Jean-Marc Barr
Biography
Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and director who began working in French theater in 1986. Born in West Germany, he grew up in France and California, studied philosophy at UCLA, and later trained in drama in London. His early screen work included a role in Hotel du Lac and John Boorman's Hope and Glory (1987). Luc Besson then cast him as diver Jacques Mayol in The Big Blue (1988), France's most financially successful film of the 1980s. Barr is best known for appearing in Lars von Trier's films, starting with Europa (1991) and continuing with Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Manderlay (2005), The Boss of It All (2006) and Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013). He played Jack Kerouac in Big Sur (2013). He also began directing, writing and producing in 1999 with Lovers, and later co-directed films with Pascal Arnold.
66years old
Turns 67 on September 27in 320 days
- Born Bitburg
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 36 years1985 to 2021
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Big break
Luc Besson gave Barr the part of French diver Jacques Mayol in The Big Blue, a movie that earned more money in France during the 1980s than any other.
Behind the camera
Barr made his directing, writing and producing debut in 1999 with the love story Lovers, which became the first part of a trilogy.
Beyond film
In 1996, Barr took the role of the main figure in the music video for the Blur single "Charmless Man", playing the character the song is named for.
Jean-Marc Barr movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Lars von Trier directed six of these films. Udo Kier appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Udo Kier's page
Willem Dafoe's page
Stellan Skarsgård's page
Zeljko Ivanek's page
Jens Albinus's page
All films by Lars von Trier
Box office
What Jean-Marc Barr's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$78.8 million
9 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$40M50.8% of the total
- 2$23M29.2% of the total
- 3$5.1M6.5% of the total
- 4$4.9M6.3% of the total
- 5$3.1M3.9% of the total
- 6$1.0M1.3% of the total
- 7$876K1.1% of the total
- 8$675K0.9% of the total
$33,621from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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