Pierre Richard

ActorDirectorWriterCrewProducer Aug 16 (age 91) Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France 1958–2025 (67 year career)

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Biography

Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays (originally de Fays, his grandfather changed the spelling for unknown reasons), 16 August 1934 in Valenciennes, Nord) is a popular French actor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. He is also a film director and occasional singer. Description ab…

Known For

Film

La Chèvre

François Perrin

Film

Jeanne du Barry

Le Duc de Richelieu

Film

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

François Perrin

Film

The Fugitives

François Pignon

Film

The Toy

François Perrin, journalist

Film

The ComDads

François Pignon

Film

Family Is Family

Joseph Duquesne, Valentine's father

Film

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

François Perrin

Filmography

Acting (142)

Movies (117)

The Man Who Saw the Bear

2025

as Grégoire

4.6

Kogis, ensemble pour soigner la Terre

as Voice Narrator

Fêlés

as Pierre

Sailing Home

as Pierre Choveau

Epic Tails

as Zeus (voice)

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

as Panoramix

Two Words as the Key

as Michel

Jeanne du Barry

as Le Duc de Richelieu

6.9

Umami

2023

as Rufus

5.7

La Plus belle pour aller danser

2023

as Albert

6.5

Sous les nénuphars

2023

as Claude Monet

Pierre Richard... en mode Veber

2022

as Self

Je t'aime, filme-moi !

A Christmas Story

as Himself

Tricky Old Dogs 2

as Pierrot

The Angel in the Wall

as Pietro

Rabbit's Paw

Brutus vs Cesar

as Alorix

À cause des filles…?

as Orphée

Family Is Family

as Joseph Duquesne, Valentine's father

Overman

as Marcel Lefavre

Tricky Old Dogs

as Pierrot

Pierre Richard, le discret

2018

as Himself

8.0

Mme Mills, une voisine si parfaite

2018

as Mrs. Mills / Léonard

4.7

On refait les grands duos d'humour

2018

as Self

Lost in Paris

2017

as Duncan

6.0

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Little Spirou

2017

as Grand Papy

5.1

Mr. Stein Goes Online

2017

as Pierre Stein

6.0

L'insonne ouverture

2016

Dialogue avec Pierre Richard

2016

as Himself

Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite

2015

as Self

8.0

Agafia

2015

as Dimitri

La Folle Histoire de François Pignon - De La chèvre au Dîner de cons

2015

as Self

Le Vendredi 13 de Pierre Richard

2014

as Lui même

Paper Souls

2013

as Victor

6.2

The Little Blond Boy with a White Sheep

as La grand-mère

Prodavets igrushek

Mes héros

as Jean, Jacques' old friend

5.9

Départ immédiat

2012

as Self

All Together

2012

as Albert

6.3

Antoine’s four Seasons

as Le grand-père

The Great Restaurant

as Le père de Pierre

Eleanor's Secret

as Adrien (voice)

Cineman

as Self

King Guillaume

as William Fernand

A Happy Man

as Pierre

Victor

as Victor

Paris 36

as Max, aka 'Monsieur TSF'

6.1

Mia and the Migoo

2008

as Pedro, le père de Mia

The Snake

as Cendras

Try Me

as Yves-Marie's father

6.0

Pierre et fils

2006

as Pierre père

4.0

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

as Self

Dérives

Le Cactus

as Christian

Pierre Richard - Détournement de Mémoire

as Pierre Richard

After We're Gone

as Jean-René

Transit

as Medical examiner

The Very Merry Widows

2003

as Maurice Donnay

5.1

The Car Keys

2003

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

5.1

Robinson Crusoe

2003

as Robinson Crusoe

6.7

Scénarios sur la drogue

2000

as Segment "Les mots attendrot"

Without Family

as Vitalo Pedrotti

27 Missing Kisses

as Captain

Droit dans le mur

as Romain

A Chef in Love

as Pascal Ichak

L'Amour conjugal

as Squirrat

The Chess Game

as Ambroise

Loonies at Large

as Bertrand Daumale

Old Rascal

as Charlie

One Can Always Dream

as Charles De Boylesve

Welcome Aboard!

