{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Short description|French actor (born 1937)}} {{Infobox person | name = Sami Frey | image = | alt = | caption = Sami Frey in 2015 | birth_name = Sami Frei | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|10|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | death_cause = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1955–present | spouse = | children = }}
'''Sami Frey''' (born '''Sami Frei'''; 13 October 1937<ref>{{Cite web |last=Les Gens du cinéma (The movie"s people) |title=Sami Frey's data |url=http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=sami+frey&nom_acteur=FREY%20Sami&ident=15626&debut=0&record=1&from=ok |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=lesgensducinema.com |language=fr |quote=<br>Nom : Frey Sami<br>Réel : Sami Frei<br>Activité : acteur français, ex-compagnon des actrices Brigitte Bardot, Pascale Audret et Delphine Seyrig<br>Naissance : 13 octobre 1937<br>Lieu : Paris 10e [arrondissement] (75-France)<br>Référence : extrait de naissance n° 10/4879/1937 |trans-quote=<br>Name: Frey Sami<br>Real: Sami Frei<br>Activity: French actor, former companion of actresses Brigitte Bardot, Pascale Audret and Delphine Seyrig<br>Birth: October 13, 1937<br>Location: Paris 10th [district] (75-France)<br>Reference: birth certificate no. 10/4879/1937}}</ref>) is a French actor of Polish-Jewish descent.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/25062/Sami-Frey/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026092731/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/25062/Sami-Frey/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2012 |title=NY Times.com: Sami Frey |accessdate=27 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brody |first1=Richard |title=Claude Lanzmann’s New Book |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/claude-lanzmanns-new-book |website=The New Yorker |date=March 27, 2012}}</ref> Among the films he starred in are ''En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud'' (1993), in which he portrays French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud, and ''Bande à part'' (1964) by Jean-Luc Godard.
==Selected filmography== [[File:Bardot Brigitte et Sami Frey.jpg|thumb|Frey and Brigitte Bardot in Saint-Tropez harbour in 1963]] {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="sortable" | Director |- |1960 |''The Truth'' |Gilbert Tellier |Henri-Georges Clouzot |- |rowspan=2|1961 |''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (episode "Pride") |the lover |Roger Vadim |- |''Cléo from 5 to 7'' |a comedian |Agnès Varda |- |1962 |''Thérèse Desqueyroux'' |Jean Azevedo |Georges Franju |- |1963 |''Girl's Apartment'' |Tibère |Michel Deville |- |1964 |''Band of Outsiders'' |Franz |Jean-Luc Godard |- |1965 |''Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?'' |Prince Igor |William Klein |- |1966 |''Angelique and the King'' |Bachiatri Bey |Bernard Borderie |- |1967 |''Manon 70'' |Des Grieux |Jean Aurel |- |1968 |''Mr. Freedom'' |Christ |William Klein |- |1970 |''The Married Couple of the Year Two'' |the Marquis de Guéron |Jean-Paul Rappeneau |- |1971 |''M comme Mathieu'' |Mathieu |Jean-François Adam |- |1972 |''César and Rosalie'' |David |Claude Sautet |- |1974 |''Sweet Movie'' |El Macho |Dušan Makavejev |- |1975 |''The Garden That Tilts'' |Michel |Guy Gilles |- |1976 |''Néa'' (aka ''A Young Emmanuelle'') |Axel Thorpe |Nelly Kaplan |- |1977 |''Pourquoi pas !'' | Fernand Bulard |Coline Serreau |- |rowspan=2|1978 |''One Page of Love'' | François Karwitch |Maurice Rabinowicz |- |''Écoute voir'' |Arnaud de Maule |Hugo Santiago |- |1982 |''Deadly Circuit'' |Ralph Forbes |Claude Miller |- |rowspan=2|1984 |''The Little Drummer Girl'' |Khalil |George Roy Hill |- |''Family Life'' |Emmanuel |Jacques Doillon |- |rowspan=3|1986 |''Black Widow'' |Paul Nuytten |Bob Rafelson |- |''Laputa'' |Paul |Helma Sanders-Brahms |- |''State of Grace'' |Antoine Lombard |Jacques Rouffio |- |1987 |''Blood and Sand'' |Manuel Vasquez |Jeanne Labrune |- |rowspan=2|1988 |''The Abyss'' |Prieur de Cordeliers |André Delvaux |- |''War and Remembrance'' (TV miniseries) |Avram Rabinovitz |Dan Curtis |- |1992 |''Hors Saison'' |the narrator |Daniel Schmid |- |rowspan=2|1994 |''My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud'' |Antonin Artaud |{{ill|Gérard Mordillat|fr}} |- |''Revenge of the Musketeers'' |Aramis |Bertrand Tavernier |- |1996 |''The Liars'' |Marcus Dourmer |Élie Chouraqui |- |2000 |''Les Acteurs'' |Himself |Bertrand Blier |- |2004 |''Anthony Zimmer'' |Akerman |Jérôme Salle |- |2007 |''The Wedding Director'' |Ferdinando Gravina |Marco Bellocchio |- |2012 |''{{ill|Le Nez dans le ruisseau|fr}}'' |Auguste Stohler |Christophe Chevalier |- |2015 |''Marguerite and Julien'' |Abbot of Hambye |Valérie Donzelli |- |2017 |''Number One'' |Henri Blachey |Tonie Marshall |}
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