Personal Info
Birth date
1947-06-07 (78 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Also known as
-Jacques Spiesser
Biography
Jacques Spiesser (born 7 June 1947) is a French actor. After having taken courses at the Conservatoire, he made his film, debut in 1972, in Nina Companeez's Faustine et le bel été with Muriel Catala. He is best known to English-speaking audiences for playing the role of Gilles in Priceless. Source: Article "Jacques Spiesser" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Neptunes Thunder
NYR
Overview:
After his brother disappears, police captain Adamsberg re-opens the case for serial killer Trident. But when a new victim is found in Canada, accusations point to Adamsberg. Based on Fred Vargas acclaimed psycho-thriller.Capitaine Marleau
5.9
Overview:
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.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.Research Unit
8.4
Overview:
The Section de recherches is a special unit of the Gendarmerie nationale, responsible for the most complex cases. In Bordeaux (from 2006 to 2013) and then in Nice (since 2014), child abductions, disappearances, heinous or sexual crimes are the daily lot of the investigators in this research unit. In the search for witnesses, the team is authorised to extend its investigations beyond France's borders.Magellan
10
Overview:
A French police inspector solves crimes and mysteries while also raising two teenage daughters.The King’s Favorite
5.2
Overview:
It follows Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty fuels rumors and legends during her lifetime - and even in her death.The Blue Bicycle
6
Overview:
Léa, the daughter of a wealthy Bordeaux family, is spending happy days at the Montillac family estate at the end of the 1930s. Radiant with youth, she charms all the men who meet her on the blue bicycle offered to her by her father. She is in deep love with Laurent, when she tells him, he lets her down. He is in love with Camille, Lea's best friend. The war sounds the death knell of her carelessness. She takes refuge in Paris. There, she finds Laurent, his secret love, who has just married Camille. During a party given him, she meets mysterious François -a friend of Laurent who works for the government. He goes right on and starts to win Lea's heart, but she is not interested. Laurent has to go to the front-line. He asks Lea to stay with Camille in Paris, to look after her and the unborn baby. But the German troops are progressing, and Léa and Camille are forced to leave the capital.Claudine
5.9
Overview:
A coming-of-age miniseries based on the well-known "Claudine" stories by the French bisexual actor and author Sidonie Gabrielle Colette.Zodiac
5.5
Overview:
In the Marseille region, a woman returns home for her father's birthday, only to be swept into a chilling investigation. As a string of seemingly random murders unfolds, Esther races against time to uncover the truth behind the elusive Zodiac killer.D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
NYR
Overview:
Exile and possibly death are in the cards for the Queen of France in this edgy cloak-and-dagger adventure.Priceless
6.4
Overview:
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
5
Overview:
Set in and around Bagdad of the old times ALI BABA AND THE 40 THIEVES is the highly entertaining tale of kind but luckless Ali, played by French superstar Gérard Jugnor who finds himself unwilling in the centre of multiple difficult situations.The Last Diamond
6.313
Overview:
Simon, a burglar on probation, agreed to go on the biggest shot of his life: The flight of the "Florentine", a mythical diamond set auction by its owners. To succeed, he must approach Julia, expert diamond for sale which is a considerable personal and family issue. Beyond a jigsaw particularly daring, Julia Simon will lead to a destiny she could not imagine.Les Thibault
6.7
Overview:
Between 1905 and 1918, the opposing destinies of two brothers from a large Catholic bourgeois family.The Man Who Sleeps
7.797
Overview:
A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.The Red Summer
3.3
Overview:
Hélène de Graf, a wealthy heiress, is found dead in her home in Savoie, on the shores of Lake Bourget. Thomas, her lover, is accused because he visited her shortly before she was discovered dead. He will spend thirteen years in prison. Upon his release, he has only one desire: to unmask the real murderer. Thus begins a veritable manhunt for him, and for us, a mystery: who killed Hélène? Thomas can count on his sister and her husband, an eminent local doctor who has always believed in his innocence, but also on his best friend, none other than his fellow prisoner. But then, who killed Hélène de Graf, and above all, why? Everyone around her is suspected, starting with her husband Alex, his new wife Paola, and even the casino director, Gilles Delprat.Coco
4.3
Overview:
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.My Best Friend
6.135
Overview:
Catherine refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.C'est la vie
7
Overview:
Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything anymore. There he meets Suzanne, a volunteer who is dedicated to supporting people at the end of their lives.Le Grand Charles
