He started out as romantic hero full of beauty and talent in Girl with a Suitcase (1961) beside Claudia Cardinale. Director Valerio Zurlini engaged the talented young actor for his Family Portrait (1962) as Marcello Mastroianni's brother.
Jacques Perrin's longtime work with Director 'Constantin Costa-Gavras' started with Compartiment tueurs (1965) and Un uomo a metà (1966) in which he had played the sensible heroes.
For Costa-Gavras' Z (1969) he played a main part and was the producer.
Jacques Perrin has played often in famous romantic movies by Jacques Demy beside Catherine Deneuve and in social-critic-movies like Home Sweet Home (1973) beside Claude Jade, for which he was co-producer too with his Reggane Productions.
One of his memorable later roles is the adult Salvatore as movie-director in Cinema Paradiso (1988).
In Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) he plays the older Thomas. IMDb Mini Biography By: Porri
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