Bruno
Raffaelli

Sociétaire honoraire

Bruno Raffaelli was an active member of the Théâtre d’Essai d’Aix-en-Provence before enrolling at the Conservatoire national d’art dramatique in 1971, where he followed classes by Robert Manuel and Pierre Debauche. Upon graduation, he was engaged by the Jeune théâtre national, then joined the Comédie-Française as a pensionnaire on the 17th of December 1994. He made his debut in the role of Miller in Friedrich Schiller’s Intrigue and Love under the direction of Marcel Bluwal. Since the 1st of January 1998, he has been the 500th sociétaire where he has played under the direction of renowned directors, such as: Jean-Louis Benoit in Eugène Labiche’s Moi, Molière’s Les Fourberies de Scapin and Corneille’s Le Menteur; Jacques Lassalle in Figaro Gets a Divorce (Figaro divorce) by Ödön von Horváth; Daniel Mesguich in Jacques Offenbach’s La Vie parisienne; Alain Françon in Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Goldoni’s La Trilogie de la villégiature.

In 2012, Bruno Raffaelli performed the role of Créon in Anouilh’s Antigone under the direction of Marc Paquien and that of Don Ruy Gomez de Silva in Victor Hugo’s Hernani directed by Nicolas Lormeau in 2013. Three years later, he participated in creating Karl Kraus’s The Last Days of Mankind by David Lescot. In 2017, he was cast in Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui as staged by Katharina Thalbach, and in Georges Feydeau’s L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange by Isabelle Nanty.

Before becoming part of the Comédie-Française, Bruno Raffaelli was directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel in two plays by Max Frisch: La Grande Muraille and Don Juan ou l’amour de la géométrie, as well as by Jacques Rosner in Marivaux’s La Double Inconstance and Philippe Madral’s La Manifestation. At the 1979 Festival d’Avignon, the Czech director Otomar Krejča entrusted him with the role of Alexandre in Alfred de Musset’s Lorenzaccio. Jérôme Savary, whom he had first encountered at the Grand Magic Circus in the 1980s, directed him in Molière’s Le Bourgeois gentilhomme; Superdupont ze Show by Marcel Gotlib and Jérôme Savary; Bye bye Show biz by Jérôme Savary; Marcel Pagnol’s La Femme du boulanger (beside Michel Galabru); Astérix after Albert Uderzo and René Gosciny to create the role of Obelix for the stage; and in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Bruno Raffaelli’s filmography includes: Roger Andrieux's L’Amour en herbe; Sam Karmann's Kennedy et moi; Roger Planchon's Louis, enfant roi; Didier Kaminka’s Ma femme me quitte; Francis Girod's Terminale; Cédric Klapisch’s Ce qui nous lie; and Guillaume Gallienne’s Maryline. Director Bertrand Tavernier cast him four times, for La Vie et rien d’autre, L627, Laissez-passer and Quai d’Orsay. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi first directed him in The Three Sisters (2015) and later in Les Estivants (2018).

Bruno Raffaelli is Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres).

At the Comédie-Française

2019-2020

2018-2019

  • Électre / Oreste

    Electra / Orestes by Euripide Directed by Ivo van Hove

    un vieil homme mycénien

    Richelieu

  • Journées particulières

    SPECIAL DAYS / Once upon a time at the Comédie-Française: the première of Paul Claudel’s...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Oubliés (Alger-Paris)

    The Forgotten Ones [Algiers-Paris] Writed and directed by Julie Bertin and Jade...

    Maurice Legendre, père de la mariée (2019) et Charles de Gaulle (1958-1961)

    Vx-Colombier

  • Journées particulières

    SPECIAL DAYS / Once upon a time at the Comédie-Française: The Théâtre aux armées

    Vx-Colombier

2017-2018

2016-2017

2015-2016

  • Special Days

    Into the Repertoire time machine

    Vx-Colombier

  • La séance est ouverte

    Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Derniers jours de l'humanité

    The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus Directed by David Lescot

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Rustres

    The Boors by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Simon, négociant

    Vx-Colombier

2014-2015

  • La séance est ouverte

    Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Estivants

    The Summer Folk by Maxime Gorki Directed by Gérard Desarthe

    Doublepoint, Semione Semionovitch – l’oncle de Souslov

    Richelieu

  • Feuillets d'Hypnos

    by René Char Reading directed by Marie-Claude Char and Alexandre Pavloff

    Richelieu

  • Antigone

    by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien

    Créon

    Richelieu

2013-2014

  • Hernani

    by Victor Hugo Directed by Nicolas Lormeau

    Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

    Vx-Colombier

  • La séance est ouverte

    Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Richard III

    by William Shakespeare Reading directed by Anne Kessler

    Le Maire, Sir Christopher et les Seigneurs

    Maison de la Radio

  • Antigone

    by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien

    Créon

    Richelieu

  • La Grande Guerre

    by François Christophe Reading directed by Bruno Raffaelli

    Richelieu

  • La Trilogie de la villégiature

    The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon

    Fulgenzio

    Richelieu

2012-2013

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Jodelet, précieux (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • La séance est ouverte

    Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Trois Sœurs

    The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Ivan Romanovitch Tcheboutykine, médecin militaire

    Richelieu

  • Hernani

    by Victor Hugo Directed by Nicolas Lormeau

    Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

    Vx-Colombier

  • Troïlus et Cressida

    Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Directed by Jean-Yves Ruf

    Agamemnon (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Antigone

    by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien

    Créon

    Vx-Colombier

2011-2012

2010-2011

2009-2010

  • Le Mariage forcé

    The Forced Marriage by Molière Directed by Pierre Pradinas

    Sganarelle

    Studio

  • Les Trois Sœurs

    The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Ivan Romanovitch Tcheboutykine, médecin

    Richelieu

  • Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrés Lima

    Sir John Falstaff

    Richelieu

  • Figaro divorce

    Figaro Gets a Divorce by Ödön von Horváth Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Le Comte Almaviva

    Richelieu

2008-2009

  • Bérénice

    by Jean Racine Directed by Faustin Linyekula

    Arsace, Phénice and Paulin

    Studio

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Jodelet, précieux (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Le Mariage forcé

    The Forced Marriage by Molière Directed by Pierre Pradinas

    Sganarelle

    Studio

  • Bruno Raffaelli / Alphonse Daudet

    Reading

    Richelieu

  • La Mégère apprivoisée

    The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Oskaras...

    Un Pédagogue et un Lord

    Richelieu

  • Figaro divorce

    Figaro Gets a Divorce by Ödön von Horváth Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Le Comte Almaviva

    Richelieu

2007-2008

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Jodelet, précieux (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Figaro divorce

    Figaro Gets a Divorce by Ödön von Horváth Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Le Comte Almaviva

    Richelieu

  • La Mégère apprivoisée

    The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Oskaras...

    Un Pédagogue

    Richelieu

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Mr Diafoirus

    Richelieu

2006-2007

  • Le Retour au désert

    Return to the desert by Bernard-Marie Koltès Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz

    Adrien, frère de Mathilde, industriel

    Richelieu

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Mr Diafoirus (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Les Temps difficiles

    by Édouard Bourdet Directed by Jean-Claude Berutti

    Jérôme, fils de Mme Antonin Faure

    Vx-Colombier

2005-2006

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Jodelet, Précieux

    Richelieu

  • Le Menteur

    by Pierre Corneille Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Cliton

    Richelieu

2004-2005

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Mr Diafoirus (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Le Menteur

    by Pierre Corneille Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Cliton

    Richelieu

2003-2004

  • Le Conte d'hiver

    The Winter Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz

    Antigonus

    Studio

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

  • Les Danseurs de la pluie

    The Rain Dancers by Karin Mainwaring Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz and Jacques Vincey

    Dan, Rita's Husband

    Vx-Colombier

  • L'Avare

    The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban

    Maître Jacques

    Richelieu

1999-2000

  • Les Femmes savantes

    by Molière Directed by Simon Eine

    Ariste (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Les Fourberies de Scapin

    Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Sylvestre (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • L'Avare

    The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban

    Maître Jacques

    Richelieu

  • L'École des femmes

    The School for Wives by Molière Directed by Éric Vigner

    Arnolphe

    Richelieu

1998-1999

  • Les Merdicoles

    by Michel Albertini Directed by Michel Albertini and Françoise Petit

    Studio

  • Les Fourberies de Scapin

    Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Sylvestre (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • Les Femmes savantes

    by Molière Directed by Simon Eine

    Ariste (alternating)

    Richelieu

1997-1998

  • Les Femmes savantes

    by Molière Directed by Simon Eine

    Ariste (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • La Tempête

    The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by Daniel Mesguich

    Gonzalo

    Richelieu

  • Les Fourberies de Scapin

    Scapin The Schemer by Molière Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Sylvestre (alternating)

    Richelieu

  • La Vie parisienne

    by Jacques Offenbach Directed by Daniel Mesguich

    Baron de Gondemarck

    Richelieu

1996-1997

  • L'Échange

    by Paul Claudel Directed by Jean Dautremay

    Thomas Pollock Nageoire

    Richelieu

  • Tartuffe

    by Molière Directed by Dominique Pitoiset

    l'Exempt

    Richelieu

  • Moi

    by Eugène Labiche Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Aubin, a Musician

    Richelieu

1995-1996

  • Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre

    Dom Juan or the Feast with the Statue by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle

    Gusman, Mr Dimanche, Francisque

    Richelieu

  • Moi

    by Eugène Labiche Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit

    Aubin, a Musician

    Richelieu

  • L'Échange

    by Paul Claudel Directed by Jean Dautremay

    Thomas Pollock Nageoire

    Richelieu

1994-1995

  • Intrigue et amour

    by Friedrich von Schiller Directed by Marcel Bluwal

    Miller

    Richelieu

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