Jean Piat

Jean Piat (born September 23, 1924) is a French actor and writer.

Life

Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on September 1, 1947, and became a member on January 1, 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on December 31, 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He is 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 is a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course.

Theater

Roles in the Comédie-Française

*Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas" (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan)
*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

*The Milky Way (The Jansenist)
*Rider on the Rain (M. Armand)

Voice acting

*The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen))
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay))
* (Grand Priest)
*The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons))
* (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
* (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
* (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))

External links

* [http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/biographies/piat.htm Jean Piat's roles at the Comédie-Française]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681284/ Jean Piat] at IMDb