Philippe Noiret

Acting · Born 1930-10-01 in Lille, Nord, France

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Troubles We've Seen as Self
• My New Partner as René Boirond
• Topaz as Henri Jarre
• The Old Gun as Julien Dandieu
• La Grande Bouffe as Philippe
• The Tender Age as Pourtalain
• Zazie dans le Métro as Oncle Gabriel
• D'Artagnan's Daughter as D'Artagnan
• The Down-in-the-Hole Gang as Gaspard de Montfermeil
• A Matter of Resistance as Jérôme