--- name: "Philippe Noiret" canonical: "https://film.one/person/philippe-noiret" fi1m_id: "philippe-noiret" imdb_id: "nm0634159" tmdb_id: 24366 wikidata_id: "Q106482" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 October 1930" died: "23 November 2006" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-26T00:45:48.562621+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." --- # Philippe Noiret ## Identity Philippe Noiret - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philippe-noiret - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** philippe-noiret - **IMDb ID:** nm0634159 - **TMDB ID:** 24366 - **Wikidata ID:** Q106482 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Noiret, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24366 Actor. Born 1 October 1930 in Lille, Nord, France. Died 23 November 2006. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 October 1930, Lille, Nord, France - **Died:** 23 November 2006 - **Active:** 1981–1994 - **Also known as:** Philippe Pierre Fernand Noiret, Филипп Пьер Фернан Нуаре - **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 75 (1) - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $69m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Noiret, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24366 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cinema Paradiso*](https://film.one/film/cinema-paradiso.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Philippe Noiret > Philippe Noiret could give another actor room without losing our attention. We value his quiet authority most when it makes affection credible, as in *Cinema Paradiso*, though his willingness to play unpleasant men matters just as much. In *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), Philippe Noiret lets Salvatore Cascio’s young Totò be the eager one. His Alfredo responds patiently, leaving the boy’s delight room to register without competing for our attention. We were moved by that patience, because he makes Alfredo’s affection feel like a response to this particular child. Giuseppe Tornatore’s film is sometimes too sweet, but its central friendship persuades us to stay with it. That restraint was not confined to kindly older men. His early success in *Zazie dans le Métro* (1960) drew on his comic abilities, before *Alexandre le Bienheureux* (1967) and *Le Vieux Fusil* (1975) established him as a star. Tall and heavily built, with a deep, recognisable voice, he had the physical means to impose himself. He worked across comedy and drama, often playing ordinary middle-aged men or bourgeois figures, with little need to exaggerate. The long collaboration with Bertrand Tavernier began in 1974 and gave that reassuring presence less reassuring work to do. In Tavernier’s *Coup de Torchon* (1981), he played Lucien Cordier, one of the unsympathetic characters he was prepared to take on. *La Grande Bouffe* (1973) had already made that willingness clear. The international recognition brought by *Cinema Paradiso* and *Il Postino* (1994) should not obscure those less gentle choices. There is a fair reservation about an actor so recognisable: familiar habits can begin to look like repetition, and Noiret was sometimes accused of playing variations on himself. In *Cinema Paradiso*, though, the quietness works because Cascio gives him so much excitement to answer. Their exchanges are funny, and that humour stops the friendship becoming solemn even when Tornatore presses too hard for tears. We recommend it with that caveat, particularly for the way Noiret allows the younger performer to be engaging without turning their scenes into a display of adult indulgence. Start there, but do not mistake Alfredo for the whole actor. ## Biography Philippe Noiret was a French actor. Born in Lille on 1 October 1930, he died in Paris on 23 November 2006. After failing his baccalauréat examinations, he studied theatre and joined the Théâtre National Populaire in 1953, where he met the actress Monique Chaumette, whom he married in 1962. He made his screen debut in an uncredited role in *Gigi* (1949) and appeared in Agnès Varda's *La Pointe Courte* (1955) before gaining wider attention in Louis Malle's *Zazie dans le Métro* (1960). Noiret appeared in more than 100 films. He is known for roles including Alfredo in Giuseppe Tornatore's *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), for which he received a BAFTA, Pablo Neruda in *The Postman* (1994), and leads in Bertrand Tavernier films such as *The Old Gun* (1975) and *Life and Nothing But* (1989). He won two César Awards for Best Actor. He also worked with directors including Alfred Hitchcock on *Topaz* (1969) and Marco Ferreri on *La Grande Bouffe* (1973). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, theguardian.