Jean Négroni

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-12-04 (85 years old)

Deathday

2005-05-28

Place of Birth

Constantine, Algeria, France

Jean Négroni

Biography

Jean Négroni (4 December 1920 – 28 May 2005) was a French actor and theatre director particularly known for his voice work, such as his role as the narrator in La Jetée (1962). Jean Négroni was educated in theater by Albert Camus, and was an early companion of Jean Vilar at the Théâtre National Populaire and at the Festival d'Avignon. Négroni founded the Maison des arts et de la culture de Créteil at Créteil in 1968, and was its director until 1978. Négroni's career was marked by his portrayal of Robespierre — first on an episode of the television program La caméra explore le temps, and later in the theater under the direction of Robert Hos...

Acting

1962

La Jetée

as Narrator (voice)

1976

1963

Short Memory

as Narrator

1953

Statues Also Die

as Narrator (voice)

1942

Strangers in the House

as (uncredited)

1965

Evariste Galois

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Her First Affair

as A college student (uncredited)

1946

Homeland

as Un officier espagnol (uncredited)

1987

Love Rites

as Narrator

1964

Bassae

as Narrator

1965

The Queen of Spades

as Comte de Saint-Germain

1961

Enclosure

as David Stein

1979

Noces de Sève

as Jérôme Capdevielle

1964

From a Distant Gaze

as Narrator (voice)

1960

Le Sourire

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

1983

Gramps Is in the Resistance

as Le narrateur (voice)

1979

I... For Icarus

as Carlos de Palma

1965

Ohrid Express

as Narrator (voice)

1969

God Chose Paris

as Narrator (voice)

1959

The Devil's Pass

as Narrateur

1961

June 10, 1944

as Narrateur

1968

Les enfants de Néant

as Reciter (voice)

1965

1980

Dangerous liaisons

as Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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