutel
Donkey Skin
(1970)
Le prince charmant
Blanche
(1972)
Bartolomeo
The Strangler
(1972)
Émile
Home Sweet Home
(1973)
Jacques
Special Section
(1975)
Roger Lafarge
The Desert of the Tartars
(1976)
Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Drummer-Crab
(1977)
Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou"
Sophie et le Capitaine
(1978)
Le Capitaine
Fire's Share
(1978)
Jacques Noblet
Adoption
(1979)
Jacques
Operation Leopard
(1980)
L'ambassadeur Berthier
Disobedience
(1981)
Dario
Une robe noire pour un tueur
(1981)
Lucien Lebesque
Blood of the Flamboyant Tree
(1981)
Georges Delorme
The Roaring Forties
(1982)
Julien Dantec
A Captain's Honor
(1982)
Marcel Caron
Pablo Est Mort
(1983)
Year of the Jellyfish
(1984)
Vic
Paroles et musique
(1984)
Yves
The Judge
(1984)
Le juge François Muller
Cop's Honor
(1985)
Stéphane Rainer
L'Herbe rouge
(1985)
Mr. Brul
Top Kids
(1987)
Emile Levassor
Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
(1988)
Julien
Vanille fraise
(1989)
Guillaume Forestier
In nome del popolo sovrano
(1990)
Don Ugo Bassi
Everybody's Fine
(1990)
Alvaro adulte
Flight from Paradise
(1990)
Eliseo
Both Sides of the Street
(1991)
Daniel
Touch and Die
(1991)
Steuben
Nothing But Lies
(1991)
Antoine, Muriel's husband
Flight of the Innocent
(1992)
Davide Rienzi
Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...
(1992)
Him
The Long Silence
(1993)
Judge Marco Canova
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Self
Le trajet de la foudre
(1994)
Wens
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
(1994)
Richard
Missus
(1994)
Father Vladimir, Lucifero
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
(1994)
Raoul Marquet
Kim Novak Is on the Phone
(1994)
Enrico
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Self
Les Enfants de Lumière
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
Le Silence des fusils
(1996)
Jean-Pierre Lafond
Microcosmos
(1996)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Love in Ambush
(1997)
Pascal Lasalle
Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
(1998)
Victor Schœlcher
The Deep End of the Ocean
(1998)
Professeur Silvestri
I Didn't Do It!
(1999)
Etienne
Prima la musica, poi le parole
(2000)
Lanfranco Bentivoglio
Brotherhood of the Wolf
(2001)
Thomas Agé
Winged Migration
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
(2002)
Federico
Deep Blue
(2003)
Narrator
Above the Clouds
(2003)
Henri Lanvern, le cinéaste
The Chorus
(2004)
Pierre Morhange adult
Hell
(2005)
Frédéric
The Young Lieutenant
(2005)
Le juge Serge Clermont
L'odyssée de la vie
(2006)
Narrateur
Le Piano oublié
(2007)
Benjamin
Man & Wife, Cop & Crook
(2008)
Victor Fabrizzi
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
(2010)
Self
Oceans
(2010)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
(2011)
Self
Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé
(2011)
Louis XI
The Years of Lost Images
(2012)
Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
(2012)
Self
La Nuit des éléphants
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood
(2014)
Richelieu
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
(2014)
Self
Borderline
(2015)
Henri Van Roy
Remi, Nobody's Boy
(2018)
Rémi, elderly
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
(2018)
Self
Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge
(2021)
Self
Trintignant by Trintignant
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Goliath
(2022)
Richard Vannec
Production
Z
(1969)
Producer
The Strangler
(1972)
Producer
Home Sweet Home
(1973)
Producer
Special Section
(1975)
Producer
That Kid
(1976)
Producer
Black and White in Color
(1976)
Producer
The Desert of the Tartars
(1976)
Producer
Adoption
(1979)
Producer
The Roaring Forties
(1982)
Producer
Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...
(1992)
Producer
Microcosmos
(1996)
Producer
Himalaya
(1999)
Producer
Winged Migration
(2001)
Producer
Mexico
(2002)
Producer
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Producer
The Chorus
(2004)
Producer
Deep Water
(2006)
Producer
Modern Love
(2008)
Producer
Paris 36
(2008)
Producer
Le Bel Âge
(2009)
Producer
Oceans
(2010)
Producer
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
(2016)
Executive Producer
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
(2017)
Executive Producer
Mia and the White Lion
(2018)
Producer
The Mercy
(2018)
Producer
The Last Men
(2024)
Producer
Writing
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
(1988)
Scenario Writer
Winged Migration
(2001)
Screenplay
Oceans
(2010)
Writer
The Last Men
(2024)
Screenplay
Directing
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
(1988)
Director
Winged Migration
(2001)
Director
The Empire of Mid-South
(2010)
Director
Oceans
(2010)
Director
Kingdom Of The Oceans
(2011)
Director
Seasons
(2016)
Director
Crew