André Wilms
{{Short description|French actor (1947–2022)}}
{{sources|date=February 2022}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = André Wilms
| image = André Wilms Cannes 2011.jpg
| caption = Wilms in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|04|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Strasbourg, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|02|09|1947|04|29|df=yes}}
| occupation = Actor, theater director
| years_active = 1967–2022
}}
André Wilms (29 April 1947 – 9 February 2022) was a French film, television actor and theater director{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/une-saison-au-theatre/andre-wilms-gueule-dacteur|title=André Wilms, Gueule d'acteur|website=France Culture|date=10 February 2019 |language=fr|access-date=11 April 2020}} who also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his work in Aki Kaurismäki's La Vie de bohème.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1992.81.0.html|title=European Film Academy : European Film Awards Winners 1992|website=www.europeanfilmacademy.org|access-date=11 April 2020}} He died on 9 February 2022, at the age of 74.{{cite news |title=Décès d'André Wilms, comédien fétiche d'Aki Kaurismäki |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Deces-Andre-Wilms-comedien-fetiche-Aki-Kaurismaki-2022-02-10-1301199558 |access-date=10 February 2022 |publisher=La Croix |date=10 February 2022}}
Theater
class="wikitable" |
Year
! Title ! Author ! Director |
---|
rowspan=2| 1967
| V comme Vietnam |
Chroniques d’une planète provisoire |
1973
| La Grotte d’Ali | Richard Demarcy | Richard Demarcy |
rowspan=2| 1975
| Faust-Salpétrière |
Souvenir d’Alsace
| Bruno Bayen & | Bruno Bayen & |
1976
| Baal | André Engel |
rowspan=3| 1977 |
Un week-end à Yaïck
| Sergueï Essénine | André Engel |
Le Cheval qui se suicide par le feu |
1977-78
| Hölderlin : l’Antigone de Sophocle | Michel Deutsch & |
rowspan=2| 1979
| Kafka théâtre complet | André Engel & | André Engel |
Ils allaient obscurs sous la nuit solitaire
| André Engel |
rowspan=2| 1980
| Ruines | Michel Deutsch |
Vichy-Fictions
| Michel Deutsch |
1981-82
| Le Palais de justice | Bernard Chartreux, |
1982
| Michel Deutsch & |
1983
| Dernières nouvelles de la peste | Bernard Chartreux |
1984
| Tartuffe | Molière | Jacques Lassalle |
1984-85
| Othello | Christian Colin |
1985
| Alain Milianti |
1986
| Cyclops | Bernard Sobel |
rowspan=2| 1987
| Faust et Rangda | Vincent Colin | Alain Milianti |
Paysage sous surveillance
| Jean Jourdheuil & |
rowspan=4| 1988
| La Route des chars | Jean Jourdheuil & |
Happy Birthday to You
| Georg Maria Pauen |
La Nuit des chasseurs
| André Engel |
La Conférence des oiseaux
| André Wilms |
rowspan=2| 1989 |
Bluebeard's Castle
| André Wilms |
1989-90
| Jean Jourdheuil & |
1990-91
| Jean Jourdheuil & |
1991
| Aujourd’hui | Michel Deutsch | Michel Deutsch |
rowspan=2| 1993-94
| Jorge Silva Melo & | André Wilms |
Ou bien le débarquement désastreux |
rowspan=3| 1996
| Le Pôle |
Imprécation IV
| Michel Deutsch | Michel Deutsch |
La Cour des comédiens
| Georges Lavaudant |
rowspan=3| 1997 |
Lettres à Franca
| Olivier Corpet |
Des histoires vraies et autres histoires
| Lucien Attoun & |
1998-2000
| Max Black |
1999
| Imprécation 36 | Michel Deutsch | Michel Deutsch |
1999-2000
| Pulsion | André Wilms |
2000
| Medeamaterial | André Wilms |
2001 |
2002
| Histoires de famille | André Wilms |
rowspan=2| 2003
| Momo | Leigh Sauerwein | André Wilms |
