
Jacques Gamblin
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1957-11-16 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Granville, Manche, France
- Also known as
- Žaks Gamblins
Biography
Jacques Gamblin is a French actor. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen (Caen Dramatic Arts Centre).
Originally, Jacques Gamblin was not destined to act. As a professional technician in a theater company, he came to contact with acting. He then studied at the Comédie de Caen and took his first steps as an actor on stage in Brittany, Totem Theatre in Saint-Brieuc, before joining the National Theatre, directed by Pierre de Rennes Debauche. Then he tried his luck in Paris, carefully choosing his roles and he made his film debut in 1985.
In theatre, Jacques Gamblin worked with many directors such as Pierre Claude Yersin, Michel Dubois, Jeanne Champagne, Philippe Adrien, Alfredo Arias, Charles Tordjman, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gildas Bourdet, and Anne Bourgeois.
He is also the author of plays such as The Touch Hardware and hip (1997).
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (85)

Blind Man
2012
as Le Commandant Lassalle

My Man
1996
as 4th client

Home
2009
as Narrator (french voice)

Dr. Akagi
1998
as Piet

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
2008
as Robert Duval

Hippocrates
2014
as Le professeur Barois

The Tiger Brigades
2006
as Jules Bonnot

24 Days
2014
as Commander Delcour

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009
as Marcel

Hell
2005
as Pierre

Les Miserables
1995
as Le bedeau

Holy Lola
2004
as Dr. Pierre Ceyssac

Connemara
2025
as Gérard

Safe Conduct
2002
as Jean-Devaivre

The Color of Lies
1999
as René Sterne

There Were Days... and Moons
1990
as Le mari de Caroline

The First Man
2011
as Jacques Cormery

The Names of Love
2010
as Arthur Martin

All That... for This?!
1993
as Jacques Grandin

Hell Train
1985

The Children of the Marshland
1999
as Garriss

The Ideal Palace
2019
as Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, aka 'Le facteur Cheval'

À la Mode
1993
as Père de Fausto (US version)

Carnage
2002
as Jacques
L'Été 36
1986
as Alain Mercier

The Car Keys
2003
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

The Merry Widow
2007
as Léo

Mademoiselle
2001
as Pierre Cassini

Fragile(s)
2007
as Vince

Les Irréductibles
2006
as Michel

What a Drag
1996
as André Lemoine

Father Son Therapy
2016
as Charles Perronet

Dissonances
2004
as Nat

The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol
2006
as Self

Bellamy
2009
as Noël Gentil / Emile Leullet / Denis Leprince

The Beautiful Story
1992
as Le jeune policier

Serko
2006
as Fragonard

Mauvais Genre
1997
as Martial Bok

Nickel and Dime
2003
as Francis

L'Infiltré
2011
as Michel Carrat

My Father's Secrets
2022
as Henri Kichka (voice)

Bella ciao
2000
as Orféo

Proper Attire Required
1997
as Richard Poulenc

The Tiger and The President
2022
as Paul Deschanel

Au petit Marguery
1995
as Barnabé

Week-ends
2014
as Jean

Girls with Guns
1994
as Thierry

Couchettes express
1994
as Antoine

25 Degrees in Winter
2004
as Miguel

Les clients d'Avrenos
1996
as Bernard de Jonsac

Holidays by the Sea
2011
as Monsieur Cerf-volant

Goodbye Princess
1992
as Helmut

The Finishers
2013
as Paul Amblard

'Till Death Do Us Part
1995
as Patrick

Say Cheese
2022
as Thierry Hamelin

Périgord noir
1989
as Rémi

Just The Three of Us
2010
as The father

La femme à abattre
1993
as Cowboy

Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
as Narrator (voice)

Harvey
2023
as Elwood P. Dowd

Inondations : une menace planétaire
2019
as Speaker

Van Gogh: Brush with Genius
2009
as Vincent Van Gogh

Blaise
2026
as Jacques (voice)

Vaines recherches
1987
as Santi

Une vie française
2011
as Paul Blick

Sacrifice paysan
2022
as Narration

Pétain, such a popular hero
2010
as Narrator (voice)

Au cœur des robots
2015
as Narrator (French)

L'Homme debout
2023
as Henri Giffard

Une histoire d'amour à la con
1996
as Gérard Delmont

A Volcano Odyssey
2012
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Paris Countdown
2013
as Victor
Le Voyageur sans bagage
2004
as Gaston

Les brouches
1994
as Pierre

I Have Dreamed Of You So Much
2015
as Voice over

In Your Wake
2007
as Gabriel

Christian Dior: The Man Behind the Myth
2005
as Narrator

Camilla, la reine qui ne voulait pas être reine
2025
as Narrator (voice over)

Le Salsifis du Bengale
2015
as Narrator (voice)

Verdon secret
2016
as Narrateur
Himalayan Gold rush
2011

Les diablogues
2008

Yarsagumbu, l'or de l'Himalaya
2011

La mesure des choses
2022
as Narrator (voice)

A Grain of Sand in the Gear
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
About Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Gamblin is a French actor. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen (Caen Dramatic Arts Centre). Originally, Jacques Gamblin was not destined to act. As a professional technician in a theater company, he came to contact with acting. He then studied at the Comédie de Caen and took his first steps as an actor on stage in Brittany, Totem Theatre in Saint-Brieuc, before joining the National Theatre, directed by Pierre de Rennes Debauche. Then he tried his luck in Paris, carefully choosing his roles and he made his film debut in 1985. In… With 91 credits spanning from 1985 to 2026, Jacques Gamblin has appeared in 85 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jacques Gamblin Movies
- Blind Man (2012) — as Le Commandant Lassalle
- My Man (1996) — as 4th client
- Home (2009) — as Narrator (french voice)
- Dr. Akagi (1998) — as Piet
- The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008) — as Robert Duval
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