Biography
Jean Dasté (also credited as Jean Georges Gustave Dasté) was a French actor and theatre director. He made his screen debut in Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) and appeared as the teacher in Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937). He played leading roles in two films by Jean Vigo: the supervisor in Zero for Conduct (1933) and the title character in L'Atalante (1934).
Dasté was a prominent figure in French theatre. In 1947 he became founding director of the Comédie de Saint-Étienne company. He later appeared in films by Alain Resnais and François Truffaut, including Z (1969), The Wild Child (1970) and The Man Who Loved Women (1977). He was married to actress Marie-Hélène Dasté, daughter of Jacques Copeau.
