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Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Actor · Died April 24, 2019, aged 87 · Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

Jean-Pierre Marielle (April 12, 1932 - April 24, 2019) was a French actor. He has played in more than a hundred movies in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen (Les Galettes de Pont-Aven), to the serial killer (Sans mobile apparent), to the World War II hero (Les Milles), to the compromised spy (La Valise), to the has-been actor (Les Grands Ducs), acting always with the same excellence whatever the quality of the movie in itself. He was well known for his outspokenness and especially for his warm and cavernous voice which is often imitated by French humorists considering him as the archetype of the French gentleman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Marielle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 12, 1932
Died
April 24, 2019 (aged 87)
From
Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 128 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 12% in 30 days

What are Jean-Pierre Marielle's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
24%
Morality
21%
Self
20%
Power
12%
Survival
11%
Ideas
6%
Society
5%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAging3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 21 · Serious 9 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 12 · Charged 18 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 21 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 13

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 19 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

24 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 6 of 24 analyzed roles.

Mentor
6 of 24
Hero
5 of 24
Shadow
4 of 24
Herald
4 of 24
Ally
3 of 24
Threshold guardian
2 of 24
Show the 24 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
14
Joyful
11
Absurd
12
Tense
8
Melancholic
10
Other
32

How their films linger

Bittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jean-Pierre Marielle's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jean-Pierre Marielle's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

128 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 16 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Belmondo: The Incorrigible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Two Snails Set Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as (voice)

  • FantastiCozzi(2016)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Phantom Boy(2015)

    as The Man with the Broken Face (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Captain Marleau(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Frantz Meyer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Do Not Disturb(2014)

    as Michel's Father

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Valse à trois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Sex, Love & Therapy(2014)

    as Lui-même

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Des roses en hiver(2014)

    as Jean

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Indiscrétions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Bernard Lefort

  • La fleur de l'âge(2012)

    as Hubert Dassonville

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Max (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Nick

  • The Dream Team(2012)

    as Titouan Leguennec

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Rondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Abraham

  • Second Chances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as The psychoanalyst

  • Bouquet final (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Jean-Pierre

  • Santa's Apprentice(2010)

    as Contrary Santa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Skin of Sorrow(2010)

    as Oswald

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Wedding Cake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Victor

  • Darwin (R)évolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Charles Darwin

  • Micmacs(2009)

    as Placard

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Elles et moi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Emile de Montellier

  • The Vanishing Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jean Dussart

  • Faut que ça danse!(2007)

    as Salomon Bellinsky

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Chez Maupassant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Sosthène

  • The Great Meaulnes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as M. de Galais

  • The Da Vinci Code(2006)

    as Jacques Saunière

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Galilée ou L'Amour de Dieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Le Pape Barberini

  • Grey Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Pierre-Ange Destinat

  • The Return of James Battle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Bosco

  • Tomorrow We Move (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Popernick

  • La petite Lili(2003)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Madame De... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Le général

  • Les acteurs(2000)

    as Jean-Pierre Marielle

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • One 4 All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Comissaire Bayard

  • Le Nouveau Testament (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Le docteur Jean Marcellin

  • The Pupil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Armand

  • The Grand Dukes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Georges Cox

  • Les Milles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Commandant Perrochon

  • The Smile(1994)

    as Pierre-François Le Clainche

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Yvonne's Perfume(1994)

    as Dr. René Meinthe

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • One, Two, Three, Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as L'homme seul / The lonely man

  • Max & Jeremie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Almeida

  • Dispute in Valladolid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Bartolomé de las Casas

  • All the Mornings of the World(1991)

    as Monsieur de Sainte Colombe

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Uranus(1990)

    as Archambaud

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Bouvard et Pécuchet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as François Bouvard

  • Bouvard et Pécuchet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 2 episodes · as François Bouvard

  • Six crimes sans assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Darnoncourt

  • A Few Days with Me(1988)

    as Monsieur Fonfrin

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Un château au soleil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 6 episodes · as Artus de Montdeny

  • The Two Crocodiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as René Boutancard

  • The Murderous Months of April (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Fred

  • Ménage(1986)

    as The Rich and Depressed Man

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Hold-Up(1985)

    as Simon Labrosse

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Love on the Quiet(1985)

    as Antoine Garnier, industrialist and companion of Jeanne

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Partenaires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Gabriel Gallien

