Life and career

Richard was born in Valenciennes, Nord. He started his acting career at the theatre. He worked with Yves Robert on Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire and its sequel Le retour du grand blond; both these films were written by Francis Veber. Veber cast Richard while directing his own first feature film: Le Jouet. Veber and Richard had a long and successful partnership during the 1980s, highlighted by three comedies - La Chèvre, Les Compères and Les Fugitifs - which paired Richard with Gérard Depardieu. Richard again moved behind the camera to direct On peut toujours rêver (1991) and Droit dans le mur (1997).

In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation.

In 2006 the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema awarded him a lifetime achievement César.

In addition to being an actor and film director Pierre Richard is also a businessman. He owns the restaurant Au pied de chameau in Paris and a 20-hectare vineyard in Southern France which produces some 80,000 bottles a year, including some 12,000 bottles of rosé labelled as le Bel Évêque.

If he is not overseeing his wine business on location, he lives in Paris. He used to live for many years on a barge on the Seine in the center of Paris. His two sons are musicians: Olivier is a group member of "Blues trottoir" and plays the saxophone whereas Christophe plays the double bass. His grandson, Arthur Defays, is a model and a young actor.

The Académie André Delvaux awarded him the Honorary Magritte Award at the 5th Magritte Awards.

Filmography

Cinema

Year	Title	Role	Director
1958	Les Amants de Montparnasse	uncredited	Jacques Becker
1967	Alexandre le bienheureux	Colibert	Yves Robert
	Un idiot à Paris (fr)	a policeman	Serge Korber
1968	La Prisonnière (fr)	uncredited	Henri-Georges Clouzot
1970	Le Distrait (Absent-minded aka. The Daydreamer)	Pierre Malaquet	Pierre Richard
	Trois hommes sur un cheval (fr)	the painter	Marcel Moussy
1971	La Coqueluche (fr)	Pierre	Christian-Paul Arrighi
1972	Les malheurs d'Alfred	Alfred Dhumonttiey	Pierre Richard
	Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire	François Perrin	Yves Robert
1973	La raison du plus fou (fr)	the learner	Raymond Devos and François Reichenbach
	Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout (fr)	Pierre Gastié-Leroy	Pierre Richard
1974	Juliette et Juliette (fr)	Bob Rozenec	Remo Forlani
	Un nuage entre les dents (fr)	Prévot	Marco Pico (fr)
	La moutarde me monte au nez (Lucky Pierre)	Pierre Durois	Claude Zidi
	Le retour du grand blond	François Perrin	Yves Robert
1975	Trop c'est trop	cameo appearance	Didier Kaminka (fr)
	La Course à l'échalote	Pierre Vidal	Claude Zidi
1976	On aura tout vu ! (fr)	François Perrin	Georges Lautner
	Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue (fr)	Jean-Arthur Bonaventure	Jacques Rozier
	Le Jouet (The Toy)	François Perrin	Francis Veber
1978	Je suis timide... mais je me soigne (fr)	Pierre Renaud	Pierre Richard
	La Carapate	Jean-Philippe Duroc	Gérard Oury
1980	C'est pas moi, c'est lui	Pierre Renaud	Pierre Richard
	Le Coup du parapluie (The Umbrella Coup)	Grégoire Lecomte	Gérard Oury
1981	La Chèvre (Knock on Wood)	François Perrin	Francis Veber
1983	Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (fr)	Pierre Cohen	Bernard Guillou
	Les Compères (ComDads)	François Pignon	Francis Veber
1984	Le Jumeau (The Twin)	Matthias et Mathieu Duval	Yves Robert
1985	Tranches de vie	Dubois	François Leterrier
1986	Les Fugitifs	François Pignon	Francis Veber
1988	Mangeclous (fr)	Mangeclous	Moshé Mizrahi
	À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator)	Yann Ducoudray	Édouard Molinaro
1990	Promotion canapé	cameo appearance	Didier Kaminka
	Bienvenue à bord !	the hitchhiker	Jean-Louis Leconte (fr)
1991	On peut toujours rêver (fr)	Charles de Boisleve	Pierre Richard
1992	Vieille canaille (fr)	Charlie	Gérard Jourd'hui (fr)
1993	La Cavale des fous (fr)	Bertrand Daumale	Marco Pico (fr)
1994	La Partie d'échecs (fr)	Ambroise	Yves Hanchar (fr)
1995	L'Amour conjugal (fr)	Squirrat	Benoît Barbier
1997	A Chef in Love (Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti)	Pascal Ichak	Nana Dzhordzhadze
	Droit dans le mur (fr)	Romain	Pierre Richard
2000	27 Missing Kisses	Captain	Nana Dzhordzhadze
2003	Mariées mais pas trop	Maurice Donnay	Catherine Corsini
	Les Clefs de bagnole (The Car Keys)	as himself	Laurent Baffie
2004	En attendant le déluge (fr)	Jean-René	Damien Odoul (fr)
2005	Le Cactus (fr)	Christian	Gérard Bitton (fr) and Michel Munz (fr)
2006	Essaye-moi (fr)	Yves-Marie's father	Pierre-François Martin-Laval
	Le Serpent (The Serpent)	Cendras	Eric Barbier (fr)
2008	Faubourg 36	Max	Christophe Barratier
	King Guillaume (fr)	William-Fernand	Pierre-François Martin-Laval
2009	Victor	Victor	Thomas Gilou (fr)
	Cinéman (fr)	cameo appearance	Yann Moix (fr)
	Le Bonheur de Pierre	Pierre Martin	Robert Menard
2011	All Together	Albert	Stéphane Robelin
2012	Mes héros	Jean	Éric Besnard

Television

• 1967: Malican père and fils, directed by Yannick Andréi, Marcel Cravenne and François Moreuil
• 1969: Agence intérim, directed by Marcel Moussy and Pierre Neurrisse
• 1980: Chouette, chat, chien... show, directed by Jacques Samyn
• 1980: Ça va plaire, directed by Jean-Pierre Cassel and Bernard Lion
• 2000: Sans famille, directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
• 2003: Robinson Crusoé, directed by Thierry Chabert

Direction

• 1970: Le Distrait
• 1972: Les Malheurs d'Alfred
• 1973: Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout
• 1978: Je suis timide... mais je me soigne
• 1980: C'est pas moi, c'est lui
• 1991: On peut toujours rêver
• 1997: Droit dans le mur

Selected discography

• 1983: Madame Sardine

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