Jean-Pierre Darras
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1927, Paris, France
- Died
- July 5, 1999
- Movies
- 61
Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage.
He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward.
Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Georges Dandin de Molière | Monsieur de Sottenville |
| 1995 | Le Groom | |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle | Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice) |
| 1990 | My Father's Glory | Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Diary of a Madman | The director |
| 1986 | L'Amour à la lettre | Quentin Granier |
| 1985 | Asterix vs. Caesar | (voice) |
| 1984 | Le Voleur de feuilles | Mr. Marguerite |
| 1983 | Le Braconnier de Dieu | Frisou |
| 1982 | Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! | Flavacourt |
| 1982 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Le maître de philosophie |
| 1981 | For a Cop's Hide | Commissaire Chauffard |
| 1981 | Signé Furax | Socrate |
| 1981 | Le Chêne d'Allouville | Minister of Culture |
| 1981 | La Puce et le privé | Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin |
| 1981 | Société Amoureuse à Responsabilité Limitée | Gonzague de Saint-Truc |
| 1981 | The Impostures of Scapin | Argante |
| 1980 | Three Men to Kill | Chocard |
| 1979 | L'Hôtel du libre échange | Mathieu |
| 1978 | Out of It | Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce |
| 1977 | Parisian Life | Le baron de Gondremark |
| 1977 | Genre masculin | Adolphe |
| 1976 | Don't Bite, We Love You | 'Papy' |
| 1976 | Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's | Le ministre |
| 1976 | Love and Cool Water | Clément |
| 1976 | Forget Me, Mandoline | Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.' |
| 1976 | Let's Make a Dirty Movie | Co-Producer |
| 1976 | La Décharge | M. Brunet |
| 1975 | Beyond Fear | Bourrier |
| 1974 | Tell Me You Love Me | Lucien Dorgeval |
| 1973 | Folie douce | Jérôme |
| 1973 | A Pain in the Ass | Dr. Edgar Fuchs |
| 1973 | The Suburbs Are Everywhere | Ducros |
| 1973 | At the Meeting with Joyous Death | Peron |
| 1972 | La Main passe | Étienne Massenay |
| 1972 | The Annuity | Emile Galipeau |
| 1972 | The Old Maid | Sacha |
| 1971 | Fric-Frac | Marcel |
| 1971 | The Wedding Ring | M. Duvernet |
| 1970 | Elise, or Real Life | Le commissaire |
| 1970 | Et qu'ça saute ! | Jorge Blanco |
| 1970 | She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks | Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte' |
| 1969 | L'Amour des 4 colonels | L'homme |
| 1969 | A Golden Widow | Rapha |
| 1969 | The Fighting Cock | Paoli |
| 1968 | Would-Be Gentleman | Le maître de ballet |
| 1968 | Azaïs | Félix, professeur de piano |
| 1968 | The Tattoo | Lucien, facteur de Montignac |
| 1968 | Les Aventures de Lagardère | Peyrolles |
| 1967 | Ami-Ami | Alexandre |
| 1966 | Four Queens for an Ace | Detective in Interrogation Room |
| 1966 | Diamond Safari | Pascal Moratti |
| 1966 | The Other Truth | The commissioner |
| 1966 | A Young World | Le professeur d'art dramatique |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo | Napo |
| 1964 | Monsieur | José, Small-time Crook |
| 1961 | A Man Named Rocca | Névada |
| 1960 | Les Trois Sœurs | Koulyguine |
| 1959 | Two Men in Manhattan |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1983 | Le Braconnier de Dieu | Director |
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