

Acting
Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage. He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward. Deeply passionate about...
Highest rated appearances
as Dr. Edgar Fuchs
My Mother's Castle
as Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)

Diary of a Madman
as The director

L'Amour à la lettre
as Quentin Granier

Asterix vs. Caesar
as (voice)

Le Voleur de feuilles
as Mr. Marguerite

Le Braconnier de Dieu
as Frisou

Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
as Flavacourt

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Le maître de philosophie

For a Cop's Hide
as Commissaire Chauffard

Signé Furax
as Socrate

Le Chêne d'Allouville
as Minister of Culture

La Puce et le privé
as Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin

The Impostures of Scapin
as Argante

Three Men to Kill
as Chocard

L'Hôtel du libre échange
as Mathieu

Out of It
as Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce

Parisian Life
as Le baron de Gondremark

Genre masculin
as Adolphe

Don't Bite, We Love You
as 'Papy'

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
as Le ministre

Love and Cool Water
as Clément

Forget Me, Mandoline
as Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'

Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Co-Producer

La Décharge
as M. Brunet

Beyond Fear
as Bourrier

Tell Me You Love Me
as Lucien Dorgeval

Folie douce
as Jérôme

A Pain in the Ass
as Dr. Edgar Fuchs

The Suburbs Are Everywhere
as Ducros

At the Meeting with Joyous Death
as Peron

La Main passe
as Étienne Massenay

The Annuity
as Emile Galipeau

The Old Maid
as Sacha

Fric-Frac
as Marcel

The Wedding Ring
as M. Duvernet

Elise, or Real Life
as Le commissaire

Et qu'ça saute !
as Jorge Blanco

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'

L'Amour des 4 colonels
as L'homme

A Golden Widow
as Rapha

The Fighting Cock
as Paoli

Would-Be Gentleman
as Le maître de ballet

Azaïs
as Félix, professeur de piano

The Tattoo
as Lucien, facteur de Montignac

Les Aventures de Lagardère
as Peyrolles

Ami-Ami
as Alexandre

Four Queens for an Ace
as Detective in Interrogation Room

Diamond Safari
as Pascal Moratti

The Other Truth
as The commissioner

A Young World
as Le professeur d'art dramatique

Lucky Jo
as Napo

Monsieur
as José, Small-time Crook

A Man Named Rocca
as Névada

Les Trois Sœurs
as Koulyguine