Jacques Weber

Jacques Henri Robert Weber, known professionally as Jacques Weber, was born on August 23, 1949, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. He comes from a bourgeois family with Swiss origins; his father, Robert Weber, was a physicist, chemist, and laboratory director, while his mother, Madeleine Weber, enjoyed opera and literature. Weber attended Lycée Carnot and later studied dramatic art at the École de la rue Blanche. His career spans over fifty years, establishing him as a prominent figure in French entertainment.

Weber's early training included attending the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, where he joined at age 20 and won the Prix d'Excellence upon leaving. He benefited from mentorship with Pierre Brasseur for a year and a half and met Francis Huster at the Conservatoire du 18e arrondissement, with whom he later competed in a contest. He also worked with Robert Hossein in Rheims and joined the Théâtre populaire de Reims under Hossein's direction. In 1970, Marcel Cravenne engaged him for a production of Tartuffe . He subsequently appeared in productions such as Faustine et le Bel Été (1972) and État de siège (1972), and later in Le Malin Plaisir (1975) and Une femme fatale (1976). He has also appeared in the film Le Comte de Monte-Cristo .

Weber’s career includes significant stage work, notably playing Cyrano de Bergerac for several seasons, performing it approximately 500 times. In 1990, he took on the role of Comte de Guiche; later, in 1998, he played Don Juan. He served as director of the Centre dramatique national in Lyon during the period from 1979 to 1985. Subsequently, between 1986 and 2001, he directed the Théâtre de Nice, Centre dramatique national Nice-Côte d'Azur. In 2008, he directed a televised adaptation of Figaro for France 3. He has also appeared as Judge Antoine Rives in a television show and played Charles V at the Ommegang of Brussels in 2013. Currently, he is performing Cyrano, rêver, rire, passer , written by his wife Christine Weber, with Ludmilla Mikael; this play premiered at the Théâtre de la Pépinière in Paris on January 29th.