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Pierre Richard is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. He is also a film director and occasional singer.
Birth Name
Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays
Born
Thursday, 16 August 1934
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Two Words as the Key | knez Michel | 2023 |
| Jeanne du Barry | Duc de Richelieu / Le Duc de Richelieu | 2023 |
| La plus belle pour aller danser | Albert | 2023 |
| Umami | Rufus | 2023 |
| Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | Panoramix | 2023 |
| Epic Tails | Zeus / Zeus (voice) | 2023 |
| Les vieux fourneaux 2: Bons pour l'asile | Pierrot | 2022 |
| Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord | Self | 2021 |
| L'angelo dei muri | Pietro Dossi / Pietro | 2021 |
| Brutus vs César | Alorix | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Two Words as the Key | knez Michel | 2023 |
| Jeanne du Barry | Duc de Richelieu / Le Duc de Richelieu | 2023 |
| La plus belle pour aller danser | Albert | 2023 |
| Umami | Rufus | 2023 |
| Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | Panoramix | 2023 |
| Epic Tails | Zeus / Zeus (voice) | 2023 |
| Les vieux fourneaux 2: Bons pour l'asile | Pierrot | 2022 |
| Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord | Self | 2021 |
| L'angelo dei muri | Pietro Dossi / Pietro | 2021 |
| Brutus vs César | Alorix | 2020 |
| For the Ones We Loved | Orphée | 2019 |
| Tricky Old Dogs | Pierrot | 2018 |
| Overman | Marcel Lefavre | 2018 |
| Mrs Mills | Léonard / Mrs. Mills | 2018 |
| Family is Family | Jacques Duquenne / Joseph Duquesne, Valentine's father | 2018 |
| Little Spirou | Grand Papy / Grand-Papy | 2017 |
| Mr. Stein Goes Online | Pierre Stein | 2017 |
| Lost in Paris | Norman / Duncan | 2016 |
| Fui banquero | Le père d'Olivier | 2016 |
| Agafia | Dimitri | 2015 |
| Yellowbird | Darius | 2014 |
| Paper Souls | Victor | 2013 |
| The Little Blond Boy with a White Sheep | La grand-mère | 2013 |
| Prodavets igrushek | 2013 | |
| Mes héros | Jean / Jean, Jacques' old friend | 2012 |
| All Together | Albert | 2012 |
| Platane | ¨Pierre Richard | 2011 |
| Eleanor's Secret | Adrian / Adrien (voice) | 2009 |
| Cinéman | Pierre Richard / Self | 2009 |
| Victor | Victor | 2009 |
| A Happy Man | Pierre Martin / Pierre | 2009 |
| King Guillaume | William Fernand / William-Fernand | 2009 |
| Mia and the Migoo | Pedro / Pedro, le père de Mia | 2008 |
| Paris 36 | Monsieur TSF / Max, aka 'Monsieur TSF' | 2008 |
| Empreintes | Self | 2007 |
| American Masters and Champions of the Martial Arts | Cendras | 2007 |
| On n'est pas couché | Self | 2006 |
| Les grandes entrevues | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Try Me | Le père d'Yves-Marie | 2006 |
| Le cactus | Christian | 2005 |
| After We're Gone | Jean-René | 2005 |
| Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoe | 2003 |
| Les clefs de bagnole | Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent | 2003 |
| The Very Merry Widows | Maurice Donnay | 2003 |
| Without Family | Vitalis | 2000 |
| 27 Missing Kisses | Captain | 2000 |
| Les voyages extraordinaires de Jules Verne | Professeur Lidenbrock | 2000 |
| Le plus grand cabaret du monde | Self | 1998 |
| Straight into the Wall | Romain | 1997 |
| Jean Carmet, La Liberte D'abord | Self | 1997 |
| A Chef in Love | Pascal Ichak | 1996 |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | Himself | 1995 |
| Conjugal Duty | Squirrat | 1995 |
| The Chess Game | Ambroise | 1994 |
| La cavale des fous | Bertrand Daumale | 1993 |
| Vieille canaille | Charlie | 1992 |
| One Can Always Dream | Charles de Boisleve, dit 'L'Empereur' / Charles De Bollesve | 1991 |
| Promotion canapé | l'informateur | 1990 |
| Bienvenue à bord! | The Hitchhiker / Le stoppeur (Hitchhiker) | 1990 |
| Mangeclous | Mangeclous | 1988 |
| À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur | Yann Ducoudray | 1988 |
| The Fugitives | François Pignon | 1986 |
| Les rois du gag | Self / En personne à la cérémonie des Césars | 1985 |
| The Twin | Matthias Duval / Mathieu Duval | 1984 |
| The ComDads | François Pignon | 1983 |
| Pick Up Your Belongings | Pierre Cohen | 1983 |
| La Chèvre | François Perrin | 1981 |
| Ça va plaire | Un farfelu | 1980 |
| Chouette, chat, chien... show | 1980 | |
| The Umbrella Coup | Grégoire Lecomte | 1980 |
| It's Not Me, It's Him | Pierre Renard | 1980 |
| The Escape | Jean-Philippe Duroc | 1978 |
| I'm Shy, But I'll Heal | Pierre Renaud | 1978 |
| The Toy | François Perrin | 1976 |
| The Castaways of Turtle Island | Jean-Arthur Bonaventure / Jean-Arthur | 1976 |
| Now We've Seen It All! | François / François Perrin | 1976 |
| La course à l'échalote | Pierre Vidal | 1975 |
| Trop c'est trop! | Cameo / Le policier à moto | 1975 |
| The Return of the Tall Blond Man | François Perrin | 1974 |
| I'm Losing My Temper | Pierre Durois | 1974 |
| A Cloud in the Teeth | Prévot | 1974 |
| Am laufenden Band | Self | 1974 |
| Juliette and Juliette | Bob Rozenec | 1974 |
| I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything | Pierre Gastié-Leroy / Pierre Gastié-le-Roy | 1973 |
| The Right of the Maddest | L'élève motard | 1973 |
| The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | François Perrin | 1972 |
| The Troubles of Alfred | Alfred Dhumonttiey | 1972 |
| Distracted | Pierre Malaquet | 1970 |
| Three Men on a Horse | Le peintre | 1969 |
| La Coqueluche | Pierre | 1969 |
| Woman in Chains | L'artiste qui a besoin de lumière | 1968 |
| Very Happy Alexander | Colibert | 1968 |
| An Idiot in Paris | L'agent de police Boudinos / un agent de police | 1967 |
| Coffin from Hong Kong | Henry Gilbert / Henri Gilbert | 1964 |
| Les trois Henry | Loignac | 1962 |
| Le théâtre de la jeunesse | Prouvaire | 1960 |
| Montparnasse 19 | Un étudiant peintre | 1958 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Straight into the Wall | 1997 |
| One Can Always Dream | 1991 |
| It's Not Me, It's Him | 1980 |
| I'm Shy, But I'll Heal | 1978 |
| I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything | 1973 |
| The Troubles of Alfred | 1972 |
| Distracted | 1970 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The ComDads | 1983 |
| Pick Up Your Belongings | 1983 |
