Jean-Marc Barr

ActorProductionDirectorWriterCrew Sep 27 (age 65) Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 1985–2025 (40 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French. His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer. Barr is bilingual in French and English: he speaks French with a nasal, hybrid accent, reminiscent of his American upbringing…

Known For

Film

Dogville

The Man with the Big Hat

Film

Dancer in the Dark

Norman

Film

The House That Jack Built

Thanks

Film

The Big Blue

Jacques Mayol

Film

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Debtor Gentleman

Film

Breaking the Waves

Terry

Film

Maurice

French Colleague (uncredited)

Film

Europa

Leopold Kessler

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (86)

The Other 300: Army of Lovers

2025

as Narrator (voice over)

8.0

Meurtres en dentelles

2025

as Antoine Duprat

6.6

The Academy

2025

as Prof. Robert Copley

The Rebellious

as Mr. Verger

The Pod Generation

as The Founder

Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier

2023

as Jean-Marc Barr

This Is the End

as Self

Silent Land

as diver Arnaud

My Best Part

as The director

The Cellar

as Milan

The Call

as (voice)

Cut Off

as Trevor De Blanc

Buğday

as Erol

Dolphin Man

as Self

After the War

as Jérôme

UK18

as The Foreigner

Wax - We Are The X

as Jean-Christophe Touchalier

7.2

Whoever Was Using This Bed

2016

as Ray

10.0

The Last Mirage

2014

as Justin Livingstone

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

as Debtor Gentleman

Big Sur

as Jack Kerouac

Vandal

as Paul, l'oncle

Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations

2013

as Self

7.5

Manhattan Romance

2013

as Alex

And They Call It Summer

2012

as Dino

4.2

His Mother's Eyes

2011

as Jean-Paul Tremazan

5.4

American Translation

2011

as William

5.8

Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying

as Brian

Heavy Rain

as Himself

Dimension

City of Shadows

as Dr. Max Orswell

Making Plans for Lena

2009

as Nigel

5.6

Nucingen House

2009

as William Henry James III

Parc

as Paul Marteau

The Anarchist's Wife

as Pierre

Baby Blues

as Dan

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

as Self

The Boss of It All

as Spencer

Tara Road

as Andy

Anecdotes from Europa

as Interviewee

Manderlay

as Mr. Robinsson

Cockles and Muscles

as Didier

CQ2 (Seek You Too)

as Steven

Dogville

as The Man with the Big Hat

Le Divorce

as Maitre Bertram

The Car Keys

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

Saltimbank

as Frédéric Saltim

Mary's Sons

as Paul

The Red Siren

as Hugo

Being Light

as Jack Lesterhoof

Dancer in the Dark

as Norman

Too Much Flesh

as Lyle

FreeDogme

as Himself

blur | The Best Of

as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")

8.5

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

2000

as Self

3.5

Ça ne se refuse pas

1998

as Alex

St. Ives

1998

as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves

The Scarlet Tunic

as Matthaus Singer

What I Did for Love

as Marc

Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday

1998

as Ben

4.4

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

1997

6.8

The Infidels

1997

Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi

1997

as Self

10.0

Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century

1997

as Addy

Breaking the Waves

1996

as Terry

7.5

Lifeline

1996

as Patrick LeMay

Marching in Darkness

as Silvio Roatto

L'Échappée belle

as Manu Barnes

Iron Horsemen

as Robert

Le fils préféré

as Philippe

Les Faussaires

as Jack Baker

Death of a World Star

1994

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

10.0

Au nom d'un chien

1994

as Jean Grébault

The Plague

as Jean Tarrou

Europa

as Leopold Kessler

Blaze

as Victor

The Big Blue Adventure

as Self / Narrator

The Big Blue

as Jacques Mayol

Maurice

as French Colleague (uncredited)

Hope and Glory

as Bruce

Hotel du Lac

as Alain

King David

as Absalom

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

1985

as Scott

4.0

Halo of Stars

as Gerald

Hexameron

as Fr. Paulo

Le jour qui vient

as Martin

Television (9)

King & Conqueror

2025

as King Henry of France

Sea Shadows

as André

Anthracite

as Solal Heilman

The Rope

as Serge Morel

Little Birds

as Secretary Pierre Vaney

Bad Banks

as Robert Khano

The Miracle

as Serge

Blood On The Docks

as Capitaine Richard Faraday

6.0

Le Repaire de la vouivre

2011

as Paul Pratt

Crew (25)

Movies (25)

The Rebellious

Co-Producer

The Rebellious

Director

The Rebellious

Screenplay

The House That Jack Built

2018

Thanks

7.1

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

2012

Director

5.4

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

2012

Director of Photography

5.4

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

2012

Editor

5.4

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

Producer

American Translation

Director

American Translation

Director of Photography

American Translation

Editor

American Translation

Producer

One to Another

Director

One to Another

Director of Photography

6.0

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

Director of Photography

6.3

Baby Einstein: Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun

Camera Operator

Being Light

Director

Being Light

Executive Producer

Being Light

Writer

Too Much Flesh

Director

Too Much Flesh

Producer

Too Much Flesh

Writer

Lovers

Director

Lovers

Producer

Lovers

Writer