Jean Piat
{{Short description|French actor and writer}}
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{{More citations needed|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jean Piat
| image = Jean PIAT avant sa représentation de "la maison du lac" en octobre 2008.jpg
| caption = Piat in October 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|09|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lannoy, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|9|18|1924|9|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| othername =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1947–2017
| spouse = Françoise Engel
| children = Dominique and Martine
}}
Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.
Life
Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000580150 Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur] and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,{{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nominations-ou-promotions-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2010 |title=Arrêté du 23 juillet 2010 portant nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres |access-date=19 September 2018 |archive-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030652/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nominations-ou-promotions-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2010 |url-status=dead }} and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite.[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000024795825 Décret du 14 novembre 2011] He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course.
He died on 18 September 2018, at age 93, of a heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday.[http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/09/19/03004-20180919ARTFIG00002-jean-piat-mort-d-un-roi.php Jean Piat, mort d'un roi] {{in lang|fr}}
Theater
=Roles in the Comédie-Française=
- Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan)
- Man of LaMancha (Don Quixote)
- Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano
- Pierre Beaumarchais's The Barber of Seville (Figaro)
- Molière's The Miser (La Flèche)
- Eugène Marin Labiche's The Voyage of Mister Perrichon (Daniel Savary, Joseph)
- Pierre de Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (Pasquin)
- William Shakespeare's Othello (Gentleman)
- William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Amiens)
- William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio)
- Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Covielle)
Filmography
=Acting=
- 1947: Rouletabille joue et gagne as Joseph Rouletabille
- 1948: The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville
- 1948: Rouletabille contre la dame de pique as Joseph Rouletabille
- 1951: Clara de Montargis as Jean Claude
- 1953: The Porter from Maxim's as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
- 1955: Napoléon as Junot (uncredited)
- 1958: Le bourgeois gentilhomme as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile
- 1959: Le mariage de Figaro as Figaro
- 1961: Les moutons de Panurge as Serge
- 1967: Lagardère (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes) as Henri de Lagardère
- 1968: {{ill|Tower of Screaming Virgins|de|Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe}} as Bouridan
- 1969: The Milky Way (La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist
- 1970: Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand
- 1972-1973: Les Rois maudits (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois
- 1974: La rivale as Pierre
- 1979: Ciao, les mecs as L'avocat
- 1999: A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian (voice)
- 2003: Kaena: The Prophecy as Le grand prêtre (voice)
- 2007: Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure as Spike Goodfellow (voice)
=Voice acting=
- Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole))
- Kaena: The Prophecy (Grand Priest (Gary Martin))
- The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons))
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay))
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen))
- The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen))
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071210071004/http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/biographies/piat.htm Jean Piat's roles at the Comédie-Française]
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Category:French male film actors
Category:French male stage actors
Category:Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
Category:French male voice actors
Category:People from Nord (French department)
Category:Male actors from Hauts-de-France
Category:French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
Category:Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
Category:Officers of the Legion of Honour