Portrait of Jean Piat

Jean Piat

Acting

Biography

Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer. Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite. He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course. He died on 18 September 2018 at age 93 of heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday. Source: Article "Jean Piat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: September 23, 1924

Place of Birth: Lannoy, Nord, France

Filmography

2008
La Maison du lac

as Tom Murphy

2007
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure

as Spike Goodfellow (voice)

2003
Kaena: The Prophecy

as The Priest (voice)

1999
A Monkey's Tale

as Sérignole (Voice)

1988
L'Affaire Saint-Romans

as Marcel Saint-Romans

1987
1986
L'étiquette

as Georges Rousseau

1982
1979
1977
Fan School

as Self

1976
Domino

as Domino

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1975
1972
The Accursed Kings

as Robert d'Artois

1972
Ruy Blas

as Don César de Bazan

1971
Les fausses confidences

as Dubois, former valet of Dorante

1971
Paris Jamais Vu

as Narrator

1970
Un fil à la patte

as Bois d'Enghien

1970
Rider on the Rain

as M. Armand

1969
The Milky Way

as Le comte

1968
Les Aventures de Lagardère

as Henri de Lagardère/El Cincelador/Maître Louis/Ésope

1967
Lagardère

as Lagardère

1967
Domino

as Domino

1966
1966
1965
Ruy Blas

as Don César de Bazan

1961
1959
1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
Would-Be Gentleman

as Cléonte, in love with Lucile

1953
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

as Marquis Clotaire de La Guérinière

1951
Clara de Montargis

as Jean-Claude

1948
The Devil Who Limped

as Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”

1947
Rouletabille joue et gagne

as Joseph Rouletabille