About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1949-09-03
Place of birth:
Lille, Nord, France
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Gilles Béhat

Overview

Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor.

Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: L'Hercule sur la place.

As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes.

He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in L'Hercule sur la place and Charles IV le Bel in Les Rois maudits (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film Elle court, elle court la banlieue, Jean Yanne's 1972 film Chobizenesse and Bernard Paul's 1975 film Beau Masque.

As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film Rue barbare. Several of his subsequent films, including Dancing Machine starring Alain Delon, were relative commercial failures. He then turned to television, where he directed series for TF1, France 2 and Canal+ in the 1990s.

In 2008, he returned to cinema, directing Diamant 13; a noir starring Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal and Asia Argento.

Source: Article "Gilles Béhat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
1991 Le vent de la Toussaint Actor Le capitaine N/A
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1976 Aces High Actor Captain Beckenauer 58
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1976 Château Espérance Actor Jacques 59
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1975 Doctor Justice Actor 58
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1975 The Porcelain Anniversary Actor Mathieu N/A
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1974 La Cloche tibétaine Actor Victor Point 69
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1972 Baphomet Actor N/A
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Directing
2009 Diamond 13 Directing Director 58
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1995 Le cavalier des nuages Directing Director 58
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1995 Jamaica Inn Directing Director N/A
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1991 Le vent de la Toussaint Directing Director N/A
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1990 Dancing Machine Directing Director 58
Average
1987 Charlie Dingo Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Les longs manteaux Directing Director 58
Average
1985 Urgence Directing Director 58
Average
1984 Street of the Damned Directing Director 58
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1981 Putain d'histoire d'amour Directing Director N/A
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1978 Hue and Cry Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2009 Diamond 13 Writing Screenplay 58
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1991 Le vent de la Toussaint Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 Charlie Dingo Writing Writer 59
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1986 Les longs manteaux Writing Writer 58
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1984 Street of the Damned Writing Adaptation 58
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1978 Hue and Cry Writing Writer N/A
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