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name: "Julian Chagrin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-chagrin"
fi1m_id: "julian-chagrin"
imdb_id: "nm0149615"
tmdb_id: 15203
wikidata_id: "Q6307049"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:06:14.107740+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."
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# Julian Chagrin

## Identity

Julian Chagrin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julian-chagrin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julian-chagrin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0149615
- **TMDB ID:** 15203
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6307049
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Chagrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6307049, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15203

Actor. Born 22 February 1940 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1940, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Julian Joy Chagrin, Julian Joy-Chagrin
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Chagrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6307049, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15203

## Biography

Julian Chagrin (also credited as Julian Joy-Chagrin) is a British-Israeli actor and mime artist. Born on 22 February 1940 in London, he is the son of composer and conductor Francis Chagrin. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and studied pantomime with Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

Chagrin is known for playing one of the tennis-playing mimes in Michelangelo Antonioni’s *Blow-Up* (1966). His other screen credits include an episode of *The Avengers* (1961) as Jennings, Bill the Lizard in *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland* (1972), and roles in *Danger Route* (1967), *The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom* (1968) and *Alfred the Great* (1969). With his then-wife Claude Chagrin he made the short films *The Concert* (1974) and *The Morning Spider* (1976), both nominated for Academy Awards. He is also recognised for his long-running role as the ‘secret lemonade drinker’ in a series of R. White’s lemonade television advertisements in the 1970s.

Since 1976 Chagrin has lived in Israel, where he has worked in television comedy, including the series *The Orchestra*. He is married to actress and comedian Rolanda Chagrin.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blow-Up* (1966), Fi1m 74, as Mime — [page](https://film.one/film/blow-up.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *A Gaza Weekend* (2022), as Keren's Father
- *Snow White* (1987), as The Magic Mirror Head
- *Red Riding Hood* (1987), as Allen Owen (as Julian Joy-Chagrin)
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (1987), as Duke
- *Rumpelstiltskin* (1987), as Blacksmith
- *The Orchestra* (1986), series, as The Conductor
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (1985), as The General (uncredited)
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as The General (uncredited)
- *The Morning Spider* (1976), as The Spider
- *The Great McGonagall* (1975), Actor
- *The Christmas Tree* (1975), as First tree
- *The Concert* (1974), as Soloist · Writer, Producer
- *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (1972), as Bill the Lizard
- *Please Sir!* (1968), series, as Courtney
- *The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom* (1968), as Stockbroker
- *Danger Route* (1967), as Matsys
- *The Inn Way Out* (1967), as Dancing Waiter
- *Blow-Up* (1966), as Mime — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/blow-up.md)
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Jennings — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1977: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *The Morning Spider*
- 1975: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *The Concert*

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

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