Jean Le Poulain
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-09-12 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died
1988-03-01
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. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Most Known For
Midi Première
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
Samedi soir
as Self
30 millions d'amis
as Self
At Theatre Tonight
as Hervé Montagne
At Theatre Tonight
as Le baron Wurtz
Divine
as Bobovitch
Système 2
as Self
À bout portant
as Self
Fric-Frac
as Jo
Les Gorilles
as The stage director
Signé Furax
as Klakmuf
Volpone
as Volpone
The Mysteries of Paris
as The schoolmaster
The Hunchback of Paris
as Peyrolles
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Gruson
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Albaret
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Drouillard
Le noir te va si bien
as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne