Jean-Pierre Marielle Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Profession Actor
Nationality French
Birth April 12, 1932 (Paris – France)
Death April 24, 2019
BIOGRAPHY
Jean-Pierre Marielle trained at the Conservatoire, where he graduated with a second comedy prize. There, he became friends with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Rochefort . After a few appearances in Comédie-Française shows, he joined the Grenier-Hussenot company.

He began to play small roles in the cinema from 1957 ( The Grand Bluff by Patrice Dally ; Everyone Can Kill Me by Henri Decoin ). Unconvinced by his cinematographic experience, he returned to the stage and cabaret, notably alongside Guy Bedos . But during the sixties, he obtained increasingly consistent roles for the big screen, notably with Peau de Banana by Marcel Ophuls (1963), where he played with his former partner at the Conservatoire Jean-Paul Belmondo . He found him again in the comedy Dragées au pepper the same year, then in the drama Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964) by Henri Verneuil . At this time, Jean-Pierre Marielle often played the eternal second, slightly seductive, in films like Monkey Money (1966) by Yves Robert or Le Diable par la queue (1969) by Philippe de Broca .

The 70s started off well for the actor, as he finally landed important leading roles in very different films: Sex-shop (1972) by Claude Berri and La Valise by Georges Lautner the following year. Marielle still appreciates comedy, as proven by her participation in one of Michel Audiard ‘s last films : How to succeed when you’re stupid and whiny (1974). Often a partner of Philippe Noiret , Marielle played alongside him in Let the party begin by Bertrand Tavernier in 1975. The following year, he met a filmmaker whom he then met on several occasions: Bertrand Blier . They made four films together: Calmos (1976), Evening Wear (1986), Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993) and Les Acteurs (2000).

In the mid-70s, Jean-Pierre Marielle diversified his game and successfully took on composition roles: a poor guy in Les Galettes de Pont-Aven by Joël Seria(1975), a man caught in the turmoil of a love triangle in Claude Berri ‘s Un Moment d’égarement (1977) . In Coup de torchon (1981), he took up the challenge posed to him by Bertrand Tavernier and played two twin brothers, owners of a brothel. After a few minor films, Jean-Pierre Marielle broke down in Hold-Up (1985) by Alexandre Arcady , alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo and Kim Cattrall . He then turned to a darker film, where he played a desperate cop in The Months of April Are Deadly by Laurent Heynemann (1987). The 90s began auspiciously with Uranus by Claude Berri and the surprise success of Tous les matins du monde (1991) by Alain Corneau , for which the actor was nominated for a César. He continued with the film which earned him a second nomination: Max et Jérémie (1992) by Claire Devers. But Jean-Pierre Marielle subsequently suffered several public failures in films by Patrice Leconte ( Les Grands Ducs , 1996) and Bertrand Blier ( Les Acteurs , 1999). In 2003, he returned to cinema with La Petite Lili by Claude Miller before moving on to projects as diverse as the delirious Atomik Circus, the return of James Bataille (2004) by the Poiraud brothers or the drama by Yves Angelo , Les Ames grises (2005). He also stood out to the world by playing the curator of the Louvre Museum in the American blockbuster Da Vinci Code (2006) by Ron Howard . In 2007, he lent his famous voice, both deep and cheerful, to chef Gusteau in the Pixar Studios animated film, Ratatouille , before starring in the comedy Faut que ça danse! by Noémie Lvovsky alongside Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Sabine Azéma . In 2008, he won the Lumière prize for his entire career. However, this recognition is far from making him want to retire! After a few appearances in docu-fictions on television ( Livrez-nous Grynszpan , Darwin (r)evolution ), Marielle returns to the cinema in the enchanted world of

Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet . Then he explores the strange world of Jean-Teddy Filippe during the film Le Mystère with an eclectic cast: Carole Bouquet , Alexandra Lamy and André Dussollier .

But comedy is never very far away in the actor’s career. This is what he demonstrates again with his role in Pièce montage (2010), where a bourgeois family tells each other its four truths during the marriage of Clémence Poésy and Jérémie Renier . It is in a completely different environment that we find Jean-Pierre Marielle in 2012. He thus finds himself helping a Breton football team, which includes established comedy players like Omar Sy or Gad Elmaleh , in the film Les Seigneurs by Olivier Dahan .

The actor then turned to the small screen, appearing in TV films like Indiscretions and Roses in Winter . He returned a little to the 7th art side in 2014 with the romantic comedy You want or you want not with Patrick Bruel and Sophie Marceau . The following year, the native of Dijon lent his cavernous voice for the animated film Phantom Boy before returning to the small window to shoot an episode of the detective series Captain Marleau with Corinne Masiero . Note that the actor was nominated 7 times for the César for best actor without ever winning the statuette. He declared on this subject: “The Caesars? I don’t give a damn, I’m not a raffle player.”