Philippe Noiret
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1930
- Died
- November 23, 2006
- Birthplace
- Lille, Nord, France
Philippe Noiret (1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study theater. He trained at the Centre Dramatique de l'Ouest and toured with the Théâtre National Populaire for seven years, where he met Monique Chaumette, whom he married in 1962. During that time he developed a career as a nightclub comedian in a duo act with Jean-Pierre Darras, in which he played Louis XIV in an extravagant wig opposite Darras as the dramatist Jean Racine. In these roles they satirized the politics of Charles de Gaulle, Michel Debré and André Malraux. Noiret's screen debut (1949) was an uncredited role in Gigi. In 1955 he appeared in La Pointe Courte directed by Agnès Varda. She said later, "I discovered in him a breadth of talent rare in a young actor." Sporting a pudding-basin haircut, Noiret played a lovelorn youth in the southern fishing port of Sète. He later admitted: "I was scared stiff, and fumbled my way through the part—I am totally absent in the film." He was not cast again until 1960 in Zazie dans le Métro. After playing second leads in Georges Franju's Thérèse Desqueyroux in 1962, and in Le Capitaine Fracasse, from Théophile Gautier's romantic adventure, he became a regular on the French screen, without being cast in major roles until A Matter of Resistance directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1966. He became a star in France with Yves Robert's Alexandre le Bienheureux. "When I began to have success in the movies," Noiret told film critic Joe Leydon at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989, "it was a big surprise for me. For actors of my generation—all the men of 50 or 60 now in French movies—all of us were thinking of being stage actors. Even people like Jean-Paul Belmondo, all of us, we never thought we'd become movie stars. So, at the beginning, I was just doing it for the money, and because they asked me to do it. But after two or three years of working on movies, I started to enjoy it, and to be very interested in it. And I'm still very interested in it, because I've never really understood how it works. I mean, what is acting for the movies? I've never really understood." Noiret was cast primarily as the Everyman character, although he did not hesitate to accept controversial roles, such as in La Grande Bouffe, a film about suicide by overeating, which caused a scandal at Cannes in 1973, and in 1991 André Téchiné cast Noiret in J'embrasse pas (I Don't Kiss), as a melancholy old homosexual obsessed with young male flesh. And in 1987, in The Gold Rimmed Glasses based on Giorgio Bassani's novel about the cramped social life of post-war Ferrara in Italy, he played an elderly and respectable doctor who is gradually suspected of being a covert homosexual with a passion for a beautiful young man (Rupert Everett). Noiret won his first César Award for his role in Vieux Fusil in 1976. His second César came in 1990 for his role in Life and Nothing But. ... Source: Article "Philippe Noiret" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible 2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli 2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) 2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Beaches of Agnès 2008
as Self (archive footage)
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future 2007
as Self
3 Friends 2007
as Serano, le concessionnaire Mercedes-Benz
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise 2006
as Self
Marcello, una vita dolce 2006
as Self
Edy 2005
as Louis
Hitler, la folie d'un homme 2005
as Narrator (voice)
My New Partner III 2003
as René Boirond
The Chops 2003
as Léonce
Father and Sons 2003
as Léo
The Dog, the General, and the Birds 2003
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Step by Step 2002
as Louis Chevalier
A Day in the Life of French Cinema 2002
as Self
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic 2000
as Joseph Steg
On Guard 1997
as Duke Philippe d'Orléans
Marianna Ucrìa 1997
as Duke Signoretto
Soleil 1997
as Joseph Lévy
Pierre and Marie 1997
as Professor Rodolphe Schutz
Le Veilleur de nuit 1996
as Monsieur
Ghost with Driver 1996
as Philippe Bruneau-Teissier
The Grand Dukes 1996
as Victor Vialat
Balthus through the Looking-Glass 1996
as Récitant / Narrator
Looking for Paradise 1995
as Padre di Claudia
Les Milles 1995
as Le Général
Too Loud A Solitude 1995
as Haňťa
Le Roi de Paris 1995
as Victor Derval
The Troubles We've Seen 1994
as Self
The Postman 1994
as Pablo Neruda
D'Artagnan's Daughter 1994
as D'Artagnan
Dead Tired 1994
as Philippe Noiret
Tango 1993
as L'Elégant
Max & Jeremie 1992
as Robert 'Max' Maxendre
The Two of Us 1992
as Toussaint
Fish Soup 1992
as Alberto
Lest We Forget 1991
as Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
I Don't Kiss 1991
as Romain
Especially on Sunday 1991
as Amleto
Rossini! Rossini! 1991
as Gioacchino Rossini
Uranus 1990
as Watrin
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries 1990
as Anatole Hirsch
My New Partner II 1990
as René Boirond
The Palermo Connection 1990
as Gianni Mucci
Life and Nothing But 1989
as Commander Delaplane
The Return of the Musketeers 1989
as Cardinal Mazarin
Cinema Paradiso 1988
as Alfredo
Young Toscanini 1988
as Dom Pedro II.
