Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.

Early life

Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from

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Personal life

He is the father of actors Sören Prévost, Erling Prévost and Christophe Prévost.

Career

After attending drama school in Paris, Prévost made his theatre début alongside the likes of

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in ''Un certain M. Blot''. In his early beginnings he both performed alongside

Boby Lapointe Robert Jean-François Joseph Pascal Lapointe (; 16 April 1922 – 29 June 1972), better known by his stage name Boby Lapointe (), was a French actor and singer, noted for his humorous texts, alliterationsSee the titles: ''Aubade à Lydie en do'', ...

and became acquainted with

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, later becoming one of the latter's favourite actors. Although his television and cinema career began in the 1960s, it was in the 1970s that he found fame through Jacques Martin's satirical news programme ''Le petit rapporteur'', the part for which he is best known. He excelled as an evilly leering tax inspector – "he'd audit his own mother" in

Francis Veber Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writ ...

's 1998 comedy ''

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'' for which he won the

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for best supporting actor.

Filmography

Theater

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prevost, Daniel 1939 births 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male stage actors French people of Kabyle descent Living people French male film actors French male television actors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French humorists Best Supporting Actor César Award winners