Vincent PerezFilmography

Born:: June 10, 1964 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Actor turned writer/director Vincent Perez began his career as French cinema's "jeune premier romantique," its young, pretty-faced romantic. Journalists dubbed him "monsieur heartthrob" and a "nice bit of Europe-crumpet"; the readers of Paris Match magazine elected him the World's Sexiest French...Read More

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Tomorrow at Dawn

Actors: Gérald Laroche, Francoise Lebrun, Anne Marivin, Vincent Perez, Barbara Probst

Synopsis: A man dealing with a variety of crises learns his brother may have even more troubles than he does in this drama from director Denis Dercourt. Mathieu Guibert (Vincent Perez) is a musician who has sunk into a swamp of anxiety and depression, aggravated by a difficult relationship with his booking Read More

2009
The Apocalypse Code

Actors: Vincent Perez, Anastasiya Zavorotnyuk

Synopsis: The "code" in question refers to a pivotal telephone number - 11 digits that, when dialed, will trigger a global apocalypse by instantly setting off catastrophic nuclear devices in four metropolises around the world. As this Russian-language thriller opens, two individuals find their lives, and Read More

2007
The Secret

Crew: Director

Actors: David Duchovny, Lili Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Brendan Sexton III

Synopsis: Inspired by the Japanese drama Himitsu (which was in turn based on the novel by author Keigo Higashino), director Vincent Perez's supernatural drama tells the tale of a mother who discovers some shocking secrets about her teenage daughter after being killed in a tragic car accident and seeing her Read More

2006
Frankenstein

Actors: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg

Synopsis: This made-for-cable Frankenstein was originally intended as the pilot for a weekly series based on Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son, a novel by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson. The story is set in modern-day New Orleans, the home of demented scientist Dr. Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann). Helios Read More

2004
Battle of the Brave

Actors: Noemie Godin Vigneau, David La Haye, Sebastien Huberdeau, Juliette Gosselin, Gérard Depardieu

Synopsis: Gerard Depardieu, Vincent Perez, and Jason Isaacs star in director Jean Beaudin's historical account of the battle waged between England and France in hopes of gaining a geopolitical foothold in Canada. When a fur-trapper (David La Haye) and a young widow (Noemie Godin-Vigneau) find themselves Read More

2004
La Felicita Non Costa Niente

Actors: Mimmo Calopresti, Vincent Perez, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Francesca Neri, Fabrizia Sacchi

Synopsis: Mimmo Calopresti directs and stars in the existential drama La Felicita Non Costa Niente (Happiness Costs Nothing). Calopresti stars as Sergio, a successful architect who is suddenly afflicted with a malaise. Haunted by the ghost of a co-worker, Sergio takes a mistress, offends his best friends Read More

2003
Le Pharmacien de Garde

Actors: Vincent Perez, Guillaume Depardieu

Synopsis: Jean Verber's horror film The Pharmacist takes Yan Lazarrec (Vincent Perez) as its main character. By day he is a mild-mannered pharmacist, but by night he slaughters those who pollute the environment and others who threaten public health. As Yan devises ironically appropriate ways for each of his Read More

2003
Fanfan la Tulipe

Actors: Vincent Perez, Penélope Cruz, Didier Bourdon, Hélène de Fougerolles, Michel Muller

Synopsis: Directed by Gérard Krawczyk, Fanfan la Tulipe is a remake of the classic 1952 swashbuckling satire by French director Christian-Jaque. Set in the 18th century, Vincent Perez plays the title role of the seductive swordsman Fanfan, who flees his home in order to avoid a forced marriage. A gypsy girl Read More

2003
Le Clefs de Bagnole

Actors: Laurent Baffie, Daniel Russo, Claude Berri, Charles Gassot, Alain Terzian

2003
Je Reste!

Actors: Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Charles Berling, Pascale Roberts, Francois Perrot

2003
Queen of the Damned

Actors: Marguerite Moreau, Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann

Synopsis: The second and third novels in author Anne Rice's popular book series The Vampire Chronicles provide the inspiration for this horror sequel starring ill-fated actress and recording artist Aaliyah, who was killed in an airplane crash before the film's release. Stuart Townsend is the vampire Lestat Read More

2/22/02
Peau D'Ange

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Morgane More, Guillaume Depardieu, Magalie Woch, Karine Silla, Hélène de Saint Père

Synopsis: Actor Vincent Perez makes his feature-film directorial debut with the romantic drama Once Upon an Angel, which he cowrote with his wife, Karine Silla, and Jerome Tonnerre. Young Angèle (Morgane Moré) sets out to find work in order to ease the burden for her poor, debt-ridden parents and finds a Read More

