Actor Jean-Michel Dupuis, eternal supporting actor in cinema, died at the age of 69 this Saturday, September 14.
It was a face that we were used to seeing on the small or big screen. Jean-Michel Dupuis, eternal supporting role seen in particular in The Boom or in the cinema of Claude Lelouch and Edouard Molinaro, died on Saturday, September 14. It was his last partner, the screenwriter and actress Sylvie Audcoeur, who announced the sad news on Facebook in a very sober message. According to information from BFM TV, the 69-year-old actor has just died following a long illness.
Jean-Michel Dupuis worked in cinema, television and theatre. His best-known film remains The Boom by Claude Pinoteau in which he plays the role of Etienne, the friend of Vic’s father played by Claude Brasseur. He also starred in Life is a novel by Alain Resnais, but also the films of Edouard Molinaro, such as Love on the sly, On the left when exiting the elevator or even in the series Nora And The big families. At Claude Lelouch’s, he plays in Beware of bandits And The beautiful storybut also in Thank you life by Bertrand Blier. He had not appeared in the cinema since 2006.
A prolific career in television and theater
But his career was not limited to cinemas. On television, he was seen in The Valladolid Controversy facing Jean-Pierre MarielleJean Carmet and Jean-Louis Trintignant, but also in several very popular series such as Joséphine Ange gardien, The judge is a woman Or A woman of honor.
It was above all on the stage that Jean-Michel Dupuis distinguished himself, taking up the repertoire of Molière, Shakespeare or Victor Hugo. He also performed on stage in the play The First Name by Matthieu Delaporte, but also in The Lie by Oscar-winning French playwright Florian Zeller.