Daniel Prévost

Daniel Prévost (; born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.

Early life

Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie region), a fact which he did not discover until later life.

Personal life He is the father of actors Sören Prévost, Erling Prévost and Christophe Prévost.

Career After attending drama school in Paris, Prévost made his theatre début alongside the likes of Michel Serrault in Un certain M. Blot. In his early beginnings he both performed alongside Boby Lapointe and became acquainted with Jean Yanne, later becoming one of the latter's favourite actors.

Although his television and cinema career began in the 1960s, it was in the 1970s that he found fame through Jacques Martin's satirical news programme Le petit rapporteur, the part for which he is best known.

He excelled as an evilly leering tax inspector – "he'd audit his own mother" in Francis Veber's 1998 comedy Le Dîner de Cons for which he won the César Award for best supporting actor.

Filmography

Theater Year Title Author Director Notes 1961 The Bungler Molière Jean Meyer Théâtre du Palais-Royal Le Dépit amoureux Molière Jean Meyer (2) Théâtre du Palais-Royal Un certain monsieur Blot Robert Rocca René Dupuy Théâtre Gramont 1962 Les Femmes Savantes Molière Jean Meyer (3) Théâtre du Palais-Royal 1966 Lysistrata Aristophanes Gérard Vergez Théâtre Édouard VII 1971–72 La Main passe Georges Feydeau Pierre Mondy Théâtre Marigny 1972 Duos sur canapé Marc Camoletti Marc Camoletti Théâtre Michel 1976 Attends-moi pour commencer Joyce Rayburn Michel Roux Théâtre Édouard VII 1977 Grandeur et Misère Marcel Barju Pierre Vielhescaze & Claude Kolton Théâtre Fontaine 1979 Venez nombreux Daniel Prévost Daniel Prévost Théâtre des 400 coups 1980 On dînera au lit Marc Camoletti Marc Camoletti (2) Théâtre Michel Décibel Julien Vartet Max Fournel Théâtre Marigny 1982 La Galipette E. Barrett Robert Manuel Théâtre Marigny 1984 La Pomme Louis Verneuil & Georges Berr René Dupuy (2) Théâtre Marigny 1985–86 La Prise de Berg-Op-Zoom Sacha Guitry Jean Meyer (4) Théâtre des Nouveautés 1987–88 The Odd Couple Neil Simon Jean-Luc Moreau Théâtre des Célestins 1989 Duos sur canapé Marc Camoletti Marc Camoletti (3) Théâtre Michel 1990 Vite une femme Daniel Prévost Jean-Luc Moreau (2) Théâtre Michel 1991 Déconnage immédiat Daniel Prévost Daniel Prévost (2) Grand Théâtre d'Edgar 1993 La Frousse Julien Vartet Raymond Acquaviva Théâtre Édouard VII 1996 The Miser Molière Christophe Correia Théâtre de Boulogne-Billancourt 2000 Show Business George Huang Thomas Langmann Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 2002 Sodome et Virginie Daniel Prévost Daniel Prévost (3) Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 2005 Être ou ne pas être Daniel Prévost Daniel Prévost Sorën Prévost Tour 2008 Fédérico, l'Espagne et moi Daniel Prévost Erling Prévost Tour 2014–15 The Star-Spangled Girl Neil Simon Pierre Laville Théâtre Saint-Georges