Didier Sandre
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Acting Credits
Biography
Didier Maffre, known professionally as Didier Sandre, is a French actor and stage director born in Paris on 17 August 1946 and appointed sociétaire of the Comédie‑Française in 2020. He made his debut in 1968 in Paul Claudel’s L’Échange and, from the 1970s onward, became a prominent figure in public theatre, collaborating with major directors such as Catherine Dasté, Bernard Sobel, Jorge Lavelli, Patrice Chéreau, Giorgio Strehler, Luc Bondy, and Antoine Vitez. Alongside this, he has appeared regu...
Known For
Filmography
Le Cid
2026
as Don Diègue
Le Soulier de Satin
2025
as Don Pélage/Le second chancelier
Icon of French Cinema
2023
as Frédéric
The Passengers of the Night
2022
as Jean
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
2022
as Amon / Duc et Chambellan (voice)
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
as Narrator
Électre / Oreste
2019
as Tyndare
An Officer and a Spy
2019
as General Boisdeffre
Roméo et Juliette
2018
as Capulet
An Impossible Love
2018
as Philippe's Father
Le Petit-Maître Corrigé
2018
as Le Comte, père d'Hortense
Cyrano de Bergerac
2017
as de Guiche
Les Fourberies de Scapin
2017
as Géronte
Les Damnés
2016
as Joachim von Essenbeck
Les années perdues
2015
as Daniel Launey
The Fabulous History of Eau de Cologne
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Not My Type
2014
as Le père de Clément
Under the Rainbow
2013
as Guillaume Casseul
One Night
2012
as Le procureur Lacourt
Photo
2012
as Uriel
A.L.F.
2012
as Le psychiatre
À la recherche du temps perdu
2011
as Le Baron de Charlus
Memory Lane
2010
as François
Sous un autre jour
2009
as Martin
Montparnasse
2009
as Serge
Moi, Louis enfant de la mine - Courrières 1906
2007
as Ricq
Hell
2006
as Le père de Hell
Lovers of the Café Flore
2006
as Georges de Beauvoir
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
2003
as M. de Méylines
The Legend of Princess Parva
2003
as Parva's father (voice)
L'enfant éternel
2002
as Richard
Origins of Life
2001
as Narrator (voice)
An Autumn Tale
1998
as Étienne
Passion interdite
1998
as Richard
La femme d'un seul homme
1998
as Richard
L'allée du Roi (Version courte)
1996
as Louis XIV
L'Allée du roi
1996
as Louis XIV
Coming to Terms with the Dead
1994
as Vincent
Mensonge
1993
as Charles Melville
Boulevard des hirondelles
1993
as Pascal Capeau
Turbulences
1992
as Julien
Manon Roland
1989
as Robespierre
Les Grandes Familles
1989
as Gabriel De Voos
Le Soulier de Satin
1987
as Don Rodrigue
The Woman of My Life
1986
as Xavier
Hell Train
1985
as Dalbret
Shadow Dance
1983
as Gérard
Richelieu ou La journée des dupes
1983
as Cardinal de Richelieu
Le fou du désert
1983
as Vella
Peer Gynt
1981
as Quatrième jeune homme / Le troll de cour / Herr Von Eberkopf / Monsieur Plume / Un homme âgé / Le maigre