Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe''
Le Splendid
Le Splendid is a café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte (four childhood friends who knew one another from the Lycée Pasteur in Neu ...
in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends
Christian Clavier
Christian Jean-Marie Clavier (; born 6 May 1952) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He became widely popular after starring in two hit comedy series: Patrice Leconte's ''Les Bronzés'' and ''Les Visiteurs'' directed by J ...
,
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe ''Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Gérar ...
, and
Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc (born 16 April 1952) is a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, ...
. Then
Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
and
Marie-Anne Chazel
Marie-Anne France Jacqueline Chazel (born 19 September 1951) is a French actress, screenwriter and director, who has been active in both film and television since 1974.
Biography
Chazel was born to actress Louba Guertchikoff (birth name Lou ...
joined them. The group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema and was extremely successful in films such as ''
Les Bronzés
''French Fried Vacation'' (french: Les Bronzés, link=no, ) is a cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Bala ...
'' (1978), ''
Les Bronzés font du ski
''French Fried Vacation 2'' (''Les Bronzés font du ski'') is a classic 1979 French comedy directed by Patrice Leconte.
It is a sequel to ''Les Bronzés'' (1978), and it was followed by '' Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie'' (2006).
Plot
Th ...
'' (1979) and ''
Le Père Noël est une ordure
''Santa Claus Is a Stinker'' or ''Le père Noël est une ordure'' is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982.
Plot
Pierre, a stuffy and self-righteous volunteer ...
'' (1982).
Jugnot gained international fame for his lead role in ''
Les Choristes
''Les Choristes'' ("The Chorus" or "The Chorus Singers") is an 1877 pastel on monotype by French artist Edgar Degas. Part of a series of similar works depicting daily public entertainment at the time, it shows a group of singers performing a sc ...
'' in which he played Clément Mathieu. The last movie he directed was ''
C'est beau la vie quand on y pense'' (2017).
Jugnot is the father of comedian
Arthur Jugnot
Arthur Jugnot (born 2 December 1980) is a French actor and stage director.
Personal life
He is the son of Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Jugnot was one of ...
, born in 1980 to Jugnot and wardrobe designer
Cécile Magnan.
He was made ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the
Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
in 2004.
Life and career
Jugnot met
Christian Clavier
Christian Jean-Marie Clavier (; born 6 May 1952) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He became widely popular after starring in two hit comedy series: Patrice Leconte's ''Les Bronzés'' and ''Les Visiteurs'' directed by J ...
,
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe ''Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Gérar ...
, and
Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc (born 16 April 1952) is a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, ...
when attending the Lycee Pasteur de Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Together, they formed the comedy group
Le Splendid
Le Splendid is a café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte (four childhood friends who knew one another from the Lycée Pasteur in Neu ...
. He made his debut on the big-screen in ''
Les Valseuses
''Going Places'' is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel. Its original title is ''Les Valseuses'', which translates into English as "the waltzers" , a vulgar French slang term for "th ...
'' (1974) and ''
Le Juge et l'Assassin
''The Judge and the Assassin'' (french: Le Juge et l'assassin) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that stars Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Galabru, and Jean-Claude Brialy. Set in France in the 1890s, it shows ...
'' (1976).
Jugnot's career kick-started when he starred in ''
Les Bronzés
''French Fried Vacation'' (french: Les Bronzés, link=no, ) is a cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Bala ...
'' (1978), and ''
Le Père Noël est une ordure
''Santa Claus Is a Stinker'' or ''Le père Noël est une ordure'' is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982.
Plot
Pierre, a stuffy and self-righteous volunteer ...
'' (1982), which were two acts from Le Splendid adapted for cinema.
Aside from acting, Jugnot also started a career as a movie director, making his directing debut in 1984 with the movie ''
Pinot simple flic
''Pinot simple flic'' is a French cinema, French crime film, crime-comedy film directed by Gérard Jugnot and released in 1984 in film, 1984.
Plot
The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ...
''.
He also regularly took part in the radio show ''
Les Grosses Têtes
Les Grosses Têtes (; ("The Big Heads" or "The Big Brains" in English) is a daily comedy radio programme on the French language RTL radio network. Broadcast since 1 April 1977, the current host since 2014 has been Laurent Ruquier.
Presently bro ...
'' during the 1980s with
Léon Zitrone
Léon Zitrone (25 November 1914 – 25 November 1995) was a Russian-born French journalist and television presenter.
Biography
Zitrone was born in Petrograd, Russia. He arrived in France with his family fleeing communism at the age of six. H ...
,
Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson de Pennendreff (born 20 July 1944) is a French sailor and sailing champion.
Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 ...
,
Jacques Martin, and
Jean Dutourd
Jean Gwenaël Dutourd (; 14 January 192017 January 2011) was a French novelist.
Biography
Dutourd was born in Paris. His mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of twenty, he was taken prisoner fifteen days after Germany's invasion ...
.
In 2010, he participated in ''
Rendez-vous en terre inconnue
''Rendez-vous en terre inconnue'' (formerly ''En terre inconnue'') is a French television program broadcast first on France 5 and then on the France 2 network. It was hosted by Frédéric Lopez
Frédéric Lopez (born 4 April 1967 in Pau) is a ...
''.
Filmography
Actor
Director
Box office
Movies starring Gérard Jugnot with more than a million entries in France.
Notes
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Male actors from Paris
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
French male film actors
French film directors
French film producers
French male screenwriters
French screenwriters
French male stage actors
Lycée Pasteur (Neuilly-sur-Seine) alumni
Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French male actors