Jacques Martial obit

Actor, director, and politician Jacques Martial has passed away

 

He was not on the list

The piece of news came suddenly this Wednesday, August 13: Jacques Martial has died at the age of 70.

Born to Guadeloupean parents in 1955 in Saint-Mandé (mainland France), the actor, director, and politician was appointed President of the Mémorial ACTe (MACTe) in 2015, until 2020. In his welcome message, Jacques Martial wrote about the Caribbean Center for Expression and Memory of the Slave Trade and Slavery, located in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe): “It sheds light on the history of one of the most significant traumatic human and social events in modern history. Those events inspire us for the future to create the conditions for reconciliation among people and to promote a new humanism”.

Under his presidency, on December 9, 2016, the Council of Europe awarded the Memorial ACTe the 2017 Museum Prize.

Before holding this position on his home island, Jacques Martial was president of the Parc and Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris between 2006 and 2015.

Jacques Martial was an actor who played various roles in French cinema films: “Le Maître d’école” (1981) by Claude Berri, “Jean Galmot, aventurier” (1990) by Alain Maline, and “Antilles sur Seine” (2000) by Pascal Légitimus.

He also appeared in numerous television films in France, but he became very popular for his role as “Bain-Marie” in the French police series “Navarro” alongside Roger Hanin, from 1989 to 2007.

He was also a voice actor, notably providing the French voice for Wesley Snipes and Denzel Washington in several films.

A man of the theater, Jacques Martial worked on plays by great authors such as Aimé Césaire, William Shakespeare, Maryse Condé, Jean Giraudoux, Jacques Roumain, Athol Fugard, and others.

Jacques Martial was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2006 and an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2015.

A left-wing politician, the actor was a member of the Paris City Council.

He was the younger brother of actor Jean-Michel Martial, who died in 2019.

 

Actor

Le souffle du dragon (2022)

Le souffle du dragon

TV Movie

2022

 

Louis Peres and Pablo Cobo in Tropic (2022)

Tropic

5.8

Directeur Espacétudes

2022

 

Léontine d'Oncieu, Alexis Michalik, Juliette Delacroix, Pauline Bression, and Marie-Camille Soyer in Une histoire d'amour (2022)

Une histoire d'amour

6.4

Philippe, l'éditeur

2022

 

Corinne Masiero in Capitain Marleau (2014)

Capitain Marleau

6.8

TV Series

Colonel Lebrun

2020

1 episode

 

Navarro (1989)

Navarro

6.4

TV Series

Bain-MarieBain MarieInspecteur Bain-Marie ...

1989–2006

98 episodes

 

Une famille parfaite (2006)

Une famille parfaite

5.8

TV Movie

Raymond

2006

 

P.J. (1997)

P.J.

6.1

TV Series

François Mast

2006

1 episode

 

Premiers secours

TV Series

Commissaire Becker

2004

 

Tambours sur la digue (2003)

Tambours sur la digue

8.5

TV Movie

L'Architecte (1ère partie)

2003

 

Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre (2001)

Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre

4.5

Félix

2001

 

Antilles sur Seine (2000)

Antilles sur Seine

3.8

Cicéron (Kidnappeur #1)

2000

 

Scénarios sur la drogue (2000)

Scénarios sur la drogue

8.0

TV Series

2000

1 episode

 

Charlotte Kady in La kiné (1998)

La kiné

6.4

TV Series

Roland

1998

1 episode

 

Walk the Walk (1996)

Walk the Walk

6.1

Abel

1996

 

Fabienne Babe and Sam Djob in Wonder Boy - De sueur et de sang (1994)

Wonder Boy - De sueur et de sang

6.2

Marcel Maïeux

1994

 

Christopher Plummer, Simon MacCorkindale, and James Purcell in Counterstrike (1990)

Counterstrike

7.1

TV Series

Serge

1992

1 episode

 

Omnibus (1992)

Omnibus

7.2

Short

Le contrôleur

1992

 

Jade Magri in Runaway Bay (1992)

Runaway Bay

8.1

TV Series

Guy

1992

1 episode

 

Voyager (1991)

Voyager

6.7

African Unesco

1991

 

Walkie Talkie

TV Mini Series

Ibrahim

1991

 

Karim Allaoui, Roger Hanin, and François Périer in Le gorille (1990)

Le gorille

5.3

TV Series

Hector K.

1990

1 episode

 

Christophe Malavoy in Jean Galmot, aventurier (1990)

Jean Galmot, aventurier

5.8

Gauvin, le maire de Cayenne

1990

 

Le pitre

TV Movie

M'Dougoundé

1990

 

Anthony Perkins in Chillers (1990)

Chillers

6.4

TV Series

1990

1 episode

 

Les cinq dernières minutes (1958)

Les cinq dernières minutes

7.8

TV Series

Lorjoux

1989

1 episode

 

Page Fletcher in The Hitchhiker (1983)

The Hitchhiker

6.7

TV Series

Samai

1989

1 episode

 

Street of No Return (1989)

Street of No Return

5.6

Gerard

1989

 

Il y a maldonne (1988)

Il y a maldonne

4.8

Rainier

1988

 

La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome (1987)

La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome

6.6

Un travesti

1987

 

Les idiots (1987)

Les idiots

5.5

TV Movie

L'Africain

1987

 

Noir et blanc (1986)

Noir et blanc

6.7

Dominique

1986

 

Daniel Gélin and Michèle Morgan in Le tiroir secret (1986)

Le tiroir secret

7.0

TV Mini Series

1986

1 episode

 

Bébé

Short

1985

 

Le diable dans le bénitier

TV Movie

1985

 

Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1980)

Julien Fontanes, magistrat

5.9

TV Series

Inspecteur Salvy

1983

1 episode

 

Le corbillard de Jules (1982)

Le corbillard de Jules

4.4

Le noir

1982

 

Les diplômés du dernier rang (1982)

Les diplômés du dernier rang

4.0

Mem

1982

 

François Cluzet and Pascale Rocard in Paris Saint-Lazare (1982)

Paris Saint-Lazare

TV Mini Series

1982

1 episode

 

Coluche in Le maître d'école (1981)

Le maître d'école

5.9

Léopold

1981

 

Broken English (1981)

Broken English

7.0

Maas

1981

 

Le temps d'une République (1978)

Le temps d'une République

TV Series

1978

1 episode

 

Self

Daniel Picouly in Chacun son Outre-mer (2011)

Chacun son Outre-mer

TV Special

Self

2011

 

Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2006)

Ce soir (ou jamais!)

7.6

TV Series

Self

2009

1 episode

 

Cultur'elles

TV Series

Self

2005

1 episode

 

Piques et polémiques (2000)

Piques et polémiques

TV Series

Self

2005

1 episode

 

Archive Footage

12 Parsecs (2017)

12 Parsecs

7.0

Podcast Series

Self (archive footage)

2024

1 episode