Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer
Édouard Baer in 2018 at the Cabourg Film Festival.
Born (1966-12-01) 1 December 1966 (age 57)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupation(s)Actor, director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1987–present

Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality.[1][2]

In 2001, Edouard Baer played the Egyptian scribe Otis in Alain Chabat's hit comedy Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Baer's character became a cult figure.[3] The same year, he won the Molière for the male theatrical revelation 2001 for his role in the play Cravate club, written by Fabrice Roger-Lacan and directed by Isabelle Nanty.[4]

In 2009, he participated in the French television programme Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.

Theatre

Year Title Author Director Notes
1997 Le Goût de la hiérarchie Édouard Baer Édouard Baer
2000–2001 Cravate club Fabrice Roger-Lacan Isabelle Nanty Molière Award for Best Male Newcomer
2002–2004 Le Grand Mezze Édouard Baer & François Rollin Édouard Baer & François Rollin
2006 La Folle et Véritable Vie de Luigi Prizzoti Édouard Baer Édouard Baer Globe de Cristal Award for Best One Man Show
2007–2008 Looking for Mr Castang Édouard Baer Édouard Baer
2008–2010 Un pedigree Patrick Modiano Édouard Baer
2009–2010 Miam Miam Édouard Baer Édouard Baer Globe de Cristal Award for Best Play
Nominated – Molière Award for Best Comedy
2012–2013 À la française Édouard Baer Édouard Baer
2014–2016 La Porte à côté Fabrice Roger-Lacan Bernard Murat
2016 Un pedigree Patrick Modiano Édouard Baer
2021 Les élucubrations d'un homme soudain frappé par la grâce Édouard Baer Édouard Baer

Filmography

Actor

Year Title Role Director Notes
1989 Tribunal Antoine Marin Dominique Masson TV series (1 episode)
1994 La folie douce Edouard Frédéric Jardin
Parlez après le signal sonore Olivier Jahan Short
1995 Raï Thomas Gilou
Fast The second boy-friend Dante Desarthe
1996 The Apartment Theater Actor Gilles Mimouni
Caméléone The art critic Benoît Cohen
Velvet 99 Velvet 99 Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel Short
15 sans billets Samuel Tasinaje Short
Coeur de cible Cyril Maury Laurent Heynemann TV movie
1997 Héroïnes Francis Gérard Krawczyk
Qui va Pino va sano Robert Fontrobert Fabrice Roger-Lacan Short
L'agence Lambert Michael Lambert Etienne Labroue TV series (1 episode)
1999 Terror Firmer French Cool Cat Lloyd Kaufman
Rien sur Robert Alain de Xantras Pascal Bonitzer
Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne Various Édouard Baer TV Short
2000 La bostella Edouard Édouard Baer
Les frères Soeur Blaise Frédéric Jardin
La chambre des magiciennes Simon Claude Miller TV movie
2001 Alias Betty Alex Basato Claude Miller Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor
God Is Great and I'm Not François Pascale Bailly
Demain et tous les jours après Bruno Bernard Stora TV movie
La cape et l'épée The minstrel Bernard Faroux TV series (1 episode)
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Otis Alain Chabat
Cravate club Adrien Frédéric Jardin
Edouard est marrant Edouard Baer Riton Liebman Short
Jean Moulin A motorcycle Yves Boisset TV movie
2003 The Car Keys Himself Laurent Baffie
Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) Louis Le Bison Isabelle Nanty
Tournez la page Sophie Leys Short
Kelif et Deutsch à la recherche d'un emploi Frédéric Berthe TV series (1 episode)
2004 The Story of My Life Raphaël Jullian Laurent Tirard
À boire Pierre-Marie Archambault Marion Vernoux
Double zéro The male Gérard Pirès
Milady Viscount of Wardes Josée Dayan TV movie
2005 How Much Do You Love Me? The upset man Bertrand Blier
Akoibon Daniel Stain Édouard Baer
2006 Les Brigades du Tigre Inspector Pujol Jérôme Cornuau
Je pense à vous Hermann Pascal Bonitzer
2007 A Girl Cut in Two Edouard Claude Chabrol
Molière Dorante Laurent Tirard
J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster Gino Samuel Benchetrit
Crosse The drunk guy Liova Jedlicki Short
2008 Passe-passe Darry Marzouki Tonie Marshall
Seuls Two The priest Ramzy Bedia & Eric Judor
Un monde à nous Marc Frédéric Balekdjian
2009 Wild Grass The narrator Alain Resnais
The Barons Jacques Nabil Ben Yadir
2010 An Ordinary Execution Vassilli Marc Dugain
Mon pote Victor Gallien Marc Esposito
HH, Hitler à Hollywood Edouard Baer Frédéric Sojcher
Le grand restaurant A client Gérard Pullicino TV movie
2011 Chicken with Plums Azraël Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
2012 Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia Asterix Laurent Tirard
2013 Cupcakes Édouard Eytan Fox
Turf Freddy Fabien Onteniente
Le grand retournement The trader Gérard Mordillat
Les invincibles Stéphane Darcy Frédéric Berthe
2015 Phantom Boy Alex Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol
Encore heureux Sam Ogiel Benoît Graffin
2016 Open at Night Luigi Édouard Baer
2018 Mademoiselle de Joncquières Marquis des Arcis Emmanuel Mouret Nominated – César Award for Best Actor
2018 Raoul Taburin Hervé Figougne Pierre Godeau
2018 C'est quoi ton nom Edouard Emilie Barbault, Sarah Barbault TV series
2019 Black Snake: La légende du serpent noir Henry Thouvenel Thomas N'Gijol, Karole Rocher
2019 La lutte des classes Paul Clément Michel Leclerc
2019 Astro Kid Buck (voice) Éric Tosti
2019 Polina i tayemnyzia kinostudiyi Chemist Olias Barco
2020 How to Be a Good Wife André Grunvald Martin Provost
2020 Capitaine Marleau Josée Dayan TV series
2023 Adieu Paris Édouard Édouard Baer
Daaaaaalí! Salvador Dalí Quentin Dupieux
2024 All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués!) Victor Manon Briand

Filmmaker

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Nulle part ailleurs Writer TV series
1997 Qui va Pino va sano Short
L'agence Lambert TV series
1999 Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne Director & writer TV Short
2000 La bostella Director, writer & Delegate producer
Les frères Soeur Writer
2003 Le grand plongeoir Writer TV Mini-Series

References

  1. ^ Pallister, Janis L.; Hottell, Ruth A. (2005). Francophone women film directors: a guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-8386-4046-3. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Edouard Baer". IMDb. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ SudOuest.fr (23 May 2023). "« Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre » : Alain Chabat dévoile l'intégralité du monologue d'Otis, 21 ans après" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  4. ^ AlloCine. "Edouard Baer". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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