  • Les Capricieux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Simon

  • ...e la vita continua (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 8 episodes · as Arnoldo Betocchi

  • Outward Signs of Wealth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Jérôme Bouvier, expert en comptabilité

  • Jamais avant le mariage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Patrick Le Kermadec

  • L'Indiscrétion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Daniel

  • Coup de torchon(1981)

    as Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Asphalt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Albert Pourrat

  • Pétrole ! Pétrole ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Jean-Marie Tardel

  • Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Victor Delacroix

  • L'entourloupe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Castelard

  • Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as François Perrin

  • In a Wild Moment(1977)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Accuser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Roustev

  • As the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Pouplard

  • Plus ça va, moins ça va (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Inspecteur Pignon

  • Stormtroopers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as il Milite Ignoto

  • Run After Me Until I Catch You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Paul

  • Now We've Seen It All!(1976)

    as Bob Morlock

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Femmes Fatales(1976)

    as Paul Dufour

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Cookies(1975)

    as Henri Serin, umbrella representative and painter

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Track (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Albert Danville

  • Let Joy Reign Supreme(1975)

    as The Marquis de Pontcallec

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Common Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Léo Tartaffione

  • Tell Me You Love Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Richard le Royer

  • No Pockets in a Shroud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Doctor Carlille

  • How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Gérard Malempin

  • Charlie and His Two Chicks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Tony

  • Man in the Trunk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Major Bloch

  • The Crazy Capo Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Commissaire Martin

  • Tom Thumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as L'Ogre

  • Sex Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Lucien

  • La Chavalanthrope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • P'pa je serai serrurier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as (voice)

  • Four Flies on Grey Velvet(1971)

    as Gianni Arrosio

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Without Apparent Motive(1971)

    as Perry Rupert-Foote

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • One Is Always Too Good to Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Mac Cormack

  • Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Maxime

  • The Man with Connections (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Lieutenant Casanova

  • Give Her the Moon(1970)

    as Léopold Panneton

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Vixen(1969)

    as l'éditeur

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • 48 Hours of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Mazoillac

  • The Devil by the Tail(1969)

    as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • L'homme à la Buick(1967)

    as Le Marquis

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • All Mad About Him (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Le Révérend-Père Fouquet

  • L'Emploi du temps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Le narrateur

  • Tender Scoundrel(1966)

    as Bob

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Trap for the Assassin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Lucien de Noirville

  • Funny Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Raymond Vernet

  • How Not to Rob a Department Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Justin

  • The Real Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Landrut

  • Weekend at Dunkirk(1964)

    as Pierson

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Male Companion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Balthazar

  • Backfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Van Houde

  • Relax Yourself Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as David Kouglov

  • Que personne ne sorte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Jo Adams

  • Let's Rob the Bank(1964)

    as André Durand-Mareuil

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Récitant (voice)

  • Sweet and Sour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Monsieur Rakanowsky

  • Banana Peel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Paul Reynaldo

  • La Nuit des rois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Malvolio

  • Climates of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Philippe Marcenat

  • Pete the Tender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Emile

  • Sheep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Le chef de la préfecture de police

  • Les Trois Sœurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Toujenbach

  • Les Joueurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Outiechitelny

  • Notre petite ville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Morgan

  • There Is the Brunette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Cauteret - l'inconnu

  • Too Many Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Reception manager at the Deauville hotel

  • Anyone Can Kill Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Lucien, le détenu bavard

  • Fernand the Tramp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • The Big Bluff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Me Philippe Norbert

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 128 titles from 1957 to 2022; peak year 1976.

Biggest box office

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

$801M worldwide

Highest rated

All the Mornings of the World (1991)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Film career

19572022

Peak 1976 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1963Screen debut· Banana Peel
  • 1975First top-billed film· Cookies
  • 1991Career best· All the Mornings of the World

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting128 of 128: 128 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

By decade

1950s6 · acting1960s26 · acting1970s29 · acting1980s18 · acting1990s15 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s18 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 16% of 49 roles
63687378889308

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jean-Pierre Marielle's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 38 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed7

Most loved · actor

All the Mornings of the World (1991)

Midcredits 92nd · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jean-Pierre Marielle's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles38–73 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jean-Pierre Marielle work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean-Pierre Marielle's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Philippe Noiret shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers