Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer is a French actor singer writer and film director He is the father of actresses Romane Bohringer and Lou Bohringer Bohringer was born in Moulins Allier France to a French mother Huguette Foucault and a German father His parents met during World War II making him a child of war At his birth his parents left him with his maternal grandmother who lived in an HLM in DeuilLa Barre his mother leaving to live in Germany His father dispatched to the Russian front was taken prisoner for five years Despite these difficulties Bohringer describes his childhood with his grandmother as a happy one During his life he was able to see his father only three times He made his stage debut near the end of the 1960s His first play Les Girafes was produced by Claude Lelouch He entered the world of film with his first feature Gérard Brachs La Maison in 1970 In 1972 Richard Bohringer landed a significant role in LItalien des Roses It took until the beginning of the 1980s however for the actor already in his forties to truly make an impact becoming one of the most notable French actors of this period Beginning in 1981 with the film Diva by JeanJacques Beineix he followed with numerous other roles winning two César Awards for LAddition1984 and The Grand Highway 1987 Other notable performances include his work in Luc Bessons Subway 1985 and Gérard Jugnots Une époque formidable 1991 He also became a favored actor for JeanLoup Hubert playing the flighty husband in Jai épousé une ombre 1983 and a collaborator with JeanPierre Mocky and his friend Bernard Giraudeau In 1992 Bohringer and his daughter Romane were brought together onscreen by Claude Miller for The Accompanist In the 1990s he became the presenter for Mission Appolo a Frenchlanguage variety show on Antenne 2 followed by the film Tango 1993 after which he worked more sparingly Bohringer would then turn again to television with the series Un homme en colère 19972002 Well before Bohringer began writing novels he also attempted to write poetry set to music himself a fan of slam poetry He released a series of such albums between 1980 and 2002 In 2010 at The European Theatre in Paris France he staged a oneman show adapted from his book Traîne pas sous la pluie This began a tour of more than two years with Bohringer regaling the public with stories of alcohol travel Africa women and more In July 2011 he performed the show during The Off Festival of Avignon In January 2013 he created the play Javais un beau ballon rouge where he shared the stage with his daughter Romane for the first time The play went on to great success on tour and in Paris at the Théâtre du RondPoint A lover of literature in April 2017 he read from the texts of Jack London and writer and war correspondent Olivier Weber during the opening night of festival of Literature and Journalism in Metz In 2018 he gueststarred in the television series À votre service In 2023 his daughter Romane put him onstage at the Théâtre de lAtelier in Quinze rounds a solo performance derived from his work of the same title Awards and recognition Source Article Richard Bohringer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA