1. Jean-Marc Barr is best known for working on several films from Danish film director and frequent collaborator Lars von Trier since Europa.
13 Facts About Jean-Marc Barr
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Jean-Marc Barr was born in West Germany where his father was stationed, and lived an itinerant childhood.
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Jean-Marc Barr's family moved to France in 1968, then to California in 1974.
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Jean-Marc Barr's parents wished for him to join the armed forces, but he was unwilling to follow in his father's footsteps.
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Jean-Marc Barr studied philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, then at the Paris Conservatoire and the Sorbonne.
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Jean-Marc Barr moved to London to pursue an education in drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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In 1991, Jean-Marc Barr starred in Danish director Lars von Trier's Europa, marking the beginning of a long friendship as well as a significant professional relationship.
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Jean-Marc Barr went on to appear in von Trier's Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Manderlay, The Boss of It All and Nymphmaniac.
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Jean-Marc Barr debuted in 1999 as a director, screenwriter and producer with the intimate love story Lovers.
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In 1997, Jean-Marc Barr appeared in The Scarlet Tunic, produced by Zigi Kamasa.
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Jean-Marc Barr appeared as Hugo in The Red Siren in 2002 and played divorce lawyer Maitre Bertram in the 2003 Merchant Ivory film le Divorce.
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Jean-Marc Barr appeared as the titular character in the video for Blur's 1996 single, "Charmless Man".
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Jean-Marc Barr played author Jack Kerouac in the 2013 film adaptation of the Beat Generation autobiographical novel Big Sur.