French male stage actors

Paul Le Person (10 February 1931 in Argenteuil – 8 August 2005) was a French actor of Breton origin. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1963 to 2005.

Jacques Legras (16 October 1924 – 15 March 2006) was a French actor.

Thierry Fortineau (9 February 1953 – 8 February 2006) was a French actor.
Fortineau was born in Nantes. In the year of 1990, he was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 15th César Awards for his role in Comédie d'été. The award, however, went to Yvan Attal. In 1994, he was nominated for a Molière Award for Best Actor for his role in Le Visiteur.
Thierry Fortineau is the father of actress Jade Fortineau, born in 1991, from his relationship with Dutch actress Maruschka Detmers.
He died from cancer in Paris one day before his 53rd birthday, and was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Michel Jacques Saint-Denis (13 September 1897 – 31 July 1971), dit Jacques Duchesne, was a French actor, theatre director, and drama theorist whose ideas on actor training have had a profound influence on the development of European theatre from the 1930s on.

Hubert Deschamps (13 September 1923 – 29 December 1998) was a French actor.
He was the son of the museum curator Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) and uncle of the French stage director Jérôme Deschamps.

Pio Marmaï (born 13 July 1984) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2008.

Maurice Chevit (31 October 1923 – 2 July 2012) was a French actor.Maurice Chevit made his theatrical début just after the Second World War, and made his first screen appearance in 1946 in René Clément's film Le Père tranquille. In August 1950, the Theatre de la Huchette in Paris presented Pepita ou Cinq cents francs de bonheur, a three-act comedy that Chevit co-wrote with Henri Fontenille; Chevit himself appeared in it, playing alongside Jacqueline Maillan, Pierre Mondy and Jacques Jouanneau. He was seen in many small film roles during the 1950s and 1960s, working with producers such as Henri Decoin and André Cayatte, but he was best known as a stage actor.

Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director.
Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. During his time there which lasted until his death, he played over 150 roles in the classical and modern repertoire.
Charon directed the 1968 feature film A Flea in Her Ear and the 1973 television movie Monsieur Pompadour.
He played Spalanzani in the complete recording of The Tales of Hoffmann (Decca, 1971).
Charon was openly gay. He died in Paris and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.

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.

Nicolas Bataille (14 March 1926 – 28 October 2008) was a French actor and director.