{{Short description|French actor and writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Piat | image = Jean PIAT avant sa représentation de "la maison du lac" en octobre 2008.jpg | caption = Piat in October 2008 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|09|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Lannoy, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|9|18|1924|9|23|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | othername = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1947–2017 | spouse = Françoise Engel | children = Dominique and Martine }}

'''Jean Piat''' (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.

==Life== Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000580150 Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur]</ref> and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nominations-ou-promotions-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2010 |title=Arrêté du 23 juillet 2010 portant nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres |access-date=19 September 2018 |archive-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030652/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nominations-ou-promotions-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite.<ref>[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000024795825 Décret du 14 novembre 2011]</ref> He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course.

He died on 18 September 2018, at age 93, of a heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday.<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/09/19/03004-20180919ARTFIG00002-jean-piat-mort-d-un-roi.php Jean Piat, mort d'un roi] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Theater==

===Roles in the Comédie-Française=== *Victor Hugo's ''Ruy Blas'' (An usher, Gudiel, an alguazil, Don Manuel Aeias, Don César de Bazan) *Man of LaMancha (Don Quixote) *Edmond Rostand's ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (A guard, Bellerose, a musketeer, Cadet, Brissaille, Jodelet, Cyrano *Pierre Beaumarchais's ''The Barber of Seville'' (Figaro) *Molière's ''The Miser'' (La Flèche) *Eugène Marin Labiche's ''The Voyage of Mister Perrichon'' (Daniel Savary, Joseph) *Pierre de Marivaux's ''Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' (Pasquin) *William Shakespeare's ''Othello'' (Gentleman) *William Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' (Amiens) *William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Benvolio) *Molière's ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (Covielle)

==Filmography==

===Acting=== *1947: ''Rouletabille joue et gagne'' as Joseph Rouletabille *1948: ''The Lame Devil'' (''Le Diable boiteux'') as Figaro in ''The Barber of Seville'' *1948: ''Rouletabille contre la dame de pique'' as Joseph Rouletabille *1951: ''Clara de Montargis'' as Jean Claude *1953: ''The Porter from Maxim's'' as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française) *1955: ''Napoléon'' as Junot (uncredited) *1958: ''Le bourgeois gentilhomme'' as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile *1959: ''Le mariage de Figaro'' as Figaro *1961: ''Les moutons de Panurge'' as Serge *1967: ''Lagardère'' (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes) as Henri de Lagardère *1968: ''{{ill|Tower of Screaming Virgins|de|Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe}}'' as Bouridan *1969: ''The Milky Way'' (''La Voie lactée'') as The Jansenist *1970: ''Rider on the Rain'' (''Le Passager de la pluie'') as M. Armand *1972-1973: ''Les Rois maudits'' (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois *1974: ''La rivale'' as Pierre *1979: ''Ciao, les mecs'' as L'avocat *1999: ''A Monkey's Tale'' as Sebastian (voice) *2003: ''Kaena: The Prophecy'' as Le grand prêtre (voice) *2007: ''Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' as Spike Goodfellow (voice)

===Voice acting=== *''Lawrence of Arabia'' (Thomas Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole)) *''Kaena: The Prophecy'' (Grand Priest (Gary Martin)) *''The Lion King'' (Scar (Jeremy Irons)) *''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay)) *''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)) *''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen)) *''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (Gandalf the White (Ian McKellen)) *''The Golden Compass'' (Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellen)) *''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)) *''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)) *''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' (Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen))

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071210071004/http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/biographies/piat.htm Jean Piat's roles at the Comédie-Française] *{{IMDb name}} *{{BTVA person}}

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