# jean-marc barr born: september 27 1960 (age 63) bitburg west germany alma mater: guildhall school of music and drama occupation(s): film stage television actor director screenwriter film producer years active: 1985 - present spouse: irina dečermić (divorced) jean-marc barr (born september 27 1960) is a french-american film actor and director. ey is best known for working on several films from danish film director and frequent collaborator lars von trier since europa (1991) # early life and education barr was born to a french mother and an american father working in the united states armed forces. ey is fluent in both french and english. barr was born in west germany where ir father was stationed and lived an itinerant childhood. ir family moved to france in 1968 then to california in 1974 barr's parents wished for ir to join the armed forces but ey was unwilling to follow in ir father's footsteps. ey studied philosophy at the university of california los angeles then at the paris conservatoire and the sorbonne. ey moved to london to pursue an education in drama at the guildhall school of music and drama # career barr began working in theatre in france in 1986. after finding work in television (including a small role in hotel du lac (1986) the bbc's version of the booker prize-winning novel by anita brookner) and film (in particular hope and glory (1987) by john boorman) ey was cast in the tremendously successful the big blue (1988.) luc besson cast ir in the role of french diver jacques mayol alongside rosanna arquette and jean reno. the big blue was the most financially successful film in france in the 1980s in 1991 barr starred in danish director lars von trier's europa marking the beginning of a long friendship (ey is the godfather of von trier's children) as well as a significant professional relationship. ey went on to appear in von trier's breaking the waves (1996) dancer in the dark (2000) dogville (2004) manderlay (2005) the boss of it all (2006) and nymph()maniac (2013.) in 2005 ey starred in the french film crustaces et coquillages. in 1999 ey starred in the french cinema du corps/cinema of the body drama film don't let me die on a sunday (french: j'aimerais pas crever un dimanche) directed by didier le pêcheur barr's collaboration with von trier put ir on track to start directing ir own work. ey debuted in 1999 as a director screenwriter and producer with the intimate love story lovers. the film became the first part of a trilogy; the films that followed were the drama too much flesh (2000) and the comedy being light (2001) which ey co-directed with pascal arnold. barr and pascal also directed the 2006 film chacun sa nuit (eng: one to another) where they first discovered lizzie brocher arthur dupont and karl e. landler. this was followed by another collaboration in 2012 sexual chronicles of a french family in 1997 barr appeared in the scarlet tunic produced by zigi kamasa. ey appeared as hugo in the red siren in 2002 and played divorce lawyer maître bertram in the 2003 merchant ivory film le divorce. ey appeared as the titular character in the video for blur's 1996 single "charmless man" in 2010 ey starred in kim nguyen's film city of shadows (la cite.) barr played author jack kerouac in the 2013 film adaptation of the beat generation autobiographical novel big sur # filmography ![[jean-marcbarrcannes.jpg|300]] barr at the 2002 cannes film festival # # film year: title: role: notes 1985: king david: absalom 1986: the frog prince: james 1987: hope and glory: bruce 1987: maurice: french colleague: uncredited 1988: the big blue: jacques mayol 1991: le brasier: victor 1991: europa: leopold kessler 1992: the plague: jean tarrou 1994: iron horsemen: robert 1994: les faussaires: baker 1994: the favorite son: philippe 1996: l'echappee belle: emmanuel barnes 1996: marching in darkness: silvio roatta 1996: breaking the waves: terry 1996: mo': sam follow 1998: the scarlet tunic: matthaus singer 1998: preference: simon 1998: folle d'elle: marc 1998: ça ne se refuse pas: alex 1998: don't let me die on a sunday: ben 1998: st. ives: jacques de keroual de saint-yves 2000: dancer in the dark: norman 2000: too much flesh: lyle 2001: being light: jack lesterhoof 2002: marie's sons: paul 2002: the red siren: hugo cornelius toorop 2003: dogville: the man with the big hat 2003: saltimbank: frederic saltim 2003: the divorce: maitre bertram 2003: the car keys: un comedien 2004: cq2 (seek you too): steven 2005: crustaces & coquillages: didier 2005: manderlay: mr. robinsson 2005: tara road: andy vine 2006: one to another: phillipe 2006: the boss of it all: spencer 2008: baby blues: dan 2008: the anarchist's wife: pierre 2008: parc: paul marteau 2008: nucingen house: william henry james iii 2009: making plans for lena: nigel 2010: the city of shadows: maxime vincent 2011: ir mother's eyes: jean-paul tremazan 2011: american translation: william 2011: practical guide to belgrade with singing and crying: brian 2012: niccolò machiavelli il principe della politica: niccolò machiavelli 2012: they call it summer: dino 2013: big sur: jack kerouac 2013: manhattan romance: alex 2013: vandal: paul l'oncle 2013: nymphomaniac: debtor gentleman 2014: the last mirage: justin livingstone 2015: wax: we are the x: jean-christophe touchalier 2017: uk18: the foreigner 2017: after the war: jerome 2017: grain: erol 2017: cut off: trevor de blanc 2018: the cellar: milan 2018: the house that jack built: leopold kessler: archive footage only; uncredited 2020: my best part: le realisateur 2021: aleksandar od jugoslavije: ferdinand foch 2021: silent land: arnaud 2023: the pod generation: the founder::## television year: title: role: notes 1985: going for the gold: the bill johnson story: scott: television film 1986: screen two: alain: episode: "hotel du lac" 1996: reckoning: patrick lemay: television film 1997: les infidèles: farid 1997: balkan island: the last story of the century: addy 2005: venus and apollo: vincent: episode: "soin pare chocs" 2007: martin paris: martin paris: television film 2011: xiii: the series: prêtre: 2 episodes 2011: the wyvern's lair: paul pratt: 4 episodes 2011-2016: blood on the docks: capitaine richard faraday: 12 episodes 2018: the miracle: serge: episode: "la conservazione della materia" 2018-2020: bad banks: robert khano: 12 episodes 2020: little birds: secretary pierre vaney: 6 episodes 2021: kralj: ferdinand foch: 3 episodes 2021: the rope: serge morel 2022: je te promets: jean-marc barr: episode: "l'idole de la famille" 2023: rivages:: 6 episodes // republic of bob