Jean Le Poulain

Biography

Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.

He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with Gérard Philipe in The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television Au théâtre ce soir created in 1966. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1978, where he became sociétaire in 1980, then General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière.

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Known For

Volpone
Volpone
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
The Red Ibis
The Red Ibis
Divine
Divine
Les Gorilles
Les Gorilles
Le noir te va si bien
Le noir te va si bien
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

Filmography

1986 Le Malade imaginaire
as Argan
1982 Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
as Monsieur Perrichon
1982 Champs-Elysées
as Self
1981 Signé Furax
as Klakmuf
1981 La Dame de chez Maxim
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
1979 I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Drouillard
1978 Volpone
as Volpone
1978 La Puce à l'oreille
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
1978 Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
as Lucien Beix
1978 Les deux timides
as Thibaudier
1977 Le Faiseur
as M. Mercadet
1976 30 millions d'amis
as Self
1975 Le noir te va si bien
as John
1975 Divine
as Bobovitch
1975 The Red Ibis
as Margos
1975 Système 2
as Self
1975 Midi Première
as Self
1975 Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg
1973 The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Albaret
1973 La Nuit des rois
as Malvolio