Jean Pierre Noher (born May 5, 1956) is a French-born Argentine actor.

Biography

A great-nephew of director

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, Noher was born in Paris, in 1956. He relocated to Argentina as a young man, and debuted on Argentine television with a part in a

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, ''Novia de vacaciones'', in 1979.Cine Nacional: Jean Pierre Noher
/ref> He then began work in the local theatre, and debuted in a local production of '' Romeo and Juliet'', in 1982. His first film role was in Alejandro Doria's tragedy, '' Darse cuenta'', in 1984, though Noher continued to work mostly in the theatre in subsequent years. Noher's first leading role was as a land developer with a change of heart in Eduardo Spagnuolo's ''Sin reserva'' (1997), and in 2000, he was cast as writer

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...

in Javier Torre's fact-based '' Un amor de Borges''; the role secured him awards at the

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, Miami International Film Festival, and the

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. Noher played Ernesto Guevara Lynch, the father of

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in the opening scenes of

Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Early life Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of Brazi ...

' '' The Motorcycle Diaries'' (2004). Remaining active in the theatre, he worked with two veteran actors as directors: China Zorrilla and

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, who in 2010 reprised his film role as populist leader Juan Perón opposite Noher's Borges (an opponent of Perón) in ''Borges y Perón''. Noher's son, Michel Noher, born in Buenos Aires in 1983, has starred in Alejandro Doria's biopic, '' Las manos'' (2006), and in Francis Ford Coppola's 2009 feature, ''

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''.''Clarín''

Filmography

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* 1956 births Living people Male actors from Paris French emigrants to Argentina 20th-century Argentine male actors 21st-century Argentine male actors Naturalized citizens of Argentina {{Argentina-actor-stub