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Postman* (1994), Fi1m 75, as Pablo Neruda — [page](https://film.one/film/the-postman.md) - *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), Fi1m 84, as Alfredo — [page](https://film.one/film/cinema-paradiso.md) - *Three Brothers* (1981), Fi1m 77, as Raffaele Giuranna — [page](https://film.one/film/three-brothers.md) ## Complete filmography (147) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *3 Friends* (2007), as Serano, le concessionnaire Mercedes-Benz - *Edy* (2005), as Louis - *Hitler, la folie d'un homme* (2005), as Narrator (voice) - *My New Partner III* (2003), as René Boirond - *The Chops* (2003), as Léonce - *Father and Sons* (2003), as Léo - *The Dog, the General, and the Birds* (2003), as Récitant / Narrator (voice) - *Step by Step* (2002), as Louis Chevalier - *Lulu Kreutz's Picnic* (2000), as Joseph Steg - *On Guard* (1997), as Duke Philippe d'Orléans - *Marianna Ucrìa* (1997), as Duke Signoretto - *Soleil* (1997), as Joseph Lévy - *Pierre and Marie* (1997), as Professor Rodolphe Schutz - *Le Veilleur de nuit* (1996), as Monsieur - *Ghost with Driver* (1996), as Philippe Bruneau-Teissier - *The Grand Dukes* (1996), as Victor Vialat - *Balthus through the Looking-Glass* (1996), as Récitant / Narrator - *Looking for Paradise* (1995), as Padre di Claudia - *Les Milles* (1995), as Le Général - *Too Loud A Solitude* (1995), as Haňťa - *Le Roi de Paris* (1995), as Victor Derval - *The Postman* (1994), as Pablo Neruda — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-postman.md) - *D'Artagnan's Daughter* (1994), as D'Artagnan - *Dead Tired* (1994), as Philippe Noiret - *Tango* (1993), as L'Elégant - *Max & Jeremie* (1992), as Robert 'Max' Maxendre - *The Two of Us* (1992), as Toussaint - *Fish Soup* (1992), as Alberto - *I Don't Kiss* (1991), as Romain - *Especially on Sunday* (1991), as Amleto - *Rossini! Rossini!* (1991), as Gioacchino Rossini - *Uranus* (1990), as Watrin - *Forgery and the Use of Forgeries* (1990), as Anatole Hirsch - *My New Partner II* (1990), as René Boirond - *The Palermo Connection* (1990), as Gianni Mucci - *Life and Nothing But* (1989), as Commander Delaplane - *The Return of the Musketeers* (1989), as Cardinal Mazarin - *Cinema Paradiso* (1988), as Alfredo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/cinema-paradiso.md) - *Young Toscanini* (1988), as Dom Pedro II. - *Chouans !* (1988), as Savinien de Kerfadec - *The Sparrow's Fluttering* (1988), as Gabriele Battistini - *Les Œuvres de Frédéric Back* (1988), as Narrateur - *Widow's Walk* (1987), as Inspector Molinat - *The Family* (1987), as Jean-Luc - *The Gold Rimmed Glasses* (1987), as Dr. Athos Fadigati - *The Man Who Planted Trees* (1987), as Narrator (voice) - *Masks* (1987), as Christian Legagneur - *Twist Again in Moscow* (1986), as Igor Tataïev - *'Round Midnight* (1986), as Redon - *The Secret Wife* (1986), as Pierre Franchin, the painter - *Let's Hope It's a Girl* (1986), as Leonardo - *The Fourth Power* (1985), as Yves Dorget - *Les Rois du gag* (1985), as In person at the César Awards ceremony (uncredited) - *Next Summer* (1985), as Edouard - *My New Partner* (1984), as René Boirond - *Souvenirs souvenirs* (1984), as Le proviseur - *Fort Saganne* (1984), as Dubreuilh - *Aurora* (1984), as André - *Le Grand Carnaval* (1983), as Étienne Labrouche - *The African* (1983), as Victor - *A Friend of Vincent* (1983), as Albert Palm - *My Friends Act II* (1982), as Giorgio Perozzi - *The North Star* (1982), as Edouard Binet - *Coup de Torchon* (1981), as Lucien Cordier - *Birgit Haas Must Be Killed* (1981), as Athanase - *Three Brothers* (1981), as Raffaele Giuranna — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/three-brothers.md) - *Heads or Tails* (1980), as Inspecteur Louis Baroni - *A Week's Vacation* (1980), as Michel Descombes - *Jupiter's Thigh* (1980), as Antoine Lemercier - *Rue du Pied de Grue* (1979), as Le père - *Two Pieces of Bread* (1979), as Peppe Dorè - *La Barricade du Point-du-Jour* (1978), as Eugène Pottier - *The Witness* (1978), as Robert Maurisson - *Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?* (1978), as Jean-Claude Moulineau - *Dear Inspector* (1978), as Antoine Lemercier - *The Purple Taxi* (1977), as Philippe Marchal - *A Woman at Her Window* (1976), as Raoul Malfosse - *The Desert of the Tartars* (1976), as General - *Monsieur Albert* (1976), as Albert - *The Judge and the Assassin* (1976), as Juge Rousseau - *A Common Sense of Modesty* (1976), as Giuseppe Costanzo - *My Friends* (1975), as Il Perozzi - *The Old Gun* (1975), as Julien Dandieu - *Let Joy Reign Supreme* (1975), as Philip of Orléans - *Playing with Fire* (1975), as Georges de Saxe - *The Secret* (1974), as Thomas Berthelot - *A Cloud in the Teeth* (1974), as Malisard - *The Down-in-the-Hole Gang* (1974), as Gaspard de Montfermeil - *Don't Touch the White Woman!* (1974), as Gen. Terry - *The Watchmaker of St. Paul* (1974), as Michel Descombes - *Poil de carotte* (1973), as François Lepic - *La Grande Bouffe* (1973), as Philippe - *The Serpent* (1973), as Lucien Berthon - *The Assassination* (1972), as Pierre Garcin - *Five Leaf Clover* (1972), as Alfred - *A Time for Loving* (1972), as Marcel - *La Mandarine* (1972), as Georges Lapierre - *The Old Maid* (1972), as Gabriel Marcassus - *We Are All in Temporary Liberty* (1971), as Judge Francesco Langellone - *The Most Gentle Confessions* (1971), as Inspecteur Muller - *Murphy's War* (1971), as Brezan - *Give Her the Moon* (1970), as Gabriel - *Topaz* (1969), as Henri Jarre - *Justine* (1969), as Pombal - *The Assassination Bureau* (1969), as Monsieur Lucoville - *Clerambard* (1969), as Count Hector de Clérambard - *Mr. Freedom* (1969), as Moujik Man - *The Tender Age* (1968), as Pourtalain - *Very Happy Alexander* (1968), as Alexandre Gartempe - *The Other One* (1967), as André - *Woman Times Seven* (1967), as Victor - *The Night of the Generals* (1967), as Inspector Morand - *Tender Scoundrel* (1966), as Bibi Dumonceaux - *Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?