Jacques Charrier
Jacques Charrier (6 November 1936 – 3 September 2025) was a French actor, film producer, painter and ceramist.
Jacques Charrier

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- Name
- Jacques Charrier
- Born
- 6 November 1936
- Birthplace
- Metz, Moselle, France
- Died
- 3 September 2025
- Place of death
- Saint-Malo, France
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Full name
- Jacques Joseph Henri Charrier.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- film, acting, film production and visual arts.
- Languages
- French.
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Jacques Charrier (6 November 1936 – 3 September 2025) was a French actor, film producer, painter and ceramist.
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• Name — Jacques Charrier • Born — 6 November 1936 • Birthplace — Metz, Moselle, France • Died — 3 September 2025 • Place of death — Saint-Malo, France • Occupation — * Actor • film producer • painter • ceramist • Children — 4
Early life and career
Early life and career
Charrier was born in Metz in 1936. His father, Joseph Jules Léon Charrier, was a career military officer. His mother was Marie Marguerite (Vullaume) Charrier. He first studied pottery at the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg. After several years, he moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. • Illustration — Director Gérard Oury and the actors Charrier (middle) and Franca Bettoia, during the filming of his film La Main chaude in Italy, 1959 In 1980 he returned to the School of Fine Arts, and went back to painting that was full of references to his two passions, travel and antiquity. His art work has been regularly exhibited in Paris, Geneva and San Francisco. With the publication of the memoirs of Brigitte Bardot, he found himself in the media spotlight. He sued for "violation of privacy", and was successful.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
• Illustration — Charrier and first wife Brigitte Bardot in 1960 In 1959, he married Brigitte Bardot; they had a son, Nicolas-Jacques (born on January 11, 1960). Nicolas-Jacques himself is the father of two daughters, Anna-Camilla and Théa-Joséphine, born in 1985 and 1990. Bardot and Charrier divorced in 1962. In 1964, he married France Louis-Dreyfus, of the Louis-Dreyfus family, with whom he had two daughters, Marie and Sophie, before divorcing in 1967. In 1982, he met his third wife Linda with whom he had one daughter. From 2009 until his death, he was married to Japanese artist Makiko Kumano. Charrier died on 3 September 2025, at the age of 88, in Saint-Malo, near where he had lived for 13 years.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1958 — Young Sinners — Bob • 1959 — Les Dragueurs — Freddy • Babette Goes to War — Lt. Gérard de Crécy-Lozère • 1960 — La Main chaude — Michel • 1961 — Tiro al piccione — Marco Laudato • 1962 — The Eye of Evil — Albin Mercier • Carmen di Trastevere — Antonio Lizzani • 1963 — À cause, à cause d'une femme — Remy Fertet • 1964 — Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise — Jean-Marc Dubreuil • Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc — Jean-Marc Dubreuil • 1966 — Marie Soleil — Axel • Living It Up — Jean-Loup Costa • 1967 — The Oldest Profession — Nick / John Demetrius • 1967 — An Evening in Paris — French man — Hindi Movie
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Jacques Charrier was recorded at birth as Jacques Joseph Henri Charrier. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Joseph Charrier and Marie Marguerite Vuillaume. He married Brigitte Bardot. One child is recorded: Nicolas-Jacques Charrier.
Identity
Identity
Jacques Charrier is recorded with the occupation film producer. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded as actor, film producer and painter.

L'actrice Brigitte Bardot avec son mari Jacques Charrier en 1960.
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Jacques Charrier pose en souriant et en regardant l'objectif, la tête légèrement penchée sur sa gauche. Il porte les cheveux chatain courts. Il est vêtu d'un veston noir, d'un gilet gris à col en V, d'une chemise blanche et d'une cravate sombre.
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Life and career
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1936
Jacques Charrier was born on 6 November 1936.
2025
Jacques Charrier died at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer.
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Metz.
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Saint-Briac-sur-Mer.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1677936: Jacques Charrier
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