Weber, Jacques

(August 23, 1949, Paris, France-)

   At age sixteen, he was admitted to the Centre Dramatique de la Rue Blanche (an acting school). A graduate of the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Art, he made his stage debut in 1969 (Tchao, Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon). He refused to enroll in the Comédie-Française and joined Robert Hossein and his Com­pagnie Dramatique de Reims. A film actor from 1970 (Raphaël ou le Débauché, Michel Deville), he appeared in about sixty feature films, TV movies, and TV se­ries (he notably performed as Edmond Dantès in Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Denys de La Patellière). He remains above all a stage actor and director.

 Filmography

1995 ◘ La Mort et le Bûcheron (short)

1998 ◘ Don Juan (also screenwriter, adapter, actor; France / Spain / Germany)

 Television Filmography

2002 ◘ Ruy Blas (also actor)

2008 ◘ Figaro (also actor)