2002
Bride of the Wind

Actors: Sarah Wynter, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez, Gregor Seberg, Simon Verhoeven

Synopsis: Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) delivers this fact-based drama about one of the most fascinating private lives of the 20th century. Alma Schindler (Sarah Wynter) was one of the most renowned young beauties in turn-of-the-century Vienna, sought after as a romantic conquest by some of the most Read More

6/8/01
Love Bites

Actors: Guillaume Canet, Gérard Lanvin, Asia Argento, Gilbert Melki, Jean-Marie Winling

Synopsis: Former French television star Antoine de Caunes turns his sights on the horror genre in his first feature in this goth comedy about trendy nightlife and new-millennium vogue. Antoine (Guillaume Canet is a layabout slacker who lives in a lounge at a health club where a friend lets him stay. After Read More

2001
Time Regained

Actors: Marcelo Mazzarella, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Catherine Deneuve

Synopsis: An ambitious project of Chile-born, Paris-based Raul Ruiz, this psychological drama brings to the screen the famous classic of Marcel Proust with fidelity to its interior monologues and streams of consciousness. Proust (Marcelo Mazzarella), on his deathbed in his small apartment on Rue Hamelin, is Read More

6/16/00
I Dreamed of Africa

Actors: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen, Eva Marie Saint, Daniel Craig, Lance Reddick

Synopsis: Kim Basinger stars in this film based on the life and work of Kuki Gallmann. As a child, Kuki visited Africa with her family and became fascinated with the beauty of its land and wildlife. Years later, at the age of 25, Kuki returned to Africa with her husband, Paolo (Vincent Perez), and their Read More

5/5/00
Epouse-moi

Actors: Michèle Laroque, Vincent Perez, Miki Manojlovic, Arnaud Giovaninetti

Synopsis: In this free-spirited romantic comedy, Oriane (Michele Laroque) has grown tired of her relationship with Hadrien (Vincent Perez), an architect with a habit of climbing tall buildings, a relationship precipitated by her breakup with Hadrien's best friend, who responded by attempting suicide. Read More

2000
Le Libertin

Actors: Fanny Ardant, Josiane Balasko, Christian Charmettant, Arielle Dombasle

Synopsis: Gabriel Aghion directs this bawdy period romp about a day in the life of 18th century philosopher and sensualist Denis Diderot (Vincent Perez), who produced the first ever encyclopedia while living a life of delicious decadence. Though the Church immediately banned Diderot's opus, which they Read More

2000
Talk of Angels

Actors: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Marisa Paredes, Leire Berrocal

Synopsis: Nick Hamm directed this historical romantic drama, rated PG-13 "for some politically motivated violence." The period prior to the Spanish Civil War provides the background setting for the arrival in Spain of young Irish governess Mary Lavelle (Polly Walker) who begins a year of employment with the Read More

10/30/98
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train

Actors: Pascal Greggory, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Bruno Todeschini

Synopsis: Patrice Chereau (Queen Margot) directed this French drama about a train trip to an artist's funeral. Friends of painter Jean-Baptiste Emmerich (Jean-Louis Trintignant, seen in flashbacks) gather at a Paris railroad station for a four-hour journey to Limoges, where Emmerich wanted to be buried. The Read More

5/15/98
Shot Through the Heart

Actors: Vincent Perez, Linus Roache, Lia Williams, Lothaire Bluteau, Adam Kotz

Synopsis: This provocative and potent fact-based drama, an HBO Original Movie, tells the tale of two Yugoslavian men. Best friends since childhood, the two find themselves on opposite sides when civil war tears their country apart. The moment of truth in their relationship occurs when they find themselves Read More

1998
On Guard

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain, Yann Collette

Synopsis: This period swashbuckler, set during the years 1699 to 1716, is the seventh screen adaptation of Paul Feval's 1857 serialized novel. Trained in circus stunts and fencing, Lagardere (Daniel Auteuil) becomes the bodyguard of the Duke of Nevers (Vincent Perez), whose cousin is the greedy Gonzague (Luchini Read More

12/3/97
Swept From The Sea

Actors: Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Kathy Bates

Synopsis: Swept From the Sea was inspired by a short story by Joseph Conrad. Set in late 19th-century Cornwall England in a small farming community, the story is told via flashback in a conversation between Dr. James Kennedy (Ian McKellen) and his patient Miss Swaffer (Kathy Bates). Dr. Kennedy despises Read More

1997
The Treat

Synopsis: Tony (Daniel Baldwin) runs a rather intriguing Hollywood brothel. His primary hookers -- Francesca (Julie Delpy), Mimi (Georgina Cates), and Dolly (Pamela Gidley) -- are given to elaborate, costumed, role-playing fantasies to please Tony's peculiar, highly emotional clientèle. The Read More

