Jacques Perrin(1941-2022)
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
He started out as romantic hero full of beauty and talent in La ragazza con la valigia (1961)
beside Claudia Cardinale. Director Valerio Zurlini engaged the talented young actor for
his Cronaca familiare (1962) as Marcello Mastroianni's brother. Jacques Perrin's longtime work with
director Costa-Gavras started with Compartiment tueurs (1965) and Un uomo a metà (1966) in
which he had played the sensible heroes. For Costa-Gavras's Z (1969) he
played a main part and was the producer. Jacques Perrin has played
often in famous romantic movies by Jacques Demy beside Catherine Deneuve and in
social-critic-movies like Home Sweet Home (1973) beside Claude Jade, for which he was
co-producer too with his Reggane Productions. One of his memorable
later roles is the adult Salvatore as movie-director in Rạp Chiếu Bóng Thiên Đường (1988). In
Anh Em Nhà Sói (2001), he plays the older Thomas.