--- name: "Jacques Perrin" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacques-perrin" fi1m_id: "jacques-perrin" imdb_id: "nm0674742" tmdb_id: 20030 wikidata_id: "Q561124" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 July 1941" died: "21 April 2022" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-26T20:30:05.307880+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jacques Perrin ## Identity Jacques Perrin - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacques-perrin - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jacques-perrin - **IMDb ID:** nm0674742 - **TMDB ID:** 20030 - **Wikidata ID:** Q561124 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Perrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20030 Actor. Born 13 July 1941 in Paris, France. Died 21 April 2022. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 July 1941, Paris, France - **Died:** 21 April 2022 - **Active:** 1967–1988 - **Also known as:** Jacques André Perrin Simonet, Жак Перрен, Jacques Simonet, Jacques André Simonet - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (2), 1980s 84 (1), 2000s 78 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 80 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $36m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Perrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20030 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Z*](https://film.one/film/z.md) (84), [*The Young Girls of Rochefort*](https://film.one/film/the-young-girls-of-rochefort.md) (84) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cinema Paradiso*](https://film.one/film/cinema-paradiso.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jacques Perrin > Jacques Perrin’s natural presence suits young romantics and adults looking back. We value his restraint in *Cinema Paradiso*, though the film’s slower passages make us miss the liveliness of its childhood scenes. In *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), Totò grows older and the film grows quieter with him. Jacques Perrin plays the adult Salvatore with a reserve that makes the change feel natural, even after Salvatore Cascio’s unruly childhood performance. We like the casting more than we like the slower pace that comes with it. Perrin gives Giuseppe Tornatore the reflective presence these scenes need, and cannot be blamed for how long they last. The younger Perrin was often a romantic or an idealist. He became established in French and Italian cinema in the early 1960s, including through his work with Valerio Zurlini. In Jacques Demy’s *The Young Girls of Rochefort* (1967), he plays Maxence opposite Catherine Deneuve. His natural presence suits the romantic part without needing much emphasis. It is worth keeping that young performer in mind rather than treating the later, reflective roles as all he could do. Mario Morra’s editing makes the changes from Cascio to Marco Leonardi and then Perrin easy to follow, doing useful work without drawing attention to itself. The trouble is what happens to the pace once childhood recedes. We missed Cascio’s mischief because his exchanges with Philippe Noiret’s Alfredo have a life that the romantic passages never quite match. Leonardi and Perrin suit those more reflective passages, but the film occasionally asks their composure to sustain scenes that need shortening. Acting eventually became only part of the work. Perrin produced and played a photojournalist in Costa-Gavras’s *Z* (1969), then increasingly concentrated on production and documentaries, co-directing and narrating *Winged Migration* (2001). *The Chorus* (2004), which he also produced, gave him the role of adult narrator Pierre Morhange. Start with *Cinema Paradiso* for the actor, then go back to Demy before deciding that Perrin was always the thoughtful older man. ## Biography Jacques Perrin (born Jacques André Simonet) was a French actor, producer and filmmaker. He made his screen debut as a child and trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris. He was first noticed by Italian director Valerio Zurlini, who cast him in leading roles including *La Ragazza con la valigia* (1961). Perrin appeared in numerous French and Italian films. He is known for roles in *The Young Girls of Rochefort* (1967), *Z* (1969), *Donkey Skin* (1970), *Cinema Paradiso* (1988) as the adult Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita, *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001) and *The Chorus* (2004). He also produced and narrated nature documentaries such as *Microcosmos* (1996) and *Winged Migration* (2001). Perrin died in Paris on 21 April 2022. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, ew.com, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these - *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), Fi1m 84, as Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult) — [page](https://film.one/film/cinema-paradiso.md) - *Z* (1969), Fi1m 84, as Photojournalist — [page](https://film.one/film/z.md) - *The Young Girls of Rochefort* (1967), Fi1m 84, as Maxence — [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-girls-of-rochefort.