Richard Berry

Richard Berry (; born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

Personal life He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984. The couple divorced in 1986.

In 2005, he made headlines for donating one of his kidneys to his sister Marie Berry, who was born with Alport syndrome, a genetic kidney disease.

Selected filmography Year TitleDirectorWriter Notes 1994 3000 scénarios contre un virus Segment: "Préservatif, une preuve d'amour" 2001 L'Art (délicat) de la séduction 2003 I, Cesar 2005 La Boîte noire 2010 22 Bullets 2014 L'Esprit de famille Telefilm; original idea 2015 Nos femmes 2016 Tout, tout de suite

Acting credits

Mon premier amour (1978) (1981) (1982) Une chambre en ville (1982) La Balance (1982) (1984) La Garce (1984) (1985) (1985) Honeymoon (1985) A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986) Migrations (1988) (1989) Mayrig (narrator) L'entraînement du champion avant la course (1991) Pour Sacha (1991) Shadows of the Past (1991) My Life Is Hell (1991) Day of Atonement (1992) 588 rue paradis (1992) Le Petit prince a dit (1992) The Violin Player (1994) L'Appât (1995) Adultery: A User's Guide (1995) Pédale douce (1996) Les Agneaux (1996) Un grand cri d'amour (1998) Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999) Les gens qui s'aiment (1999) 15 August (2001) (2002) If I Were a Rich Man (2002) Tais-toi ! (2003) La Boîte noire (2005) L'emmerdeur (2008) Cliente (2008) 22 Bullets (2010) Nos femmes (2015) The Origin of Violence (2016) Tout, tout de suite (2016) Number One (2017) Eva (2018) To Each, Her Own (2018)