Jean Piat

Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.

Jean Piat
Piat in October 2008
Born	(1924-09-23)23 September 1924 Lannoy, France
Died	18 September 2018(2018-09-18) (aged 93) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–2017
Spouse	Françoise Engel
Children	Dominique and Martine

Life

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^[1] and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,^[2] and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite.^[3] 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.^[4]

Theater

Roles in the Comédie-Française

• Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan)
• Man of LaMancha (Don Quixote)
• Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano
• Pierre Beaumarchais's The Barber of Seville (Figaro)
• Molière's The Miser (La Flèche)
• Eugène Marin Labiche's The Voyage of Mister Perrichon (Daniel Savary, Joseph)
• Pierre de Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (Pasquin)
• William Shakespeare's Othello (Gentleman)
• William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Amiens)
• William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio)
• Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Covielle)

Filmography

Acting

• 1947: Rouletabille joue et gagne as Joseph Rouletabille
• 1948: The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville
• 1948: Rouletabille contre la dame de pique as Joseph Rouletabille
• 1951: Clara de Montargis as Jean Claude
• 1953: The Porter from Maxim's as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
• 1955: Napoléon as Junot (uncredited)
• 1958: Le bourgeois gentilhomme as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile
• 1959: Le mariage de Figaro as Figaro
• 1961: Les moutons de Panurge as Serge
• 1967: Lagardère (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes) as Henri de Lagardère
• 1968: Tower of Screaming Virgins [de] as Bouridan
• 1969: The Milky Way (La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist
• 1970: Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand
• 1972-1973: Les Rois maudits (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois
• 1974: La rivale as Pierre
• 1979: Ciao, les mecs as L'avocat
• 1999: A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian (voice)
• 2003: Kaena: The Prophecy as Le grand prêtre (voice)
• 2007: Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure as Spike Goodfellow (voice)

Voice acting

• Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole))
• Kaena: The Prophecy (Grand Priest (Gary Martin))
• The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons))
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay))
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
• The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen))
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))

References

1. Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur
2. "Arrêté du 23 juillet 2010 portant nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
3. Décret du 14 novembre 2011
4. Jean Piat, mort d'un roi (in French)

External links

• Jean Piat's roles at the Comédie-Française
• Jean Piat at IMDb 
• Jean Piat at Behind The Voice Actors