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
Brotherhood of the Wolf
(2001)
Thomas Agé
Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
The Truth
(1960)
Jérôme
Z
(1969)
Photojournalist
Oceans
(2010)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Daniel
Goliath
(2022)
Richard Vannec
The American
(1969)
Patrick Sarrutel
Remi, Nobody's Boy
(2018)
Rémi, elderly
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967)
Maxence
The Cheaters
(1958)
le jeune qui monte sur la Vespa
The Desert of the Tartars
(1976)
Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Hell
(2005)
Frédéric
Winged Migration
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
Deep Blue
(2003)
Narrateur
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
The Crumblers Are Doing Well
(1961)
Michel Legrand
First Taste of Love
(1961)
Philippe
Family Diary
(1962)
Lorenzo Mainardi
And Satan Calls the Turns
(1962)
Yvan
Sun in Your Eyes
(1962)
Frédéric
Corruption
(1963)
Stefano Mattioli
The Scapegoat
(1963)
Pietro, il fornaretto
La calda vita
(1964)
Fredi
All the Other Girls Do!
(1964)
Gabriele
Chance at Love
(1964)
Marc Bizet
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Daniel
The 317th Platoon
(1965)
Le sous-lieutenant Torrens
Line of Demarcation
(1966)
Michel
The Search
(1966)
Manuel
Almost a Man
(1966)
Michele
Rose rosse per Angelica
(1966)
Henri de Verlaine
La Grimace
(1966)
Horizon
(1967)
Antonin
Shock Troops
(1967)
Kerk
The Big Softie
(1967)
Alain Quesnard
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(1967)
Maxence
A Little Virtuous
(1968)
Ferdinand « Fred » Thibault
Spray of the Days
(1968)
Colin
Love in the Night
(1968)
Philippe
Z
(1969)
Photojournalist
The Uninvited
(1969)
Laurent
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"
Fire's Share
(1978)
Jacques Noblet
Sophie et le Capitaine
(1978)
Le Capitaine
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
A Captain's Honor
(1982)
Marcel Caron
The Roaring Forties
(1982)
Julien Dantec
Pablo Est Mort
(1983)
Year of the Jellyfish
(1984)
Vic
Paroles et musique
(1984)
Yves
The Judge
(1984)
Le juge François Muller
L'Herbe rouge
(1985)
Mr. Brul
Cop's Honor
(1985)
Stéphane Rainer
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
Flight from Paradise
(1990)
Eliseo
Everybody's Fine
(1990)
Alvaro adulte
In nome del popolo sovrano
(1990)
Don Ugo Bassi
Touch and Die
(1991)
Steuben
Nothing But Lies
(1991)
Antoine, Muriel's husband
Both Sides of the Street
(1991)
Daniel
Flight of the Innocent
(1992)
Davide Rienzi
Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...
(1992)
Him
The Young Girls Turn 25
(1993)
Self
The Long Silence
(1993)
Judge Marco Canova
Kim Novak Is on the Phone
(1994)
Enrico
Montparnasse-Pondichéry
(1994)
Raoul Marquet
Missus
(1994)
Father Vladimir, Lucifero
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
(1994)
Richard
Le trajet de la foudre
(1994)
Wens
Les Enfants de Lumière
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Self
Microcosmos
(1996)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Le Silence des fusils
(1996)
Jean-Pierre Lafond
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
Above the Clouds
(2003)
Henri Lanvern, le cinéaste
Deep Blue
(2003)
Narrateur
The Chorus
(2004)
Pierre Morhange adult
The Young Lieutenant
(2005)
Le juge Serge Clermont
Hell
(2005)
Frédéric
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)
Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé
(2011)
Louis XI
Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
(2011)
Self
The Years of Lost Images
(2012)
Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
(2012)
Self
Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood
(2014)
Richelieu
La Nuit des éléphants
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
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
The Desert of the Tartars
(1976)
Producer
Black and White in Color
(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
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Producer
Mexico
(2002)
Producer
The Chorus
(2004)
Producer
Deep Water
(2006)
Producer
Paris 36
(2008)
Producer
Modern Love
(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
The Mercy
(2018)
Producer
Mia and the White Lion
(2018)
Producer
The Last Men
(2024)
Producer
Directing
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
(1988)
Director
Winged Migration
(2001)
Director
Oceans
(2010)
Director
The Empire of Mid-South
(2010)
Director
Kingdom Of The Oceans
(2011)
Director
Seasons
(2016)
Director
Writing
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
(1988)
Scenario Writer
Winged Migration
(2001)
Screenplay
Oceans
(2010)
Writer
The Last Men
(2024)
Screenplay
Crew