Robert Hirsch (26 July 1925 – 16 November 2017) was a French actor. He has been 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 include 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 Pere which had its first performance in Le Theatre Hebertot, Paris, in September 2012. Hirsch played the central character, Andre, at the age of 87.

Selected filmography[edit]

• Yours Truly, Blake (1954)
• Les Intrigantes (1954)
• Plucking the Daisy (1956)
• The Amorous Corporal (1958)
• Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
• A Private Affair (2002)
• The Art Dealer (2015)

Awards and nominations[edit]

Molière Awards[edit]

Year	Group	Award	Play	Result
1992	Molière Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Le Misanthrope	Won
1997	Molière Awards	Best Supporting Actor	En attendant Godot	Won
1999	Molière Awards	Best Actor	Le Bel air de Londres	Won
2007	Molière Awards	Best Actor	The Caretaker	Won

Year	Group	Award	Play	Result
1990	Molière Awards	Best Actor	Moi Feuerbach	Nominated
1993	Molière Awards	Best Actor	Une folie	Nominated
2003	Molière Awards	Best Actor	Sarah	Nominated

César Awards[edit]

Year	Group	Award	Film	Result
1990	César Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Hiver 54, l’abbé Pierre	Won

References[edit]

• L’Avant-scene theatre No.1331 Octobre 2012

External links[edit]

• Robert Hirsch on IMDb

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