Richard Bohringer

After a youth spent in Saint-Germain-des-près, Richard Bohringer was drawn to the artistic world. Before entering the cinema, he devotes a passion to jazz and writing. His pen-in-hand debuts were also shattering: his first play, entitled Les Girafes , was produced by Claude Lelouch. He began a career as a film actor in La Maison, in 1970, and won with L'Italien des roses, two years later.

Multifaceted artist, navigating between comedy, writing and song, Richard Bohringer truly reveals himself on the big screen in 1981 with Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva. He then followed the roles, sharing the poster of I married a shadow (1981) with Nathalie Baye and L'Addition (1984) with Richard Berry.

In 1985, Luc Besson offered him to play as the disturbing flower merchant of Subway, he illustrated himself in Péril en la abode, but the consecration came in 1987 with the César for Best Actor obtained for his role as Pelo in Le Grand chemin. A popular success which does not prevent him from accepting more difficult offers, as with The Cook, the Thief, his wife and his lover by Peter Greenaway (1998), his only experience abroad.

Extremely prolific, a faithful actor (Jean-Pierre Mocky with Agent trouble and Les Saisons du Plaisir; Jean-Loup Hubert with Le Grand chemin, Après la guerre and La Reine blanche), Richard Bohringer imposes, film after film, a real charisma and a imposing physique at the service of cheeky and virile characters. His character of homeless man loudly mouthed but terribly endearing in A formidable time ... by Gérard Jugnot (1991) goes in this direction and brings him great popularity with the public.

In 1992, Claude Miller reunites Richard and his daughter Romane for L'Accompagnatrice. In the 90s, Tango (1993) by Patrice Leconte or La Vérité si je mens! (1997) by Thomas Gilou give this legendary outspoken "face" of French cinema new important roles. Years go by and the actor, more active on television or on stage, is entrusted to the cinema with the roles of veteran police officer (Mauvais genres, 2001; Total Khéops, 2002). In 2005, he starred in the drama Cavalcade.

He then lends his voice to the cartoon La Balade des éléphants then directs, produces and stars in his first feature film on the big screen: C'est beau une ville la nuit, an adaptation of the novel he published in 1988, telling his own story. life. He is present in the credits of the American production Toussaint of Danny Glover alongside Wesley Snipes then gives the reply to Alice Taglioni, against a backdrop of the Algerian war, in Far from the eyes. In the continuity of an eclectic career, Richard Bohringer is interested in the equestrian film with Pom the foal, then in the music in Bluesbreaker and finally in the war in The Admiral. In 2010, we find him in Les Amours secrètes, a story set against a backdrop of war and Occupation.