Actor/actress Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a multi-talented French novelist, playwright and actor. Philippe Hériat won the 1931 Prix Renau

Was a multi-talented French novelist, playwright and actor. Philippe Hériat won the 1931 Prix Renaudot for his book "L'innocent." In 1939 he won the Prix Goncourt for "Les enfants gâtés," and the 1947 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for "Famille Boussardel." In 1949 he was made a member of the Académie Goncourt, a position he held until his death in 1971. Philippe Hériat is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Was a French actor, poet, and singer. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they form

Was a French actor, poet, and singer. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they formed the théâtre du soleil. He won a César Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1982 movie La Balance. One of his few English-language roles was a cameo in the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal and he co-starred as "Jacques" in the 1975 John Frankenheimer movie French Connection II which starred Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey, (sequel to The French Connection). He later died of respiratory failure at age 60.

Is a French actor. Nahon is best known for his roles in the French films I Stand Alone, Humains, Cal

Is a French actor. Nahon is best known for his roles in the French films I Stand Alone, Humains, Calvaire, Irréversible, The Pack and Haute Tension[1].

Was a French film actor.Noiret debuted on the screen in 1949 in an uncredited role in Gigi. In 1956

Was a French film actor.Noiret debuted on the screen in 1949 in an uncredited role in Gigi. In 1956 he appeared in La Pointe Courte directed by Agnès Varda. He was not cast again until 1960 in Zazie dans le métro. After his role in Thérèse Desqueyroux in 1962, he became a regular on the French screen, without being cast in major roles until La Vie de château directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau in 1966. He became a star in France with Alexandre le Bienheureux in 1967. At this point, he started to devote himself entirely to the screen.

Is a French actor. Torreton entered the Comédie-Française in 1990 as a pensionnaire (salaried acto

Is a French actor. Torreton entered the Comédie-Française in 1990 as a pensionnaire (salaried actor having no share in the profits) and became a sociétaire (shareholding member of the Comédie-Française) in 1994. He left in 1999 having played many prestigious roles including Scapin, Lorenzaccio, Hamlet, Henry V, Tartuffe.

Is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.Salvador made his film debut in 1971 with Adios M

Is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.Salvador made his film debut in 1971 with Adios Mi Amor. He toiled in minor roles in Philippine movies until he became a protege of director Lino Brocka.[1] Together, they made more than ten films in a row[2], including Ang Tatay Kong Nanay (1978), Mananayaw (1978), Gumising Ka, Maruja (1978), Hayop sa Hayop (1978), Init (1979), Jaguar (1979), Bona (1980), Kontrobersyal (1981), Cain at Abel (1982) and PX (1982). Jaguar, where Salvador played the lead, became the first Filipino film to be entered into competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

A British actor. His most notable roles are Alfie Wallace in Two Thousand Acres of Sky and Leo Taylo

A British actor. His most notable roles are Alfie Wallace in Two Thousand Acres of Sky and Leo Taylor in EastEnders. He played four different roles in the ITV1 police drama series The Bill from 1999 to 2006. His second cousin is his EastEnders co-star, Lacey Turner.

A Thai actress, model, and presenter.Phiyada graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in educatio

A Thai actress, model, and presenter.Phiyada graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education from the Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok. She began her career as a model for commercials on TV. Her first drama as the leading actress was Torfun and Marwin.

Is a Tony Award-winning African-American actress, perhaps best known for her role as Clair Huxtable

Is a Tony Award-winning African-American actress, perhaps best known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the 1980s television series The Cosby Show.

Is a Scottish actress.Law has worked extensively in television, including appearances in Dixon of Do

Is a Scottish actress.Law has worked extensively in television, including appearances in Dixon of Dock Green, Rumpole of the Bailey and the 1972 adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey tale The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.

Is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, considered to be one of the pioneers of female stan

Is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, considered to be one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. She created a stage character persona that was a wild-haired, eccentrically-dressed housewife who made jokes about a fictional husband named "

Is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, considered to be one of the pioneers of female stan

Is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, considered to be one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. She created a stage character persona that was a wild-haired, eccentrically-dressed housewife who made jokes about a fictional husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. Another distinct characteristic is her cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. Diller is given credit for opening the doors for the stand-up comedy field to women such as Rita Rudner, Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Joy Behar, Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr.

Is a model-turned-actress in Singapore. She first came into the public eye after entering Star Searc

Is a model-turned-actress in Singapore. She first came into the public eye after entering Star Search 1995, a showbiz entry competition in Singapore. She is best known for her debut movie role opposite Hong Kong megastar Aaron Kwok in the film 2000 A.D..