* (1966), as Jean-Jacques Georges, le journaliste - *Father's Trip* (1966), as Disgruntled traveler - *La Fin de la nuit* (1966), as Bernard Desqueyroux - *The Sultans* (1966), as Michou - *A Matter of Resistance* (1966), as Jérôme - *Lady L* (1965), as Ambroise Gérôme - *The Buddies* (1965), as Bénin - *Cyrano and d'Artagnan* (1964), as King Louis XIII - *Clémentine chérie* (1964), as Edgar Hoover - *The Lovers of the France* (1964), as Récitant / Narrator (voice) - *Monsieur* (1964), as Edmond Bernadac, Industrialist - *Summer Frenzy* (1964), as Jean - *Death, Where Is Your Victory?* (1964), as Brassy - *La Porteuse de pain* (1963), as Jacques Garraud - *Ballad for a Hoodlum* (1963), as L'inspecteur Mathieu - *Therese* (1962), as Bernard Desqueyroux - *The Masseuses* (1962), as Bellini - *Crime Does Not Pay* (1962), as Monseigneur Hughes - *Comme un poisson dans l'eau* (1962), as Lucien Barlemont - *Le Mal court* (1962), as Parfait XVIII - *Flore et Blancheflore* (1961), as Le roi Félix - *Rendezvous* (1961), as Inspector Maillard - *Famous Love Affairs* (1961), as Louis XIV - *All the Gold in the World* (1961), as Victor Hardy - *Captain Fracasse* (1961), as Hérode - *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1960), as Lignère - *Ravishing* (1960), as Maurice - *De fil en aiguille* (1960), as M. Van Dam - *Zazie dans le Métro* (1960), as Oncle Gabriel - *Macbeth* (1959), as Macduff - *La Pointe Courte* (1956), as Him - *Matrimonial Agency* (1952), as A passerby (uncredited) - *Olivia* (1951), as Béatrice's Lover (uncredited) - *Gigi* (1949), as Bit Part (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Philippe Noiret](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-7c68318e700b.jpg) Philippe Noiret — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Philippe_Noiret_Cannes_1989_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Screenshot del film Amici miei ( 1975 ) di Mario Monicelli . (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-7656a62b804d.png) Screenshot del film Amici miei ( 1975 ) di Mario Monicelli . (2018) — 347qua, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Amici_miei.png/1280px-Amici_miei.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![scena dal film Amici miei (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-6a21d598d7d6.png) scena dal film Amici miei (1975) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Luigi Kuveiller (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Amici_miei_03.png/1280px-Amici_miei_03.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![scena dal film Amici miei (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-02220c8f6319.png) scena dal film Amici miei (1975) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Luigi Kuveiller (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Amici_miei_08.png/1280px-Amici_miei_08.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Philippe Noiret](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-fcc0cb1338e0.jpg) Philippe Noiret — Image via TMDB - ![scena dal film Amici miei (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-02d118ce73f7.png) scena dal film Amici miei (1975) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Luigi Kuveiller (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Amici_miei_10.png/1280px-Amici_miei_10.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![scena dal film Amici miei (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/102536/gallery-c8a9d965b523.png) scena dal film Amici miei (1975) — Mario Monicelli (director) / Luigi Kuveiller (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amici_miei_12.png/1280px-Amici_miei_12.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 1991: Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Cinema Paradiso* ### Other awards — 6 won, 6 nominated - David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor 1995: David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Il Postino: The Postman* - César Award for Best Actor 1990: César Award for Best Actor (won), for *Life and Nothing But* - David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor 1990: David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor (won), for *Life and Nothing But* - London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year 1990: London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year (won), for *Cinema Paradiso* - European Film Award for Best Actor 1989: European Film Award for Best Actor (won), for *Life and Nothing But* - David di Donatello for Best Actor 1988: David di Donatello for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Gold Rimmed Glasses* - David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor 1986: David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Let's Hope It's a Girl* - César Award for Best Actor 1985: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *My New Partner* - César Award for Best Actor 1982: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Coup de Torchon* - César Award for Best Actor 1981: César Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Pile ou Face* - César Award for Best Actor 1976: César Award for Best Actor (won), for *Le vieux fusil* - David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor 1976: David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor (won), for *Le vieux fusil* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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