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Robert Hirsch

Biography

Robert Hirsch (26 July 1925 – 16 November 2017) was a French actor. He was a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1952. In 1990, he won César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre.

His other film appearances included The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and in 2006/07 he appeared in Le gardien (a French adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker) at Théâtre de l'Oeuvre then Théâtre de Paris.

In April 2011, he asked Florian Zeller to write a part specially for him. The result was Le Père which had its first performance in Le Théâtre Hébertot, Paris, in September 2012. Hirsch played the central character, André, at the age of 87.

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Known For

Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
A Private Affair
A Private Affair
Plucking the Daisy
Plucking the Daisy
My Man
My Man
125 rue Montmartre
125 rue Montmartre
The Hotshots
The Hotshots
Le violon de l'orphéon
Le violon de l'orphéon

Filmography

2015 The Art Dealer
as Claude Weinstein
2014 The Father
as André
2013 Manon Lescaut
as Monsieur Girardin de Matois
2009 Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2007 Chez Maupassant
as le père Lizet
2007 Le gardien
as
2004 Volpone
as Seco
2003 Sarah
as Georges Pitou
2002 A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
2002 A Private Affair
as Vieil homme
2001 Mortal Transfer
as Armand Zlibovic
1998 Vivement dimanche
as Self
1996 My Man
as Mr. Hervé
1989 Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
as Raoul
1986 Les Dégourdis de la onzième
as Colonel Touplard
1983 Cover Up
as Avram Kazavian
1982 Champs-Elysées
as Self
1975 That's Show Business
as Jean-Sébastien Bloch
1973 La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
as Tartuffe / Maître de philosophie
1973 Shock Treatment
as Gérôme