Hervé
Pierre

522e sociétaire

Having been on the stage from a very young age, Hervé Pierre decided to enroll at the École du Théâtre National de Strasbourg in 1974. Three years later, together with his graduating class, he founded the Théâtre de Troc. In 1980, Jean-Pierre Vincent directed him in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Avignon Festival. Under the direction of Jean-Louis Hourdin, Hervé Pierre played in Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death (La Mort de Danton), in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest, in Albert Cohen’s Le Monde and Hurle France. Dominique Pitoiset entrusted him with the title role in Ivan Goncharov’s Oblomov, as well as with Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens and Othello, and Mephisto in Goethe’s Urfaust. In 1992, he participated in the creation of Les solitaires intempestifs based on a selection of texts by Jean-Luc Lagarce and directed by the author. In 1996, Pierre Meunier cast him as Kutsch in L’Homme de plein vent. In 2001, François Berreur directed him in Le rêve de la veille based on three texts by Lagarce: Music hall, Le Bain and Le Voyage à la Haye; and later in 2007 in Juste la fin du monde by the same author. Hervé Pierre also played in Marguerite Duras’s Le Square staged by Didier Bezace; Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya directed by Yves Beaunesne; Shake, based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Dan Jemmett; as well as in a number of other plays directed by Roger Planchon including La Dame de chez Maxim by Feydeau.

He has been pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française since the 1st of February 2007, and has among others played in Jean-Luc Lagarce’s Le Voyage à La Haye by François Berreur; Molière's Le Malade imaginaire by Claude Stratz; Paul Claudel’s Le Partage de Midi by Yves Beaunesne; and Georges Feydeau’s Un Fil à la patte by Jérôme Deschamps. In 2009, the Professional Association of Theatre, Music and Dance Critics (Syndicat professionnel de la critique de théâtre, de musique et de danse), presented him with the award for best actor for his role in Eduardo de Filippo's La Grande Magie, directed by Dan Jemmett.

On the 1st of January 2011, he became the 522nd sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. Alain Françon offered him the role of Filippo in Goldoni’s La Trilogie de la villégiature, as well as the role of Hatch in Edward Bond’s The Sea; Éric Ruf gave him the title role in Ibsen’s Peer Gynt; while Stéphane Braunschweig gave him the role of Burrhus in Racine’s Britannicus. In 2017, he interpreted Alexander Vladimirovich in Vanya Based on Uncle Vanya, Julie Deliquet’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s work; the Author in Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde by Anne Kessler; and the Interviewer in Pascal Rambert's Une Vie directed by the author. In Robert Carsen’s first collaboration with the Company in 2017, Hervé Pierre interpreted Trinculo in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Hervé Pierre directed Melville’s The Lightning-Rod Man in 1986 and Claude Mollet’s Ordinaire et Disgracié in 1992, while in 2000 he directed The Keeper of Sheep by Fernando Pessoa. In 2014, he joined Jane Birkin and Michel Piccoli in performing the show Gainsbourg, poète majeur. He directed the actors of the Company in Molière's George Dandin. Hervé Pierre is also a movie actor who has filmed with a number of directors, such as Pascal Thomas, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Lionel Kopp, Xavier Giannoli, Guillaume Gallienne, Benoît Jacquot, Sébastien Thiéry and Vincent Lobelle.

He has been awarded the honor of Chevalier of the order of Arts and Letters and that of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

At the Comédie-Française

2022-2023

2021-2022

  • Jean-Baptiste, Madeleine, Armande et...

    after Molière Directed by Julie Deliquet

    Guillaume Marcoureau, dit Brécourt

    Richelieu

  • George Dandin ou le Mari confondu

    by Molière artistic direction by Hervé Pierre bifrontal system

    Colin, valet de George Dandin

    Vx-Colombier

  • Fanny et Alexandre

    d'Ingmar Bergman Mise en scène Julie Deliquet

    Gustav Adolf Ekdahl, fils d’Helena, restaurateur du théâtre

    Richelieu

  • Les Démons

    d'après Fiodor Dostoïevski Mise en scène Guy Cassiers

    Stépane Trofimovitch Verkhovenski, ancien professeur d'université, ami intime de Varvara...

