Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 26, 1925
Place of Birth
L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France
Also Known As
- Paul Robert Hirsch
Robert Hirsch
Biography
Robert Hirsch (26 July 1925 – 16 November 2017) was a French actor. He was a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1952. In 1990, he won César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre.
His other film appearances included The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and in 2006/07 he appeared in Le gardien (a French adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker) at Théâtre de l'Oeuvre then Théâtre de Paris.
In April 2011, he asked Florian Zeller to write a part specially for him. The result was Le Père which had its first performance in Le Théâtre Hébertot, Paris, in September 2012. Hirsch played the central character, André, at the age of 87.
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Known For - Movies
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Pierre Gringoire
Cover Up
as Avram Kazavian
My Man
as Mr. Hervé
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
A Private Affair
as Vieil homme
Shock Treatment
as Jérôme Savignat
Adieu Philippine
as Juan Salcedo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
The Hotshots
as Me Mulot
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Lucien Sabatier
125 rue Montmartre
as Didier Barrachet