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
| Daniele Abbado |
2004-06
| Eraritjaritjaka |
2005
| André Wilms |
2005-09
| Max Black |
2006-07
| Georges Lavaudant |
rowspan=3| 2007
| Plato | Juliette Deschamps |
The Threepenny Opera
| André Wilms |
De Jarry à Jarry en passant par les îles
| Patrick Besnier & |
2007-08
| La Mort d’Hercule | Daniel Loayza | Georges Lavaudant |
2008
| Momo | Leigh Sauerwein | André Wilms |
2008-09
| Dieu comme patient | Matthias Langhoff | Matthias Langhoff |
rowspan=3| 2009
| André Wilms |
Eraritjaritjaka |
Roberto Zucco
| Georges Lavaudant |
2009-10
| L’Amante anglaise | Marie-Louise Bischofberger |
2010
| Le Père | André Wilms |
2010-14
| Comment ai-je pu tenir là-dedans ? |
rowspan=2| 2011
| Mille orphelins | Roland Auzet |
Macbeth Horror Suite
| Georges Lavaudant |
2011-12
| Momo | Leigh Sauerwein | André Wilms |
2011-14
| Qu’on me donne un ennemi | Mathieu Bauer |
rowspan=2| 2012
| Eraritjaritjaka |
La Poussière du temps
| Theo Angelopoulos, | |
2012-14
| Max Black |
rowspan=2| 2013
| Paroles d’acteurs | André Wilms |
Une vie minuscule
| Andreas Schett |
2014
| Momo | Leigh Sauerwein | André Wilms |
2015
| Eraritjaritjaka |
2016
| Preparadise Sorry Now | André Wilms |
rowspan=2| 2017
| L’Homme au fond | Olivier de Solminihac | André Wilms |
Mort de Judas Le point de vue de Ponce Pilate | André Wilms |
2019-20
| Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets | Emmanuel Meirieu |
2021
| Pas dans le cul aujourd’hui | André Wilms |
Filmography
= Cinema =
class="wikitable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |
---|
rowspan=2| 1981
| Volker | Laurent Heynemann | |
Départ
| The man | Dominique Loreau | Short |
1983
| Stella | Brosseau | Laurent Heynemann | |
1984
| Damis | |
1985
| Les poings fermés | Henri | |
rowspan=3| 1987
| I Photographia | Kristian | |
Field of Honor
| The peddler | |
Une femme perdue de vue
| The man | Manuela Gourary | Short |
rowspan=3| 1988
| The man of the Saint-Landry street | |
A Strange Place to Meet
| Georges | |
Life Is a Long Quiet River
| Jean Le Quesnoy | |
1989
| Inspector | |
rowspan=3| 1990
| Dr. Wilms | |
Europa Europa
| Robert Kellerman | |
Aventure de Catherine C.
| André Leuwen | |
1991
| Isimeria | Archaeologist | Nikos Kornilios | |
rowspan=4| 1992
| Sexes faibles ! | Gilles La Chesnay | Serge Meynard | |
La Vie de bohème
| Marcel Marx | |
La révolte des enfants
| M. Alexis | Gérard Poitou-Weber | |
Coupable d'innocence ou quand la raison dort
| Henri Bicken | Marcin Ziebinski | |
rowspan=2| 1994
| Hell | Doctor Arnoux | |
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
| Lazar/Johnson/Elijah | |
rowspan=2| 1995
| Iron Horsemen | André | Gilles Charmant | |
The Great White Man of Lambaréné
| |
1996
| Les derniers jours d'Emmanuel Kant | Wasianski | Philippe Collin | |
1999
| Juha | Shemeikka | |
2000
| Scardanelli | Friedrich Hölderlin / Scardanelli | Harald Bergmann | |
2001
| Tanguy | The psychiatrist | |
2002
| Warden | |
rowspan=2| 2003
| Professor Vernet | Doug Headline | |
Welcome to the Roses
| Daniel | Francis Palluau | |
2004
| La confiance règne | Chrystèle's father | |
2005
| La bourde | The chief | Short |
2007
| Le temps d'un regard | M. Jules | Ilan Flammer | |
rowspan=2| 2009
| Ricky | The doctor | |
La véritable histoire du Chat Botté
| The ogre | Jérôme Deschamps, Pascal Hérold | Voice |
rowspan=2| 2010
| Pauline et François | Maurice | Renaud Fély | |
Sans laisser de traces
| François Michelet | Grégoire Vigneron | |
