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Pierre Richard

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Pierre Richard

Born Aug 16, 1934 · 91 years147 titles 121 movies · 26 TV
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Biography

Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays (originally de Fays, his grandfather changed the spelling for unknown reasons), 16 August 1934 in Valenciennes, Nord) is a popular French actor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. He is also a film director and occasional singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Richard, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Also known as

Pierre-Richard Defays · پیر ریشار · Пьер-Ришар Морис Шарль Леопольд Дефаи́с · Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays

Born

Aug 16, 1934

Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

147

Acting credits

9

Directing

13

Writing

4

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1958 1 title(s)

1960 1 title(s)

1961 1 title(s)

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1967 1 title(s)

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1969 4 title(s)

1970 2 title(s)

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2008 2 title(s)

2009 6 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2012 4 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

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2018 6 title(s)

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2025 2 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)