Was an Italian-born actress.Born Anna Maria Pierangeli in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Her twin sister

Was an Italian-born actress.Born Anna Maria Pierangeli in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Her twin sister is the actress Marisa Pavan. Angeli made her film debut with Vittorio de Sica in Domani è troppo tardi (1950), after being spotted by director Léonide Moguy. She was discovered by Hollywood, and MGM launched her in her first American film, Teresa (1951). Directed by Fred Zinnemann, this film also saw the joint debuts of Rod Steiger and John Ericson. Enthusiastic reviews for her eloquent and understated performance compared her to Greta Garbo, and she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress

Is a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, tv producer, director, and ac

Is a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, tv producer, director, and actor.

A French actor. He was known in his movie * Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran in the year 2003

A French actor. He was known in his movie * Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran in the year 2003. He played as the young Jewish boy, Moises "Momo" Schmidt. The young actor was then reported to be concentrating on his studies, thus he was not able to do movies right after Monsieur Ibrahim. After 2 years, he did some TV appearances and minor roles in movies.

At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be

At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be a doctor. He saw a performance of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre and decided to work in the cinema.After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: Frankfurt in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at Brocklis establishments, where he worked.

Birth name Baron Pierre Louis de Bris, is a French actor, mainly known for his role as fictional Apa

Birth name Baron Pierre Louis de Bris, is a French actor, mainly known for his role as fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German Karl May movies.When he was 19, Brice enlisted in the French army and fought in the war in Indochina. From 1962 to 1968 he acted in a total of eleven German Western movies adapted from novels by German author Karl May, in which he played the fictional Indian chief Winnetou of the Mescalero Apache tribe, alongside Lex Barker (7 movies), Stewart Granger (3 movies) and Rod Cameron (1 movie) as the white heroes. After the films he also played this role at the Karl May Festspiele in Elspe from 1977 to 1980 and 1982 to 1986 and at the Bad Segeberg open-air theatre, Germany, from 1988 to 1991; he also worked there until 1999 as director of several open-air theatre productions. (The open-air theatre in Bad Segeberg is dedicated only to productions of Karl May plays.)

Was a French actor. Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured h

Was a French actor. Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégret's Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine. Arguably, his most famous role was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel, in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil. He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period, working with many of Europe's best known directors, including Luchino Visconti (The Leopard), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Porcile) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist and Partner). Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani, Glauber Rocha, and Miklós Jancsó.

A TV executive producer and Broadway producer who worked on several of the Grammy Award shows. Cosse

A TV executive producer and Broadway producer who worked on several of the Grammy Award shows. Cossette was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Is a German television actor, director and writer.

Is a German television actor, director and writer.

Was a French stage and film actor.Throughout the 1920s, Fresnay appeared in many popular stage produ

Was a French stage and film actor.Throughout the 1920s, Fresnay appeared in many popular stage productions, most notably in the title role of Marcel Pagnol’s Marius (1929), which ran for over 500 performances. His first great screen role was as Marius in the 1931 film adaptation of the play of the same name. He played the role again in the next two parts of Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy, Fanny (1932) and César (1936).

Is a French actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director. As a visual actor he contribute

Is a French actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director. As a visual actor he contributed to few movies including The Last Horror Movie, but he is better known within the industry for his voiceover skills and contributions. Among the better known projects to which he contributed, we can note the worldwide 'Dolce & Gabbaba Light Blue Pour Homme' TV campaign, the cult Stella Artois English TV commercial "The Hero's Return" in which all the voices (beside the main characters and the females ones) are all his, the also cult Lynx (Axe) French TV commercial

Is a French director, actor and script-writer. His film Zim and Co. was screened in the Un Certain R

Is a French director, actor and script-writer. His film Zim and Co. was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[1] His brother is Marc Jolivet, the actor, script-writer, director and humourist. They are the sons of Jacques Jolivet (author), and Arlette Thomas, the French voice of the cartoon characters Calimero and Titi (Tweety).

He acting career starting in the theatrical scene in 1975, after graduating from the National Theate

He acting career starting in the theatrical scene in 1975, after graduating from the National Theater School He played in various plays until the 1990s and one television series in 1978. However it was in 1997 that his career became more prominent with his first major role in Les Boys, playing the role of Meo, who is a friend of Stan (played by Remy Girard) and businessman in which threaten to take Stan's bar if his garage league hockey team did not defeat this own squad made consisting of several tough players, albeit the Boys had defeated Meo's team. From the second movie,