Pierre Cassignard
Pierre Cassignard | |
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.jpg) Cassignard in 2017 | |
| Born | 19 December 1965 |
| Died | 20 December 2021 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–2021 |
Pierre Cassignard (19 December 1965 – 20 December 2021) was a French stage and screen actor.[1]
Early life
[edit]Pierre Cassignard was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande in Grionde, France, on 19 December 1965. In the early 1980s, he moved to Paris to study theater, but wound up working in a production a few days later. He landed his first role in the play House & Garden in 1987. Television and Film followed quickly when he was cast in the TV series Haute Tension in 1988.
Cassignard was well received. In 1996, he won the coveted Moliere for Best Actor in the Carlo Goldoni play The Venetian Twins. He was also nominated as Best Newcomer for the same role. A second Best Actor nomination came in 2005, again for a Carlo Goldoni play, the Mistress of the Inn.
Theater
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | House & Garden | Alan Ayckbourn | Stuart Seide | ||
| 1991 | Un pli | Daniel Mesguich | Daniel Mesguich | ||
| 1995 | L'Illusion Comique | Pierre Corneille | Arlette Téphany | ||
| Des jours entiers des nuits entières |
Xavier Durringer | Stéphanie Chévara | |||
| 1996 | The Venetian Twins | Carlo Goldoni | Gildas Bourdet | Molière Award for Best Actor Nominated - Molière Award for Best Newcomer | |
| 1997 | Bel Ami | Guy de Maupassant | Didier Long | ||
| 1999 | De si bons amis | Joe Penhall | Stéphan Meldegg | ||
| 2000 | On ne refait pas l’avenir | Anne-Marie Etienne | Anne-Marie Etienne | ||
| 2003 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Julie Brochen | ||
| 2004 | Three Days of Rain | Richard Greenberg | Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Desveaux | ||
| Devinez Qui ? Dix Petits Nègres |
Agatha Christie | Bernard Murat | |||
| 2005 | The Mistress of the Inn | Carlo Goldoni | Alain Sachs | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor | |
| 2006 | Adultères | Woody Allen | Benoît Lavigne | ||
| 2008 | Good Canary | Zach Helm | John Malkovich | ||
| Un couple idéal | Jean-Marie Besset | Jean-Luc Revol | |||
| 2010 | On purge bébé | Georges Feydeau | Gildas Bourdet (2) | ||
| The Lover | Harold Pinter | Didier Long (2) | |||
| Léonie est en avance | Georges Feydeau | Gildas Bourdet (3) | |||
| 2011 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Victorien Sardou | Alain Sachs (2) | ||
| 2012 | Festen | Thomas Vinterberg | Daniel Benoin | ||
| Le kiné de Carcassonne | Jean-Marie Besset | Gilbert Désveaux (2) | [2] | ||
| 2013 | The Elephant Song | Nicolas Billon | Bruno Dupuis | [3] | |
| 2013-14 | Hollywood | Ron Hutchinson | Daniel Colas | ||
| 2015-16 | Un amour qui ne finit pas | André Roussin | Michel Fau | ||
| 2016 | Darius | Jean-Benoît Patricot | Anne Bouvier |
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Haute Tension | Nicolas | Patrick Dromgoole | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1990 | Le provincial | Pierre | Christian Gion | |
| 1994 | Maigret | Henri | David Delrieux | TV series (1 episode) |
| Les Cordier, juge et flic | Vincent | Alain Bonnot | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1995 | A French Woman | Inspector | Régis Wargnier | |
| 1996 | Un week-end en Bourgogne | Simon | Alain Bonnot (2) | TV movie |
| Combats de femme | Cyril | Laurent Jaoui | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1997 | Seventh Heaven | Etienne | Benoît Jacquot | |
| Vive la république | Éric Rochant | |||
| Viens jouer dans la cour des grands | Antony | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| Une soupe aux herbes sauvages | Rodolphe | Alain Bonnot (3) | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Deux flics | Antoine Achard | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1999 | Tôt ou tard | Julien | Anne-Marie Etienne | |
| Le sourire du clown | The violent man | Éric Besnard | ||
| 2000 | Passion assassine | Eric | Didier Delaître | TV movie |
| Jeanne, Marie et les autres | Auguste | Jacques Renard | TV movie | |
| 2001 | De toute urgence | Martin | Philippe Triboit | TV movie |
