Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer
Édouard Baer
	Édouard Baer in 2018 at the Cabourg Film Festival.
Born	1 December 1966 (age 58); Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1987–present

Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality.^[1]^[2]

In 2001, Edouard Baer played the Egyptian scribe Otis in Alain Chabat's hit comedy Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Baer's character became a cult figure.^[3] The same year, he won the Molière for the male theatrical revelation 2001 for his role in the play Cravate club, written by Fabrice Roger-Lacan and directed by Isabelle Nanty.^[4]

In 2009, he participated in the French television programme Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.

Theatre

Year	Title	Author	Director	Notes
1997	Le Goût de la hiérarchie	Édouard Baer	Édouard Baer
2000–2001	Cravate club	Fabrice Roger-Lacan	Isabelle Nanty	Molière Award for Best Male Newcomer
2002–2004	Le Grand Mezze	Édouard Baer & François Rollin	Édouard Baer & François Rollin
2006	La Folle et Véritable Vie de Luigi Prizzoti	Édouard Baer	Édouard Baer	Globe de Cristal Award for Best One Man Show
2007–2008	Looking for Mr Castang	Édouard Baer	Édouard Baer
2008–2010	Un pedigree	Patrick Modiano	Édouard Baer
2009–2010	Miam Miam	Édouard Baer	Édouard Baer	Globe de Cristal Award for Best Play Nominated – Molière Award for Best Comedy
2012–2013	À la française	Édouard Baer	Édouard Baer
2014–2016	La Porte à côté	Fabrice Roger-Lacan	Bernard Murat
2016	Un pedigree	Patrick Modiano	Édouard Baer
2021	Les élucubrations d'un homme soudain frappé par la grâce	Édouard Baer	Édouard Baer

