Personal Info
Birth date
1947-11-26 (77 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Sèvres, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Also known as
Andre Penvern
André Penvern
Biography
André Penvern is a French actor born in Sèvres. At age 17, he began working with National Drama Centers. He went from small parts to stage manager, sound and lightning designer, etc. His meeting with Margot Capelier, casting director, was crucial for him. She introduced him to Fred Zinnemann Otto Preminger John Frankenheimer, Gérard Oury. He alternates between theater and television, encountering Jean Marboeuf Alain Bonnot, Philippe de Broca, Olivier Dahan.
Filmography
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
NYR
Overview:
Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes is a crime based French television seriesDas Boot
6.9
Overview:
An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.Les Cordier, juge et flic
5.429
Overview:
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.Police Commissioner Moulin
5.8
Overview:
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.Around the World in 80 Days
7.324
Overview:
Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.Inglourious Basterds
8.215
Overview:
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.Petit déjeuner compris
6.3
Overview:
A couple who live in the French provinces are surprised to inherit a hotel in Paris. These new owners are determined to sell it, but that's without the charms, vagaries, and clientele of this typical inn implanted in a nice neighborhood.Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
6.9
Overview:
Known as The Last Knight for his bravery and battle skills, the great European emperor Maximilian and his story is as spectacular as it is familiar: It is the story of a prince who must learn to be king. But above all, it is the struggle of a son who steps out of his father's shadow with the help of a most unexpected ally: Marie de Bourgogne.The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
10
Overview:
The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes, created by Dominique Roulet and Claude Chabrol and broadcast between September 15, 1988 and February 1, 1990 on TF1. It follows the two films Chicken in Vinegar and Inspector Lavardin directed by Claude Chabrol and already featuring Jean Poiret in the role of Lavardin. This short series depicts the investigations of Inspector Lavardin, a tongue-in-cheek policeman known for his bad manners.The Brides of Bourbon Island
1
Overview:
Historical seventeenth-century romantic-epic-action-adventure where three women survived a harrowing ocean voyage from France to forcibly marry French ex-patriots on the island of Bourbon (now Réunion).The Day of the Jackal
7.5
Overview:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
7.091
Overview:
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
6.106
Overview:
No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
7.394
Overview:
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.La Vie en Rose
7.396
Overview:
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.Grace of Monaco
6.008
Overview:
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
5.911
Overview:
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.French Connection II
6.763
Overview:
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.Prêt-à-Porter
5.2
Overview:
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.The Tenant
7.6
Overview:
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.Vidocq
5.935
Overview:
Paris, 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappears as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to avenge Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on...Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
5.085
Overview:
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.Le Chef
6.194
Overview:
A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.March or Die
5.818
Overview:
Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign Legion platoon when he is sent to his former remote outpost located in the French Morocco to protect an archaeological excavation from El Krim, a Rifian leader who intends to unite all local tribes to fight the colonial government…Acting
2025Chasse gardée 2 as André
2024This Is the Goat! as Le juge
2023Open Season as André, doctor
2022Champagne ! as André
2022C'est magnifique ! as Raymond
2021Around the World in 80 Days (1 Episode) as Monsieur Lome
2021The man who wanted to sleep as Alfred
2018Das Boot (2 Episodes) as Georges
2018The Happy Prince as Monsieur Dupoirier
2018Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter as Urbain, the mayor
2017Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne (6 Episodes) as Guillaume Hugonet
2015Mortus Corporatus (10 Episodes) as M. Blandin
2014Grace of Monaco as Charles de Gaulle
2014The Man Who Knew a Lot as Mister Beranger
2014Baby Phone as Hubert
2013Kramer contre Kramer as Sam / The Butler / Shaunessy / The Pub Manager
2012Paulette as Walter
2012La Victoire au bout du bâton as Marcel
2012Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation as Antoine Ferchereau
2012Le Chef as Le père de Béatrice
2011Louis XVI, l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi as Maurepas
2011Week-end chez les toquées (5 Episodes) as Tony
2010L'appel du 18 juin as Maxime Weygand
2009Inglourious Basterds as Old French Veterinarian
2008Behind the Walls as Mr Luve
2008Black Butterfly as Le Procureur
2007The Brides of Bourbon Island (2 Episodes) as le père Romand
2007La Vie en Rose as Jacques Canetti
2006The Poisoner as Professor Boiledieu
2004Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Père Dominique
2002Bâtards as Gégé, le père
2001Tête de chou as Le boulanger (voice)
2001Vidocq as Veraldi
2000Amazon as Colonel de Villeneuve
1999Chère Marianne (3 Episodes) as Le préfet
1999Brigade des mineurs as Ganasse
1999Les Parasites as Albert Wurtz
1998L'Alambic as Le Maire
1997Oranges Amères as Gosset
1994Prêt-à-Porter as Hotel Clerk
1994Les Cordier, juge et flic (60 Episodes) as Prosecutor Delorme
1993Pétain as Alibert
1992La Vie de Bohème as Police Inspector
1992Bienvenue à Bellefontaine as Anatole
1990May Wine as Concierge
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Waiter on the Train
1988The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Henri Bretonne
1988The secret files of Inspector Lavardin (1 Episode) as Le préfet
1987The Cruel Embrace as Micho
1985The Holcroft Covenant as Frederick Leger
1985Châteauvallon (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers as Courtier I
1983Prends ton passe-montagne, on va à la plage as Le contremaître
1981Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! as Jean-Michel, le mari d'Odette
1980The Little Mermaid as Un ami de Georges
1980L'entourloupe as Hansel
1980Petit déjeuner compris (1 Episode) as Le médecin, qui vient pour Hector
1979The Winner as Le buraliste
1979French Postcards as Jean-Louis
1978Too Shy to Try as Un homme (uncredited)
1977The Seventh Company Outdoors as Apparition (uncredited)
1977March or Die as 'Top Hat'
1977Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo as French Policeman (uncredited)
1977The Model Couple as Speaker à la télévision
1976Police Commissioner Moulin (1 Episode) as Robert Mendira
1976The Tenant as Cafe waiter
1976Scrambled Eggs as Unknown
1975French Connection II as Bartender
1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as Assistant to Andréani
1973The Day of the Jackal as Policeman at Tulle Station
1973A Police Officer Without Importance as Unknown
1972Scoundrel in White as (uncredited)
1971Someone Behind the Door as Intern
1967The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret (88 Episodes) as Inspecteur Castaing
1958Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1 Episode) as Lesueur