Jean‑Pierre Darras, born in 1927 in Paris, turned to theatre early on after studying literature. Trained in the post‑war dramatic centres, he joined Jean Vilar’s TNP, where he learned the discipline of classical repertoire and worked alongside major figures of the French stage. He became known to the wider public through his satirical duo with Philippe Noiret, where his sharp wit and gift for caricature stood out. Darras then built a versatile career: popular comedies, boulevard theatre, ambitious directing projects, and more dramatic roles from the 1980s onward. Deeply passionate about Molière, he devoted several productions and writings to him, seeking to reveal the man behind the legend. In cinema, he appeared in notable films such as Le Viager and L’Emmerdeur, where his precise, ironic acting naturally found its place. In 1982, he moved into directing with Le Braconnier de Dieu. Later, he founded a theatre festival in Carpentras with his wife Corinne Lahaye, continuing his commitment to the stage until the end of his life.

Фільмографія

• 1997Georges Dandin de Molière — Monsieur de Sottenville
• 1995Le Groom
• 1990My Father's Glory — Marcel Pagnol, elderly, narrator (voice)
• 1990My Mother's Castle — Narrator, Marcel Pagnol (voice)
• 1987Diary of a Madman — The director
• La Calanque — Francis Cambalette
• 1986L'Amour à la lettre — Quentin Granier
• 1985Астерікс проти Цезаря — (voice)
• 1984Le Voleur de feuilles — Mr. Marguerite
• 1983Le Braconnier de Dieu — Frisou, Director
• 1982Le Bourgeois gentilhomme — Le maître de philosophie
• 1982Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! — Flavacourt
• 1981For a Cop's Hide — Commissaire Chauffard
• 1981La Puce et le privé — Colonel Jean-Hilaire Marcellin
• 1981Le Chêne d'Allouville — Minister of Culture
• 1981Signé Furax — Socrate
• 1981The Impostures of Scapin — Argante
• 1980Трьох треба прибрати — Chocard
• 1979L'Hôtel du libre échange — Mathieu
• Madame le Juge — le commissaire
• 1978Out of It — Jacques Panivaux, Owner of the Rolls-Royce
• 1977Genre masculin — Adolphe
• 1977Parisian Life — Le baron de Gondremark
• 1976Don't Bite, We Love You — 'Papy'
• 1976Forget Me, Mandoline — Gérard Gouttières, aka 'G.G.'
• 1976La Décharge — M. Brunet
• 1976Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's — Le ministre
• 1976Let's Make a Dirty Movie — Co-Producer
• 1976Love and Cool Water — Clément
• 1975Beyond Fear — Bourrier
• 1974Tell Me You Love Me — Lucien Dorgeval
• 1973A Pain in the Ass — Dr. Edgar Fuchs
• 1973At the Meeting with Joyous Death — Peron
• 1973Folie douce — Jérôme
• Molière pour rire et pour pleurer — Molière
• 1973The Suburbs Are Everywhere — Ducros
• 1972La Main passe — Étienne Massenay
• 1972The Annuity — Emile Galipeau
• 1972The Old Maid — Sacha
• the famous escapes — Saint-Marc
• 1971Fric-Frac — Marcel
• Graf Luckner — Wallace
• 1971The Wedding Ring — M. Duvernet
• 1970Elise, or Real Life — Le commissaire
• 1970Et qu'ça saute ! — Jorge Blanco
• 1970She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks — Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte'
• 1969A Golden Widow — Rapha
• 1969L'Amour des 4 colonels — L'homme
• 1969The Fighting Cock — Paoli
• 1968Azaïs — Félix, professeur de piano
• 1968Les Aventures de Lagardère — Peyrolles
• 1968The Tattoo — Lucien, facteur de Montignac
• 1968Would-Be Gentleman — Le maître de ballet
• 1967Ami-Ami — Alexandre
• Lagardère — Peyrolles
• 1966A Young World — Le professeur d'art dramatique
• At Theatre Tonight — Alexandre, Félix, professeur de piano
• 1966Diamond Safari — Pascal Moratti
• 1966Four Queens for an Ace — Detective in Interrogation Room
• 1966The Other Truth — The commissioner
• 1964Lucky Jo — Napo
• 1964Monsieur — José, Small-time Crook
• 1961A Man Named Rocca — Névada
• 1960Les Trois Sœurs — Koulyguine
• 1959Two Men in Manhattan

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (9)

• 2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) — Self (archive footage)
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Apostrophes — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Numéro un — Self, Self - Host
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• Discorama — Self - Co-Host, Self - Host