{{Short description|French actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Didier Bourdon | image = Didier Bourdon 2013.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bourdon in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|01|23}} | birth_place = Algiers, French Algeria | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | children = | occupation = Film actor, screenwriter, film director | years_active = 1978–present }}
'''Didier Bourdon''' ({{IPA|fr|didje buʁdɔ̃}}; born 23 January 1959) is a French actor, screenwriter, and film director.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170802102853/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba76a41e8 Didier Bourdon] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}</ref>
He first reached stardom in France when he created the comedic trio Les Inconnus with Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus, which was very popular throughout the 1990s.
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director ! Notes |- | rowspan=4|1978 | ''Colonel Chabert'' | Honoré de Balzac | Jean Meyer | |- | ''Volpone'' | Ben Jonson | Jean Meyer | |- | ''Dom Juan'' | Molière | Jean Meyer | |- | ''Un ménage en or'' | Jean Valmy & Marc Cab | Maurice Ducasse | |- | 1979 | ''Le Chandelier'' | Alfred de Musset | Jean Meyer | |- | 1981 | ''Amusez-vous... Ah ces années 30'' | Jacques Décombe | Jacques Décombe | |- | 1987 | ''Au secours… Tout va bien !'' | Les Inconnus | Les Inconnus | |- | 1989-90 | ''Au secours… Tout va mieux !'' | Les Inconnus | Jacques Décombe | Molière Award for Best Comedy |- | 1991 | ''Isabelle a les yeux bleus'' | Les Inconnus | Jacques Décombe | |- | 1993 | ''Le Nouveau Spectacle'' | Les Inconnus | Jacques Décombe | |- | 2009-10 | ''La Cage aux Folles'' | Jean Poiret | Didier Caron | |- |}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |- | rowspan=2|1982 | ''Les chômeurs en folie'' | Anatole | Georges Cachoux | |- | ''Le bourgeois gentilhomme'' | | Roger Coggio | |- | 1982-86 | ''Le Petit Théâtre de Bouvard'' | Various | Various | Also Writer |- | rowspan=2|1983 | ''S.A.S. à San Salvador'' | | Raoul Coutard | |- | ''Cinéma 16'' | | André Halimi | TV series (1 episode) |- | 1984 | ''The Blood of Others'' | The Second Soldier | Claude Chabrol | |- | 1985 | ''Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!!'' | Marc Elbichon | Jean-Pierre Vergne | Also Writer |- | 1990-93 | ''La télé des inconnus'' | Various | Bernard Flament, Jean-Paul Jaud<br> & Gérard Pullicino | TV series (7 episodes)<br>Also Writer<br>7 d'Or for Best Broadcast – Special Class |- | 1992 | ''Dark at Noon'' | Doctor Felicien | Raúl Ruiz | |- | 1994 | ''The Machine'' | Michel Zyto | François Dupeyron | |- | 1995 | ''The Three Brothers'' | Didier Latour | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | Also Director, Writer & Composer<br>César Award for Best First Feature Film |- | rowspan=2|1997 | ''The Bet'' | Didier | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | Also Director & Writer |- | ''Tout doit disparaître'' | Robert Millard | Philippe Muyl | |- | 1999 | ''Doggy Bag'' | William | Frédéric Comtet | |- | rowspan=2|2000 | ''Antilles sur Seine'' | West Indian Maid | Pascal Légitimus | |- | ''L'extraterrestre'' | Zerph | Didier Bourdon | Also Director & Writer |- | rowspan=2|2001 | ''Les Rois mages'' | Balthazar | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | Also Director & Writer |- | ''Tapis'' | The Man | Yzabel Dzisky | Short |- | 2002 | ''À l'abri des regards indiscrets'' | Beggar to 'billions' | Ruben Alves & Hugo Gélin | Short |- | rowspan=4|2003 | ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' | Louis XV | Gérard Krawczyk | |- | ''The Car Keys'' | Himself | Laurent Baffie | |- | ''7 ans de mariage'' | Alain | Didier Bourdon | Also Director & Writer |- | ''Kelif et Deutsch à la recherche d'un emploi'' | Guest | Frédéric Berthe | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2004 | ''Madame Édouard'' | Irma | Nadine Monfils | |- | 2005 | ''Vive la vie'' | Richard Lewitsky | Yves Fajnberg | Also Writer & Producer |- | rowspan=2|2006 | ''A Good Year'' | Francis Duflot | Ridley Scott | |- | ''Madame Irma'' | Francis / Irma | Didier Bourdon & Yves Fajnberg | Also Director & Writer |- | rowspan=2|2008 | ''Bouquet final'' | Gervais Bron | Michel Delgado | |- | ''Myster Mocky présente '' | | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV series (1 episode) |- | rowspan=3|2009 | ''Park Benches'' | The Captain | Bruno Podalydès | |- | ''Bambou'' | Alain Lenoir | Didier Bourdon | Also Director & Writer |- | ''Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle'' | Doctor Crosnier | Denis Malleval | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2012 | ''Comme un air d'autoroute'' | Degrand | Vincent Burgevin & Franck Lebon | TV movie |- | 2013 | ''Some Place Else (15 jours ailleurs)'' | Vincent | Didier Bivel | TV movie<br>Luchon International Film Festival – Best Actor |- | rowspan=4|2014 | ''Les Trois Frères, le retour'' | Didier Latour | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | Also Director, Writer, Producer & Composer |- | ''Jacky in Women's Kingdom'' | Brunu | Riad Sattouf | |- | ''Un village presque parfait'' | Germain | Stéphane Meunier | |- | ''Le voyage de monsieur Perrichon'' | Monsieur Perrichon | Éric Lavaine | TV movie |- | rowspan=3|2015 | ''Serial Teachers 2'' | Serge Cutiro | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |- | ''The Roommates Party'' | Pierre Dubreuil | Alexandra Leclère | |- | ''La crise du cinéaste québécois'' | TV Presenter | Patrick Damien-Roy | Short |- | rowspan=3|2017 | ''Alibi.com'' | Gérard Martin | Philippe Lacheau | |- | ''The New Adventures of Cinderella'' | The King | Lionel Steketee | |- | ''Garde alternée'' | Jean | Alexandra Leclère | |- | 2019 | ''Beaux-parents'' | André Rossi | Héctor Cabello Reyes | |- |2021 | ''{{ill|Mes très chers enfants|fr}}'' | Christian Blanc | Alexandra Leclère | |- |2023 |''Open Season'' |Bernard | | |}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name}} * [http://eurochannel.com/en/Some-Place-Else-Didier-Bivel-France.html Some Place Else] at Eurochannel
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