Jacques Sereys

Jacques Sereys (2 June 1928 – 1 January 2023) was a French actor and theatre director.

Biography Raised by a single mother who worked as an embroiderer, Sereys grew up in Marseille. He began to make money at the age of 14 while working for Crédit Lyonnais. In 1951, he was admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and attended classes taught by Henri Rollan. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1955, first as an associate before becoming a sociétaire in 1959.

In 1964, Sereys left the Comédie-Française to devote himself to boulevard theatre, a period in which he met the likes of Jacques Charon and Robert Hirsch. However, he returned to the Comédie-Française in 1977 and regained his membership in 1979.

Sereys died on 1 January 2023, at the age of 94.

Filmography (1956) (1962) The Fire Within (1963) La Chamade (1968) A Season in Hell (1971) Murmur of the Heart (1971) Le Gang (1977) The Savage State (1977) A Simple Story (1978) I as in Icarus (1979) (1980) Le Bon Plaisir (1984) (1984) (1986) (1988) (1990) L'Opération Corned-Beef (1991) The Horseman on the Roof (1995) Kings for a Day (1997) On Guard (1997) Chouchou (2003) Towards Zero (2007) Disco (2008)