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Dominique Zardi

Acting Born Mar 2, 1930 Died Dec 13, 2009 Paris, France 226 credits
226
Total Credits
1947–2007
61 Years Career Span
95
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Dominique Zardi was born Emile Jean Cohen-Zardi on March 2, 1930, in Paris, France. He was a French actor known for appearing in feature films, including Fantômas alongside Louis De Funès and Jean Marais. Throughout his career, his known credits included over two hundred feature films, with some sources noting more than six hundred. In addition to his acting career, he was known as a writer of books such as L Algérie des mirages and Le monde des truands. He was related to actress and film director Agnès Jaoui, being her first cousin once removed. Dominique Zardi died of cancer on December 13, 2009, at the age of 79.

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Career

Career overview

Dominique Zardi was a French actor born in Paris on March 2, 1930. Also known as Emile Jean Cohen-Zardi, he established a prolific career on screen, acting in more than 200 feature films, with some sources noting over 600 feature films. His extensive filmography includes appearances in Fantômas alongside Louis De Funès and Jean Marais. Throughout his career, he frequently took on episodic roles that left a memorable impression on audiences across numerous productions. In addition to his acting work, he was known as a writer of several successful books, including titles such as L’Algérie des mirages and Le monde des truands.

Outside of his professional career, he was related to the actress and film director Agnès Jaoui, being identified in biographical records as her uncle or her first cousin once removed. Dominique Zardi passed away from cancer on December 13, 2009, at the age of 79.

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Known for

Les Misérables

as Cochepaille
Film

Ville à vendre

as un gendarme
Film

Delicatessen

as Taxi Driver
Film

Madame Bovary

as Blind man

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

as Gustave

The Demon Prince of Momochi House

as Donut Seller

Air Disasters

as Totor

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

as Henri Rieutord, Chef de Poste
Film

Les Misérables

as Chenildieu, convict at the trial of Champmathieu

Fantômas

as Train porter

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

as contremaître

Clarice

as Le patron du café Bastille / Barkeeper

Frequent co-stars

Henri Attal 18 shared titles
Meredith Edwards 9 shared titles
Stéphane Audran 6 shared titles
Mario David 5 shared titles
Robert Dalban 5 shared titles
Jean-Paul Belmondo 5 shared titles
Naomi Chance 5 shared titles
Noël Roquevert 4 shared titles
Serge Bento 4 shared titles
Paul Préboist 4 shared titles

Career timeline

Le BénévoleLes Ballets écarlates13 French StreetLe deal
Grabuge!
Le Furet
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des BermudesLes araignées de la nuit
La bête de miséricorde
Les MisérablesTout est calme
The Color of Lies
Robin des mersVidange
Alliance cherche doigt
La dernière fête
Black for RemembranceThe Little Boy
Bonsoir
Ville à vendreThe Voice
DelicatessenMadame BovaryLa Méthode Barnol
Quiet Days in ClichyLa Goutte d'or
The Seats of the AlcazarDivine enfant
The Seasons of PleasureUne nuit à l'Assemblée NationaleThe Comedy of Work
40° à l'ombreAgent troubleThe Cry of the OwlWidow's WalkMasks
Banana's BoulevardPrivate Tuition
Cop au Vin
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You LeaveKill the RefereeThe Blood of OthersThe Defective Detective
It's Called Catastrophe
Les MisérablesMore Beautiful Than Me You DieThe North StarIs There a Frenchman in the House?Litan
For a Cop's HideShut Up When You Speak!
FantômasA Bad Son
The AssociateThe Bit Between the TeethLe piège à consThe Medic
Les réformés se portent bienThe WitnessViolette NozièreComment se faire réformer
Le Roi des bricoleurs
Dracula and SonThe TwistMadoBartlebyAndréa
The CageThe French DetectiveInnocents with Dirty HandsMad Race to Cote d'AzurThe Red Ibis

