Giraudeau, Bernard

(June 18, 1947, La Ro­chelle, Charente-Maritime, France - )

   He dropped out of school at age fifteen to join the navy as an engineer on the Jeanne d'Arc. He went around the world twice before returning to his native city. In 1971, he attended acting courses and made his stage debut with Jacques Fabbri in Jean Cau's play Pauvre France. From 1973 (Revolver / La Poursuite implacable / Die perfekte Erpressung / USA: Blood in the Streets, Sergio Sollima, France / Italy / West Germany) to 2005 (Chok-Dee, Xavier Durringer), he played sup­porting and leading roles in more than seventy films.

 Filmography

1991 ◘ L'Autre / L'altro (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1989)

        ◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Ob­livion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")

1996 ◘ Les Caprices d'un Fleuve (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ La Face de l'Ogre

1992 ◘ Un Eté glacé

2003 ◘ Esquisses philippines (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)