Jacques Spiesser (born 7 June 1947) is a French actor.

Biography

After having taken courses at the Conservatoire, he made his film debut in 1972 in Nina Companeez's '' Faustine et le bel été'' with Muriel Catala. He is best known to English-speaking audiences for playing the role of Gilles in'' Priceless''.

Filmography

Cinema

* 1972: '' Faustine et le bel été'', directed by

Nina Companeez Nina Companeez (26 August 1937 – 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director. Nina Companeez was the younger daughter of Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter Jacques Companéez and younger sister of contralto Irène Companee ...

* 1973: '' R.A.S.'', directed by

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* 1974: '' The Man Who Sleeps'', directed by Bernard Queysanne after

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* 1974: ', directed by

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* 1974: ''

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* 1974: ''

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'', directed by

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* 1974: ''

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* 1975: ''

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* 1975: '' Lumière'', directed by

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* 1975: ''

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* 1976: '' Je suis Pierre Rivière'', directed by Christine Lipinska * 1976: '' La Victoire en chantant'', directed by

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* 1977: '' Le juge fayard, dit Le Shériff'', directed by

* 1982: ''

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* 1985: ''

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'', directed by Christine Lipinska * 1986: '' On a volé Charlie Spencer'', directed by

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* 1988: '' Baxter'', directed by

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* 1989: ''

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* 1989: '' L'Homme imaginé'', directed by Patricia Bardon * 1992: '' Tout ça... pour ça !'', directed by

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* 1996: '' Madame Jacques sur la Croisette'', directed by Emmanuel Finkiel with Shulamit Adar * 1998: ''

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* 1999: ''

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* 2000: '' De l'histoire ancienne'', directed by

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* 2001: ''

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* 2002: '' Elle est des nôtres'', directed by Siegrid Alnoy with

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* 2003: '' Je suis un assassin'', directed by Thomas Vincent with

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* 2003: '' San-Antonio'', directed by

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* 2005: '' Itinéraires'', directed by Christophe Otzenberger * 2006: '' Le Passager de l'été'', directed by

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* 2006: ''

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* 2006: '' My Best Friend'', directed by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiesser, Jacques 1947 births Living people People from Angers French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors