Manuel Bonnet

Manuel Bonnet
Manuel Bonnet
Nationality	French
Citizenship	French
Alma mater	Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Known for	Highlander: The Series, novels
	Scientific career
Fields	Actor

Manuel Bonnet is a French author and an award-winning actor who primarily appears in French cinema and television.^[1]

Career

He studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris from 1970–73 and has had many roles and cameo parts in film and TV over more than 30 years, mostly in France.

Bonnet made a guest appearance on Highlander: The Series as Cavalry Captain in an episode titled Unholy Alliance: Part 2^[2] and also the French foreign subtitled film Les Fautes d'orthographe. He also appeared in Thomas the Falconer alongside actors and actresses like Brano Holicek, Juraj Kukura, Jiri Langmajer and Jaroslav Zvasta.^[3]^[4]

A direct descendant of the photographic pioneer Nicéphore Niépce, Manuel Bonnet was the co-writer, with Jean-Louis Marignier of the book “Niépce, correspondance et papiers”, published by Maison Nicéphore Niépce in 2003, and the initiator of the celebrations in 2007 of the bicentennial of the invention of the Pyreolophore, an early internal combustion engine designed by the Niépce brothers.^[5]

In the course of research made by the Swedish filmmaker Vilgot Sjöman on Alfred Nobel, the study by Manuel Bonnet of Nobel's French associate, Paul Barbe, found recognition through the creation of files bearing his name in the archives of the Nobel institute in Stockholm.

He has also contributed to the book by Max Lavigne entitled : "Chantecoq, De la Cité Royale à la Commune républicaine" in 1996.

Appearances

Theatre

Dix Petits Negres. Directed By Jacqueline Bœuf
Le Temps des Gitans. Directed By Emir Kusturica (Opéra De Paris)
Amadeus. Directed by Stéphane Hillel
Entrez sans Frapper. Directed By Raymond Acquaviva
La Boutique au Coin De La Rue. Directed By Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Grison Iv. Directed By G. Savoisien
Cinema Parlant. Directed By Daniel Colas
Drôle de Gouter. Directed By Gérard Maro
Romeo et Juliette. Directed By Jean-Paul Lucet
Britannicus. Directed By Simone Beaudoin
Andromaque. Directed By Pierre Santini
Les Temps Difficiles. Directed By Pierre Dux
Lenine. Directed By Claude Vermorel
Les Fourberies de Scapin. Directed by Pierre Boutron
Trio Pour Deux Canaris. Directed by François Duval
La Comedie Humaine. Directed By Paul-Emile Deiber
L'aiglon. Directed By Jean-Laurent Cochet

Television

L’école Du Pouvoir. Director - Raoul Peck
Memento. Director - Patrick Poubel
Les Intouchables. Director - Benoît D’aubert
La Vie Devant Nous, Cinq Ans Apres. Director - Laura Muscardin
Vrai Comme Un Reve. Director - Christophe Otzenberger
Les Enfants D'orion. Director - Philippe Venault
Voici Venir L'orage. Director - Nina Companeez
Securite Interieure. Director - Patrick Grandperret
Max Jacob. Director - Gabriel Aghion
Ris - Police Scientifique (Dépendances). Director - Klaus Biderman
La Vallee. Director - Raoul Peck
Commissaire Valence. Director - Denis Amar
Plus Belle La Vie. Director - Jean-Pierre Igoux.
Le Proces De Bobigny. Director - François Luciani.
Denonciation Calomnieuse. Director - Dominique Ladoge
Jusqu’au Bout. Director - Maurice Failevic
Les Bourreaux De L'ombre (Navarro). Director - Jean Sagols
Biarritz. Director - Olivier Guignard
Les Perles Du Pacifique. Director - G. Bannier / T. Guerrier / Didier Delaitre
Les Filles De Vincennes. Director - Thierry Binisti
Ciel D’orage. Director - Paolo Barzman
Factures Sociales (Les Bœufs Carottes). Director - Gérard Cuq
La Nouvelle Tribu. Director - Roger Vadim
Mon Pere Avait Raison. Director - Roger Vadim
Flairs Ennemis. Director - Robin Davis
Les Alsaciens. Director - Michel Favart
Tabou. Director - Alain Robak
Cas De Divorce. Director - G. Espinasse / A. Lombardi
Tango. Director - Jacques Payette
Chasseurs De Loups. Director - Didier Albert
Highlander: The Series - Unholy Alliance 2. Director - P. Ellis
Christmas Carol (1984) – Director – Francis Junek
Seconde B. Director - Christiane Spiero
La Devoyee. Director - Jacques Audoir
Repetition D’un Meurtre. Director - Jacques Audoir
Pas De Noel Pour Sarah-Lou. Director - Geneviève Strina
L'or Et Le Papier. Director - Nino Monti
La Patrie En Danger. Director - J.D. De La Rochefoucauld
La Vie En Couleur. Director - J. Doniol Valcroze
La Danse De Salome. Director - Jacques Ordines
L'ete De La Revolution. Director - Lazare Iglesis
L'affaire Saint Romans. Director - Michel Wyn
Arrets Frequents. Director - Gérard Marx
Celine. Director - Josée Dayan
Les Pardaillan. Director - Josée Dayan
Madame Et Ses Flics. Director - R. Bernard
Le Vent Du Large. Director - M. Bertin
Le Chant De Noel. Director - Pierre Boutron
Laure Et Adriani. Director - Gérard Espinasse
La Prison Sur La Mer. Director - Jacques Ordines
Pour Le Plaisir. Director - Pascal Goethals
Les Dames A La Licorne. Director - Lazare Iglesis
Je Tue Il. Director - Pierre Boutron
Le Danseur Mondain. Director - Gérard Espinasse
Crapotte. Director - Agnès Delarive
Le Nœud De Viperes. Director - Jacques Trebouta
Louis Xi. Director - Alexandre Astruc
Lazare Carnot. Director - Jean-François Delassus
Auteurs De Folie. Director - Claude Fayard
Les Années Dillusion. Director - Pierre Matteuzi
Chroniques Martiennes. Director - Kammerscheit
L'âge En Fleur. Director - Philippe Agostini

Cinema

15 Ans Et Demi. Director - François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux
Ça Se Soigne ? Director - Laurent Chouchan
Alfred. Director – Vilgot Sjöman.
Le Dernier Gang. Director - Ariel Zeitoun
Perds Pas La Boule. Director - Maria Pia Crapanzano
Mort A L'ecran. Director - Alexis Ferrebeuf
Les Fautes D'orthographe. Director - Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Rue Des Plaisirs. Director - Patrice Leconte
Sokoliar Tomas. Director - Vaclav Vorlicek
L'affaire. Director - Sergio Gobbi
In The Shadow Of The Sandcastles. Director - Philippe Blot
Funny Boy. Director - Christian Le Hemonet
Sibylle. Director - Robert Cappa

External links

Webpage on the Conservatoire site (in French)
Contact details (in French)
More info on his roles (in French)

Notes

^ The New York Times Movies
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Thomas the Falconer - Movie (1999) | LocateTV". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
^ https://french.imdb.com/name/nm0094972 Archived 2016-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Filmography on the Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}
^ http://www.niepce.com/pagus/pagus-contactus.html Niepce website

[1] The New York Times Movies

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Thomas the Falconer - Movie (1999) | LocateTV". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.

[4] ttps://french.imdb.com/name/nm0094972 Archived 2016-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Filmography on the Internet Movie Database ^{[user-generated source]}

[5] ttp://www.niepce.com/pagus/pagus-contactus.html Niepce website

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