Jean Piat Explained
| Jean Piat |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Lannoy, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1947–2017 |
| Spouse: | Françoise Engel |
| Children: | Dominique and Martine |
Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.
Life
Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur[1] and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,[2] and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite.[3] He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course.
He died on 18 September 2018 at age 93 of heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday.[4]
Theater
Roles in the Comédie-Française
- Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan)
- Man of LaMancha (Don Quixote)
- Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano
- Pierre Beaumarchais's The Barber of Seville (Figaro)
- Molière's The Miser (La Flèche)
- Eugène Marin Labiche's The Voyage of Mister Perrichon (Daniel Savary, Joseph)
- Pierre de Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (Pasquin)
- William Shakespeare's Othello (Gentleman)
- William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Amiens)
- William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio)
- Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Covielle)
Filmography
Acting
- 1947: Rouletabille joue et gagne as Joseph Rouletabille
- 1948: The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville
- 1948: Rouletabille contre la dame de pique as Joseph Rouletabille
- 1951: Clara de Montargis as Jean Claude
- 1953: The Porter from Maxim's as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
- 1955: Napoléon as Junot (uncredited)
- 1958: Le bourgeois gentilhomme as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile
- 1959: Le mariage de Figaro as Figaro
- 1961: Les moutons de Panurge as Serge
- 1967: Lagardère (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes) as Henri de Lagardère
- 1968: as Bouridan
- 1969: The Milky Way (La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist
- 1970: Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand
- 1972-1973: Les Rois maudits (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois
- 1974: La rivale as Pierre
- 1979: Ciao, les mecs as L'avocat
- 1999: A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian (voice)
- 2003: as Le grand prêtre (voice)
- 2007: Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure as Spike Goodfellow (voice)
Voice acting
- Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole))
- (Grand Priest (Gary Martin))
- The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons))
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay))
- (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
- (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
- (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
- The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen))
- (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
- (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
- (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000580150 Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur
- Web site: Arrêté du 23 juillet 2010 portant nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres . 19 September 2018 . 23 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030652/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nominations-ou-promotions-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2010 . dead .
- http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000024795825 Décret du 14 novembre 2011
- http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/09/19/03004-20180919ARTFIG00002-jean-piat-mort-d-un-roi.php Jean Piat, mort d'un roi