10
Overview:
Le Grand Charles was a 2006 French TV-drama on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora. De Gaulle was played by Bernard Farcy, Winston Churchill by David Ryall, and Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert Hardy. Other actors in the cast included Dominic Gould, Sam Spiegel and Jay Benedict.The Slap
6.689
Overview:
A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.Acting
TBANeptunes Thunder as Adrien Danglard
2022The King’s Favorite (2 Episodes) as Philibert de l'Orme
2022Everyday Portabella as Unknown
2019Quand sort la recluse as Danglard
2017Duplicity as Alexandre Caussey
2016Mongeville et Magellan : Un amour de jeunesse as Magellan
2015Capitaine Marleau (1, 1 Episode) as Thibault Le Preux, Octave Duplessis
2014Entre vents et marées (2 Episodes) as Ferdinand Lebovitz
2014Entre vents et marées as Ferdinand Lebovitz
2014The Last Diamond as Pierre Neuville
2013A Place On Earth as Monsieur Morin
2012La solitude du pouvoir as Stéphane Prévost
2012Mon frère Yves as Le commandant
2012Bay of Algiers as Louis
2012The Gordji Affair as Edouard Balladur
2012Here Below as L'évêque
2011A Bad Encounter as Teacher
2011Bouquet final as Gabriel
2011Accusé Mendès France as President Perré
2011Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa as Otto Von Bismarck
2010Lily Sometimes as Odile, Pierre's Father
2010A Dubious Place as Adrien Danglard
2010The Blonde with Bare Breasts as Victor Durieux
2009Mom Lost It! as Sam
2009Magellan (40 Episodes) as Commissaire Simon Magellan
2009Seeking Whom He May Devour as Adrien Danglard
2009The Chalk Circle Man as Adrien Danglard
2009Coco as Le préfet
2009Mourir d'aimer as Le medecin
2009A Man and His Dog as le libraire
2008Die Jahrhundertlawine as Pfarrer Josef
2008Marie-Octobre as Roland Herbelin
2008Sous les vents de Neptune as Adrien Danglard
2008Collection Fred Vargas (9 Episodes) as Adrien Danglard
2007Le Vrai Coupable as Inspecteur Barton
2007Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves (2 Episodes) as le juge (uncredited)
2007In Your Wake as Ruiz
2007The Missing Granddaughter as Meunier
2007Fissures as Le père de Charlotte
2006Priceless as Gilles
2006My Best Friend as Letellier
2006A City Is Beautiful at Night as The manager
2006One Summer as Paulo Granral adult
2006Research Unit (1 Episode) as Daniel Pérez
2006Le Grand Charles (2 Episodes) as Pierre Pflimlin
2006Le temps de la désobéissance as le divisionnaire
2005The Accursed Kings (1 Episode) as Charles de Valois
2005Itinéraires as Guy Chartrier
2005Celle qui reste as Gallard
2005D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2 Episodes) as Bonacieux
2005D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as Bonacieux
2004Péril imminent: Mortel chahut as Commissioner Jourdan
2004The Hook as Kouznetov
2004Zodiac (5 Episodes) as Etienne Lefort
2004Nature contre nature as Mr. Lorieux
2003Les Thibault (4 Episodes) as Docteur Hequet
2003L'Affaire Dominici as Juge Péries
2003She's One of Us as Danjard
2003Jean Moulin, une affaire française as Lassagne
2002The Red Summer (5 Episodes) as Robert Lantier
2002Le gave as Yves Chabrière
2001C'est la vie as Jean-Louis
2001Quatre copains as Charles Biraud
2001De l'histoire ancienne as Didier
2001Duval : Un mort de trop as Duval
2001Duval (2 Episodes) as Duval
2000After the Reconciliation as Arthur
2000Le Grand Patron (15 Episodes) as Vincent Fresnay
2000The Blue Bicycle (3 Episodes) as Adrien Delmas
1999Dessine-moi un jouet as Raoul Monge
1999Chère Marianne (1 Episode) as Coste
1999Rembrandt as Joost Van den Vondel
1999Life Doesn't Scare Me as Stella's father
1998Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition as Pécoul
1997Madame Jacques on the Croisette as Jo
1997Une femme en blanc (6 Episodes) as Barillet
1995Lulu, roi de France as Victor
1995Le mas Théotime as L'inspecteur
1994Les Cordier, juge et flic (1 Episode) as Pierre Aubin
1993All That... for This?! as Zuckmeyer, le directeur de l'hôtel
1993L'Affaire Seznec as Petitcolas
1990L’homme imaginé as L'homme
1990El Corazón de las Tinieblas as Unknown
1989Manon Roland as Claude
1989Thick Skinned as Gérard
1989Baxter as Michel Ferrer
1988Preuve d'amour as Bernard
1986On a volé Charlie Spencer ! as L'inspecteur
1985Folie suisse as Nicholas' father
1982The Trout as Galuchat
1981Le Sang des Atrides as Le juge Chabrand
1980Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme as Martin
1978Monsieur Saint-Saëns as Camille Saint-Saëns
1978Autopsie d’un complot as Jean-Marie Bigot
1978Claudine (1 Episode) as M. Maria
1977Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff as Jacques Steiner
1976Black and White in Color as Hubert Fresnoy
1976The Devil in the Heart as Éric Bouvier
1976Je suis Pierre Rivière as Pierre Rivière
1976Little Marcel as Marcel
1976Un animal doué de déraison as Jacques
1976Lumière as Saint-Loup
1975Serious as Pleasure as L'homme au km 103
1974Ariane as The clown sphinx
1974The Slap as Rémy Abeillé
1974Stavisky... as Michel Grandville
1974The Irony of Chance as Jean Rimbert
1974The Man Who Sleeps as Man
1973Nothing to Report as Rémy March
1972Faustine and the Beautiful Summer as Florent
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self