Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques Bonnaffé (born 22 June 1958) is a French actor and stage director. He has appeared in more than ninety films since 1980.

Debut Jacques Bonnaffé was formed at the Lille Conservatory after his high school years in Douai (North) where he practiced amateur theater.

At 20, he started in the film Anthracite directed by Édouard Niermans.

In 1995, he is the French voice of actor Kevin Spacey in the film The Usual Suspects.

He is also dedicated to poetry and readings of Arthur Rimbaud, Jules Mousseron or other authors such as Ludovic Janvier, Valérie Rouzeau, Jacques Darras or Jean-Pierre Verheggen. He directs plays with contemporary authors like Joseph Danan, Jean-Christophe Bailly in Nature loves to hide. Since September 2015 he is everyday on France Culture for his column "Jacques Bonnaffé read Poetry".

Theater

Filmography

Awards and nominations

César Award

Year Award Film Result1986 Most Promising Actor La tentation d'Isabelle 1990 Best Supporting Actor Baptême

Molière Award

Year Award Film Result1991 Best Supporting Actor La Fonction 2009 Best Company L'Oral et Hardi Best Actor

Audio books He also recorded several audio books:

Discourse on the Method by René Descartes (2003) Gargantua by François Rabelais (2004) La main coupée by Blaise Cendrars (2005) L'Oral et Hardi by Jean-Pierre Verheggen (2003) L'Oral et Hardi by Jean-Pierre Verheggen (2013), Camino Verde version