
Acting
July 25, 1925 (92 years old)
November 15, 2017
L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France
Also Known As
Paul Robert Hirsch
Robert Hirsch (26 July 1925 – 16 November 2017) was a French actor. He was a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1952. In 1990, he won César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre.
His other film appearances included The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and in 2006/07 he appeared in Le gardien (a French adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker) at Théâtre de l'Oeuvre then Théâtre de Paris.
In April 2011, he asked Florian Zeller to write a part specially for him. The result was Le Père which had its first performance in Le Théâtre Hébertot, Paris, in September 2012. Hirsch played the central character, André, at the age of 87.
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The Art Dealer
2015
as Claude Weinstein

The Father
2014
as André

Manon Lescaut
2013
as Monsieur Girardin de Matois

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Chez Maupassant
2007
as le père Lizet

Le Gardien
2007

Volpone
2004
as Seco

Sarah
2003
as Georges Pitou

A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self

A Private Affair
2002
as Vieil homme

Mortal Transfer
2001
as Armand Zlibovic

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

My Man
1996
as Mr. Hervé

Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
1989
as Raoul

Les Dégourdis de la onzième
1986
as Colonel Touplard

Cover Up
1983
as Avram Kazavian

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

That's Show Business
1975
as Jean-Sébastien Bloch

La Troupe du Roy : Hommage à Molière
1973
as Tartuffe / Maître de philosophie

Shock Treatment
1973
as Jérôme Savignat