Jean Pierre Bacri

Born Bou Ismaïl (Algeria) on May 24, 1951, Jean-Pierre Bacri came from a Jewish family. When he was very young, his family moved to Cannes, where he studied at the Lycée Carnot, a prestigious institution. At first he wants to study to become a French and Latin teacher, but ends up moving to Paris to work in the field of advertising.

There, the bug of acting begins to enter him, and he gets a role in a theatrical production of “The Birthday Party”, by Harold Pinter . In the acting company,  Jean-Pierre Bacri  met Agnès Jaoui , also an actress, who became his girlfriend and his inseparable professional partner. 

He achieved a whopping twelve nominations for the César Awards, the highest distinction in French cinema. He materialized four of these awards, all of them as a screenwriter with Jaoui, from  Smoking / No Smoking , and  On connaît la Chanson , both films by Alain Resnais , for  Like in the Best Families , which the couple wrote with the film’s director, Cédric Klapisch , and by For all tastes , directed by Jaoui. Both have also won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, for Como una imagen .

In addition, Jean-Pierre Bacri  excelled as a theater actor, and appeared in the cinema as an actor in titles such as Didier, my faithful friend , and Tell me about the rain . He did some of his best work on  C’est la vie! , by  Olivier Nakache ,  Eric Toledano , who turned him into Max, a wedding planner who prepares a luxurious banquet in a 17th-century French chateau, which will be overwhelmed by numerous unexpected problems.

He retired after being diagnosed with the disease after Family Photo , from 2018. “I do not like heroes, nor do I try to portray types radiant with happiness,” he explained in an interview. “It motivates me more to play modest characters, without cheating, who reflect my lived experiences.”