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Fi1m 78, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) ## Complete filmography (141) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Last Men* (2023), Screenplay, Producer - *Goliath* (2022), as Richard Vannec - *Morceaux de Cannes* (2021), Actor - *Remi, Nobody's Boy* (2018), as Rémi, elderly - *Mia and the White Lion* (2018), Producer - *The Mercy* (2018), Producer - *Voyage of Time: Life's Journey* (2017), Executive Producer - *Le Peuple des forêts* (2016), series, Director, Writer, Producer, Creator - *Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience* (2016), Executive Producer - *Le Secret d'Élise* (2016), series, as Alain Godot - 2015 - *Seasons* (2016), Director, Producer - *La Nuit des éléphants* (2014), as Narrator (voice) - *Borderline* (2014), as Henri Van Roy - *Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood* (2014), as Richelieu - *Kingdom of the Oceans* (2011), Director - *Kingdom of the Oceans* (2011), series, Narrator, Director, Creator - *Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé* (2011), as Louis XI - *The Empire of Mid-South* (2010), Director - *Oceans* (2010), Director, Writer, Producer - *Le Bel Âge* (2009), Producer - *Paris 36* (2008), Producer - *Man & Wife, Cop & Crook* (2008), as Victor Fabrizzi - *Modern Love* (2008), Producer - *200,000 Phantoms* (2007), Thanks - *Le Piano oublié* (2007), as Benjamin - *Deep Water* (2006), Producer - *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Thanks — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) - *L'odyssée de la vie* (2006), as Narrateur - *Hell* (2005), as Frédéric - *The Young Lieutenant* (2005), as Le juge Serge Clermont - *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), Thanks - *The Chorus* (2004), as Pierre Morhange adult · Producer - *Frank Riva* (2003), series, as Xavier Unger - *Above the Clouds* (2003), as Henri Lanvern, le cinéaste - *Deep Blue* (2003), as Narrator - *Les Ailes de la nature* (2002), series, Creator - *September 11* (2002), Producer - *Ti voglio bene Eugenio* (2002), as Federico - *Winged Migration* (2001), as Narrator (voice) · Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), as Thomas Agé - *Un enfant, un secret* (2000), as Pierre Ancelin - *Prima la musica, poi le parole* (2000), as Lanfranco Bentivoglio - *Chasseurs d'écume* (1999), series, as Jaouen Carriban - *Himalaya* (1999), Producer - *I Didn't Do It!* (1999), as Etienne - *Vado e Torno* (1998), as La Rochelle - *The Deep End of the Ocean* (1998), as Professeur Silvestri - *Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition* (1998), as Victor Schœlcher - *Love in Ambush* (1997), as Pascal Lasalle - *Microcosmos* (1996), as Récitant / Narrator (voice) · Producer, Presenter - *Le Silence des fusils* (1996), as Jean-Pierre Lafond - *Groupe Nuit* (1996), series, as Pierre Barthélémy - *Les Allumettes suédoises* (1996), series, as le narrateur (voix) - *Les Enfants de Lumière* (1995), as Narrator (voice) - *Missus* (1994), as Father Vladimir, Lucifero - *Missus* (1994), series, as Father Vladimir, Lucifero - *Le trajet de la foudre* (1994), as Wens - *Kim Novak Is on the Phone* (1994), as Enrico - *Montparnasse-Pondichéry* (1994), as Raoul Marquet - *Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem* (1994), as Richard - *The Castle of Olive Trees* (1993), series, as Pierre Séverin (Marceau Dupastre) - *The Long Silence* (1993), as Judge Marco Canova - *Private Crimes* (1993), series, as Roberto Durani - *Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...* (1992), as Him · Producer - *Flight of the Innocent* (1992), as Davide Rienzi - *La Femme de l'amant* (1992), as Alain - *Love at First Sight* (1992), series, as Jordan - *Nothing But Lies* (1991), as Antoine, Muriel's husband - *Both Sides of the Street* (1991), as Daniel - *Touch and Die* (1991), as Steuben - *In nome del popolo sovrano* (1990), as Don Ugo Bassi - *Everybody's Fine* (1990), as Alvaro adulte - *Flight from Paradise* (1990), as Eliseo - *Manon Roland* (1989), as Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière - *Vanille fraise* (1989), as Guillaume Forestier - *Il ricatto* (1989), series, as Grossi - *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), as Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/cinema-paradiso.md) - *Haute tension* (1988), series, as Pierre Delauney/Thomas Dupré - *Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire* (1988), as Julien · Director, Scenario Writer - *Médecins des hommes* (1988), series, Director - *Top Kids* (1987), as Emile Levassor - *Race for the Bomb* (1987), series, as Frédéric Joliot-Curie - *L'Herbe rouge* (1985), as Mr. Brul - *Cop's Honor* (1985), as Stéphane Rainer - *Paroles et musique* (1984), as Yves - *Year of the Jellyfish* (1984), as Vic Lamotte - *The Judge* (1984), as Le juge François Muller - *Pablo Est Mort* (1983), as Maxime Blanchet - *A Captain's Honor* (1982), as Marcel Caron - *The Roaring Forties* (1982), as Julien Dantec · Producer - *Blood of the Flamboyant Tree* (1981), as Georges Delorme - *Disobedience* (1981), as Dario - *Une robe noire pour un tueur* (1981), as Lucien Lebesque - *Operation Leopard* (1980), as L'ambassadeur Berthier - *Orient Express* (1979), series, as Damien - *Adoption* (1979), as Jacques · Producer - *Sophie et le Capitaine* (1978), as Le Capitaine - *Fire's Share* (1978), as Jacques Noblet - *Drummer-Crab* (1977), as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour' - *The Desert of the Tartars* (1976), as Sten. Giovanni Drogo · Producer - *Black and White in Color* (1976), Producer - *That Kid* (1976), Producer - *Special Section* (1975), as Roger Lafarge · Producer - *Home Sweet Home* (1974), as Jacques · Producer - *Blanche* (1972), as Bartolomeo - *The Strangler* (1971), as Émile · Producer - *Goya: A Story of