Jacques Bonnaffé (born 22 June 1958) is a French actor and stage director. He has appeared in more than ninety films since 1980.

Debut

Jacques Bonnaffé was formed at the Lille Conservatory after his high school years in Douai (North) where he practiced amateur theater. At 20, he started in the film ''Anthracite'' directed by Édouard Niermans. In 1995, he is the French voice of actor

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in the film

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. He is also dedicated to poetry and readings of

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he sta ...

, Jules Mousseron or other authors such as Ludovic Janvier,

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, or . He directs plays with contemporary authors like Joseph Danan,

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in ''Nature loves to hide''. Since September 2015 he is everyday on

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for his column "Jacques Bonnaffé read Poetry".

Theater

Filmography

Awards and nominations

César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Ce ...

Molière Award The Molière Award recognises achievement in live French theatre and is the national theatre award of France. The awards are presented and decided by the ''Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre'' (APAT) and supported by the Min ...

Audio books

He also recorded several audio books: *''

Discourse on the Method ''Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences'' (french: Discours de la Méthode Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences) is a philosophical and autobiographica ...

'' by

René Descartes René Descartes ( or ; ; Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathe ...

(2003) *''Gargantua'' by François Rabelais (2004) *''La main coupée'' by

Blaise Cendrars Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European mo ...

(2005) *''L'Oral et Hardi'' by Jean-Pierre Verheggen (2003) *''L'Oral et Hardi'' by Jean-Pierre Verheggen (2013), Camino Verde version

External links

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