Roland Giraud

Career overview

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Name: Roland Giraud.
Profession: French actor.
Birth: February 14, 1942, in Rabat, Morocco (formerly French Protectorate in Morocco).
Theatrical training: Began in the 1960s.
Theatrical companies: Joined Coluche's theatrical company in 1971; worked with the troupe Le Splendid around that time.
First cinematic role: 1974 in Michel Audiard's Bons baisers...à lundi.
Notable works/recognition:
Papy fait de la résistance.
Trois hommes et un couffin (Coline Serreau).
Three Men and a Cradle (1985) - known for role as Pierre.
18 Ans après (2001) - sequel to Trois Hommes et un couffin, featuring André Dussollier and Michel Boujenah.
Elle voit des nains partout! (1982).
La Cage dorée / The Gilded Cage (2013).
Credits: 78 (TMDB).
Paragraph 1: Early Career and Theatre.
Roland Giraud is a French actor born on February 14, 1942, in Rabat, Morocco. He began his theatrical training during the 1960s. In 1971, he joined the theatrical company of Coluche and also worked with the troupe Le Splendid during this period.
Paragraph 2: Film Career.
Giraud's first cinematic role occurred in 1974 in the film Bons baisers...à lundi, directed by Michel Audiard. He later gained recognition for his work in Papy fait de la résistance and in Coline Serreau's Trois hommes et un couffin. In 1985, he appeared in the comedy Three Men and a Cradle, in which he played the role of Pierre. He also appeared in the 1982 film Elle voit des nains partout! and the 2001 sequel 18 Ans après, which reunited him with André Dussollier and Michel Boujenah. His filmography includes the 2013 comedy La Cage dorée, also known as The Gilded Cage.
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Roland Giraud is a French actor born on February 14, 1942, in Rabat, which was then the French Protectorate in Morocco. He began his professional theatrical training in the 1960s. By 1971, he had joined the theatrical company of Coluche and worked with the troupe Le Splendid around that same time. According to The Movie Database, he has 78 known credits.

His transition to cinema began in 1974 with