Jacques Perrin Biography
He started out as romantic hero full of beauty and talent in _Ragazza con la valigia, La (1960)_ beside
Claudia Cardinale. Director
Valerio Zurlini engaged the talented young actor for his
Family Diary as
Marcello Mastroianni's brother. Jacques Perrin's longtime work with Director 'Constantin Costa-Gavras' started with
Compartiment tueurs and _Uomo a metà, Un (1965)_, in which he had played the sensible heroes. For Costa-Gavras'
Z he played a main part and was the producer. Jacques Perrin has played often in famous romantic movies by
Jacques Demy beside
Catherine Deneuve and in social-critic-movies like
Home Sweet Home beside
Claude Jade, for which he was co-producer too with his Reggane Productions. One of his memorable later roles is the adult Salvatore as movie-director in
Cinema Paradiso. In
Brotherhood of the Wolf he plays the older Thomas.
Trivia
Brother of
Eva Simonet
Father of
Mathieu Simonet
Father of
Maxence Perrin.
Uncle of
Christophe Barratier.
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