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1989	Tribunal	Antoine Marin	Dominique Masson	TV series (1 episode)
1994	La folie douce	Edouard	Frédéric Jardin
1994	Parlez après le signal sonore		Olivier Jahan	Short
1995	Raï		Thomas Gilou
1995	Fast	The second boy-friend	Dante Desarthe
1996	The Apartment	Theater Actor	Gilles Mimouni
	Caméléone	The art critic	Benoît Cohen
	Velvet 99	Velvet 99	Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel	Short
	15 sans billets		Samuel Tasinaje	Short
	Coeur de cible	Cyril Maury	Laurent Heynemann	TV movie
1997	Héroïnes	Francis	Gérard Krawczyk
	Qui va Pino va sano	Robert Fontrobert	Fabrice Roger-Lacan	Short
	L'agence Lambert	Michael Lambert	Etienne Labroue	TV series (1 episode)
1999	Terror Firmer	French Cool Cat	Lloyd Kaufman
	Rien sur Robert	Alain de Xantras	Pascal Bonitzer
	Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne	Various	Édouard Baer	TV Short
2000	La bostella	Edouard	Édouard Baer
	Les frères Soeur	Blaise	Frédéric Jardin
	La chambre des magiciennes	Simon	Claude Miller	TV movie
2001	Alias Betty	Alex Basato	Claude Miller	Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor
	God Is Great and I'm Not	François	Pascale Bailly
	Demain et tous les jours après	Bruno	Bernard Stora	TV movie
	La cape et l'épée	The minstrel	Bernard Faroux	TV series (1 episode)
2002	Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra	Otis	Alain Chabat
	Cravate club	Adrien	Frédéric Jardin
	Edouard est marrant	Edouard Baer	Riton Liebman	Short
	Jean Moulin	A motorcycle	Yves Boisset	TV movie
2003	The Car Keys	Himself	Laurent Baffie
	Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine)	Louis Le Bison	Isabelle Nanty
	Tournez la page		Sophie Leys	Short
	Kelif et Deutsch à la recherche d'un emploi		Frédéric Berthe	TV series (1 episode)
2004	The Story of My Life	Raphaël Jullian	Laurent Tirard
	À boire	Pierre-Marie Archambault	Marion Vernoux
	Double zéro	The male	Gérard Pirès
	Milady	Viscount of Wardes	Josée Dayan	TV movie
2005	How Much Do You Love Me?	The upset man	Bertrand Blier
2005	Akoibon	Daniel Stain	Édouard Baer
2006	Les Brigades du Tigre	Inspector Pujol	Jérôme Cornuau
2006	Je pense à vous	Hermann	Pascal Bonitzer
2007	A Girl Cut in Two	Edouard	Claude Chabrol
	Molière	Dorante	Laurent Tirard
	J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster	Gino	Samuel Benchetrit
	Crosse	The drunk guy	Liova Jedlicki	Short
2008	Passe-passe	Darry Marzouki	Tonie Marshall
	Seuls Two	The priest	Ramzy Bedia & Eric Judor
	Un monde à nous	Marc	Frédéric Balekdjian
2009	Wild Grass	The narrator	Alain Resnais
2009	The Barons	Jacques	Nabil Ben Yadir
2010	An Ordinary Execution	Vassilli	Marc Dugain
	Mon pote	Victor Gallien	Marc Esposito
	HH, Hitler à Hollywood	Edouard Baer	Frédéric Sojcher
	Le grand restaurant	A client	Gérard Pullicino	TV movie
2011	Chicken with Plums	Azraël	Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
2012	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia	Asterix	Laurent Tirard
2013	Cupcakes	Édouard	Eytan Fox
	Turf	Freddy	Fabien Onteniente
	Le grand retournement	The trader	Gérard Mordillat
	Les invincibles	Stéphane Darcy	Frédéric Berthe
2015	Phantom Boy	Alex	Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol
2015	Encore heureux	Sam Ogiel	Benoît Graffin
2016	Open at Night	Luigi	Édouard Baer
2018	Mademoiselle de Joncquières	Marquis des Arcis	Emmanuel Mouret	Nominated – César Award for Best Actor
2018	Raoul Taburin	Hervé Figougne	Pierre Godeau
2018	C'est quoi ton nom	Edouard	Emilie Barbault, Sarah Barbault	TV series
2019	Black Snake: La légende du serpent noir	Henry Thouvenel	Thomas N'Gijol, Karole Rocher
2019	La lutte des classes	Paul Clément	Michel Leclerc
2019	Astro Kid	Buck (voice)	Éric Tosti
2019	Polina i tayemnyzia kinostudiyi	Chemist	Olias Barco
2020	How to Be a Good Wife	André Grunvald	Martin Provost
2020	Capitaine Marleau		Josée Dayan	TV series
2023	Adieu Paris	Édouard	Édouard Baer
2023	Daaaaaalí!	Salvador Dalí	Quentin Dupieux
2024	All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués!)	Victor	Manon Briand

Filmmaker

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Nulle part ailleurs	Writer	TV series
1997	Qui va Pino va sano		Short
1997	L'agence Lambert		TV series
1999	Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne	Director & writer	TV Short
2000	La bostella	Director, writer & Delegate producer
2000	Les frères Soeur	Writer
2003	Le grand plongeoir	Writer	TV Mini-Series

References

^ Pallister, Janis L.; Hottell, Ruth A. (2005). Francophone women film directors: a guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-8386-4046-3. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ "Edouard Baer". IMDb. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ SudOuest.fr (23 May 2023). "« Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre » : Alain Chabat dévoile l'intégralité du monologue d'Otis, 21 ans après" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
^ AlloCine. "Edouard Baer". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.

External links

Édouard Baer at IMDb

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[PallisterHottell2005-1] Pallister, Janis L.; Hottell, Ruth A. (2005). Francophone women film directors: a guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-8386-4046-3. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[2] "Edouard Baer". IMDb. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[3] SudOuest.fr (23 May 2023). "« Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre » : Alain Chabat dévoile l'intégralité du monologue d'Otis, 21 ans après" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[4] AlloCine. "Edouard Baer". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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