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person_profile-Jean Martin

Jean Martin Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jean Martin

Date of Birth:

Mar 06, 1922

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Feb 02, 2009

Biography of

Jean Martin

    Jean Martin (March 6, 1922 – February 2, 2009) was a French actor of stage and screen. Martin served in the French Resistance during World War II and later fought with the French paratroopers in Indochina. Theatrically, he is perhaps best-known for originating two roles in Samuel Beckett's most famous plays: Lucky in Waiting for Godot, and Clov in Endgame. During the 1950s, he was a performer at the Théâtre National Populaire and also worked for radio plays.

    Making over eighty film and television appearances, Martin is best remembered by international audiences for his role as the French paratroop commander Col. Mathieu in The Battle of Algiers (1965), as well as villainous roles in My Name is Nobody and The Day of the Jackal (both 1973). He was one of the protagonists in Les Compagnons de Baal (1968).

    Most of his other screen work was in French or European cinema, and his stage performances have gained him much more recognition and acclaim than his film work. Martin was also an active political leftist, and was fired from the Théâtre National Populaire for signing the manifesto of the 121 against the Algerian War. He was also blacklisted from radio work and remained unemployed for a time as a result.

    Martin was hired for The Battle of Algiers because director Gillo Pontecorvo was looking for a little-known professional actor to play the part of Col. Mathieu. Martin had by then worked extensively on stage, but had done just a few appearances on screen. Enjoying to work in movies and wishing to develop his film career, Martin applied for the part and was hired. Martin later explained that his working relationship with Pontecorvo on the set of The Battle of Algiers was often difficult, as the director otherwise hired non-professional actors for the film. Martin, as the film's only professional actor, was sometimes uncomfortable working with untrained performers, while Pontecorvo was worried that their acting styles might be too different from each other and work against the picture. Martin was ultimately very happy with the film.

    Jean Martin continued working on stage and on screen, playing a variety supporting roles in French films and television productions. He also provided the voice of the bird in the French animation feature Le Roi et l'oiseau.

    Martin died from cancer in Paris on 2 February 2009, aged 86.

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Filmography of

Jean Martin

Found 39 Movies in total

... 2004

Lucie Aubrac

Paul Lardanchet ( Actor )

... 1997

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

Sculpteur ( Actor )

... 1984

La Puce et le privé

Gérard Le Tizou, head waiter ( Actor )

... 1981

Inspector Blunder

Examination policeman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1980

The King and the Mockingbird

L’oiseau (voice) ( Actor )

... 1980

La Femme flic

Le colonel Morange ( Actor )

... 1980

The Associate

Bastias ( Actor )

... 1979

Dossier 51

Vénus ( Actor )

... 1978

The Cat

Legrand ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1977

The Carpathian Castle

Orfanik, the Inventor ( Actor )

... 1976

A Woman at Her Window

Drieu La Rochelle (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1976

The Wing or the Thigh?

Le médecin ( Actor )

... 1976

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

Colonel Pembroke ( Actor )

... 1975

The Messiah

Pontius Pilate ( Actor )

... 1975

The Wild Goose Chase

Le directeur de la banque ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

The Night Caller

Commissaire divisionnaire Sabin ( Actor )

... 1975

An Invitation to the Hunt

Le marquis de la Rocherie ( Actor )

... 1974

I'm Losing My Temper

Headmaster ( Actor )

... 1974

Cry of the Heart

M. Bunkermann ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

My Name Is Nobody

Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1973

The Day of the Jackal

Victor Wolenski ( Actor )

... 1973

The Beguines

René ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1972

... 1971

Troubleshooters

Homme de Varèse ( Actor )

... 1971

Promise at Dawn

Igor Igorevitch ( Actor )

... 1970

The Companions of Baal

Mauvouloir ( Actor )

... 1970

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

A henchman of Charles (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

Un responsable d'édition ( Actor )

... 1968

The Invention of Morel

Stoewer ( Actor )

... 1967

The Battle of Algiers

Col. Mathieu ( Actor )

... 1966

The Nun

Monsieur Hébert ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1963

Les Culottes rouges

Un homme de la troupe (non crédité) ( Actor )

... 1962

Fortunate

faux croque-mort ( Actor )

... 1960