Chouans ! 1988
as Savinien de Kerfadec
Les Œuvres de Frédéric Back 1988
as Narrateur
The Sparrow's Fluttering 1988
as Gabriele Battistini
Widow's Walk 1987
as Inspector Molinat
The Family 1987
as Jean-Luc
The Gold Rimmed Glasses 1987
as Dr. Athos Fadigati
The Man Who Planted Trees 1987
as Narrator (voice)
Masks 1987
as Christian Legagneur
Twist Again in Moscow 1986
as Igor Tataïev
'Round Midnight 1986
as Redon
The Secret Wife 1986
as Pierre Franchin, the painter
Let's Hope It's a Girl 1986
as Leonardo
Before Midnight 1986
as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Power 1985
as Yves Dorget
Les Rois du gag 1985
as In person at the César Awards ceremony (uncredited)
Next Summer 1985
as Edouard
Souvenirs souvenirs 1984
as Le proviseur
My New Partner 1984
as René Boirond
Fort Saganne 1984
as Dubreuilh
Aurora 1984
as André
Le Grand Carnaval 1983
as Étienne Labrouche
The African 1983
as Victor
A Friend of Vincent 1983
as Albert Palm
My Friends Act II 1982
as Giorgio Perozzi
The North Star 1982
as Edouard Binet
Coup de Torchon 1981
as Lucien Cordier
- The Making of "Coup de Torchon"
The Making of "Coup de Torchon" 1981
as Self
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed 1981
as Athanase
Three Brothers 1981
as Raffaele Giuranna
Heads or Tails 1980
as Inspecteur Louis Baroni
A Week's Vacation 1980
as Michel Descombes
Jupiter's Thigh 1980
as Antoine Lemercier
- Rue du Pied de Grue
Rue du Pied de Grue 1979
as Le père
Two Pieces of Bread 1979
as Peppe Dorè
La Barricade du Point-du-Jour 1978
as Eugène Pottier
The Witness 1978
as Robert Maurisson
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978
as Jean-Claude Moulineau
Dear Inspector 1978
as Antoine Lemercier
The Purple Taxi 1977
as Philippe Marchal
A Woman at Her Window 1976
as Raoul Malfosse
The Desert of the Tartars 1976
as General
Monsieur Albert 1976
as Albert
The Judge and the Assassin 1976
as Juge Rousseau
A Common Sense of Modesty 1976
as Giuseppe Costanzo
My Friends 1975
as Il Perozzi
The Old Gun 1975
as Julien Dandieu
Let Joy Reign Supreme 1975
as Philip of Orléans
Playing with Fire 1975
as Georges de Saxe
L'école est finie 1975
as Self - Narrator(voice)
The Secret 1974
as Thomas Berthelot
A Cloud in the Teeth 1974
as Malisard
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang 1974
as Gaspard de Montfermeil
Don't Touch the White Woman! 1974
as Gen. Terry
The Watchmaker of St. Paul 1974
as Michel Descombes
- Poil de carotte
Poil de carotte 1973
as François Lepic
La Grande Bouffe 1973
as Philippe
The Serpent 1973
as Lucien Berthon
The Assassination 1972
as Pierre Garcin
Five Leaf Clover 1972
as Alfred
A Time for Loving 1972
as Marcel
La Mandarine 1972
as Georges Lapierre
The Old Maid 1972
as Gabriel Marcassus
We Are All in Temporary Liberty 1971
as Judge Francesco Langellone
The Most Gentle Confessions 1971
as Inspecteur Muller
Murphy's War 1971
as Brezan
Give Her the Moon 1970
as Gabriel
Topaz 1969
as Henri Jarre
Justine 1969
as Pombal
The Assassination Bureau 1969
as Monsieur Lucoville
Clerambard 1969
as Count Hector de Clérambard
Mr. Freedom 1969
as Moujik Man
The Tender Age 1968
as Pourtalain
Very Happy Alexander 1968
as Alexandre Gartempe
- The Other One
The Other One 1967
as André
Woman Times Seven 1967
as Victor
The Night of the Generals 1967
as Inspector Morand
Tender Scoundrel 1966
as Bibi Dumonceaux
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? 1966
as Jean-Jacques Georges, le journaliste
Father's Trip 1966
as Disgruntled traveler
- La Fin de la nuit
La Fin de la nuit 1966
as Bernard Desqueyroux
The Sultans 1966
as Michou
A Matter of Resistance 1966
as Jérôme
Lady L 1965
as Ambroise Gérôme
The Buddies 1965
as Bénin
Cyrano and d'Artagnan 1964
as King Louis XIII
Clémentine chérie 1964
as Edgar Hoover
The Lovers of the France 1964
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Monsieur 1964
as Edmond Bernadac, Industrialist
Summer Frenzy 1964
as Jean
Death, Where Is Your Victory? 1964
as Brassy
La Porteuse de pain 1963
as Jacques Garraud
Ballad for a Hoodlum 1963
as L'inspecteur Mathieu
Therese 1962
as Bernard Desqueyroux
The Masseuses 1962
as Bellini
Crime Does Not Pay 1962
as Monseigneur Hughes
Comme un poisson dans l'eau 1962
as Lucien Barlemont
Le Mal court 1962
as Parfait XVIII
Flore et Blancheflore 1961
as Le roi Félix
Rendezvous 1961
as Inspector Maillard
Famous Love Affairs 1961
as Louis XIV
All the Gold in the World 1961
as Victor Hardy
Captain Fracasse 1961
as Hérode
Cyrano de Bergerac 1960
as Lignère
Ravishing 1960
as Maurice
De fil en aiguille 1960
as M. Van Dam
Zazie dans le Métro 1960
as Oncle Gabriel
Macbeth 1959
as Macduff
La Pointe Courte 1956
as Him
Matrimonial Agency 1952
as A passerby (uncredited)
Olivia 1951
as Béatrice's Lover (uncredited)
Gigi 1949
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.