Vincent Pérez

Infobox actor
name = Vincent Pérez


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caption = Vincent Peréz as Paolo Gallmann in "I Dreamed of Africa" (2000)
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yearsactive = 1985-present
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birthname = Vincent Pérez
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notable role = Jean-Baptiste, "Indochine" (1992)
La Môle, "La Reine Margot" (1994)
Ashe Corven, "" (1996)
Paolo Gallmann, "I Dreamed of Africa" (2000)
Marius de Romanus, "The Queen of the Damned" (2002)
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Vincent Pérez (born 10 June 1962) is a Swiss actor from Lausanne, Switzerland. Of Spanish and German descent, he is the second of three children. He is currently married to Karine Silla, and has four children: daughter Iman, twins Pablo & Inès, and a stepdaughter, Roxanne, whose father is Vincent's co-star from "Cyrano de Bergerac", Gérard Depardieu.

Career

At age eighteen he left Switzerland for France. Before studying acting, he considered a career as an artist. But eventually commenced acting studies in Geneva, followed by the Paris Conservatoire, alma mater of Jean-Paul Belmondo and Kai Wong, and completed his training at L'École des Amandiers in Nanterre.

He plays the equivalent role of Vincent D'Onofrio's Detective Robert "Bobby" Goren in a French remake of "" on TF1. [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_enqu%C3%AAtes_criminelles "Paris Enquêtes Criminelles"] (Paris Criminal Section) stars Pérez as Lieutenant Vincent Revel. His partner is Lieutenant Claire Savigny, played by Sandrine Rigaux, and their boss is Commissaire Bonnefoy played by Jacques Pater. The show has become one of the biggest hits on TF1 and a crossover was planned for April 2007, but has yet to happen.

Filmography

Actor

*"Piège à flics" (1985, TV)
*"Guardian of the Night" (1986)
*"Hôtel de France" (1987)
*"The House of Jade "(1988)
*"Hamlet" (1990, TV)
*"Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990)
*"The Voyage of Captain Fracassa" (1991)
*"Snow and Fire" (1991)
*"Cendre d'or" (1992)
*"Indochine" (1992)
*"Fanfan" (1993)
*"La Reine Margot "(1994)
*"Beyond the Clouds" (1995)
*"Line of Life "(1996)
*" "(1996)
*"Swept from the Sea "(1997)
*"Le Bossu" ("On Guard") (1997)
*"Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train" (1998)
*"Shot through the heart" (1998, TV)
*"The Treat" (1998)
*"Talk of Angels "(1998)
*"Time Regained" (1999)
*"Marry Me "(2000)
*"Le Libertin" (2000)
*"I Dreamed of Africa" (2000)
*"Love Bites" (2001)
*"Bride of the Wind" (2001)
*"Queen of the Damned" (2002)
*"The Pharmacist" (2003)
*"Happiness Costs Nothing" (2003)
*"Fanfan la tulipe" (2003)
*"Je reste!" (2003)
*"The Car Keys" (2003)
*"Bienvenue en Suisse "(2004)
*"Frankenstein" (2004, TV)
*"New France" (2004)
*"Le Juge" (2005, mini-TV Series)
*"Paris enquêtes criminelles" (2007)
*"Arn – The Knight Templar" (2007)
*"The Apocalypse Code" (2007)

External links

*imdb name|id=0001641|name=Vincent Pérez
* [http://www.vincentperez.com/ The Vincent Pérez Archives]
* [http://lachaine.tf1.fr/lachaine/series/0,,3429396-e1RZUEVfSU5GTyBVTlZfSUR9IHsyIDF9,00-paris-enquetes-criminelles-.html/ An Interview with Vincent Pérez about Paris enquêtes criminelles (French)]