Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.
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
[ Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur] and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,
and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite.
[ Décret du 14 novembre 2011] 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 a heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday.[ Jean Piat, mort d'un roi ]
Theater
Roles in the Comédie-Française
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Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan)
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Man of LaMancha (Don Quixote)
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Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano
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Pierre Beaumarchais's The Barber of Seville (Figaro)
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Molière's The Miser (La Flèche)
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Eugène Marin Labiche's The Voyage of Mister Perrichon (Daniel Savary, Joseph)
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Pierre de Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (Pasquin)
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William Shakespeare's Othello (Gentleman)
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William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Amiens)
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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio)
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Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Covielle)
Filmography
Acting
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1947: Rouletabille joue et gagne as Joseph Rouletabille
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1948: The Lame Devil ( Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville
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1948: Rouletabille contre la dame de pique as Joseph Rouletabille
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1951: Clara de Montargis as Jean Claude
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1953: The Porter from Maxim's as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
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1955: Napoléon as Junot (uncredited)
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1958: Le bourgeois gentilhomme as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile
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1959: Le mariage de Figaro as Figaro
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1961: Les moutons de Panurge as Serge
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1967: Lagardère (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes) as Henri de Lagardère
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1968: as Bouridan
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1969: The Milky Way ( La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist
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1970: Rider on the Rain ( Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand
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1972-1973: Les Rois maudits (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois
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1974: La rivale as Pierre
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1979: Ciao, les mecs as L'avocat
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1999: A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian (voice)
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2003: as Le grand prêtre (voice)
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2007: Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure as Spike Goodfellow (voice)
Voice acting
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Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole))
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(Grand Priest (Gary Martin))
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The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons))
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay))
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(Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
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(Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
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(Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
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The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen))
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(Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
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(Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
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(Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
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