as The Hitchhiker

Promotion canapé

as L'informateur

Nailcruncher

as Mangeclous

Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator

as Yann Ducoudray

The Fugitives

as François Pignon

Slices of Life

as Dubois - le commandant de bord (uncredited)

5.2

Les Rois du gag

1985

as In person at the César Awards ceremony (uncredited)

Dialogue de sourds

as The paraplegic

The Twin

as Matthias Duval / Mathieu Duval

6.0

The ComDads

1983

as François Pignon

6.6

Pick Up Your Belongings

as Pierre Cohen

La Chèvre

as François Perrin

Une nuit rêvée pour un poisson banal

1980

as Man who asks for the bill (uncredited)

Umbrella Coup

1980

as Grégoire Lecomte, acteur à mi-temps, dragueur à plein temps

6.9

It's Not Me, It's Him

as Pierre Renard

Too Shy to Try

as Pierre Renaud

Out of It

as Jean-Philippe Duroc, Gaulard's lawyer

6.5

The Toy

1976

as François Perrin, journalist

6.9

The Bottom Line

1976

as François Perrin

5.4

The Castaways of Turtle Island

as Jean-Arthur

The Wild Goose Chase

as Pierre Vidal

Trop c'est trop

as Cameo

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

as François Perrin

I'm Losing My Temper

as Pierre Durois

Juliette et Juliette

as Bob Rozenec

A Cloud in the Teeth

as Prévot

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

1973

as Pierre Gastié-le-Roy

5.2

The Right of the Maddest

1973

as Le gendarme élève motorisé

5.8

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1972

as François Perrin

7.0

The Troubles of Alfred

1972

as Alfred Dhumonttiey

Distracted

as Pierre Malaquet

Perrault 70

The Fighting Cock

as Pierre

Three Men on a Horse

as Painter

Ora X Pattuglia Suicida

Very Happy Alexander

as Colibert

Woman in Chains

as L'artiste qui a besoin de lumière (uncredited)

6.9

Idiot in Paris

1967

as Un agent de police

6.5

J'ai les peintres

1966

as Un peintre

The Mad Dog

Roméos et Jupettes

Skin and Bones

as Pierini

Wasteland

1960

5.8

The Lovers of Montparnasse

1958

as un étudiant peintre (uncredited)

6.8

Josephe

Television (25)

Beau geste

2023

as Self

1.0

Le Late avec Alain Chabat

as Self - Guest

Samedi Sébastien

as Self - Guest

Platane

as Pierre Richard

C à vous

as Self - Guest

On n'est pas couché

as Self - Guest

Robinson Crusoé

as Robinson Crusoe

Sans famille

as Vitalis / Vitalo Pedrotti

Vivement dimanche

1998

as Self

3.0

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Okay

as Self

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

1978

as Lui-même dans l'émission « Les Grands Zinzins », 1978

8.0

30 millions d'amis

1976

as Self

5.8

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Der große Preis

as Self

Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self

Agence Interim

as le chef de bande

Crew (24)

Movies (24)

The Man Who Saw the Bear

2025

Director

4.6

The Man Who Saw the Bear

2025

Screenplay

4.6

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017

Thanks

7.0

Le Vendredi 13 de Pierre Richard

2014

Writer

Pierre Richard - Détournement de Mémoire

Writer

Droit dans le mur

Director

Droit dans le mur

Writer

One Can Always Dream

Director

One Can Always Dream

Writer

The ComDads

Producer

Pick Up Your Belongings

1983

Producer

5.6

It's Not Me, It's Him

1980

Director

5.2

It's Not Me, It's Him

Screenplay

Too Shy to Try

Director

Too Shy to Try

Screenplay

The Toy

Producer

I'm Losing My Temper

Writer

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

1973

Director

5.2

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

1973

Writer

5.2

The Troubles of Alfred

1972

Director

5.8

The Troubles of Alfred

Writer

Distracted

Director

Distracted

Writer

J'ai les peintres

Screenplay