Solitude* (1971), as Alvaro - *Donkey Skin* (1970), as Prince Charming - *Les Ajoncs* (1970), Producer - *The Uninvited* (1969), as Laurent - *The American* (1969), as Patrick Sarrutel - *Z* (1969), as Photojournalist · Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/z.md) - *Love in the Night* (1968), as Philippe - *Spray of the Days* (1968), as Colin - *A Little Virtuous* (1968), as Ferdinand 'Fred' Thibault - *The Big Softie* (1967), as Alain Quesnard - *Horizon* (1967), as Antonin - *Shock Troops* (1967), as Kerk - *The Young Girls of Rochefort* (1967), as Maxence — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-girls-of-rochefort.md) - *Almost a Man* (1966), as Michele - *Line of Demarcation* (1966), as Michel - *The Invincible* (1966), as Henri de Verlaine - *The Search* (1966), as Manuel - *The Sleeping Car Murders* (1965), as Daniel - *The 317th Platoon* (1965), as Le sous-lieutenant Torrens - *Chance at Love* (1964), as Marc Bizet (segment "Fiancés de la chance, Les") - *All the Other Girls Do!* (1964), as Gabriele - *La calda vita* (1964), as Fredi - *Corruption* (1963), as Stefano Mattioli - *The Scapegoat* (1963), as Pietro, il fornaretto - *And Satan Calls the Turns* (1962), as Yvan - *Family Diary* (1962), as Lorenzo Mainardi - *Sun in Your Eyes* (1962), as Frédéric - *The Crumblers Are Doing Well* (1961), as Michel Legrand - *Girl with a Suitcase* (1961), as Lorenzo Fainardi - *First Taste of Love* (1961), as Philippe - *The Truth* (1960), as Jérôme - *Green Harvest* (1959), as Jean-Louis Mesnier - *The Cheaters* (1958), as le jeune qui monte sur la Vespa - *La Peau de l'ours* (1957), as Philippe Ledrut - *Gates of the Night* (1946), as Un des gosses Quinquina (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-f3467de3846a.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Jacques_Perrin_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Claudia Cardinale et Jacques Perrin dans une scène du film la Regazza con la valiglia (La Fille à la valise) réalisé par Valerio Zurlini en 1961.](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-20258fd6d84f.jpg) Claudia Cardinale et Jacques Perrin dans une scène du film la Regazza con la valiglia (La Fille à la valise) réalisé par Valerio Zurlini en 1961. — Valerio Zurlini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/C_Cardinale_et_J_Perrin_film_1961.jpg/1280px-C_Cardinale_et_J_Perrin_film_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chêne du Jardin Jacques Perrin de Cléville (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-902891e87b90.jpg) Chêne du Jardin Jacques Perrin de Cléville (2026) — Dave osm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chene_Jardin_Jacques_Perrin-Cleville.jpg/1280px-Chene_Jardin_Jacques_Perrin-Cleville.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![École Jacques Perrin de Mery-Corbon (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-2397cb8a22fe.jpg) École Jacques Perrin de Mery-Corbon (2026) — Dave osm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ecole_Jacques_Perrin-MeryCorbon.jpg/1280px-Ecole_Jacques_Perrin-MeryCorbon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-e6ad67495f2c.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Image via TMDB - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-8863829d7a85.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Image via TMDB - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-b90e6a0c348c.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Image via TMDB - ![Kitty Swan and Jacques Perrin at the 27th Venice International Film Festival in 1966.](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-e260c3083706.jpg) Kitty Swan and Jacques Perrin at the 27th Venice International Film Festival in 1966. — Giorgio Lotti / Mondadori, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Kitty_Swan%2C_Jacques_Perrin_-_27th_Venice_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Kitty_Swan%2C_Jacques_Perrin_-_27th_Venice_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cinéma Jacques Perrin de Tarare (Rhône, France). (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-b66e0045bb9f.jpg) Cinéma Jacques Perrin de Tarare (Rhône, France). (2024) — Sebleouf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tarare_-_Cin%C3%A9ma_Jacques_Perrin_%28janv_2024%29.jpg/1280px-Tarare_-_Cin%C3%A9ma_Jacques_Perrin_%28janv_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-bde6279d906c.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Image via TMDB - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-58c5e25747b5.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Image via TMDB - ![Jacques Perrin](https://film.one/media/person/102537/gallery-14db6a971e41.jpg) Jacques Perrin — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1970: Best Picture (nominated), for *Z* ### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated - César Award for Best Documentary Film 2011: César Award for Best Documentary Film (won), for *Oceans* - Honorary doctor of the University of Liège 2010: Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (won) - European Film Award for Best Documentary 2002: European Film Award for Best Documentary (nominated), for *Winged Migration* - César Award for Best Producer 1997: César Award for Best Producer (won), for *Microcosmos* - Volpi Cup for Best Actor 1966: Volpi Cup for Best Actor (won), for *La busca* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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