Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and filmmaker whose life and work span different cultures and national traditions. Born in West Germany in 1960 to a French mother and an American father, he studied philosophy in the United States and France before pursuing drama studies at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His international breakthrough came with Luc Besson’s The Big Blue (1988), in which he portrayed freediver Jacques Mayol. In 1991, he began a long-standing collaboration with Lars von Trier in Europa, subsequently appearing in Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), The Boss of It All (2006) and Nymphomaniac (2013). Barr made his directorial debut with Lovers (1999), which he also wrote and produced. Alongside his work as an actor and director, Barr is also a photographer and an environmental advocate.
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