Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor, screenwriter and playwright, born May 24, 1951 in Bou Ismaïl (formerly Castiglione) in Algeria and died January 18, 2021 in Paris 6th. In 2005, he sponsored the Devoirs de Mémoires collective. Jean-Pierre Sauveur Bacri was born in Algeria into a Sephardic Jewish family from Algeria. When Algeria gained independence in 1962, the family arrived in Cannes. At 23, he left his position at Société Générale, went to Paris, and trained as an actor at the Simon course and the Jean Périmony course, while writing plays, including Le Doux Visage De L'Amour for which he received the Fondation de la vocation prize in 1979. The same year, he played his first role in the cinema in Le Toubib. His performance as a pimp in Le Grand Pardon by Alexandre Arcady in 1982 made him known to the public. He then multiplied supporting roles, with several directors: Diane Kurys, Claude Lelouch, Claude Pinoteau, Luc Besson, Jean-Michel Ribes, Tony Gatlif, Gérard Krawczyk...
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
C'est la vie!
2017
Staircase C
1985
Christmas & Co.
2017
Didier
1997
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994
The Taste of Others
2000
The Medic
1979
Subway
1985
Family Resemblances
1996
My Best Pals
1989
Feelings
2003
Kitchen with Apartment
1993
Under the Rainbow
2013
Look at Me
2004
Charlie Says
2006
Place publique
2018
Same Old Song
1997
Peut-être
1999
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
2015
Entre Nous
1983
He Died with His Eyes Open
1985
The Seventh Target
1984
Adieu Gary
2009
L'été en pente douce
1987
Place Vendôme
1998
Let It Rain
2008
C'est La Vie
1990
Looking for Hortense
2012
The Housekeeper
2002
The Big Pardon
1982
The Night Clerk
2011
The Way Out
1986
Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992
The Tribe
1991
Edith and Marcel
1983
Soirée Pyjama
2019
The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
Death on a Rainy Sunday
1986