Richard Berry

Personal Info

Birthday

July 31, 1950

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Richard Élie Benguigui

Richard Berry

Biography

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. He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984.

Known For

At Theatre Tonight

22 Bullets

The Valet

Ruby & Quentin

Resistance

Corto Maltese

Eva

August 15th

Filmography

2025
La Tournée
as Grégory Laurent
2024
Spirale
as Lenny
2019
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
as Maître Damien Turenne
2018
To Each, Her Own
as Norbert Benloulou
Eva
as Régis Grant
2017
Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll
as Narrator (voice)
Number One
as Jean Beaumel
Murder in Lille
as Commissaire François Dubois
2016
Father Son Therapy
as Jacques Laroche
The Origin of Violence
as Adrien Fabre (2014)
Everything Now
as Daniel Halimi
2015
Our Women
as Max
2014
Family Business
as Professeur Antoine Legendre
2013
Before the Winter Chill
as Gérard
Silences d'état
as Jacques Rohmerieu
Rue Mandar
as Charles
2012
Le Début de la fin
as Alain Bauman
2011
The Great Restaurant II
as A man from the “absurd locker room”
D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)
The Marquis
as Quentin Tasseau
2010
22 Bullets
as Aurelio Rampoli
2009
The Life Coach
as Maximilien Chêne
2008
A French Gigolo
as Lucas
Une suite pour 2
as Laurent Rozier
Crossfire
as Drieu
A Pain in the Ass
as Jean Milan / Ralf Milan
2007
Comme ton père
as Serge
In Love with Adolf Hitler
as Narrator (voice)
Please Don't Go
as Paul
2006
La Chasse à l'homme
as Lucien Aimé-Blanc
Red Needles
as Luc's father
The Valet
as Maître Foix
2004
Péril imminent: Mortel chahut
as Me David Marchal
L'Américain
as Le professeur d'anglais
Mon voisin du dessus
as Alain Gareda
2003
Corto Maltese - Autres aventures
as Corto Maltese
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Corto Maltese: The Celts
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Corto Maltese: The Guilded House of Samarkand
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Ruby & Quentin
as Commissioner Vernet
My Children Are Different
as Jean Debart
2002
If I Were a Rich Man
as Gérard dit Gégé
Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Break of Dawn
as Adrien
Corto Maltese and the Ethiopian
as Corto Maltese (FR)
Le nouveau Jean-Claude
as Luis
2001
Angel
as David Koskas
August 15th
as Max
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
as Jacques
2000
People Who Love Each Other
as Jean-Francois
1999
Quasimodo d'el Paris
as Serge Frollo
Une journée de merde !
as Marc Chanois
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
1998
Un grand cri d'amour
as Hugo Martial
1996
L'Enfant du secret
as St. Brieux
The Lambs
as Father
What a Drag
as Alexandre Hagutte
1995
Victor et François
as Roland
Le cavalier des nuages
as Joss
The World of Jacques Demy
as Self
Adultery (A User's Guide)
as Simon
Fresh Bait
as Alain
1994
Mutual Consent
as Romain
Tra noi due tutto è finito
as Daniele Fornari
The Violin Player
as Armand
1992
The Big Pardon 2
as Maurice Bettoun
And the Little Prince Said
as Adam Leibovich
588 rue Paradis
as Pierre Zakar
1991
My Life Is Hell
as Xavier Langsam
Mother
as Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Shadows of the Past
as Daniel
For Sasha
as Sacha
L'entraînement du champion avant la course
as Fabrice
1990
Comprarsi la vita
as Giorgio
C'est La Vie
as Michel
1989
Migrations II
as Aranđel Isaković
Modì
as Amedeo Modigliani
Migrations
as Aranđel
Brothers in Arms
as Karim Hamida
1987
Cayenne Palace
as Noël
Spiral
as Jérôme
1986
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
as Richard Berry
Taxi Boy
as Gerard Lepetit / Manuel del Castillo
Follow My Gaze
as The narrator
1985
Honeymoon
as Michel
Spécial police
as David Ackerman
Urgence
as Jean-Pierre Mougin
1984
The Bitch
as Lucien Sabatier
L'Addition
as Bruno Vinclert
1983
La trace
as Joseph
Le Grand Carnaval
as Rémy Castelli, le pilote d'avion, fils aîné de Léon
Le Jeune Marié
as Christian Chavasse aka Billy
1982
Le Crime d'amour
as Michel Naulet
La Balance
as Mathias Palouzi
A Room in Town
as François Guilbaud
The Big Pardon
as Maurice Beitoun
1981
L'homme fragile
as Henri Natange
An Assassin Passes By
as Jacques
1980
First Voyage
as Jean Decaze
Vive la mariée
as Bruno
1979
Love on the Run
as Petit Rôle (uncredited)
1978
Mon premier amour
as Richard
1974
The Slap
as Student (uncredited)
1973
Le bonheur des autres
as Le prince Djelal Eldine, neveu du sultant d'Urganie
1972
Repeated Absences
as Le collègue de la banque