# Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality.
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. 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.
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 | |
| 1996 | Caméléone | The art critic | Benoît Cohen | |
| 1996 | Velvet 99 | Velvet 99 | Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel | Short |
| 1996 | 15 sans billets | | Samuel Tasinaje | Short |
| 1996 | Coeur de cible | Cyril Maury | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 1997 | Héroïnes | Francis | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 1997 | Qui va Pino va sano | Robert Fontrobert | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Short |
| 1997 | L'agence Lambert | Michael Lambert | Etienne Labroue | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | Terror Firmer | French Cool Cat | Lloyd Kaufman | |
| 1999 | Rien sur Robert | Alain de Xantras | Pascal Bonitzer | |
| 1999 | Chico, notre homme à Lisbonne | Various | Édouard Baer | TV Short |
| 2000 | La bostella | Edouard | Édouard Baer | |
| 2000 | Les frères Soeur | Blaise | Frédéric Jardin | |
| 2000 | La chambre des magiciennes | Simon | Claude Miller | TV movie |
| 2001 | Alias Betty | Alex Basato | Claude Miller | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | God Is Great and I'm Not | François | Pascale Bailly | |
| 2001 | Demain et tous les jours après | Bruno | Bernard Stora | TV movie |
| 2001 | La cape et l'épée | The minstrel | Bernard Faroux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Otis | Alain Chabat | |
| 2002 | Cravate club | Adrien | Frédéric Jardin | |
| 2002 | Edouard est marrant | Edouard Baer | Riton Liebman | Short |
| 2002 | Jean Moulin | A motorcycle | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Himself | Laurent Baffie | |
| 2003 | Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) | Louis Le Bison | Isabelle Nanty | |
| 2003 | Tournez la page | | Sophie Leys | Short |
| 2003 | 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 | |
| 2004 | À boire | Pierre-Marie Archambault | Marion Vernoux | |
| 2004 | Double Zéro | The male | Gérard Pirès | |
| 2004 | 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 | |
| 2007 | Molière | Dorante | Laurent Tirard | |
| 2007 | J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster | Gino | Samuel Benchetrit | |
| 2007 | Crosse | The drunk guy | Liova Jedlicki | Short |
| 2008 | Passe-passe | Darry Marzouki | Tonie Marshall | |
| 2008 | 2 Alone in Paris | The priest | Ramzy Bedia & Eric Judor | |
| 2008 | 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 | |
| 2010 | Mon pote | Victor Gallien | Marc Esposito | |
| 2010 | HH, Hitler à Hollywood | Edouard Baer | Frédéric Sojcher | |
| 2010 | 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 | |
| 2013 | Turf | Freddy | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2013 | Le grand retournement | The trader | Gérard Mordillat | |
| 2013 | 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 | Writer | Short |
| 1997 | L'agence Lambert | Writer | 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 |