Jean-Claude Drouot

Belgian actor
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Jean-Claude Drouot
Drouot in 2012
Born (1938-12-17) 17 December 1938 (age 85)
Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium
OccupationActor
Years active1963–present
SpouseClaire Drouot

Jean Claude Drouot (born 17 December 1938) is a Belgian actor whose career has lasted over a half-century. At the age of twenty-five, he gained widespread fame in the French-speaking world as a result of portraying the title role in the popular television adventure series, Thierry la Fronde.[1][2]

Biography

Born in the Belgian municipality of Lessines, Jean Claude Drouot learned his stagecraft with the Young Theater of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Later (date unknown) he moved from Brussels to Paris. In Paris he followed courses with Charles Dullin. Until his departure from Dullin's troupe in 1962, he interpreted the great tragedies and plays of Molière. From 1963 until 1966[3] he starred as Thierry La Fronde for the TV series Thierry La Fronde. He made his first film in 1965 with The Devil's Tricks of Paul Vecchiali. This was followed by Happiness. He then played in British and American films such as: Laughter in the Dark (1969), Mr. Freedom (1969), and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). In 1984, he became director of the National Dramatic Center of Reims and, from 1985 to 1989, he was director of the National Theatre of Belgium. In 1999, he joined the Comédie-Française.[4]

He is married to Claire and has two children, Olivier and Sandrine. His family made their only film appearance in the 1965 Agnès Varda film, Le Bonheur.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ à 07h00, Par Le 24 septembre 2011 (24 September 2011). "Jean-Claude Drouot, un héros très discret". Le Parisien. Retrieved 5 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Jean-Claude Drouot". AlloCiné. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ Dates on Intégrale Thierry la Fronde DVD set.
  4. ^ "Jean-Claude Drouot". Evene.fr (in French). 17 December 1938. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ^ Taubin, Amy. "Le bonheur: Splendor in the Grass". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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