Full Filmography

226 titles
  • Le Bénévole (2007) as Le collègue de Jo
  • Les Ballets écarlates (2007)
  • 13 French Street (2007) as Le fossoyeur
  • Le deal (2007) as Commissaire Mustang
  • Grabuge! (2005) as Hector
  • Le Furet (2003) as Colonel Petitjean
  • Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002) as Self
  • Les araignées de la nuit (2002) as M. Dupond
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  • La bête de miséricorde (2001) as Momo
  • Les Misérables (2000) as Cochepaille
  • Tout est calme (2000) as Monsieur Coste
  • The Color of Lies (1999) as Monsieur Shouten
  • Robin des mers (1998) as Emile Dupas
  • Vidange (1998) as le juge Montel
  • Alliance cherche doigt (1997) as Internet
  • La dernière fête (1996)
  • Black for Remembrance (1995) as un enquêteur
  • The Little Boy (1995) as Boretti's help
  • Bonsoir (1994) as Voisin de Caroline
  • Ville à vendre (1992) as un gendarme
  • The Voice (1992) as Le Serveur
  • Delicatessen (1991) as Taxi Driver
  • Madame Bovary (1991) as Blind man
  • La Méthode Barnol (1991) as l'assistant de Monsieur Hubert
  • Quiet Days in Clichy (1990) as Gustave
  • La Goutte d'or (1990)
  • The Seats of the Alcazar (1989) as The cinema director
  • Divine enfant (1989) as Le journaliste
  • The Seasons of Pleasure (1988) as Delegate
  • Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale (1988) as Fricasset
  • The Comedy of Work (1988) as L'huissier de l'ANPE
  • 40° à l'ombre (1987) as Self
  • Agent trouble (1987) as Landlord
  • The Cry of the Owl (1987) as Le voisin de Robert
  • Widow's Walk (1987) as Donut Seller
  • Masks (1987) as Totor
  • Miracle Healing (1987) as Rondoli
  • Banana's Boulevard (1986) as Le colonel
  • Private Tuition (1986) as L'appariteur
  • Cop au Vin (1985) as Henri Rieutord, Chef de Poste
  • How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984) as Hitman
  • Kill the Referee (1984) as Supporter
  • The Blood of Others (1984) as Sandwich-eating Nazi
  • The Defective Detective (1984) as Producer of the opera
  • It's Called Catastrophe (1983) as Fifi
  • Les Misérables (1982) as Chenildieu, convict at the trial of Champmathieu
  • More Beautiful Than Me You Die (1982)
  • The North Star (1982) as Le concierge de l'hôtel
  • Is There a Frenchman in the House? (1982) as Trade unionist
  • Litan (1982) as Le chef des fous
  • For a Cop's Hide (1981) as Le petit chauve
  • Shut Up When You Speak! (1981) as Le voisin de Giacomo
  • Fantômas (1980) as Train porter
  • A Bad Son (1980) as contremaître
  • The Associate (1979) as Le portier du ministère
  • The Bit Between the Teeth (1979) as Le patron du café Bastille / Barkeeper
  • Le piège à cons (1979) as Le chef postier
  • The Medic (1979) as Officer
  • Les réformés se portent bien (1978)
  • The Witness (1978) as Moignard
  • Violette Nozière (1978) as Cafe waiter
  • Comment se faire réformer (1978) as Un médecin militaire
  • Le Roi des bricoleurs (1977) as Le rouquin
  • Dracula and Son (1976) as agent
  • The Twist (1976) as L'automobiliste
  • Mado (1976) as Crovetto, the fake passport maker
  • Bartleby (1976) as Cisaille
  • Andréa (1976) as Gilles Cletrides
  • The Cage (1975) as Postman
  • The French Detective (1975) as Man injured in the leg
  • Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975) as Marine Police Officer
  • Mad Race to Cote d'Azur (1975) as Wrongs Rectifier in Nice
  • The Red Ibis (1975) as Saddo, le voyou
  • Par ici la monnaie (1974) as Mayor
  • The Nada Gang (1974) as Police officer
  • The Four Charlots Musketeers 2 (1974) as Bourreau
  • Creezy (1974) as Building concierge
  • OK Patron (1974) as Maître Ribot, notary
  • No Pockets in a Shroud (1974) as Henchman
  • The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) as Cook of L'Etoile De Kiev
  • Two Men in Town (1973) as Inmate
  • The Conspiracy (1973) as Hans
  • Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973) as Un pilier de bar
  • A Tear in the Ocean (1973) as Yanouch
  • The Pebbles of Etratat (1972) as Drinking buddy of Kelvo
  • The Pariah (1972) as Convict
  • Scandal Man (1972) as Dominique
  • Scoundrel in White (1972) as L'évêque
  • She No Longer Talks, She Shoots (1972) as Riton 'la teigne'
  • Chut ! (1972) as Saver
  • Seduction Squad (1972) as Le patient de Christine
