Actor
Jacques Perrin
Born 13 July 1941 · Paris, France — died 21 April 2022
Jacques Perrin (1941–2022) was a French actor, producer and director. He rose to fame in 1960s French and European cinema, then became a prominent producer. Later he directed nature documentaries such as Winged Migration and Oceans. He is also remembered as the adult Salvatore in Cinema Paradiso.
Key films
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Jacques Demy's colourful musical, in which Perrin was part of a celebrated ensemble cast.
Z (1969)
Costa-Gavras's political thriller, in which Perrin acted and which he helped bring to the screen as producer.
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Perrin played the adult Salvatore in this beloved international hit, his most widely seen role.
Winged Migration (2001)
A landmark nature documentary about migrating birds, which Perrin directed.
The Chorus (2004)
A major French box-office success in which Perrin played the adult Pierre Morhange.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 122
- 1946Gates of the Night · as Un des gosses Quinquina (uncredited)Actor
- 1957La Peau de l'ours · as Philippe LedrutActor
- 1958The Cheaters · as le jeune qui monte sur la VespaActor
- 1959Green Harvest · as Jean-Louis MesnierActor
- 1960The Truth · as JérômeActor
- 1961Girl with a Suitcase · as Lorenzo FainardiActor
- 1961The Crumblers Are Doing Well · as Michel LegrandActor
- 1961First Taste of Love · as PhilippeActor
- 1962Family Diary · as Lorenzo MainardiActor
- 1962And Satan Calls the Turns · as YvanActor
- 1962Sun in Your Eyes · as FrédéricActor
- 1963Corruption · as Stefano MattioliActor
- 1963The Scapegoat · as Pietro, il fornarettoActor
- 1964La calda vita · as FrediActor
- 1964Chance at Love · as Marc Bizet (segment "Fiancés de la chance, Les")Actor
- 1964All the Other Girls Do! · as GabrieleActor
- 1965The Sleeping Car Murders · as DanielActor
- 1965The 317th Platoon · as Le sous-lieutenant TorrensActor
- 1966Line of Demarcation · as MichelActor
- 1966Almost a Man · as MicheleActor
- 1966The Search · as ManuelActor
- 1966The Invincible · as Henri de VerlaineActor
- 1967The Young Girls of Rochefort · as MaxenceActor
- 1967Shock Troops · as KerkActor
- 1967Horizon · as AntoninActor
- 1967The Big Softie · as Alain QuesnardActor
- 1968Spray of the Days · as ColinActor
- 1968A Little Virtuous · as Ferdinand 'Fred' ThibaultActor
- 1968Love in the Night · as PhilippeActor
- 1969Z · as PhotojournalistActor
- 1969The Uninvited · as LaurentActor
- 1969The American · as Patrick SarrutelActor
- 1970Donkey Skin · as Prince CharmingActor
- 1971The Strangler · as ÉmileActor
- 1971Goya: A Story of Solitude · as AlvaroActor
- 1972Blanche · as BartolomeoActor
- 1974Home Sweet Home · as JacquesActor
- 1975Special Section · as Roger LafargeActor
- 1976The Desert of the Tartars · as Sten. Giovanni DrogoActor
- 1977Drummer-Crab · as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'Actor
- 1978Fire's Share · as Jacques NobletActor
- 1978Sophie et le Capitaine · as Le CapitaineActor
- 1979Adoption · as JacquesActor
- 1980Operation Leopard · as L'ambassadeur BerthierActor
- 1981Disobedience · as DarioActor
- 1981Une robe noire pour un tueur · as Lucien LebesqueActor
- 1981Blood of the Flamboyant Tree · as Georges DelormeActor
- 1982A Captain's Honor · as Marcel CaronActor
- 1982The Roaring Forties · as Julien DantecActor
- 1983Pablo Est Mort · as Maxime BlanchetActor
- 1984Year of the Jellyfish · as Vic LamotteActor
- 1984Paroles et musique · as YvesActor
- 1984The Judge · as Le juge François MullerActor
- 1985Cop's Honor · as Stéphane RainerActor
- 1985L'Herbe rouge · as Mr. BrulActor
- 1987Top Kids · as Emile LevassorActor
- 1988Cinema Paradiso · as Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)Actor
- 1988Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire · as JulienActor
- 1988Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoireDirector
- 1989Vanille fraise · as Guillaume ForestierActor
- 1989Manon Roland · as Jean-Marie Roland de La PlatièreActor
- 1990Everybody's Fine · as Alvaro adulteActor
- 1990In nome del popolo sovrano · as Don Ugo BassiActor
- 1990Flight from Paradise · as EliseoActor
- 1991Touch and Die · as SteubenActor
- 1991Nothing But Lies · as Antoine, Muriel's husbandActor
- 1991Both Sides of the Street · as DanielActor
- 1992Flight of the Innocent · as Davide RienziActor
- 1992La Femme de l'amant · as AlainActor
- 1992Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... · as HimActor
- 1993The Young Girls Turn 25 · as SelfActor
- 1993The Long Silence · as Judge Marco CanovaActor
- 1994Montparnasse-Pondichéry · as Raoul MarquetActor
- 1994Missus · as Father Vladimir, LuciferoActor
- 1994Kim Novak Is on the Phone · as EnricoActor
- 1994Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem · as RichardActor
- 1994Le trajet de la foudre · as WensActor
- 1995The World of Jacques Demy · as SelfActor
- 1995Les Enfants de Lumière · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996Microcosmos · as Récitant / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996Le Silence des fusils · as Jean-Pierre LafondActor
- 1997Love in Ambush · as Pascal LasalleActor
- 1998Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition · as Victor SchœlcherActor
- 1998The Deep End of the Ocean · as Professeur SilvestriActor
- 1998Vado e Torno · as La RochelleActor
- 1999I Didn't Do It! · as EtienneActor
- 2000Un enfant, un secret · as Pierre AncelinActor
- 2000Prima la musica, poi le parole · as Lanfranco BentivoglioActor
- 2001Brotherhood of the Wolf · as Thomas AgéActor
- 2001Winged Migration · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2001Winged MigrationDirector
- 2002Ti voglio bene Eugenio · as FedericoActor
- 2003Deep Blue · as NarratorActor
- 2003Above the Clouds · as Henri Lanvern, le cinéasteActor
- 2004The Chorus · as Pierre Morhange adultActor
- 2005The Young Lieutenant · as Le juge Serge ClermontActor
- 2005Hell · as FrédéricActor
- 2006L'odyssée de la vie · as NarrateurActor
- 2007Le Piano oublié · as BenjaminActor
- 2008Man & Wife, Cop & Crook · as Victor FabrizziActor
- 2010Oceans · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2010OceansDirector
- 2010The Empire of Mid-SouthDirector
- 2010Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore · as SelfActor
- 2011Kingdom of the OceansDirector
- 2011Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé · as Louis XIActor
- 2011Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory · as SelfActor
- 2012Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis · as SelfActor
- 2012The Years of Lost Images · as SelfActor
- 2014Borderline · as Henri Van RoyActor
- 2014Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood · as RichelieuActor
- 2014La Nuit des éléphants · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2014Cinéma Jacques Perrin · as SelfActor
- 2016SeasonsDirector
- 2018Remi, Nobody's Boy · as Rémi, elderlyActor
- 2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesse · as SelfActor
- 2021Trintignant by Trintignant · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge · as SelfActor
- 2021Morceaux de CannesActor
- 2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort · as selfActor
- 2022Goliath · as Richard VannecActor
- 2026L'Œuvre invisible · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.