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Acting

Jean-François Balmer

Career: Active from 1973 to 2023, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The French Revolution
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jean-François Balmer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Wholesome
2.5, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 4
Psychological Drama 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Social Commentary 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Melancholic Atmosphere 3
Melancholic Tone 3
Tragic Romance 2
Political Intrigue 2
French Crime Drama 2
Psychological Realism 2
Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 55

It's Not Me

65

as (archive footage)

The Worst Man in London

as Comte Henri de Pourtalès

Mise au Vert

as Léon

Juliette dans son bain

as Amato

The King’s Favorite

50

TV show · as Mathieu Ory

Cellule de crise

TV show · as Adi Lipp

Waiting for Anya

50

as Narrator

2010s

13 titles · average score 62

Murder on Omaha Beach

as Jacques Marechal

Dieumerci !

58

as Monsieur Ventura

Cosmos

65

as Leon

Capitaine Marleau

65

TV show · as Jean Garcin

In the House

78

as Le proviseur

Dead Europe

55

as Gerry

Mort d'un président

as Georges Pompidou

Celles qui aimaient Richard Wagner

as Richard Wagner

La Joie de vivre

as M. Chanteau

L'Infiltré

as Le directeur de la DST

Mumu

50

as Monsieur le curé

Beauregard

TV show · as Pierre Hautefort

2000s

17 titles · average score 52

La Vallée delle ombre

as Don Rinaldo

Lucifer et moi

as Lucifer

Tokyo!

69

as Maître Voland (segment "Merde")

Clémentine

as Avocat-juge Moineau

The Sacha Guitry Affair

as Sacha Guitry

Comedy of Power

57

as Boldi

Pierre et Jean

as Henri Rolland

That Day

66

as Treffle

Charming Fellow

as Hector

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

39

as Bertrand Faussier

T'aime

25

as Paul Gontier

The King's Daughters

57

as Racine

1990s

20 titles · average score 64

Boulevard du Palais

TV show · as commandant Philippe Rovère

The Swindle

65

as Monsieur K

Sidecar

as Jean Denamur, le censeur

La vérité est un vilain défaut

as Bruckmann

Rocking Poponguine

as M. Benoit

My Chinese Sister

as Paul Bricou

Crystal Book

as John Billeter, aka JB

La Lumière des étoiles mortes

as Pierre

East Wind

59

as Père Siegler

Dien Bien Phu

66

as AFP Employee

Sam's Enough

as Albert

Madame Bovary

62

as Charles Bovary

1980s

22 titles · average score 64

The French Revolution

81

TV show · as Louis XVI

L'Or du diable

TV show · as Abbot Bérenger Saunière, vicar of Rennes-le-Château

The French Revolution

80

as Louis XVI

as Carl

L'Amour ou presque

as Albert

Polar

as Eugène Tarpon

Wild Animals

as Jeff Garcia

The African

63

as Paul Planchet

Les Poneys sauvages

TV show · as Barry Roots

Ladies' Choice

56

as François-Albert

Snow

61

as Second inspector

Strange Affair

66

as Paul Belais

1970s

13 titles · average score 61

The Sewers of Paradise

62

as 68

Cop or Hood

62

as Inspector Georges Massard

The Adolescent

54

as André, le menuisier

Mountain Pass

62

as Work colleague of Georges

La Menace

62

as Inspector Waldeck

Le Chandelier

as Clavaroche

The Castaways of Turtle Island

61

as Le grand patron

Little Marcel

as Pottier

The Night Caller

72

as Julien Dallas, student

Love at the Top

56

as Vischenko

The Mouth Agape

76

as (uncredited)

Nothing to Report

63

as Raymond Dax