    Richelieu

2020-2021

  • Bajazet

    by Jean Racine directed by Éric Ruf

    Acomat

    Studio Marigny

2019-2020

2018-2019

  • La Vie de Galilée

    Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Éric Ruf

    Galilée

    Richelieu

  • Hervé Pierre / Philippe Jaccottet

    The Actors’ Attic

    Richelieu

  • Fanny et Alexandre

    Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Julie Deliquet

    Gustav Adolf Ekdahl, fils d’Helena, restaurateur du théâtre

    Richelieu

  • La Locandiera

    The Mistress of The Inn by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon

    le Comte d’Albafiorita

    Richelieu

  • Britannicus

    by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig

    Burrhus

    Richelieu

2017-2018

  • Britannicus

    by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig

    Burrhus

    Richelieu

  • Poussière

    by Lars Norén Directed by Lars Norén

    A

    Richelieu

  • La Tempête

    The Tempest by William Shakespeare French adaptation by Jean-Claude Carrière Directed...

    Trinculo, bouffon

    Richelieu

  • Les Journées particulières (Special...

    Into the Repertoire time machine

    Vx-Colombier

  • Vania

    after Uncle Vanya by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Julie Deliquet

    Alexandre Vladimirovitch Serebriakov, professeur à la retraite

    Vx-Colombier

2016-2017

2015-2016

  • Britannicus

    by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig

    Burrhus

    Richelieu

  • La Mer

    The Sea by Edward Bond Directed by Alain Françon

    Hatch

    Richelieu

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès

    Ragueneau

    Richelieu

2014-2015

  • La Tragédie d'Hamlet

    by William Shakespeare Directed by Dan Jemmett

    Claudius

    Richelieu

  • Dancefloor Memories

    by Lucie Depauw Directed by Hervé Van der Meulen

    Pierre

    Studio

  • Les Estivants

    The Summer Folk by Maxime Gorki Directed by Gérard Desarthe

    Bassov, Serguei Vassilievitch – avocat

    Richelieu

2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

  • Peer Gynt

    by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Éric Ruf

    Peer Gynt

    Grand Palais

  • La Trilogie de la villégiature

    The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon

    Filippo

    Théâtre éphémère

  • Un fil à la patte

    A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps

    Bois d'Enghien

    Richelieu

2010-2011

  • The Readers’ Bureau

    Readings of contemporary authors

    Vx-Colombier

  • Agamemnon

    by Sénèque Le Jeune Directed by Denis Marleau

    Le Fantôme de Thyeste et Egisthe

    Richelieu

  • Rendez-vous contemporain : Le Drap

    by Yves Ravey Directed by Laurent Fréchuret

    Vx-Colombier

  • Un fil à la patte

    A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps

    Bois d’Enghien

    Richelieu

  • Les Oiseaux

    The Birds by Aristophane directed by Alfredo Arias

    Le voyant, le délateur, Héraclès et le Vendeur de décrets

    Richelieu

  • La Grande Magie

    by Eduardo De Filippo Directed by Dan Jemmett

    Le Magicien

    Richelieu

2009-2010

2008-2009

  • Le Malade imaginaire

    The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Directed by Claude Stratz

    Béralde

    Richelieu

  • Vivant

    by Annie Zadek Directed by Pierre Meunier

    Studio

  • La Grande Magie

    by Eduardo De Filippo Directed by Dan Jemmett

    Le Magicien

    Richelieu

  • L'Illusion comique

    by Pierre Corneille Directed by Galin Stoev

    Alcandre

    Richelieu

2007-2008

2006-2007

  • Le Misanthrope

    The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Lukas Hemleb

    Oronte

    Richelieu

  • Partage de midi

    by Paul Claudel Directed by Yves Beaunesne

    Almaric

    Richelieu

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