---
name: "Jean-Louis Richard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-louis-richard"
fi1m_id: "jean-louis-richard"
imdb_id: "nm0723827"
tmdb_id: 18558
wikidata_id: "Q2729701"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 May 1927"
died: "3 June 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:42:29.495902+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."
---

# Jean-Louis Richard

## Identity

Jean-Louis Richard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-louis-richard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-louis-richard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0723827
- **TMDB ID:** 18558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2729701
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Richard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2729701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18558

Actor. Born 17 May 1927 in Paris, France. Died 3 June 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 May 1927, Paris, France
- **Died:** 3 June 2012
- **Active:** 1973–1980
- **Also known as:** J.L. Richard
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [François Truffaut](https://film.one/person/francois-truffaut.md), [Suzanne Schiffman](https://film.one/person/suzanne-schiffman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1980s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Richard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2729701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18558

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last Metro*](https://film.one/film/the-last-metro.md) (75)

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## Biography

Jean-Louis Richard (1927–2012) was a French actor, screenwriter and director. He trained at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Paris and began his career as an actor in Louis Jouvet's theatre company.

He appeared in several New Wave films, including uncredited roles in Jean-Luc Godard's *Breathless* (1960) and François Truffaut's *Jules and Jim* (1962). Richard became a frequent collaborator with Truffaut, co-writing *The Soft Skin* (1964), *Fahrenheit 451* (1966), *The Bride Wore Black* (1968) and *Day for Night* (1973). He played the collaborationist critic Daxiat in Truffaut's *The Last Metro* (1980).

Richard also directed films such as *Mata Hari, agent H 21* (1964) and wrote the screenplay for *Emmanuelle* (1974). He was the first husband of actress Jeanne Moreau.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Last Metro* (1980), Fi1m 75, as Daxiat — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-metro.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Breathless* (1960), Fi1m 86, as A Journalist (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Belmondo: The Incorrigible* (2022), Actor
- *Mister V.* (2003), as Patrice Lemoigne
- *La vie nue* (2003), as Le patron
- *Adolphe* (2002), as Mr. d'Arbigny
- *Agathe et le grand magasin* (2001), as M. Debarre
- *J'ai faim !!!* (2001), as le docteur de Montalembert
- *Les Misérables* (2000), series, as Scarponi
- *Le Prof* (2000), as Père Alexandre
- *Skin of Man, Heart of Beast* (1999), as Tac Tac
- *The School of Flesh* (1998), as M. Thorpe
- *Melody for a Hustler* (1998), as Alexandre
- *La Vie de Marianne* (1997), as Ami de madame de Miran
- *After Sex* (1997), Writer
- *Lucie Aubrac* (1997), as Mr. Henry
- *Don't Forget You're Going to Die* (1996), as Benoit's Father
- *Radetzky March* (1995), series, as Kapturak
- *Fiesta* (1995), as Commandant Romerales
- *The Juliette Year* (1995), as Sobel · Writer
- *Des enfants dans les arbres* (1994), as Caxarnau
- *Dead Tired* (1994), as The Psychiatrist
- *Joan the Maid I: The Battles* (1994), as La Trémoille
- *Joan the Maid II: The Prisons* (1994), as La Trémoille
- *Lost in Transit* (1993), as Monsieur Armanet
- *Stranger in the House* (1992), as L'avocat
- *La nuit de l'océan* (1992), as Capitaine du chalutier
- *The Sentinel* (1992), as Bleicher
- *Honorin et la Loreleï* (1992), as Barbacane
- *Août* (1992), as Lance
- *Le Provincial* (1990), Adaptation
- *Les Deux Fragonard* (1989), as Saint-Julien
- *A Few Days with Me* (1988), as Dr. Appert
- *Sueurs froides* (1988), series, as Édouard
- *Hôtel de France* (1987), as Pierre Galtier
- *The Secret Wife* (1986), as Stirner
- *Le Petit Docteur* (1986), series, Creator
- *The Click* (1985), Director
- *Fort Saganne* (1984), as Flammarin
- *The Outsider* (1983), as Antoine
- *Confidentially Yours* (1983), as Louison
- *Life Is a Bed of Roses* (1983), as Father Jean Watelet
- *The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes* (1982), as 'Le Cerveau'
- *The Shock* (1982), as Maubert, Inspector of the DST
- *The Professional* (1981), as Colonel Martin
- *The Last Metro* (1980), as Daxiat — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-metro.md)
- *It's Tough for Everybody* (1975), Writer
- *Male of the Century* (1975), Writer
- *Emmanuelle* (1974), Writer
- *Day for Night* (1973), Writer
- *The Boat on the Grass* (1971), as M. Lagrève (uncredited)
- *Diane's Body* (1969), Screenplay, Director
- *Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime* (1968), as l'homme du wagon-restaurant
- *The Bride Wore Black* (1968), Adaptation
- *Fahrenheit 451* (1966), Screenplay
- *The Soft Skin* (1964), as Man in Street (uncredited) · Screenplay
- *Mata Hari, Agent H21* (1964), Director, Screenplay
- *Good Luck, Charlie* (1962), Director
- *Jules and Jim* (1962), as Client dans Café
- *It Means That Much to Me* (1961), as Chief
- *Breathless* (1960), as A Journalist (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1975: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Day for Night*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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