Jacques Couturier

Jacques Couturier is a French actor whose career unfolded both on stage and on television A passionate man of the theatre he founded the PetitColombier company in Nantes which was incorporated in 1960 into the citys Théâtre Dramatique Populaire He also taught drama at the Conservatoire National de Région de Nantes for more than three decades training several generations of actors On television he appeared in popular series such as Le Temps des copains Les Boussardel and Thierry la Fronde in which he portrayed the Black Prince in ten episodes He also took part in the historical series Schulmeister lespion de lempereur broadcast from 1971 where he played a secondary role with restraint and accuracy contributing to the period atmosphere of the production