1997
The Crow: City of Angels

Actors: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane

Synopsis: It is said that when a man dies wrongfully, a crow may bring him back to life to seek vengeance upon his killer. Like the first Crow, this revenge saga is set in a fantastical urban nightmare and is based upon the dark comic book stories of artist James O. Barr. The first film was set in a Read More

1996
Ligne De Vie

Actors: Vincent Perez, Tatyana Meshcherkina, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Dmitri Pevtsov, Vsevolod Larionov

Synopsis: This fast-paced, convoluted bit of European escapist fare is set in crumbling contemporary Moscow, where a French composer finds himself seduced into a fantastic adventure after his flight to Paris is delayed and he finds himself broke and stranded in the Moscow airport. His temptress is the Read More

1996
Beyond the Clouds

Actors: John Malkovich, Kim Rossi Stuart, Ines Sastre, Sophie Marceau, Fanny Ardant

Synopsis: The many ways in which men are fascinated, compelled, and confused by their attraction to women are explored in this four part drama. As a filmmaker (John Malkovich) tries to sort out his plans for his next film, he considers several stories about women and the men who love them. Silvano (Kim Rossi Stuart Read More

1995
Queen Margot

Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi

Synopsis: The historical novel by Alexandre Dumas was adapted for the screen with this lavish French epic, winner of 5 Césars and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Read More

1994
Fanfan

Actors: Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Marine Delterme, Gerard Sety, Micheline Presle

Synopsis: Alexandre (Vincent Perez) has been through the cycle of seeing the initial passion in romantic encounters burn off and having the relationship become routine and boring. He thinks that this happens for two reasons: the courtship and wooing dance ends, and mere sex enters the picture. He is Read More

1993
American Ninja 5

Synopsis: In this youthful martial arts adventure, a young ninja teams up with his master to save a scientist's daughters from kidnappers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Indochine

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Jean Yanne, Linh-Dan Pham, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: Regis Wargnier's epic about French Indochina -- from the years of French colonial imperialism to the days when American presence made itself felt and the country became known as Vietnam -- is a story of romance and separation told through the backdrop of a country in turmoil. The film centers on Read More

4/15/92
Cendre D'Or

Actors: Vincent Perez, Dolores Chaplin, Marie Dubois

1992
L'Echange

Crew: Director

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Andrzej Seweryn, Marianne Denicourt, Antoine Basler

1991
La Neige et le Feu

Actors: Vincent Perez, Géraldine Pailhas, Matthieu Roze, Béatrice Agenin

Synopsis: While the Nazis occupied most of France, Jacques (Vincent Perez) has been active in the liberation underground. Now that the Allies have freed a significant portion of their country from German control, he and his buddy Michel (Matthieu Roze) can join the Free French army and fight with them to Read More

1991
Cyrano De Bergerac

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin

Synopsis: Edmond Rostand's classic drama of inner and outer beauty is given a lavish treatment in this acclaimed French production. Gérard Depardieu portrays the title character, a brilliant, charismatic swordsman with a generous spirit and a genius for poetry. It would seem that such a man would have no Read More

11/16/90
Le Voyage Du Capitaine Fracasse

Actors: Vincent Perez, Emmanuelle Béart, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti

1990
Il Viaggio Di Capitan Fracassa

Actors: Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti, Vincent Perez, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean-François Perrier

Synopsis: Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Theophile Read More

1990
La Maison De Jade

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Vincent Perez, Véronique Silver, Yves Lambrecht

Synopsis: Jane Lambert (Jacqueline Bisset) is a middle-aged novelist whose marriage has ended in part because of her inability to bear children. She falls for Bernard (Vincent Perez), the self-centered businessman who is not yet 30. Jane ignores her career and follows her heart as she and Bernard begin a Read More

1988
Hôtel de France

Actors: Laurent Grévill, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Vincent Perez, Laura Benson, Thibault de Montalembert

Synopsis: Noted stage director Patrice Chereau adds his stylistic flair to this drama loosely taken from a story by Anton Chekhov. A French family is shown as they go through the daily routines of life. Arguing, feasting, crying, and yearning for love are just some of the human emotions encountered. The Read More

1987
Guardian of the Night

Actors: Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Aurelle Doazan, Nicolas Silberg, Vincent Perez, Olivier Perrier

Synopsis: With an off-beat sense of humor to match its erratic central character, this original comedy-drama features Jean-Philippe Ecoffey as Yves, a young man who works as a cop at night. The catch is that Yves turns to petty crime during the day, partly to impress Aurore (Aurelle Doazan), a nurse he Read More

1986

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