Jacques Destoop

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

June 17, 1931

Age at death

90

Died

June 6, 2022

From

Paris, France

Jacques Destoop (17 June 1931 – 6 June 2022) was a French actor and painter. He was a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française who attended CNSAD and was married to actress Geneviève Fontanel. Outside of his acting career, Destoop was steeped in the art of painting. He first began exhibiting his works in 1990 at the Galerie Gérard Rambaud in Paris. His paintings were inspired by the roles he played on stage, such as Cyrano de Bergerac. Source: Article "Jacques Destoop" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.