# Hervé Pierre (actor)

Hervé Pierre (born 22 April 1955) is a French actor and theatre director. He joined the Comédie-Française in 2007 and became a member in 2011.
On 14 June 2009, Pierre was awarded the title of Best French Actor by critics. In 2011, he was promoted chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2011, Knight of the French Legion of Honour.

## Theatre career

Hervé Pierre began to play in theatre troupes first in Les Fins, where he was born, then in the Pontarlier lycee. He followed, from 1974 to 1977, the teachings of Claude Petitpierre, Jean-Pierre Vincent, Jean Dautremay, and Jean-Louis Hourdin at the National Theatre of Strasbourg.
In 1977, he formed the Théâtre du Troc with his TNS promotion company, leading it until 1981.

## Personal life

Pierre is married to French actress Clotilde Mollet.

## Selected list of performances

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | The Horseman on the Roof | Brig. Maugin | |
| 1998 | Lautrec | Zidler | |
| 1999 | Karnaval | Verhoeven | |
| 2001 | Day Off | Socoa's lawyer | |
| 2005 | Mon petit doigt m'a dit... | Doctor Mauroy | |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Doctor | "Montmartre" segment |
| 2007 | Towards Zero | Ange Werther | |
| 2011 | 18 Years Old and Rising | Delphine's father | |
| 2012 | Superstar | Doctor Barreinbhom | |
| 2012 | Haute Cuisine | Perrières | |
| 2013 | Me, Myself and Mum | Army psychiatrist | |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Accessory | Exhibition curator | |
| 2015 | Diary of a Chambermaid | Monsieur Lanlaire | |
| 2015 | The Sense of Wonder | Jules | |
| 2019 | An Officer and a Spy | Charles-Arthur Gonse | |
| 2021 | Benedetta | Paolo Ricordati | |
| 2022 | Maigret | Doctor Paul | |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Edward II | Lancaster / Leicester | TV movie |
| 2010 | The Counterfeiters | Mr. Profitendieu | TV movie |
| 2011 | À la recherche du temps perdu | Mr. Verdurin | Two-part TV movie |
| 2014 | Spin | Marjorie's prime minister | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Lupin | Hubert Pellegrini | 10 episodes |
Theatre :
| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1973 | La Cruche cassée | Heinrich von Kleist | Pierre Louis |
| 1974 | L'Île des esclaves | Marivaux | Pierre Louis |
| 1980 | Love's Labour's Lost (Festival d'Avignon) | William Shakespeare | Jean-Pierre Vincent |
| 1981 | Edward II | Christopher Marlowe | Bernard Sobel |
| 1983 | Danton's Death | Georg Büchner | Jean-Louis Hourdin |
| 1984 | Les Mémoires d'un visage pâle | Thomas Berger | Jean-Paul Wenzel |
| 1984 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Jean-Louis Hourdin |
| 1985 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare |
| 1986 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Alain Buttard |
| 1988 | La Résistible Ascension d'Arturo Ui | Bertolt Brecht | Guy Rétoré |
| 1991-1992 | Timon of Athens | William Shakespeare | Dominique Pitoiset |
| 1993 | Faust | Goethe | Dominique Pitoiset |
| 1994 | Quai Ouest | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Michel Froehly |
| 1994 | Oblomov | Ivan Goncharov | Dominique Pitoiset |
| 1996 | Lulu | Frank Wedekind | Jean-Luc Lagarce |
| 1998 | Demons | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Roger Planchon |
| 1998 | La Dame de chez Maxim | Georges Feydeau | Roger Planchon |
| 2001 | Othello | William Shakespeare | Dominique Pitoiset |
| 2001 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Dan Jemmett |
| 2007-2008 | Juste la fin du monde | Jean-Luc Lagarce | François Berreur |
| 2007 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Lukas Hemleb |
| 2008 | L'Illusion Comique | Pierre Corneille | Galin Stoev |
| 2010 | Mistero Buffo | Dario Fo | Muriel Mayette |
| 2010 | The Birds | Aristophanes | Alfredo Arias |
| 2010 | Un fil à la patte | Georges Feydeau | Jérôme Deschamps |
| 2011 | Agamemnon | Seneca the Younger | Denis Marleau |
| 2012 | Peer Gynt | Henrik Ibsen | Éric Ruf |
| 2013 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Dan Jemmett |
| 2015 | Summerfolk | Maxim Gorky | Gérard Desarthe |
| 2015 | George Dandin ou le Mari confondu (director) | Molière | Hervé Pierre |
| 2016 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Denis Podalydès |
| 2016 | The Sea | Edward Bond | Alain Françon |
| 2016 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Julie Deliquet |
| 2016 | Reigen (la Ronde) | Arthur Schnitzler | Anne Kessler |
| 2017-2018 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Robert Carsen |
| 2018 | Britannicus | Jean Racine | Stéphane Braunschweig |
| 2018 | Britannicus | Jean Racine | Stéphane Braunschweig |
| 2018-2019 | La locandiera | Carlo Goldoni | Alain Françon |
| 2019 | Fanny and Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Julie Deliquet |
| 2019 | Life of Galileo | Bertolt Brecht | Éric Ruf |
| 2020 | Bajazet | Jean Racine | Éric Ruf |