Gilles Béhat

Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor.

Biography Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: L'Hercule sur la place.

As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes.

He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in L'Hercule sur la place and Charles IV le Bel in Les Rois maudits (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film Elle court, elle court la banlieue, Jean Yanne's 1972 film Chobizenesse and Bernard Paul's 1975 film Beau Masque.

As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film Rue barbare. Several of his subsequent films, including Dancing Machine starring Alain Delon, were relative commercial failures. He then turned to television, where he directed series for TF1, France 2 and Canal+ in the 1990s.

In 2008, he returned to cinema, directing Diamant 13; a noir starring Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal and Asia Argento.

Filmography

Cinema

As actor

1970 : L'Hercule sur la place (as Pierre Vignaud) 1970: Elle court, elle court la banlieue 1973: Les valets clos 1975: Les Noces de Porcelaine 1975: Beau Masque 1976 : Le Tigre du ciel

As director

1973: Demain Matin (short, also actor) 1974: La Couleur de la Mer (short) 1978 : Haro! 1981 : Putain d'histoire d'amour 1984 : Rue barbare 1985 : Urgence 1986 : Charlie Dingo 1986 : Les Longs Manteaux 1988 : Le Manteau de Saint-Martin 1990 : Dancing Machine 1991 : Le Vent de la Toussaint 1994 : Le Cavalier des nuages 2009 : Diamant 13

Television

As actor

1971 : La Dame de Montsoreau (as Epernon) 1972 : Les Boussardel 1972 : Les Rois maudits, de Claude Barma (as Charles IV le Bel) 1972 : Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret : Maigret en meublé (as Van Damme) 1974 : La Cloche tibétaine (as Victor Point) 1977 : Un juge, un flic: (episode: Flambant neuf)

As director

1995 : L'Auberge de la Jamaïque 1996 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Le petit juge) 1996 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: La mémoire blessée) 1997 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Boulot de flic) 1997 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Le petit frère) 1997 : Julie Lescaut (episode: Interdit au public) 1997 : Un enfant au soleil 1998 : Julie Lescaut (episode: Bal masqué) 1999 : Une femme d'honneur (episode: Bébés volés) 2000 : Une mère en colère 2001 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Saut périlleux) 2002 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Otages) 2003 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Adieu mulet) 2004 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (episode: Faux départ) 2004 : Père et Maire (episode: Entre père et mère) 2005: Père et Maire (episode: Les liens du cœur) 2006: Père et Maire (episode: Retour de flammes) 2004 : Alex Santana, négociateur 2007 : Paris, enquêtes criminelles (episodes: Requiem pour un assassin, Fantome, Le Serment, Scalpel) 2007: Commissaire Cordier (episode: Redemption) 2008: R.I.S. Police scientifique (episodes: Jugement dernier, Eaux profondes)