  • Jo (1971) as Le Duc
  • Max and the Junkmen (1971) as Baraduch
  • Just Before Nightfall (1971) as Prince
  • The Albatross (1971) as Paula's attacker
  • The Hideout (1971)
  • Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971) as Lulu, henchman of Mr. K.
  • La Grande Maffia (1971) as Gangster
  • Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad (1971)
  • Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? (1971) as Shoemaker (uncredited)
  • One Is Always Too Good to Women (1971) as Irishman
  • The Novices (1970) as Le flic avec un sandwich
  • The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) as Wilderer
  • Them (1970) as Killer
  • The Stud (1970) as Deputy
  • The Things of Life (1970) as The Male Hitchhiker
  • Last Known Address (1970) as Pervert (uncredited)
  • She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (1970) as Professor of natural sciences
  • The Breach (1970) as Balloon Seller
  • The Breach (1970) Original Music Composer
  • The Horse (1970) as Tony, a Crook
  • Promise at Dawn (1970) as (uncredited)
  • Solo (1970) as Le juge d'instruction
  • Sortie de secours (1970)
  • L'Amour (1970) as Le second déménageur
  • The Unfaithful Wife (1969) as Truck driver
  • This Man Must Die (1969) as Le premier inspecteur
  • This Man Must Die (1969) Music
  • The Brain (1969) as Warden of Poissy Prison
  • Delphine (1969) as le philosophe de comptoir
  • Faites donc plaisir aux amis (1969) as Garage employee
  • Pasha (1968) as Hortz Weiss, dit Hortz de Hambourg
  • The Gendarme Gets Married (1968) as Un candidat adjudant à l'examen
  • Ho ! (1968) as Infirmary Worker
  • Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (1968) as The Old Pilot
  • Les Biches (1968) as Riais
  • Les Aventures de Lagardère (1968) as un truand
  • Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (1968) as A killer of Charles
  • A Little Virtuous (1968) as (uncredited)
  • Vidocq (1967) as Un bagnard
  • Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967) as Le pilote de l'avion
  • Jerk in Istanbul (1967) as (uncredited)
  • The Champagne Murders (1967) as Attacker in Red Sweater (Uncredited)
  • L'Amateur (1967)
  • Idiot in Paris (1967) as Le passant qui trouve la musique de Goubi "belle"
  • Action Man (1967) as Crook
  • The Big Softie (1967) as Drunk at the party
  • Sorrel Flower (1967) as Jeannot le tondu, Mauser 96, 9mm à crosse évidée
  • Order of the Daisy (1967) as Le juge d'instruction
  • The Ponies (1967) as Swimmer at the pool
  • Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée (1967) as A German soldier
  • Masculin Féminin (1966) as The Porn Book Reader (uncredited)
  • Angelique and the King (1966) as Un homme de main
  • Line of Demarcation (1966) as Soldat allemand
  • The Game Is Over (1966) as L'invité au turban du bal vert (uncredited)
  • Paris in August (1966) as Intellectual at the Lipp brewery
  • Trap for the Assassin (1966) as un forçat
  • Brigade Anti Gangs (1966) as Membre de gang Sartet
  • Your Money or Your Life (1966) as Conveyor
  • L'attentat (1966) as Man with the hat (uncredited)
  • Pierrot le Fou (1965) as The Second Pumpman (uncredited)
  • Fantomas Unleashed (1965) as Homme de main de Fantômas
  • The Gendarme in New York (1965) as Un gendarme italien
  • Cloportes (1965) as Prisoner (uncredited)
  • The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) as Un inspecteur au bistrot (uncredited)
  • Circus Angel (1965) as Un truand
  • Killer Spy (1965) as Henchman of James (uncredited)
  • The Vampire of Dusseldorf (1965) as (uncredited)
  • OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965) as Un tueur venant tuer OSS 117
  • How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965) as Agent (uncredited)
  • The Big Swag (1965) as Customer of the Bowling bar (uncredited)
  • Fantomas (1964) as Homme de main de Fantômas
  • Paris When It Sizzles (1964) as Sailor in Café (uncredited)
  • Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) as Le policier
  • Backfire (1964)
  • Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) as le caporal-chef réceptionniste
  • Let's Rob the Bank (1964) as Zapato (uncredited)
  • Circle of Love (1964) as Soldier
  • Jaloux comme un tigre (1964) as Tennis umpire (uncredited)
