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Gilles Béhat
Director, Actor, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn September 3, 1949 (76 years)
Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor.
Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: L'Hercule sur la place.
As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes.
He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in L'Hercule sur la place and Charles IV le Bel in Les Rois maudits (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film Elle court, elle court la banlieue, Jean Yanne's 1972 film Chobizenesse and Bernard Paul's 1975 film Beau Masque.
As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film Rue barbare. Several of his subsequent films, including Dancing Machine starring Alain Delon, were relative commercial failures. He then turned to television, where he directed series for TF1, France 2 and Canal+ in the 1990s.
In 2008, he returned to cinema, directing Diamant 13; a noir starring Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal and Asia Argento.
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Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: L'Hercule sur la place.
As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes.
He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in L'Hercule sur la place and Charles IV le Bel in Les Rois maudits (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film Elle court, elle court la banlieue, Jean Yanne's 1972 film Chobizenesse and Bernard Paul's 1975 film Beau Masque.
As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film Rue barbare. Several of his subsequent films, including Dancing Machine starring Alain Delon, were relative commercial failures. He then turned to television, where he directed series for TF1, France 2 and Canal+ in the 1990s.
In 2008, he returned to cinema, directing Diamant 13; a noir starring Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal and Asia Argento.
Source: Article "Gilles Béhat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Gilles Béhat Filmography
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | Paris Enquêtes criminelles (TV Series) |
| 2006 | R.I.S. Police Scientifique (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Commissaire Cordier (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Alex Santana, négociateur (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Priest and Mayor (TV Series) |
| 1996 | A Woman of Honor (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Les Cordier, juge et flic (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Julie, Police Commissioner (TV Series) |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Navarro (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Black Sequence (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1976 | Commissaire Moulin (TV Series) |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Chobizenesse · as Cast |
| 1975 | The Porcelain Anniversary · as Mathieu |
| 1974 | La Cloche tibétaine (TV Series) · as Victor Point |
| 1973 | The Suburbs Are Everywhere · as L'amant De Marie |
| 1972 | Les Rois maudits (TV Series) · as Charles Iv Le Bel, De La Marche, 3ème Fils De Philippe Iv |
| 1971 | La Dame de Monsoreau (TV Series) · as Epernon |
| 1967 | Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as Van Damme |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Graniello |
| 2009 | Diamond 13 · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | |
| 1984 | Black Sequence (TV Series) |
| 2012 | The France 5 Gallery (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | North Star · as Story |
| 1985 | Urgence · as Scenario & Adaptation |
| 1984 | Barbarous Street · as Adaptation |
| 1981 | Putain d'histoire d'amour · as Adaptation |