Jean Piat

Jean Piat studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix and Lycée Janson-de-Sailly. Training under Pierre Dux is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Broquette-Gonin prize.

• Name — Jean Piat • Born — 23 September 1924 • Birthplace — Lannoy, France • Died — 18 September 2018 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1947–2017 • Spouse — Françoise Engel • Children — Dominique and Martine

Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite. He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course. He died on 18 September 2018, at age 93, of a heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday.

• Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan) • Man of LaMancha (Don Quixote) • Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano • Pierre Beaumarchais's The Barber of Seville (Figaro) • Molière's The Miser (La Flèche) • Eugène Marin Labiche's The Voyage of Mister Perrichon (Daniel Savary, Joseph) • Pierre de Marivaux's Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (Pasquin) • William Shakespeare's Othello (Gentleman) • William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Amiens) • William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio) • Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Covielle)

• 1947: Rouletabille joue et gagne as Joseph Rouletabille • 1948: The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville • 1948: Rouletabille contre la dame de pique as Joseph Rouletabille • 1951: Clara de Montargis as Jean Claude • 1953: The Porter from Maxim's as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française) • 1955: Napoléon as Junot (uncredited) • 1958: Le bourgeois gentilhomme as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile • 1959: Le mariage de Figaro as Figaro • 1961: Les moutons de Panurge as Serge • 1967: Lagardère (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes) as Henri de Lagardère • 1968: Tower of Screaming Virgins as Bouridan • 1969: The Milky Way (La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist • 1970: Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand • 1972-1973: Les Rois maudits (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois • 1974: La rivale as Pierre • 1979: Ciao, les mecs as L'avocat • 1999: A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian (voice) • 2003: Kaena: The Prophecy as Le grand prêtre (voice) • 2007: Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure as Spike Goodfellow (voice)

• Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole)) • Kaena: The Prophecy (Grand Priest (Gary Martin)) • The Lion King (Scar (Jeremy Irons)) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay)) • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)) • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen)) • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen)) • The Golden Compass (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen)) • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)) • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)) • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))

Jean Piat is recorded as having studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix and Lycée Janson-de-Sailly.