rowspan=5| 2011
| Le Havre | Marcel Marx | |
Americano
| The German | |
Roses à crédit
| Monsieur Donelle | |
Robert Mitchum est mort
| The Texan / Ströller | Olivier Babinet | |
La traversée
| André | Bruno Deville | Short |
2013
| André | |
rowspan=3| 2014
| Pause | Fernand | Mathieu Urfer | |
Superegos
| Curt Ledig | |
The Missionaries
| Michel Chabrier | |
rowspan=5| 2015
| Le combat ordinaire | Hubert Moret | |
The Forbidden Room
| Surgeon | |
Journey Through China
| Richard Rousseau | Zoltan Mayer | |
Des millions de larmes
| The man | Natalie Beder | Short |
Seul l'avenir nous le dira
| André | Gilles Charmant | Short |
rowspan=5| 2016
| Marie et les naufragés | Cosmo | |
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
| Eugène Curie | Marie Noëlle | |
Cérémonie
| The man | Patrick Guedj | Short |
T'es con Simon
| Alain | Claire Barrault | Short |
Ce qui nous éloigne
| Benoît | Hu Wei | Short |
rowspan=3| 2017
| Hannah | Hannah's Husband | |
Just to Be Sure
| Joseph Levkine | Carine Tardieu | |
Le fils de quelqu'un
| Roger | Grégory Robin | Short |
rowspan=2| 2018
| Un juif pour l'exemple | Jacques Chessex | |
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
| Eugène | Franck Ribière | |
rowspan=4| 2019
| Lune de miel | Gilbert Breit | Élise Otzenberger | |
Debout sur la montagne
| The priest | |
Wie ich lernte, bei mir selbst Kind zu sein
| Uncle Louis | Rupert Henning | |
Mémorable
| Louis | Bruno Collet | Short |
rowspan=3| 2020
| Une belle équipe | Grandpa | Mohamed Hamidi | |
The Salt of Tears
| Luc's father | |
Personne ne manque
| The father | Franck Guérin | Short |
2022
| Maigret | Kaplan | |
= Television =
class="wikitable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |
---|
1970
| Der Übergang über den Ebro | Luis | TV movie |
1980
| Gueule d'atmosphère | Siurg | Maurice Chateau | TV movie |
1982
| Flucht aus Pommern | Armand | Eberhard Schubert | TV movie |
1987
| La tricheuse | Marvier | TV movie |
rowspan=3| 1989
| Liberté, Libertés | Malseigne | Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld | TV movie |
David Lansky
| Brunoy | Hervé Palud | TV mini-series |
Opération Mozart
| Guillot | TV series (1 episode) |
1997
| Compagnons secrets | Crabe | TV movie |
2009
| L'école du pouvoir | Uncle Jean | TV movie |
2011
| Petite fille | The father | TV movie |
2012
| Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat | TV movie |
2017
| Aurore | Maya's father | TV mini-series |
2021
| La bonne conduite | Serge | Arnaud Bedouët | TV movie |
Awards and nominations
class = "wikitable"
! Year ! Award ! Nominated work ! Result |
1992
| European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor | {{win}} |
2011
| European Film Award for Best Actor | rowspan=2| Le Havre | {{nom}} |
2012
| Lumière Award for Best Actor | {{nom}} |
2015
| Trophees Francophones du Cinema for Best Supporting Actor | Pause | {{nom}} |
2021
| International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|André Wilms}}
- {{IMDb name|0932870|name=André Wilms}}
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Category:21st-century French male actors
Category:Male actors from Strasbourg
Category:French male television actors
Category:French male film actors
Category:French male stage actors
Category:French theatre directors
Category:Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Category:European Film Awards winners (people)
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