| Agathe et le grand magasin | Deboz | Bertrand Arthuys | TV movie | |
| Les ex font la loi | Guillaume | Philippe Triboit (2) | TV movie | |
| 2002 | Vivante | Louis | Sandrine Ray | |
| L'héritière | Pierre Valec | Bernard Rapp | TV movie | |
| La torpille | Thierry Dalbi | Luc Boland | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré | Thierry Molinaro | Jean-Marc Moutout | |
| La bastide bleue | Vincent Rivière | Benoît d'Aubert | TV movie | |
| Il court, il court, le furet... | Pierre | Didier Grousset | TV movie | |
| Le Don fait à Catchaires | Moshé Rosenberg | William Gotesman | TV movie | |
| Faux frères, vrais jumeaux | Alexandre & Jérôme Maricacci | Daniel Losset | TV movie | |
| Droit d'asile | Paul | Jean Marboeuf | TV movie | |
| L'adorable femme des neiges | François Marquand | Jean-Marc Vervoort | TV movie | |
| Les Cordier, juge et flic | Julien Le Floch | Michaëla Watteaux | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2005 | Russian Dolls | Platane | Cédric Klapisch | |
| Tout pour plaire | Benoit | Cécile Telerman | ||
| Joséphine, ange gardien | Antoine | Sylvie Ayme | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Vérité oblige | Denis Servat | Dominique Ladoge | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2006 | Le proc | David Chauvot | Jean-Marc Seban | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | J'aurais voulu être un danseur | Guy | Alain Berliner | |
| Demandez la permission aux enfants | David | Eric Civanyan | ||
| Un juge sous influence | Raoul Duval | Jean Marboeuf (2) | TV movie | |
| The Mistress of the Inn | Knight of Ripafratta | Patrick Czaplinski | TV movie | |
| 2008 | A Man and His Dog | Jean-Luc | Francis Huster | |
| Roue de secours | Laurent / Laurence Ribouche | Williams Crépin | TV movie | |
| L'affaire Finaly | Moïse Keller | Fabrice Genestal | TV movie | |
| Scénarios contre les discriminations | The real estate | Artus de Penguern | TV series (1 episode) | |
| La cour des grands | Bertrand Clavery | Christophe Barraud | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2009 | Les tricheurs | Christian Fournier | Benoît d'Aubert (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Le grand restaurant | A Client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| Notre Dame des Barjots | Marc | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie | |
| Empreintes criminelles | Julien Valour | Christian Bonnet | TV series (6 episodes) [4] | |
| 2011 | The Conquest | Frédéric Lefebvre | Xavier Durringer | [5] |
| Jeanne Devère | Pascal Pia | Marcel Bluwal | TV movie | |
| Boulevard du Palais | Jean Mathieu | Christian Bonnet (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2012 | Eléonore, l'intrépide | Tristan | Ivan Calbérac | TV movie |
| Je retourne chez ma mère | François | Williams Crépin (2) | TV movie | |
| Toussaint Louverture | Étienne de Laveaux | Philippe Niang | TV mini-series | |
| Chambre 327 | Romain Dechassey | Benoît d'Aubert (3) | TV mini-series | |
| 2013 | Interdits d'enfants | Antoine | Jacques Renard (2) | TV movie |
| 2015 | The Student and Mister Henri | Ivan Calbérac (2) | ||
| Stavisky, l'escroc du siècle | Guillaume Faure | Claude-Michel Rome | TV movie | |
| Murders at Étretat | Pierre Vergnault | Laurence Katrian | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Le sang de la vigne | Jérémie Casenove | Régis Musset | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2016 | Section de recherches | Stanislas Meyer | Jean-Marc Thérin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2017 | The law of Pauline | Christophe | Philippe Venault | TV movie |
Death
[edit]Monsieur Cassignard suffered from cancer prior to his death. He died on 20 December 2021, just one day after his 56th birthday.
References
[edit]- ^ "Le comédien Pierre Cassignard est mort". actu.fr. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Simon, Nathalie (5 September 2013). "De Shakespeare à Françoise Dorin". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Akaiz, Boussayna (25 March 2011). ""Empreintes Criminelles" débarque (enfin) sur France 2". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (18 May 2011). "The Conquest". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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