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Portrait of Jean-Louis Barrault

Acting

Jean-Louis Barrault

Titles
46movies12TV shows
Career

Active from 1935 to 1988, with a break from 1967 to 1981, busiest in 1938 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jean-Louis Barrault Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.5, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Family Dynamics
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39

1980s

2 titles · average score 78

as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

1960s

7 titles · average score 72
Chappaqua
Chappaqua (1966)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dr. Benoit

The Longest Day
The Longest Day (1962)
GoodWatch score 79

as Father Louis Roulland

Blood on His Sword
Blood on His Sword (1961)
GoodWatch score 60

as Louis XI

Experiment in Evil
Experiment in Evil (1960)
GoodWatch score 80

as Dr. Cordelier / Opale

as Mime

1950s

4 titles · average score 73

as Fénelon

La Ronde
La Ronde (1950)
GoodWatch score 79

as The Poet

as Narrator (segment 'Le bateau ivre') (voice)

1940s

10 titles · average score 90

as Henri Dunant

Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise (1945)
GoodWatch score 90

as Baptiste Debureau

as Michel Kremer

as Jacques Martin, le jeune sculpteur

as Napoléon Bonaparte

as Lucien Ardouin

1930s

16 titles · average score 73

as Francis Ferriter

as Pierre Bonvais

as The African

as Karl van Beethoven

as le client fou

as Pierre Régnier

Jenny
Jenny (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as le Dromadaire

All 16 titles from the 1930s