Portrait of Jean-Marc Barr

Acting

Jean-Marc Barr

Career

Active from 1985 to 2025, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
47
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for blur | The Best Of
blur | The Best Of
GoodWatch score83/100

Characters

3

The characters Jean-Marc Barr played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jean-Marc Barr Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.4, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    2.0, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Psychological Drama 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Moral Dilemma 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • French Cinema 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Small Town Secrets 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Class Struggle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Halo of Stars
Halo of Stars

as Gerald

Le jour qui vient
Le jour qui vient

as Martin

2020s

16 titles · average score 57
Sea Shadows
Sea Shadows (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as André

The Academy
The Academy (2025)

as Prof. Robert Copley

The Other 300: Army of Lovers
The Other 300: Army of Lovers (2025)

as Narrator (voice over)

Meurtres en dentelles
Meurtres en dentelles (2025)

as Antoine Duprat

King & Conqueror
King & Conqueror (2025)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as King Henry of France

Anthracite
Anthracite (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Solal Heilman

The Rebellious
The Rebellious (2024)

as Mr. Verger

The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation (2023)
GoodWatch score 53

as The Founder

Silent Land
Silent Land (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

as diver Arnaud

The Rope
The Rope (2022)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Serge Morel

Little Birds
Little Birds (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Secretary Pierre Vaney

My Best Part
My Best Part (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

as The director

2010s

25 titles · average score 57
The Cellar
The Cellar (2018)

as Milan

The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

Thanks

The Call
The Call (2018)

as (voice)

Buğday
Buğday (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

as Erol

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Debtor Gentleman

Big Sur
Big Sur (2013)
GoodWatch score 48

as Jack Kerouac

Vandal
Vandal (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

as Paul, l'oncle

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)
GoodWatch score 31

Director, Producer

And They Call It Summer
And They Call It Summer (2012)
GoodWatch score 42

as Dino

Blood On The Docks
Blood On The Docks (2011)

TV show · as Capitaine Richard Faraday

American Translation
American Translation (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

as William

Le Repaire de la vouivre
Le Repaire de la vouivre (2011)

TV show · as Paul Pratt

2000s

24 titles · average score 58
Nucingen House
Nucingen House (2009)

as William Henry James III

Parc
Parc (2009)

as Paul Marteau

The Anarchist's Wife
The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

as Pierre

One to Another
One to Another (2006)
GoodWatch score 44

Director, Director of Photography

Manderlay
Manderlay (2005)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mr. Robinsson

Cockles and Muscles
Cockles and Muscles (2005)
GoodWatch score 48

as Didier

Tara Road
Tara Road (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

as Andy

Saltimbank
Saltimbank (2003)

as Frédéric Saltim

The Red Siren
The Red Siren (2002)
GoodWatch score 50

as Hugo

Mary's Sons
Mary's Sons (2002)

as Paul

Searching for Debra Winger
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Too Much Flesh
Too Much Flesh (2000)
GoodWatch score 45

as Lyle

1990s

18 titles · average score 59
Lovers
Lovers (1999)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer, Producer

Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday (1998)
GoodWatch score 30

as Ben

St. Ives
St. Ives (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves

Ça ne se refuse pas
Ça ne se refuse pas (1998)

as Alex

What I Did for Love
What I Did for Love (1998)
GoodWatch score 45

as Marc

The Scarlet Tunic
The Scarlet Tunic (1998)

as Matthaus Singer

Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves (1996)
GoodWatch score 82

as Terry

Marching in Darkness
Marching in Darkness (1996)

as Silvio Roatto

Les Faussaires
Les Faussaires (1994)

as Jack Baker

Le fils préféré
Le fils préféré (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

as Philippe

Europa
Europa (1991)
GoodWatch score 76

as Leopold Kessler

Blaze
Blaze (1991)

as Victor

1980s

6 titles · average score 62
The Big Blue
The Big Blue (1988)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jacques Mayol

Maurice
Maurice (1987)
GoodWatch score 78

as French Colleague (uncredited)

Hope and Glory
Hope and Glory (1987)
GoodWatch score 83

as Bruce

Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

as Alain

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985)

as Scott

King David
King David (1985)
GoodWatch score 30

as Absalom