Édouard Baer
Also recorded as Edouard Baer
Édouard Baer

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- Born
- Édouard Baer was born on 1 December 1966. · Boulogne-Billancourt.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- actor · director · radio personality · screenwriter · film producer
- Fields
- acting
- Education
- Collège Stanislas de Paris · École alsacienne · Cours Florent
- Teachers
- Isabelle Nanty
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Grand prix du théâtre
- Languages
- French
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Key facts
Édouard Baer studied at Collège Stanislas de Paris, École alsacienne and Cours Florent. Training under Isabelle Nanty is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is acting. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Grand prix du théâtre.
• Name — Édouard Baer • Born — 1966 12 1 • Birthplace — Boulogne-Billancourt, France • Occupation — Actor, director, screenwriter, producer • Years Active — 1987–present Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality. 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. 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. 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
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 • 2 Alone in Paris — 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

Édouard Baer at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Edouard Baer à l'avant-première de "Astérix et Obélix au service de sa majesté"
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Édouard Baer was born at Boulogne-Billancourt.
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- 1.Pallister, Janis L. Francophone women film directors: a guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. 79–. 2005. 978-0-8386-4046-3.
- 2.Edouard Baer. IMDb.
- 3.SudOuest.fr. « Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre » : Alain Chabat dévoile l'intégralité du monologue d'Otis, 21 ans après. 2023-05-23. 1760-6454.
- 4.AlloCine. Edouard Baer. AlloCiné.
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