Richard Berry (actor)
{{Short description|French actor (born 1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Richard Berry
| image = Richard Berry 2015.jpg
| caption = Berry in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|7|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor
Film director
Screenwriter
| years_active = 1972–present
| children = 3
}}
Richard Berry (born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2979/year/1994.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Violin Player |access-date=29 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}
Personal life
He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984. The couple divorced in 1986. With his former wife Jessica Forde, a photographer and actress, he has a daughter, actress {{ill|Joséphine Berry|fr|Joséphine Berry}}, born in 1992.
Since 2009, he has been in a relationship with actress Pascale Louange, with whom he has a daughter, born in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.puretrend.com/article/richard-berrry-pascale-louange-marie-berry-les-femmes-de-sa-vie_a113769/1|title=Richard Berry : Pascale Louange, Marie Berry... les femmes de sa vie |work=Pure Trend}}
In 2005, he made headlines for donating one of his kidneys to his sister Marie Berry, who was born with Alport syndrome, a genetic kidney disease.
His brother, Philippe Berry, is a sculptor and the former husband of actress Josiane Balasko.
=Allegations of sexual abuse=
On 2 February 2021, it was revealed that Berry's daughter Coline had recently filed a complaint with Paris prosecutors alleging incest and sexual abuse by Berry. In a story on his Instagram account, Berry claimed Coline made the allegation for the first time seven years prior, writing: "As I announced to my family (in 2014) that my wife and I were expecting a child, Coline, herself pregnant, reacted with extreme violence, then, in an email sent to my wife, she for the first time alluded to the fact that she [had] been 'abused.'"{{cite web |title='Accused of incest by his daughter, Richard Berry denies" |url=https://www.en24news.com/e/2021/02/society-accused-of-incest-by-his-daughter-richard-berry-denies.html |website=24 Hours News (English Edition) |access-date=2 February 2021}}
Selected filmography
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! Year ! Title ! width=65 |Director ! width=65 |Writer ! Notes |
| 1994
| 3000 scénarios contre un virus | {{yes}} | |Segment: "Préservatif, une preuve d'amour" |
| 2001
| L'Art (délicat) de la séduction | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2003
| I, Cesar | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2005
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2010
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2014
| L'Esprit de famille | | {{yes}} | Telefilm; original idea |
| 2015
| Nos femmes | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2016
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
Acting credits
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- Mon premier amour (1978)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Un assassin qui passe|fr}} (1981)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Le Grand Pardon|fr}} (1982)
- Une chambre en ville (1982)
- La Balance (1982)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|L'Addition|fr}} (1984)
- La Garce (1984)
- {{ill|Urgence (1985 film)|fr|3=Urgence (film)|lt=Urgence}} (1985)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Spécial Police|fr|3=Spécial Police (film)|lt=Spécial Police}} (1985)
- Honeymoon (1985)
- A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
- Migrations (1988)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|L'union sacrée (1989 film)|fr|3=L'union sacrée|lt=L'union sacrée}} (1989)
- Mayrig (narrator)
- L'entraînement du champion avant la course (1991)
- Pour Sacha (1991)
- Shadows of the Past (1991)
- My Life Is Hell (1991)
- Day of Atonement (1992)
- 588 rue paradis (1992)
- Le Petit prince a dit (1992)
- The Violin Player (1994)
- L'Appât (1995)
- Adultery: A User's Guide (1995)
- Pédale douce (1996)
- Les Agneaux (1996)
- Un grand cri d'amour (1998)
- Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999)
- Les gens qui s'aiment (1999)
- 15 August (2001)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Entre chiens et loups|fr|3=Entre chiens et loups (film)|lt=Break of Dawn}} (2002)
- If I Were a Rich Man (2002)
- Tais-toi ! (2003)
- La Boîte noire (2005)
- L'emmerdeur (2008)
- Cliente (2008)
- 22 Bullets (2010)
- Nos femmes (2015)
- The Origin of Violence (2016)
- Tout, tout de suite (2016)
- Number One (2017)
- Eva (2018)
- To Each, Her Own (2018)
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Richard Berry}}
- {{IMDb name|0006939|Richard Berry}}
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Category:French male film actors
Category:French film directors
Category:French male screenwriters
Category:Male actors from Paris
Category:20th-century French male actors
Category:21st-century French male actors
Category:Troupe of the Comédie-Française