  • The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
  • Male Hunt (1964) as Un truand (uncredited)
  • Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1964) as Lucien
  • Code Name: Tiger (1964) as Le tueur de l'aéroport #1
  • Death of a Killer (1964) as Un dur
  • Requiem pour un caïd (1964) as Crook friend of Vasco
  • Bluebeard (1963)
  • Sweet Skin (1963) as Un consommateur-dragueur au Blue Note (uncredited)
  • Of Flesh and Blood (1963)
  • Banana Peel (1963) as L'employé du bookmaker au téléphone
  • Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) as Le policier #1
  • Carom Shots (1963) as (uncredited)
  • Thank Heaven for Small Favors (1963) as Tramp (uncredited)
  • The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
  • Don't Tempt the Devil (1963) as Man at the hearing (uncredited)
  • Magnet of Doom (1963) as The boxing speaker
  • La bande à Bobo (1963)
  • Your Turn, Darling (1963) as (uncredited)
  • Vice and Virtue (1963) as Bald Gestapo Agent
  • Ladies First (1963) as L'autostoppeur à l'harmonica / Hitchhiker
  • Ophélia (1963) as Un gardien
  • The Virgins (1963) as Voyeur (uncredited)
  • L'assassin connaît la musique (1963) as Un client du magasin (uncredited)
  • Blague dans le coin (1963) as Henchman
  • Be Careful Ladies (1963) as Prisonnier
  • The Longest Day (1962) as French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
  • Le Doulos (1962) as Nuttecchio's Man (uncredited)
  • Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962) as Charlie, le Barman
  • The Empire of Night (1962)
  • Tales of Paris (1962) as Bus Passenger (segment "Sophie") (uncredited)
  • A Touch of Treason (1962) as un homme à la brasserie
  • A Horse for Two (1962) as Gendarme who falls on the coal balls (uncredited)
  • Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (1962) as (uncredited)
  • The Deadly Decoy (1962) as (uncredited)
  • Paris Blues (1961) as (uncredited)
  • Goodbye Again (1961) as Man at Concert
  • A Woman Is a Woman (1961) as Fake Blind #1 (uncredited)
  • The Fighting Musketeers (1961) as L'aubergiste de Meuny
  • Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) as Client au bar
  • A Man Named Rocca (1961) as Mine-clearing Prisoner (uncredited)
  • À rebrousse-poil (1961)
  • Wise Guys (1961) as Un consommateur
  • Le Trou (1960) as Le détenu qui assiste le gardien à la fouille
  • The Truth (1960) as Un homme sortant du métro et à la terrasse d'un bar (uncredited)
  • Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) as Charlie Boston, Conductor
  • Tête folle (1960)
  • The Dialogue of the Carmelites (1960) as (uncredited)
  • Crack in the Mirror (1960) as (uncredited)
  • Pickpocket (1959) as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
  • Eyes of Love (1959) as Onlooker at the station (uncredited)
  • Croquemitoufle (1959) as Hotel waiter (uncredited)
  • A Woman Like Satan (1958) as Sailor
  • The Cat (1958) as (uncredited)
  • Maxime (1958) as A porter on the station platform (uncredited)
  • That Night (1958) as (uncredited)
  • Le Bateau à soupe (1947) as (uncredited)
  • Square of Knaves (1947) as Un figurant (uncredited)

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Dominique Zardi is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Les Misérables (2000), Ville à vendre (1992), Delicatessen (1991), Madame Bovary (1991).

When and where was Dominique Zardi born?

Dominique Zardi was born on March 2, 1930 in Paris, France. They passed away on December 13, 2009.

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Dominique Zardi has accumulated over 226 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1947 to 2007.

What is Dominique Zardi's background in cinema and television?

Dominique Zardi was born Emile Jean Cohen-Zardi on March 2, 1930, in Paris, France. He was a French actor known for appearing in feature films, including Fantômas alongside Louis De Funès and Jean Marais. Throughout his career, his known credits included over two hundred feature films, with some sources noting more tha...

Dominique Zardi by the numbers

226credits
220films
6TV series
1947–2007active years

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Full filmography (226) Born on March 2 In memoriam 2009

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