Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 16, 1957
Place of Birth:
Granville, Manche, France
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Jacques Gamblin
Biography
Jacques Gamblin is a French actor. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen (Caen Dramatic Arts Centre).
Originally, Jacques Gamblin was not destined to act. As a professional technician in a theater company, he came to contact with acting. He then studied at the Comédie de Caen and took his first steps as an actor on stage in Brittany, Totem Theatre in Saint-Brieuc, before joining the National Theatre, directed by Pierre de Rennes Debauche. Then he tried his luck in Paris, carefully choosing his roles and he made his film debut in 1985.
In theatre, Jacques Gamblin worked with many directors such as Pierre Claude Yersin, Michel Dubois, Jeanne Champagne, Philippe Adrien, Alfredo Arias, Charles Tordjman, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gildas Bourdet, and Anne Bourgeois.
He is also the author of plays such as The Touch Hardware and hip (1997).
Source: Article "Jacques Gamblin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Connemara | Gérard |
| 2023 | L'Homme debout | Henri Giffard |
| 2023 | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd |
| 2022 | Say Cheese | Thierry Hamelin |
| 2022 | The Tiger and The President | Paul Deschanel |
| 2022 | Sacrifice paysan | Narration |
| 2022 | La mesure des choses | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | My Father's Secrets | Henri Kichka (voice) |
| 2021 | A Grain of Sand in the Gear | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Ideal Palace | Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, aka 'Le facteur Cheval' |
| 2019 | Inondations : une menace planétaire | Speaker |
| 2017 | Fred Astaire donne le 'la' | Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Verdon secret | Narrateur |
| 2016 | Father Son Therapy | Charles Perronet |
| 2015 | Le Salsifis du Bengale | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | I Have Dreamed Of You So Much | Voice over |
| 2015 | Au cœur des robots | Narrator (French) |
| 2014 | Week-ends | Jean |
| 2014 | 24 Days | Commander Delcour |
| 2014 | Hippocrates | Le professeur Barois |
| 2013 | Paris Countdown | Victor |
| 2013 | The Finishers | Paul Amblard |
| 2012 | Blind Man | Le Commandant Lassalle |
| 2012 | A Volcano Odyssey | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | L'Infiltré | Michel Carrat |
| 2011 | The First Man | Jacques Cormery |
| 2011 | Holidays by the Sea | Monsieur Cerf-volant |
| 2011 | Une vie française | Paul Blick |
| 2011 | Himalayan Gold rush | |
| 2011 | Yarsagumbu, l'or de l'Himalaya | |
| 2010 | Just The Three of Us | The father |
| 2010 | The Names of Love | Arthur Martin |
| 2010 | Pétain, such a popular hero | Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Marcel |
| 2009 | Bellamy | Noël Gentil / Emile Leullet / Denis Leprince |
| 2009 | Home | Narrator (french voice) |
| 2009 | Van Gogh: Brush with Genius | Vincent Van Gogh |
| 2008 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Robert Duval |
| 2008 | Les diablogues | |
| 2007 | The Merry Widow | Léo |
| 2007 | Fragile(s) | Vince |
| 2007 | In Your Wake | Gabriel |
| 2006 | The Tiger Brigades | Jules Bonnot |
| 2006 | Les Irréductibles | Michel |
| 2006 | Serko | Fragonard |
| 2006 | The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol | Self |
| 2005 | Hell | Pierre |
| 2005 | Christian Dior: The Man Behind the Myth | Narrator |
| 2004 | Holy Lola | Dr. Pierre Ceyssac |
| 2004 | Dissonances | Nat |
| 2004 | 25 Degrees in Winter | Miguel |
| 2004 | Le voyageur sans bagage | Gaston |
| 2003 | Nickel and Dime | Francis |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Actor who refuses to film with Laurent |
| 2002 | Carnage | Jacques |
| 2002 | Safe Conduct | Jean-Devaivre |
| 2001 | Mademoiselle | Pierre Cassini |
| 2000 | Bella ciao | Orféo |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | Garriss |
| 1999 | The Color of Lies | René Sterne |
| 1998 | Dr. Akagi | Piet |
| 1997 | Proper Attire Required | Richard Poulenc |
| 1997 | Mauvais Genre | Martial Bok |
| 1996 | What a Drag | André Lemoine |
| 1996 | My Man | 4th client |
| 1996 | Les clients d'Avrenos | Bernard de Jonsac |
| 1996 | Une histoire d'amour à la con | Gérard Delmont |
| 1995 | Les Miserables | Le bedeau |
| 1995 | 'Till Death Do Us Part | Patrick |
| 1995 | Au petit Marguery | Barnabé |
| 1994 | Girls with Guns | Thierry |
| 1994 | Les brouches | Pierre |
| 1994 | Couchettes express | Antoine |
| 1993 | All That... for This?! | Jacques Grandin |
| 1993 | À la Mode | Père de Fausto (US version) |
| 1993 | La femme à abattre | Cowboy |
| 1992 | The Beautiful Story | Le jeune policier |
| 1992 | Goodbye Princess | Helmut |
| 1990 | There Were Days... and Moons | Le mari de Caroline |
| 1989 | Périgord noir | Rémi |
| 1987 | Vaines recherches | Santi |
| 1985 | Hell Train |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mussolini: The First Fascist | Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Blaise | Jacques (voice) |
| 2016 | A New Prehistory | Narrator |
| 2008 | Forgotten Girls | Capitaine Christian Janvier |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |