Daniel Martin
Acting
Biography
Daniel Martin (1951/1952 – 7 March 2024) was a French actor known for his roles in Le Dîner de Cons, East/West, Most Promising Young Actress. He died on 7 March 2024, at the age of 72. After graduation from the Paris Conservatory, he started his career under Antoine Vitez and played at the 1978 Avignon Festival. From then he played in dozens of main theater plays with among others Karl Valentin. He also played in dozens of films and television series. Source: Article "Daniel Martin (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Born: December 11, 1951
Place of Birth: Casablanca, Maroc
Known For
The Dinner Game
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Lupin
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Three Colors: Blue
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
Clemenceau
1917, German troups are moving forward to Paris, the French government calls a providential man : Clémenceau.
Chez Maupassant
"Chez Maupassant" is a French anthology television series based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant. Created by Gérard Jourd'hui and Gaëlle Girre, it ran on France 2 in three seasons in 2007, 2008 and 2011. It consists of a total of 24 episodes of which half are 60 minutes long and half are 30 minutes.
The Count of Monte Cristo
A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Mercedes and revenge against his nemesis, Mondego.
Monsieur Batignole
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.
The Dazzled
Camille, is the eldest of a large family. One day, her parents enter a religious community which gradually, regimentation becomes sectarian and Camille will have to fight to assert her freedom and save her brothers and sisters.
Rebellion
April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-establish order. 2 men confront each other: Philippe Legorjus, chief of the terrorist squad, and Alphonse Dianou, head of the kidnappers. Through their shared values, they will attempt to make discussion triumph. But, in the middle of a presidential election, when the stakes are political, order isn't always dictated by morality. A violent and troubling epic that marks the return of Mathieu Kassovitz in front and behind the camera.
Queen to Play
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.
Filmography
as Lorenzo
as Roland Chassagne
as Papi
as Jacques
as Philippe Pétain
as Charles Robary
as Bernard Pons
as Thomas Villiers
as Le président du club d'échecs
as Le comte de Verteuil
as Remy
as Monsieur de Méroul
as Georges
as Durieux
as Brigadier Albert
as French Intellectual #6
as Michel
as Le père d'Olivia
as Le capitaine turc
as Dr. d'Avrigny
as Messignac
as Veterinaire
as The Downstairs Neighbour
as Un infirmier
as Brucker
as Le directeur de la banque
as Le Chinois / Don Léopold Auguste / Bogotillos
as Capitán Andújar