Gérard Jugnot

Gérard Jugnot (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ ʒyɲo]; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Gérard Jugnot
Jugnot in 2014
Born	Gérard Jean Jugnot[1] (1951-05-04) 4 May 1951 (age 74) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active	1973–present

Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, and Michel Blanc. Then Josiane Balasko and Marie-Anne Chazel joined them. The group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema and was extremely successful in films such as Les Bronzés (1978), Les Bronzés font du ski (1979) and Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982).

Jugnot gained international fame for his lead role in Les Choristes in which he played Clément Mathieu. The last movie he directed was C'est beau la vie quand on y pense (2017).

Jugnot is the father of actor Arthur Jugnot, born in 1980 to Jugnot and wardrobe designer Cécile Magnan.

He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2004.^[1]

Life and career

Jugnot met Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, and Michel Blanc when attending the Lycee Pasteur de Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Together, and with other actors including Josiane Balasko and Marie-Anne Chazel, they founded the café-théâtre Le Splendid, which would also become the name of their troupe and, later on, an informal name for them as a collective on screen. He made his debut on the big-screen in Les Valseuses (1974) and Le Juge et l'Assassin (1976).

Jugnot's career kick-started when he starred with other troupe members in Les Bronzés (1978), and Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982), which were two acts from Le Splendid adapted for cinema.

Aside from acting, Jugnot also started a career as a movie director, making his directing debut in 1984 with the movie Pinot simple flic.

He also regularly took part in the radio show Les Grosses Têtes during the 1980s with Léon Zitrone, Olivier de Kersauson, Jacques Martin, and Jean Dutourd.

In 2010, he participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Year 01	Spectator
	Hail the Artist	Camera Operator
1974	Going Places	Holyday-Maker with Family
	Les Suspects	Vauquier's Colleague
	Bonne présentation exigée	Waiter	Short
1975	Le Bol d'air	Gérard
	Let Joy Reign Supreme	Footman
	C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule	Gaston
	Pas de problème !	Locksmith
	Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis	Waiter
1976	Calmos	Follower
	The Porter from Maxim's	Count Parieur
	Dracula and Son	Head of the factory
	The Toy	Pignier
	The Judge and the Assassin	Photographer
	The Tenant	Office Clerk
	Monsieur Klein	Photographer
	On aura tout vu	Ploumenech
	Oublie-moi, Mandoline	Julien
1977	Casanova and co	Valente
	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	Waiter
	Spoiled Children	Marcel Bonfils
	The Seventh Company Outdoors	Gaston Gorgeton
	Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine	Captain of the Musketeers
1978	French Fried Vacation	Bernard Morin
	Pauline et l'ordinateur	Fake Doctor
	The Little Wheedlers
	Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres	Himself
	Le Petit Théâtre d'Antenne 2		TV series (1 episode)
1979	Le Coup de sirocco	Ruppert
	French Fried Vacation 2	Bernard Morin
	Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears	Pierre Morel
	Un si joli village	Freval
	Pierrot mon ami	Petit-Pouce	TV movie
1980	Retour en force	La Colle
	Les Charlots contre Dracula	Gaston Lepope
	The Umbrella Coup	Frédo
1981	Pourquoi pas nous ?	Guillaume
1982	Santa Claus Is a Stinker	Felix
	Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien...	Paul
	Le quart d'heure américain	Ferdinand
	Merci Bernard		TV series (2 episodes)
	L'adieu aux as	Gaston Poirier	TV mini-series
1983	The Bride Who Came In from the Cold [fr]	Maurice
	Gramps Is in the Resistance	Adolfo Ramirez
1984	Just the Way You Are	Desk Clerk
	Pinot simple flic	Robert Pinot
	Le garde du corps	Paul Domec
1985	Les rois du gag	Paul Martin
	Scout toujours...	Jean-Baptiste Foucret
	Slices of Life	Malounian
	Santa Claus Is a Stinker	Félix	TV movie
1986	Nuit d'ivresse	Himself
1987	Le Beauf	Gilbert
	Tandem	Bernard Rivetot	Nominated – César Award for Best Actor
	Tant qu'il y aura des femmes	Spectator
1988	Without Fear or Blame	Bellabre
	Vertigo	Philippe Breugnot	TV series (1 episode)
1989	Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête	Genealogist
1990	1001 Nights	Jimmy Genious
1991	Les Clés du paradis	Paul Cavaillac
	The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck	Martini
	Une époque formidable...	Michel Berthier	Nominated – César Award for Best Actor[2]
1992	Voyage à Rome	Thierry
1994	Casque bleu	Patrick
	Les Faussaires	Sacha Cohn
	Dead Tired	Himself
1996	Fallait pas !...	Bernard Leroy
	Fantôme avec chauffeur	Georges Morel
1997	Marthe	Henri	Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor
1999	L'Ami du jardin	Roger
	Au bain... Mari !	Narcisse	Short
	Trafic d'influence	Gérard Ravanelli
2000	Most Promising Young Actress	Yvon Rance
2001	Yes, But...	Erwann Moenner
2002	Monsieur Batignole	Edmond Batignole
	The Race	Carlito
	Restauratec	Cook	TV short
2003	The Car Keys	Himself
	Volpone	Grappione	TV movie
2004	The Chorus	Clément Mathieu	Nominated – César Award for Best Actor[3] Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor[4]
	Trois Petites Filles	Paolo
2005	Boudu	Christian Lespinglet
	Il ne faut jurer de rien !	Van Buck
	Pollux, le manège enchanté	Sam
2006	Les Bronzés 3 - Amis pour la vie	Bernard Morin
	The Tiger Brigades	Claude Faivre
	Un printemps à Paris	Alex
2007	L'Île aux trésors	John Silver
	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Ali Baba
	L'Auberge rouge	Father Carnus
2008	Ça se soigne ?	Stan
	Faubourg 36	Pigoil
	The Sicilian Girl	Judge
	Musée haut, musée bas	Roland Province
2009	Envoyés très spéciaux	Albert Poussin
	Le Petit Nicolas	Himself
	Rose et Noir	Pic Saint Loup
2010	Le grand restaurant	Fifi	TV movie
2011	La nouvelle guerre des boutons	Aztec's Father
	Beur sur la ville	Gassier
2012	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia	Redbeard
	Un jour mon père viendra	Gustave
	Mes héros	Jacques
	Merlin	Merlin	TV mini-series
2013	Adieu Paris	Albert Albert
2014	Babysitting	M. Schaudel
	On a marché sur Bangkok	Joseph
	Benoît Brisefer: Les taxis rouges	Jules Dussiflard
2015	Entre amis	Gilles
2015-16	The law of Alexandre	Alexandre Laurent	TV series (3 Episodes)
2016	Camping 3	Charmillard
2017	C'est beau la vie quand on y pense	Loïc Le Tallec
2018	Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon	Psychiatrist
	The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir	Gustave Palourde
2019	Quand on crie au loup	Joseph Bogomil
2020	Ducobu 3	Kitrish
2021	Spoiled Brats	Francis Bartek
	Le petit piaf	M. Lepetit
2022	Jemaux mais pas trop	Patrice Beaulieu
	Ducobu Président !	Kitrish
2023	Alibi.com 2	Daniel
	Comme par Magie	Jacques
2024	Ducobu passe au vert!	Kitrish
	Neuilly-Poissy	Simon

