Roland
Bertin
Sociétaire honoraire
By winning the 2009 Molière Award for his breathtaking performance in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Roland Bertin celebrated the 50th birthday of his acting career, on stage, in movies and on television. He started acting in the mid-fifties and took part in films by Renoir, Resnais, Lavelli and Chéreau.
In the early sixties, he founded his own company, a united group of artists touring in Brittany and Burgundy. In 1967, he cofounded the Centre dramatique de Bourgogne (Arts Centre for Theater in Burgundy) and experimented with many styles and with numerous masters, though oftentimes going in totally opposite directions. He thus worked on plays, straddling between the very demanding Claude Régy to the very bold Roger Planchon. He honored quality television programs, such the ones directed by Bluwal and Santelli. On the big screen, he took part in more than fifty movies directed by Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Gainsbourg, Losey and Téchiné.
He participated in the greatest moments in the history of theater, discovering contemporary playwrights such as Copi, Vinaver, Sarraute, Schehadé, Grumberg and Obaldia. Roland Bertin joined the Comédie-Française in 1982. Twenty years later, he quit having been named a sociétaire honoraire. He survived six General Administrators and explored the worlds of the greatest. In 1989, Bertin played one of his favorite roles, Galileo, under the direction of Antoine Vitez in the latest staging by the latter.
At the Comédie-Française
2011-2012
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by Alfred de Musset Direceted by Yves Beaunesne
Le Baron
Théâtre éphémère
2010-2011
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by Alfred de Musset Direceted by Yves Beaunesne
Le Baron
Vx-Colombier
2000-2001
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The Wedding by Witold Gombrowicz Directed by Jacques Rosner
Ignace, père et roi
Richelieu
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by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Antonovitch Skvoznik-Dmoukhanovski
Richelieu
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The Homecoming by Harold Pinter Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Max
Richelieu
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban
Anselme
Richelieu
1999-2000
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Andrei Serban
Anselme
Richelieu
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by Jean-Claude Grumberg Directed by Jean-Michel Ribes
Oncle Merle
Richelieu
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by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Antonovitch Skvoznik-Dmoukhanovski
Richelieu
1998-1999
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by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Antonovitch Skvoznik-Dmoukhanovski
Richelieu
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Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Jorge Lavelli
Le soldat
Richelieu
1997-1998
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by Arthur Adamov Directed by Gilles Chavassieux
The Old Man
Vx-Colombier
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L'Entretien de M. Descartes avec M....
by Jean-Claude Brisville Directed by Yves Gasc
Jérôme
Vx-Colombier
1996-1997
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by Javier Tomeo Directed by Félix Prader
le Marquis
Studio
1995-1996
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Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre
Dom Juan or the Feast with the Statue by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Sganarelle
Richelieu
1994-1995
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by Friedrich von Schiller Directed by Marcel Bluwal
The Valet Room (alternating)
Richelieu
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Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre
by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Sganarelle
Richelieu
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Maman revient, pauvre orphelin
by Jean-Claude Grumberg Directed by Philippe Adrien
l'Auteur
Vx-Colombier
1993-1994
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by Serge Rezvani Directed by Jean Lacornerie
Ellison
Vx-Colombier
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by Georges Schehadé Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Monsieur Bob'le
Vx-Colombier
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Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre
Dom Juan or the Feast with the Statue by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Sganarelle
Richelieu
1992-1993
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by Nathalie Sarraute Directed by Jacques Lassalle
H2 (Elle est là)
Vx-Colombier
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by Victor Hugo Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Triboulet
Richelieu
1991-1992
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Antoine Vitez
Galilée
Richelieu
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by Victor Hugo Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Triboulet
Richelieu
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The Tragedy of King Christophe by Aimé Césaire Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Christophe
Richelieu
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Bartholo
Richelieu
1990-1991
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The Tragedy of King Christophe by Aimé Césaire Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Christophe
Richelieu
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Bartholo
Richelieu
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Antoine Vitez
Galilée
Richelieu
1989-1990
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Antoine Vitez
Galilée
Richelieu
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by William Shakespeare Directed by Lluis Pasqual
le Beau ; Audrey ; Corin
Richelieu
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by Jules Michelet Directed by Simone Benmussa
Michelet
Odéon
1988-1989
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by Jules Michelet Directed by Simone Benmussa
Michelet
Odéon
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by Samuel Beckett Directed by Gildas Bourdet
Hamm
Richelieu
1987-1988
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by Eugène Labiche and Edouard Martin Directed by Pierre Mondy
Malingear
Richelieu
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by Alain-René Lesage Directed by Yves Gasc
Monsieur Turcaret
Richelieu
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by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Chrysale
Richelieu
1986-1987
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by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Chrysale
Odéon
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by Alain-René Lesage Directed by Yves Gasc
Monsieur Turcaret
Richelieu
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by Jean Racine Directed by Klaus-Michaël Grüber
Arsace
Richelieu
1985-1986
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The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Monsieur Jourdain
Richelieu
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by Jean Genet Directed by Georges Lavaudant
l'Evêque
Richelieu
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by Jean Racine Directed by Klaus-Michaël Grüber
Arsace
Richelieu
1984-1985
1983-1984
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Claude Régy
Ivanov, Nikolaï Alexeïevitch
Richelieu
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by Jean Giraudoux Directed by Jacques Sereys
le Droguiste
Richelieu
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The Summer Folk by Maxime Gorki Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Chalimov
Richelieu
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon
Maître Jacques
Richelieu
1982-1983
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The Summer Folk by Maxime Gorki Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Chalimov
Richelieu
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon
Maître Jacques
Richelieu
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by Jean Giraudoux Directed by Jacques Sereys
le Droguiste
Richelieu
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The Double Inconstancy by Marivaux Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Trivelin
Richelieu
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by Henry Becque Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Teissier
Richelieu
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by Pedro Calderon de la Barca Directed by Jorge Lavelli
Basile
Richelieu
1981-1982
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by Henry Becque Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Teissier
Richelieu