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.
Brother of Eva Simonet Father of Mathieu Simonet Father of Maxence Perrin. Uncle of Christophe Barratier.