Director

Year	Title	Role	Box office	Notes
1984	Pinot simple flic	Director & writer	$18.1 million[5]
1985	Scout toujours...		$13.2 million[6]
1988	Without Fear or Blame		$3.1 million[7]
1991	Une époque formidable...		$12.5 million[8]
1993	The King of Ads	Director		Documentary
1994	3000 scénarios contre un virus			TV series (1 episode)
	Casque bleu	Director & writer	$7.6 million[9]
1996	Fallait pas !...		$6.6 million[10]
2000	Most Promising Young Actress		$14.4 million[11]
2002	Monsieur Batignole	Director, writer & producer	$9 million[12]
2005	Boudu	Director & Producer	$9 million[13]
2009	Rose et noir	Director, writer & producer	$1.9 million[14]
2017	C'est beau la vie quand on y pense	Director, writer & producer

Box office

Gérard Jugnot in 2009

Movies starring Gérard Jugnot with more than a million entries in France.

	Films	Director	Year	France (entries)
1	Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie	Patrice Leconte	2006	10,355,930
2	The Chorus	Christophe Barratier	2004	8,636,016
3	Going Places	Bertrand Blier	1974	5,726,031
4	Little Nicholas	Laurent Tirard	2009	5,520,562
5	Papy fait de la résistance	Jean-Marie Poiré	1983	4,104,082
6	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia	Laurent Tirard (2)	2012	3,820,404
7	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	Vincent McEveety	1977	2,977,303
8	The Umbrella Coup	Gérard Oury	1980	2,451,606
9	Pinot simple flic	Gérard Jugnot	1984	2,418,756
10	Babysitting	Nicolas Benamou, Philippe Lacheau	2014	2,358,733
11	Les Bronzés	Patrice Leconte (2)	1978	2,308,644
12	Grosse Fatigue	Michel Blanc	1994	2,015,230
13	Pas de problème!	Georges Lautner	1975	1,810,393
14	La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune	Robert Lamoureux	1977	1,792,134
15	Monsieur Batignole	Gérard Jugnot (2)	2002	1,773,472
16	Scout toujours...	Gérard Jugnot (3)	1985	1,755,081
17	Une époque formidable...	Gérard Jugnot (4)	1991	1,672,754
18	Le Père Noël est une ordure	Jean-Marie Poiré (2)	1982	1,582,732
19	La nouvelle guerre des boutons	Christophe Barratier (2)	2011	1,542,231
20	Les Bronzés font du ski	Patrice Leconte (3)	1979	1,535,781
21	Les rois du gag	Claude Zidi	1985	1,510,930
22	The Race	Djamel Bensalah	2002	1,456,267
23	Le coup de sirocco	Alexandre Arcady	1979	1,387,034
24	Nuit d'ivresse	Bernard Nauer	1986	1,381,464
25	Le quart d'heure américain	Philippe Galland	1982	1,337,893
26	Paris 36	Christophe Barratier (3)	2008	1,331,585
27	Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien...	Édouard Molinaro	1982	1,303,784
28	On aura tout vu	Georges Lautner (2)	1976	1,290,565
29	The Toy	Francis Veber	1976	1,249,452
30	Boudu	Gérard Jugnot (5)	2005	1,199,369
31	Most Promising Young Actress	Gérard Jugnot (6)	2000	1,184,971
32	Casque bleu	Gérard Jugnot (7)	1994	1,015,156