Richard Bohringer
Date of birth: 1942-01-16
Place of birth: Moulins, Allier, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ришар Боренже, Ришар Боринже
Biography
Richard Bohringer is a French actor, singer, writer, and film director. He is the father of actresses Romane Bohringer and Lou Bohringer. Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, France, to a French mother, Huguette Foucault and a German father. His parents met during World War II, making him a child of war. At his birth, his parents left him with his maternal grandmother who lived in an HLM in Deuil-La Barre, his mother leaving to live in Germany. His father, dispatched to the Russian front, was taken prisoner for five years. Despite these difficulties, Bohringer describes his childhood with his grandmother as a happy one. During his life, he was able to see his father only three times. He made his stage debut near the end of the 1960s. His first play, Les Girafes, was produced by Claude Lelouch. He entered the world of film with his first feature, Gérard Brach's La Maison, in 1970. In 1972, Richard Bohringer landed a significant role in L'Italien des Roses. It took until the beginning of the 1980s, however, for the actor, already in his forties, to truly make an impact, becoming one of the most notable French actors of this period. Beginning in 1981 with the film Diva by Jean-Jacques Beineix, he followed with numerous other roles, winning two César Awards for L'Addition(1984) and The Grand Highway (1987). Other notable performances include his work in Luc Besson's Subway (1985) and Gérard Jugnot's Une époque formidable... (1991). He also became a favored actor for Jean-Loup Hubert, playing the flighty husband in J'ai épousé une ombre (1983), and a collaborator with Jean-Pierre Mocky and his friend Bernard Giraudeau. In 1992, Bohringer and his daughter, Romane, were brought together on-screen by Claude Miller for The Accompanist. In the 1990s, he became the presenter for Mission Appolo, a French-language variety show on Antenne 2, followed by the film Tango (1993), after which he worked more sparingly. Bohringer would then turn again to television with the series Un homme en colère (1997–2002). Well before Bohringer began writing novels, he also attempted to write poetry set to music, himself a fan of slam poetry. He released a series of such albums between 1980 and 2002. In 2010, at The European Theatre in Paris, France, he staged a one-man show adapted from his book Traîne pas sous la pluie. This began a tour of more than two years, with Bohringer regaling the public with stories of alcohol, travel, Africa, women, and more. In July 2011, he performed the show during The "Off" Festival of Avignon. In January 2013, he created the play J'avais un beau ballon rouge, where he shared the stage with his daughter Romane for the first time. The play went on to great success on tour, and in Paris, at the Théâtre du Rond-Point. A lover of literature, in April 2017, he read from the texts of Jack London and writer and war correspondent Olivier Weber during the opening night of festival of Literature and Journalism in Metz. In 2018, he guest-starred in the television series À votre service. In 2023, his daughter Romane put him onstage at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Quinze rounds, a solo performance derived from his work of the same title. Awards and recognition. ... Source: Article "Richard Bohringer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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The Party
1980-12-17
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The Last Metro
1980-09-17
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Agent Trouble
1987-08-19
Amanda Weber is a museum employee. Her nephew, Victorien, who feels that wild animals should not be
Subway
1985-04-10
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Martin and Lea
1979-01-31
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I Married a Shadow
1983-02-16
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The House
1970-08-26
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Diva
1981-03-11
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Wild Games
1997-09-01
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Une fille dans l'azur
2001-01-08
Pom, le poulain
2006-07-19
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1989-10-13
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Inspector Blunder
1980-12-03
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Death in a French Garden
1985-02-13
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Wild Animals
1997-10-25
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Animal
1977-10-05
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Transfixed
2001-08-08
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Admiral
2008-06-06
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The Accompanist
1992-11-11
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Folie suisse
1985-06-10
The Under-Gifted
1980-04-30
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Bolero
1981-05-27
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The Grand Highway
1987-03-25
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Les Folles Années du Twist
1986-02-26
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The Nonentity
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Kamikaze
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The Perfume of Yvonne
1994-03-24
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Le Sourire
1994-08-17
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Cavalcade
2005-05-25
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The Seasons of Pleasure
1988-02-10
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Would I Lie to You?
1997-04-01
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Tango
1993-02-03
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Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
1988-08-31
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Comme une bête
1998-12-16
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Une époque formidable
1991-06-19
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Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981-12-16
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Stan the Flasher
1990-03-07
Claude Berri, who usually participates in films by directing them, here returns to the screen as Sta
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
2003-11-30
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The Cat's Meow
2001-10-08
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Ran
Ville à vendre
1992-02-26
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The War Is Over
1989-04-26
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Total Khéops
2002-07-03
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Diesel
1985-08-07
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Louise's Diary 1942
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Tied
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The White Queen
1991-05-08
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La Lumière des étoiles mortes
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Carrot Top
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Flag
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Salt on the Skin
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1985-04-22
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Unpredictable Nature of the River
1996-01-01
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Lucky Punch
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The Big Pardon
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Cap Canaille
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Last Trading Post in India
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Pablo Est Mort
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