Jacques Spiesser (born 7 June 1947) is a French actor. He stars as detective Simon Magellan in the television series Commissaire Magellan. which ran for six seasons in France.
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Biography
After having taken courses at the Conservatoire, he made his film debut in 1972 in Nina Companeez's Faustine et le bel été with Muriel Catala.
He is best known to English-speaking audiences for playing the role of Gilles in Priceless.
Filmography
Cinema
1972: Faustine et le bel été, directed by Nina Companeez
1973: R.A.S., directed by Yves Boisset
1974: The Man Who Sleeps, directed by Bernard Queysanne after Georges Perec
1974: The Irony of Chance, directed by Édouard Molinaro
1974: Stavisky, directed by Alain Resnais
1974: La Gifle, directed by Claude Pinoteau
1974: Section spéciale, directed by Costa-Gavras
1975: Serious as Pleasure, directed by Robert Benayoun
1975: Lumière, directed by Jeanne Moreau
1975: Le Petit Marcel, directed by Jacques Fansten
1976: Je suis Pierre Rivière, directed by Christine Lipinska
1976: La Victoire en chantant, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
1977: Le juge fayard, dit Le Shériff, directed by Yves Boisset
1982: La Truite, directed by Joseph Losey
1985: Folie suisse, directed by Christine Lipinska
1986: On a volé Charlie Spencer, directed by Francis Huster
1988: Baxter, directed by Jérôme Boivin with Lise Delamare
1989: Thick Skinned, directed by Patricia Mazuy
1989: L'Homme imaginé, directed by Patricia Bardon
1992: Tout ça... pour ça !, directed by Claude Lelouch with Fabrice Luchini
1996: Madame Jacques sur la Croisette, directed by Emmanuel Finkiel with Shulamit Adar
1998: Rembrandt, directed by Charles Matton with Klaus Maria Brandauer
1999: La Vie moderne, directed by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa with Isabelle Huppert
2000: De l'histoire ancienne, directed by Orso Miret with Yann Goven
2000: Après la réconciliation, directed by Anne-Marie Miéville with Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard
2001: C'est la vie, directed by Jean-Pierre Améris with Jacques Dutronc
2002: Elle est des nôtres, directed by Siegrid Alnoy with Sasha Andres
2003: Je suis un assassin, directed by Thomas Vincent with François Cluzet
2003: San-Antonio, directed by Frédéric Auburtin with Gérard Lanvin
2005: Itinéraires, directed by Christophe Otzenberger
2006: Le Passager de l'été, directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin with Catherine Frot and Laura Smet
2006: A City Is Beautiful at Night, directed by Richard Bohringer with Richard Bohringer
2006: Hors de prix, directed by Pierre Salvadori with Audrey Tautou et Gad Elmaleh
2006: My Best Friend, directed by Patrice Leconte with Daniel Auteuil and Dany Boon
2007: Écoute le temps (Fissures), directed by Alantė Kavaitė with Emilie, directed byquenne and Ludmila Mikaël
2007: Nos retrouvailles, directed by David Oelhoffen with Jacques Gamblin and Nicolas Giraud
2009: A Man and His Dog, directed by Francis Huster
2009: Coco, directed by Gad Elmaleh
2014: Le Dernier Diamant, directed by Éric Barbier with Bérénice Bejo and Yvan Attal
Television
1974: Le Pain noir, directed by Serge Moati (feuilleton télévisé)
1983: Diane Lanster, directed by Bernard Queysanne
1995: Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre, directed by Denys de La Patellière : le comte de Saint-Fiacre
1998: Victor Schoelcher, l'abolition, directed by Paul Vecchiali
1999: Dessine-moi un jouet : Raoul Monge
2004: Nature contre nature : M. Lorieux
2005: Zodiaque : Maître Etienne Lefort
2005: La Belle et le sauvage : Le commissaire Perrault
2005: Les Rois maudits : Charles, Count of Valois
2006: Chasse à l'homme avec Richard Berry
2007: Le Vrai coupable, directed by Francis Huster
2007: Le Lien, directed by Denis Malleval
2007: Sous les vents de Neptune, directed by Josée Dayan: Adrien Danglard
2009: L'Homme aux cercles bleus, directed by Josée Dayan
2009: Mourir d'aimer, directed by Josée Dayan
2009: Jusqu'à l'enfer, directed by Denis Malleval
2009–2016: Commissaire Magellan: Commissaire Simon Magellan
Theatre
Comedian
1985: Le Cid, directed by Corneille, mise en scène Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault
1987: Dom Juan, directed by Molière, mise en scène Francis Huster, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault
1992: Suite royale d’après Crébillon fils et Denis Diderot, mise en scène Francis Huster, Théâtre Marigny
1993: Le Cid, directed by Corneille, mise en scène Francis Huster
1998: Flip !, directed by Tom Rooney, mise en scène Roger Mirmont, Théâtre Fontaine
Metteur en scène
1986: Diderot et l'abbé Barthélémy after Denis Diderot, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault